Doubles its size to 26,000sqft
The Italian Dairy Products factory, headquartered at the Sharjah Food Park in the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) has revealed that it has doubled up the total size of its factory to 26,000sqft, making the new expanded factory one of the largest Italian dairy factories across the UAE.
Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director, HFZA, accompanied by a number of officials and directors of the free zone, toured the newly developed facilities, where he was briefed about the different phases of dairy production in accordance to the highest international standards.
Al Mazrouei commended the factory’s important role in providing high-quality foodstuff at affordable prices, thanks to the implementation of smooth and innovative mechanisms throughout the production process.
Italian Dairy Products factory is one of the UAE’s largest factories for producing Italian cheese, using fresh cow’s milk brought from the national farms in the UAE. The factory consumes some 4,800 tons of milk annually to produce about 500 tons of fresh Italian cheese such as mozzarella, burrata and scamorza, and ricotta.
“Having witnessed the increasing demand for products made with high-quality local ingredients mixed with innovative Italian expertise, we made the decision to double up the factory area to meet such demands,” remarked Leo Condemi, General Manager, Italian Dairy Products.
Sharjah Food Park is the region’s first and largest dedicated facility for food industries, covering a total area of 11mn sqm.
