Brasil Foods to build new complex in UAE

Brasil Foods will build up a new complex to produce processed meats in the UAE, which will demand a global investment of US$120 million: US$95 million in the first phase and US$25 million in the second. Production capacity will reach 80,000 MT per year at the peak and the startup is forecast for the end of 2012.

Fabio Nunes
December 31, 2013

Brasil Foods will build up a new complex to produce processed meats in the UAE, which will demand a global investment of US$120 million: US$95 million in the first phase and US$25 million in the second. Production capacity will reach 80,000 MT per year at the peak and the startup is forecast for the end of 2012.

The Middle East is strategic for the internationalization strategy of the company, and the new complex must strengthen the already privileged market position the company already has in the region.

Brasil Foods will build up a new complex to produce processed meats in the UAE, which will demand a global investment of US$120 million: US$95 million in the first phase and US$25 million in the second. Production capacity will reach 80,000 MT per year at the peak and the startup is forecast for the end of 2012.

The Middle East is strategic for the internationalization strategy of the company, and the new complex must strengthen the already privileged market position the company already has in the region.
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