Beverages: An Important Industry of Pakistan
The food and beverage processing industry is the 2nd largest industry of Pakistan after textiles, accounting for 27% of the value-added production and 16% of employment in the manufacturing sector. F&N International is serving the entire food processing industry which broadly categorized into the following 4 sub sectors:
1. Value-added and frozen food processing sectors, including canned foods
2. Edible oils and Fats manufacturing/processing units
3. Beverage production units
4. Bakery and confectionary manufacturing units.
F&N international is a vendor of choice when it comes to the industrial solutions whether provision of individual machines or setup of complete factories. We are serving the following sub-sectors:
Beverages – The beverage industry of Pakistan has been categorized into two broad categories: 1) Aerated Beverages 2) Juices, squashes and syrups. The beverage processing industry’s main products include dehydrated products, fruit products, including fruit juices/drinks, canned fruits and carbonated beverages. The industry has been categorized into two sectors broadly: (1) Juices, squashes and syrups and (2) Aerated beverages. Both the sectors have recorded an impressive growth with major players such as Pepsi, Coca Cola, Nestle, Mitchells, Shezan, Maza etc. Their production units are mostly located in the Punjab specifically Lahore, Sargodha and Bahawalpur.
Edible Oils & Fats – The edible oil and fats sector includes vegetable oil, ghee and margarine. 23% of oil seeds are produced domestically while the remaining is mostly imported which provides a huge opportunity for an increase in domestic production. These oil seeds are used extensively in the vegetable ghee and cooking oil industry of Pakistan which is one of the largest manufacturing industries in Pakistan. There are approximately 160 small and medium sized vegetable ghee and cooking oil units spread all across Pakistan.
If you have any plans for factory expansion or setting up a new factory, please feel free to get in touch with us to discuss how our comprehensive enginering support can benefit your business.
