BUA Foods Plc has announced a planned expansion of its pasta production facility after signing an agreement with FAVA (Italy), one of the world’s leading pasta equipment manufacturing companies.
BUA Foods’ Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, said the move was in line with the company’s strategic roadmap toward contributing to food security in Nigeria.
According to Rabiu, the new project, which serves as one of several efforts to mitigate food supply challenges in the country, will increase the company’s annual production capacity by 400,000 tonnes to 900,000MTpa.
“Our manufacturing capacity expansion will continue to enable us to extend the boundaries of what we can produce and deliver, supporting our nation’s development by providing solutions to ongoing food shortages,” Rabiu was quoted as saying in a statement on Wednesday by BUA Foods Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Adewunmi Desalu.
“In addition to producing more pasta, we’ll be able to introduce new innovations to support mixed volume growth, while consistently delivering the unrivalled product quality our customers expect.
“The additional 100,000 tonnes of grain storage capacity will enable us to meet the growing demand for our products while strengthening the backbone of our food processing operations by ensuring a reliable and consistent supply of raw materials,” Rabiu added.
He explained that to support the expansion project, a complimentary agreement was also signed with Martini (Italy) to supply packaging equipment.
