BUA Foods to boost pasta production capacity

BUA Foods has announced it will boost its production capacity by 400,000MT after signing an agreement with FAVA (Italy), one of the world’s leading pasta equipment manufacturing companies.

The company announced this in a statement on the NGX, signed by its Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Adewunmi Desalu.

According to the statement, the expansion will increase its pasta production capacity from 400,000 tonnes to 900,000 tonnes yearly, with an additional nine lines of long-cut pasta, which will increase the company’s pasta production by 400,000 metric tonnes per annum.

The statement reads, “In line with its strategic roadmap and unwavering commitment towards contributing to food security in Nigeria, BUA Foods Plc (BUA Foods or the Company) has announced a planned significant expansion of its pasta production facility after signing an agreement with FAVA (Italy), one of the world’s leading pasta equipment manufacturing companies.”

“The new project, which serves as one of several efforts aimed at mitigating food supply challenges in the country, will result in the addition of nine (9) lines of long-cut pasta (6,000 kgs/hr), thereby increasing the company’s annual production capacity by 400,000 tonnes to 900,000MTpa, making it one of the leading pasta producers in Africa. To support the expansion project, a complementary agreement was also signed with Martini (Italy) to supply packaging equipment.”

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BUA Foods’ Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, CFR, CON, stated that the company’s manufacturing capacity expansion would enable them to extend their production capabilities and contribute to addressing ongoing food shortages in the country.

He added that, in addition to increasing pasta production, the company would introduce innovations to support mixed volume growth while maintaining the high product quality their customers expect.

Meanwhile, the pasta facility expansion project follows an agreement the company signed with IMAS, a prominent Turkish flour milling equipment manufacturer, to build four (4) state-of-the-art wheat and flour milling factories, leading to a boost in the company’s milling capacity to 2.5 million MTpa.