As part of its efforts to enhance food production and prune food insecurity, the leadership of BUA Foods Plc has announced a planned significant expansion of its pasta production facility.
The move is in line with its strategic roadmap, and unwavering commitment towards contributing to food security in Nigeria. According to BUA Foods Plc, the planned significant expansion of its pasta production facility became a reality after signing an agreement with FAVA (Italy), one of the world’s leading pasta equipment manufacturing companies.
In a press release made available to New Telegraph, BUA Foods’ Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, said the new project, which serves as one of several efforts aimed at mitigating food supply challenges in the country, would result in the addition of nine 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 complimentary agreement was also signed with Martini (Italy) to supply packaging equipment. These come on the heels of a strategic agreement signed with Cukurova Silo (Turkiye), a global leader in silo solutions, to increase BUA Foods’ grain storage capacity by 100,000 tonnes.
This investment, according to Samad Rabiu, is in additional pasta lines, packaging and storage systems, which are part of the company’s goal to serve customers better, increase its manufacturing footprint and achieve it’s business objectives.
“Our manufacturing capacity expansion will continue to enable us extend the boundaries of what we can produce and deliver, supporting our nation’s development by providing solutions to ongoing food shortages.
“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,” he said.