Gizaz factory to produce glass containers for bottling water, soft drinks, juices, and food products.
Published: 13 July 2024
Qatar News Agency
Doha
Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) announced on Thursday the start of the trial operation of the Gizaz factory for glass containers.
The factory is the first of its kind in the State of Qatar and specializes in the production of glass containers used for bottling water, soft drinks, juices, various food products and other materials.
The factory represents an important development and the beginning of a new era for the manufacturing sector.
CEO of QIMC and Chairman Gizaz Glass Containers Company Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Ansari said that the trial operation of the plant began on Jun. 15, 2024 in coordination with the Italian company responsible for designing, supplying and installing the equipment and production lines.
QIMC owns 50 percent of the project, and other local and foreign investors own 50 percent.
The total investment of the project is approximately QR 360 million.
The production capacity of the project in the first phase is about 200 tons/day, or about 1 million packages/day.
In the future, a second oven and additional production lines will be added, which will raise the production capacity to about 400 tons per day.
The operational trials are planned to continue for about one month. After ensuring that the required results and production quantities are achieved, the commercial production phase of the factory will begin.
Sales to both local and foreign customers will commence at the start of next August.
The factory will help support and develop many existing consumer industries and reduce their production costs by providing their needs for glass containers instead of importing them from abroad.
