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Al Dahra Australia’s new plant at Wannamal, WA, will be able to deliver a range of bale sizes and packing and wrapping styles for its export customers.
Serving a large customer base in government and commercial sectors, Al Dahra has a large geo- graphic footprint, with a workforce of 5000 in more than 20 countries and catering to more than 45 markets, with a leading position in Asia and the Middle East.
Strategically located at the Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates, the company owns and oper- ates a grains hub, with 20 silos and a storage capac- ity of more than 300,000 tonnes.
Al Dahra Australia lifts export hay output in Western Australia
HAY exporter Al Dahra Australia will invest $10 million in a hi-tech pro- duction line and press at its Western Australian facility at Wannamal, 100km north of Perth.
last year, which featured low yields but high qual- ity,” Mr Coakley said.
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The South Australian manufactured Schutz hay processing plant system, complemented by the latest Torque Industries hydraulics and electrical package, will produce 80,000 tonnes per annum of high-quality export hay and straw for Al Dahra’s global markets, including the Middle East, Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea.
Al Dahra is a prominent multinational leader in agribusiness, specialising in the cultivation, produc- tion and trading of animal feed, essential food com- modities and end-to-end supply chain manage- ment.
Al Dahra is a world leader in the production, packaging, marketing and distribution of grains – operating two flour and three rice mills – with capacity to annually pro- duce 500,000 tonnes of flour and 500,000 tonnes of rice.
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Al Dahra general man- ager Keith Coakley said the plant would operate from December.
The group manages and operates a land bank in excess of 160,000 hec- tares, with 1200 pivots.
Al Dahra has made considerable investments in the logistics and sup- ply chain sector, moving about two million tonnes annually and shipping 175,000 twenty-foot equivalent units.
“The new plant will tri- ple our capacity and lift packaging quality to the highest possible level, giv- ing our valued customers more options in terms of bale size, and packing and wrapping styles.
In addition, the com- pany owns and manages 15 state-of-the-art forage processing and baling fa- cilities, and can produce and supply three mil- lion tonnes of alfalfa and grasses annually, catering to the needs of livestock
In 2019 Al Dahra’s share of the global fodder trade was 16 percent.
“The expansion of Al Dahra’s initial 2016 foot- print in Western Australia signals our intent to build bigger, better and more sustainable business rela- tionships with more grow- ers, and to grow market share potentially via stra- tegic acquisitions, subject to due diligence stacking up.
By the end of 2020 it anticipates growing that share to 20 percent.
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“With our focus on quality and commitment to supply a world-class, quality-assured product to our customers, we rely on a select pool of equally committed WA growers, who we regard as aligning with the best in the world.
“We anticipate 2020 will see excellent returns for growers, with strong de- mand for hay and straw to meet an increasing need for highly nutritious live- stock feed, in order to sat- isfy the world’s expanding protein requirements.
Al Dahra CEO Hussain Al Katheeri (left) and CFO Gianlucca Fabbri (right) recently visited the com- pany’s Western Australian site at Wannamal and met with Al Dahra Australia GM Keith Coakley.
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