Minister tours Al Barakah Dates factory, reviews expansion plans
Dubai, UAE, 3 hours, 12 minutes ago UAE Minister of State for Food and Water Security, Mariam Almheiri, has visited the site of a date factory in Dubai that once complete will become the world’s largest privately-owned date processing facility. The minister visited Al Barakah Dates, a market leader for packaged and processed dates, to review its expansion plans in Dubai Industrial City, one of the region’s largest manufacturing and logistics hub. Almheiri was joined by Saleem Mohamed and Yousuf Saleem, Chairman and Managing Director of Al Barakah Dates respectively, and Saud Abu Al Shawareb, Managing Director of Dubai Industrial City.
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Al Barakah Dates factory has announced on Thursday the expansion of its facility at Dubai Industrial City to become the world’s biggest privately-owned date factory, which is exporting date products to 79 countries. It has announced plans to expand not only its solar-powered facility but also to expand export of date-based products and ingredients to promote healthy diet.
Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Al Mheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, was present at the inauguration of Al Barakah Dates factory expansion at the Dubai Industrial City. Dates, which are high in several nutrients, fibre and antioxidants, are a very healthy fruit to include in one’s diet. They also provide other health benefits, including improved digestion and reduced risk of disease.
Al Barakah Dates expands facility, plans 100,000 t production
Dubai, UAE, 20 days ago Al Barakah Dates has announced plans to expand its existing facility to become the world s biggest privately-owned date factory in Dubai Industrial City, the region s largest manufacturing and logistics hub. The food company will more than double the size of its existing facility to be able to process over 100,000 tonnes of date and date products annually–equivalent to almost half of the UAE’s entire domestic harvest – to become the world’s single largest processor of date ingredients. Its massive new state-of-the-art factory will cover a total area of 600,000 sq ft, including 420,000 sq ft of dedicated processing and cold storage space, and is due for completion in early 2022. To support global decarbonisation efforts, the sustainable facility will be equipped with more than 6,500 solar panels to offset 3,000 tonnes emissions per year.
Dubai to have world’s largest date factory
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Al Barakah Dates on Sunday announced that it plans to double its facility which would become the world’s biggest privately-owned date factory in Dubai Industrial City.
Dubai will be home to the world’s largest dates and date-product factory which can process more than 100,000 tonnes of dates and date products annually.
Al Barakah Dates on Sunday announced that it plans to double its facility which would become the world’s biggest privately-owned date factory in Dubai Industrial City. The company’s 100,000 tonnes of date and date products are equivalent to almost half of the UAE’s entire domestic harvest, it said in a statement on Sunday.
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