Dubai’s SLG Group sets up manufacturing facility in food security push

Dubai’s SLG Group sets up manufacturing facility in food security push

Dubai-based SLG Group (also Silver Line Gate Group) is building a Dhs200mn manufacturing facility at Dubai Industrial City as part of the company’s bolder strategy to bolster the UAE’s food security initiatives. The new facility, which is set to open its doors for business in 2025, will support the distribution of wholesale bakery products such as butter, whey powder and vegetable shortening to bakeries, restaurants, ice cream manufacturers, hotels and caterers in the UAE. It is also expected to meet the demands of business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) customers across the GCC, African and Southeast Asian markets. SLG Group’s new facility is the latest in a growing number of food manufacturers, processing firms producing and exporting foodstuffs globally from the Dubai Industrial City, boosting foreign trade and supporting the Dubai Economic Agenda D33. Shereen Saeed, general manager at SLG Group, said, “Dubai Industrial City offers us fully equipped industrial infrastructure to easily set up a state-of-the-art manufacturing and logistics centre from which we can better cater to many other markets. Dubai’s strategic location coupled with Dubai Industrial City’s extensive transport network that includes land, air, sea and soon Etihad Rail will offer SLG Group unrivalled and convenient access to key