Dansa Foods Ltd., the beverage and juice fruits manufacturing arm of Dangote Group, will commence exportation of its fruit juice to neigbouring African countries in the first quarter of 2012.
The company Managing Director, Mr George Eremionkhale, made this known on Tuesday during an inspection tour of the company’s factory in Lagos and listed the countries of export as Cameroon, Gabon, Niger, Senegal and Ghana.
The company’s products include Dansa fruit juices in various packs and flavour, Ziza yoghurt drink and milk of different packs, Kally carbonated drink and Mowa table water.
He said that the company had met all the needs of Nigerian consumers in virtually all the states of the country.
The managing director said that the company had already acquired hectares of land in Calabar in Cross River, for its orchard farm.
He said that the move was aimed at making the company self-sufficient in local raw material sourcing for its entire product range.
“We have embarked on backward integration in our juice manufacturing. Our goal is not only to provide for Dansa, but also for other industries in Nigeria.
“This will reduce our dependence on imported concentrate juices, and produce adequate juice to feed the mills and also explore the export market,’’ he said.
Eremionkhale said that the company was equipped with the state-of-the-art machines.
He also said that the factory was equipped with modern machines worth billions of naira with adequate production lines and over 600 direct workers.
The managing director said that the company did not engage casual workers, adding that the company was according priority to workers’ welfare..
Eremionkhale identified inadequate power supply and poor infrastructure as some of the major challenges confronting the company.
He said that the company was planning to convert its power generation plant to use gas so as to to reduce expenses on electricity.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dansa was incorporated in December, 1994.
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