ITALY – Sympak, a manufacturing equipment supplier, has won a contract for a turnkey plant for processed cheese with Almarai, Saudi Arabia and is the biggest order in its history.

Almarai decided to invest in a green field factory two years ago to concentrate its production facilities on one site, and chose a plot near Al Kark, south east of Riyadh.

The plant will come into operation by mid-2005, and will be equipped with a sophisticated process data and recipe automation system.