Brazilian food company Brasil Foods (BRF) is set to establish a new AED533m ($145m) food processing facility at Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad).
The agreement for a land plot of 174,300ft2 in the free zone area's food manufacturing cluster of Kizad Area A was signed by Federal Foods Company, the local arm of Brasil Foods.
The plant is expected to be fully operational by 2014, with a production capacity of 80,000 tons per year. It will produce meat products, marinated processed foods and other bread based foods.
Kizad CEO and managing director Khaled Salmeen said: "Brasil Foods will benefit from Kizad's multi-modal transportation infrastructure and proximity to Khalifa Port, the only semi-automated port in the Middle East, allowing them to tap new markets and increase their business output dramatically."
BRF Middle East general director Patricio Rohner said the strategic agreement with Kizad will facilitate the access to global markets faster and more efficiently, giving the company the competitive advantage and enhancing its brand penetration, distribution, and sales.
"Setting up in Kizad will also allow Brasil Foods to produce local goods and processed foods customised to fit the local and regional demand, and expanding our food portfolio," Rohner added.
