“Al Baraka Dates” .. A pioneering model for the growth of innovative food industries in Dubai

Dubai has succeeded in consolidating strong foundations for the growth of a sustainable and competitive industrial sector in support of diversifying its economy, until today it has become a destination for large investments in the industrial sector, because it provides unique advantages, the most prominent of which is its organizational and legislative environment, policies and encouraging government incentives and a high -level logistical structure that provides enormous opportunities to reach regional and global markets, in addition to the presence of specialized industrial areas, providing An attractive climate for all types of industries.

The Al -Baraka Dates Factory – which falls under the umbrella of the Al -Baraka Food Holding Group Limited, is located in Dubai Industrial City, which is affiliated with the Tikom Group – a model for a successful and successful investment in the industrial sector in Dubai, where the factory, which was established in 1988, witnessed continuous and large growth to become today the largest dates factory in the world owned by the private sector, and it is also the first dates factory in the world to be run Using solar energy.

In an exceptional performance, Al -Baraka Dates Factory is currently exporting more than 90 countries from Dubai, and includes its largest export markets: the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh, and the list of factory deals also includes giant international food companies.

The factory recorded an exceptional success story in growth and expansion, to now reach an area of ​​800,000 square feet, including 500 thousand square feet allocated to manufacturing and cooling, with a continuous double of production volume and keeping pace with the increasing demand.

The Director General of Al -Baraka Factory for Dates, Youssef Selim, stressed that “the factory succeeded, in addition to the escalating growth of its business, in strengthening the strengths of its advantage as one of the largest and most important dates factories in the world, as it processes more than 100 thousand tons of dates annually, including more than 50 thousand tons of local dates crops in the UAE,” noting that “in addition to the growing demand for its products in the global markets, the factory offers its products to giant companies It is the most important globally, including (General Mills, Kraft Haynez, Mondelliz, and Nestle).

He said: «We are proud and proud of the image we offer to the world on the level of national industries in the UAE, and we always put within our vision the important role that we can serve in supporting the directions of the Emirate of Dubai to be a global pioneering center for food innovation, sustainable manufacturing, and halal products exports, and this success that Al Baraka Factory has reached dates, and continues to double it, based on the separate incentives provided by the Emirate of Dubai For investment in the industrial sector, whether in terms of encouraging economic advantages, or the high -value trade impact reinforced by the industrial and logistical structure and close economic relations between the UAE and various countries of the world.

The Al -Baraka Dates Factory has great advantages that made it a model for the level of national industry in the sustainable food fields, and the factory had obtained an official license from Expo 2020, representing the Emirati innovation in the field of dates, as part of highlighting the quality of national products.

The factory is also distinguished by its global leadership in sustainability, as the world’s first solar -powered dates, and includes more than 6500 solar panels, which contributes to reducing about 3000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

Dubai .. a stimulating environment

The success story of Al -Baraka Factory for Dates is a sign of the strength of the economic environment that stimulates business in the Emirate of Dubai, and the competitive factors it provides to various sectors, which ensure the continuity, growth and expansion of business, especially in the vital sectors that Dubai places within its strategic directions and priorities such as the industrial sector and the food sector, where these sectors have huge opportunities for growth and expansion of their businesses and the access of their products to various global markets, in light of what The UAE offers great incentives to double the growth of national exports.