UAE food manufacturer Delta Food Industries has announced plans to invest AED 60m ($16.3m) in setting up a tin can manufacturing unit at its site in Sharjah.
The new facility will cover more than 5,000m2 at Sharjah Airport International Free (SAIF) Zone.
Delta Food Industries chairman Shiraz Osman said that the investment would help meet an increase in consumption of canned foods, having earlier invested in a new plant for evaporated milk and cream production.
“We immediately decided to erect a dedicated can manufacturing unit to fulfil Delta’s requirement. This understanding was later converted to equity shareholding in Delta Food Industries,” Osman explained.
Sharad Anand, CEO of Anand Tin Containers, said that his company would provide a completely packing solution for the new facilities to help Delta Food Industries meet the demand for cans – as well as PET bottles and tetra packs.
He pointed out that the company had aggressive marketing plans for the domestic retail market in the UAE and ensured that Delta will have more brands and products of even higher quality for UAE consumers in the near future.
“The new can manufacturing unit will initially start with a capacity of 30 million cans per month,” Anand said. “Delta will also get into the packaging of canned vegetables and fruits, flavoured milk and protein powder.”
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