UAE-based food company Delta Food Industries has opened a new AED 40m ($10.89m) dairy plant in a trade zone next to the emirates’ third largest international airport.
The new plant in the Sharjah Airport International Free (SAIF) Zone will be used for the production of evaporated milk and cream, capable of producing up to 250,000 cartons every month.
The investment has been announced two years ahead of plans to “further increase” Delta Food Industries’ product portfolio, according to the company’s managing director, Ali Parpinchi.
Delta Food Industries chairman Shiraz Osman said: “We are capitalising on the first four years of operation inside the SAIF Zone with our latest initiative, the dairy plant, which will see the enhancement of capacities as well as the range of products. We are now entering the next stage of our growth. Currently, Delta Food Industries is the second largest food manufacturing company in the UAE.
Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, director of SAIF Zone, added: “We welcome Delta Food Industries’ new initiative. It is pleasing to see more manufacturing units flocking to SAIF Zone, which is surely a sign that we are progressing. I hope that this initiative will enable Delta Food to offer its products locally and regionally and expand its network.”
For the last four years, Delta Food Industries has been manufacturing tomato paste, tomato ketchup, hot sauce, milk powder, custard powder, oats, and other products. The company has a strong distribution network across 20 countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council – an economic union involving Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman – as well as the Middle East and Africa.
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