Siqa Mills Opens Additional Production Lines
Sudan Events – Reports
The Governor of the Red Sea State, Lieutenant General Mustafa Mohamed Nour, inaugurated additional production lines at the Siqa Food Industries complex at the northern port in Port Sudan.
He praised Siqa Group’s contribution to bridging the flour supply gap and welcomed investments and factories while pledging to remove obstacles. He affirmed that the state has promising opportunities to attract more investments, particularly in the industrial sector.
Meanwhile, the Acting Federal Minister of Industry, Mahasen Ali Yaqoub, stated that the ministry is working to localize national industries following the outbreak of war in the states to meet the country’s needs for essential goods and food products. She highlighted that Siqa Group has covered a significant portion of the country’s flour needs and added that establishing new factories and branches in various states would help meet national demand.
In the same context, the Executive Director of DAL Food Group, Aref Najm Al-Din, stated that since last year, Siqa has been working to increase its production capacity of milled flour from 1,500 tons per day to 2,000 tons.
He noted that increasing the total production capacity of each factory from 750 tons per day to 1,000 tons has raised the overall production of the mills to 2,000 tons daily. He explained that the new additional production lines would help bridge the country’s flour gap, meet the needs of all states, and support export efforts.
