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GEA signs contract to build the largest Olive Oil mill in Asia

19 Mar 2019

GEA received the order from The National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC) in March 2019 to build and supply the industrial equipment for a large olive oil mill located in Saudi Arabia.

NADEC Group and GEA signed a contract for the most modern olive oil production in Asia. (Photo NADEC)

NADEC Group and GEA signed a contract for the most modern olive oil production in Asia. (Photo NADEC)

This important contract comes in at more than three million euro. NADEC is one of the largest agricultural and food-processing companies in the Middle East and North Africa. The scope of the project, located in the region of Al-Jouf, is expected to encompass 5 million olive trees from a single farm of 3,000 hectares. 

The order is the second phase of an ongoing project and will enlarge the existing olive oil plant – successfully built in 2016. The contract is a result of a long cooperation and relationship between NADEC Group and the technology group GEA in food processing, and more particularly in the dairy products sector as well as the success achieved in the first phase of the project. The second phase will involve civil engineering, automation engineering, processes and all the necessary industrial equipment to manage the olive oil plant successfully. The project, led by GEA, accommodates the combined efforts of several Spanish machine manufacturers, which in the end will be configured as an integrated solution – practically a "turnkey" Olive Oil mill. "We were able to offer NADEC a differentiated and integrated solution from the hands of a single supplier," explains Rafael Cárdenas, Head of the Center of Excellence for Olive Oil of GEA in Úbeda (Spain). Once the construction process is completed, this facility will be largest and most modern olive oil mill in Asia.

"The cooperative relationship between NADEC and GEA’s Olive Oil Center of Excellence began in 2014. This project is a very good example of GEA's ability to deliver large projects anywhere in the world and provide high added value to customers since not only the equipment but also the knowledge of the process is key" says Alvaro Martinez Regional Head Western Europe, Middle East and Africa. The signing of the new contract marks the culmination of work, a process in which the GEA office in Saudi Arabia and the company's Olive Oil Center of Excellence in Spain have collaborated very intensely. Over the last four years GEA has restructured itself to provide a much more homogenous service to its customers worldwide.

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GEA is one of the world’s largest suppliers of systems and components to the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. The international technology group, founded in 1881, focuses on machinery and plants, as well as advanced process technology, components and comprehensive services.

With more than 18,000 employees, the group generated revenues of about EUR 5.4 billion in more than 150 countries in the 2023 fiscal year. GEA plants, processes, components and services enhance the efficiency and sustainability of customer’s production. They contribute significantly to the reduction of CO2 emissions, plastic usage and food waste. In doing so, GEA makes a key contribution toward a sustainable future, in line with the company’s purpose: ”Engineering for a better world“. GEA is listed on the German MDAX the European STOXX® Europe 600 Index and is among the companies comprising the DAX 50 ESG, MSCI Global Sustainability as well as Dow Jones Sustainability World and Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Indices.
 
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