The Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company announces the initial operation of the (Jazaz) factory for glass containers, located in the small and medium industries area, which is expected to take place in the middle of next November. The Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company contributes 50% of the project’s capital in partnership with Qatari and non-Qatari investors.
The factory aims to produce glass containers used in the food and beverage industry, which include: mineral water, soft drinks, juices, dairy, and food packaging (pickles, oils, sauces, jams, honey, etc.). The project will contribute to developing and supporting the food industries in the country, as it is one of the important sectors of the national economy in the next stage.
The project will cover the local market's need for glass containers, which are currently imported from foreign sources at high costs. A percentage of the project’s products will also be exported to international and neighboring markets, the most important of which are the markets of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. These countries suffer from a severe shortage in the availability of glass containers, as there are a very limited number of glass container factories, while their needs are very high due to the size and importance of the food industries. The project will have a great opportunity to compete in these countries and other global markets.
The design capacity of the factory in the first phase is 200 tons/day, meaning approximately one million bottles of glass containers per day, through one melting furnace, at a total cost for the first phase of the project of about 320 million Qatari riyals. Note that future expansion has been considered by adding a second oven, which will raise the production capacity to about 450 tons per day and increase the volume of investment to reach 400 million Qatari riyals.
The project technology is based on melting raw sand and some other materials and chemical additives in a special furnace with a temperature of about 1600 degrees Celsius, where it is converted into molten glass, using natural gas as the main source of energy in the smelting process. The molten glass is then shaped into special molds to take the desired shape, then cooled in stages, and the final products are assembled after ensuring their quality and compliance with specifications.
High-quality silica sand will be used, as well as local sand available from the Qatar Sand Processing Plant of the Manufacturing Industries Company, in the production processes. Note that a number of natural raw materials and chemicals will be added in varying quantities to improve the quality and properties of the glass and reduce the melting point of the sand. It is also worth noting that the project team is developing a project to use recycled glass (Cullet) and adding it to the main project.
It is worth noting that the factory was designed, and the equipment and production lines were supplied and installed by a specialized Italian company (Falornitech), while the buildings and other facilities were constructed by a local contracting company.
The project will contribute to the implementation of the Qatar Manufacturing Company’s expansion plan to develop its existing projects and implement new projects that depend on the country’s competitive advantages and are in line with Qatar Vision 2030. Since the start of its activity in 1990, the Qatar Manufacturing Company has contributed to more than twenty industrial projects in the State of Qatar. In various industrial sectors, the company is based on exploiting natural resources and intermediate inputs available locally and regionally and adopting the company’s investment policy. The company views its investment activity from the perspective of economic development in its broad sense. It seeks to maximize the direct and indirect positive effects of investment on the national economy between the industrial sector and other economic sectors, which include: This is in its various projects, such as the chemical and petrochemical industries, building materials, foodstuffs, etc., and in its endeavor to achieve its investment policies, the company welcomes investors and technology owners to contribute to joint projects in small and medium enterprises.