Kuwait Flour Mills & Bakeries Company
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| Company type | State owned Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Headquarters | Shuwaikh , |
Key people | Mr. Mutlaq Al zayed (CEO).[1] |
Number of employees | 4,000 |
| Website | www.kuwaitflourmills.com |
Kuwait Flour Mills & Bakeries Company (KFMB) is a state owned group headquartered in Industrial Shuwaikh, Kuwait. KFMB specializes in production and supplying of products like biscuits, flour, bread, buns, and vegetable oils etc. in Kuwait. The Company also produces macaroni, animal feed. KFMB shoulders a sizeable role in Kuwait’s economy by generating $1.3 billion in annual sales revenues and a net profit of $123 million in 2016[2].
KFMB has eight automatic Arabic bakeries, accompanied by Sabhan Bakery that is panoramic in European bread production. It provides automated material handling and storage services through its principal holdings (KFMB has a total storage capacity of 375,000 tons at the port) and is in charge of providing flour and other grains to the country. KFMB factories are considered as one of the largest (3,000 tons of daily milling capacity), state-of-the-art, and acculturated in the Arabian Gulf and Middle East areas.[3] KFMB employs almost 4000 employees.[4]
History
Soon after the state's independence, the Kuwaiti government quickly commenced its program of industrialization, creating a number of new companies under its control. One of these was the Kuwait Flour Mills Company. Incorporated in 1961 the company focused on specialized food products and familiarized them to the market[5]
In 1988, ‘Kuwait Flour Mills Company’ was merged with ‘Kuwait Bakeries Company’ and attained its new identity as “Kuwait Flour Mills and Bakeries Company”. KFMB evoked expanding its facilities in order to develop fully integrated operations. As such, the company constructed its own silos and wheat-discharging facilities at Shuwaikh port to offload ships directly into its silos.
In the following years, KFMB installed automatic milling systems integrated with packaging as well. The production of the company was augmented to include a full range of flours, including specialized flours used in the production of Arabic bread types, as well as processed flours used in European bread. In 1969, the company launched a factory for the production of Macaroni and in 1970 a factory for the production of Biscuits. Launching a vegetable oil factory in 1976 was another feather in the cap, which was the first of its nature in the Arabian Gulf Region.
Further, in 1978, the company took ambitious steps to build nine automatic bakeries, geographically situated in Kuwait along with the Central Sabhan Bakery, considered as a sign of industrial milestone in Arabian Gulf area at that point in time.
Again in 1994, KFMB took over the government-run ‘Kuwait Supply Company’. A company that was commended to serve the citizens by providing and delivering food supply and construction materials. These products were subsidized by the government in accordance with the policies and resolutions of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
In compliance with the company’s mission to achieve food security, the company established the Animal Feed Plant in 1996 for the production of animal feed enriched with nutritional values to serve the livestock that is one of the integral elements for nutrition in the country.
Important and Achievement Years:
- 1961
Kuwait Flour Mills Company comes into existence to supply flour and wheat to Kuwait.
- 1965
Kuwait's very first flour mill was constructed by the name ‘Kuwait Flour Mills’.
- 1969
The Company established Macaroni factory.
- 1970
The company established biscuit factory.
- 1976
The Company started importing and producing vegetable oils.
- 1978
‘Kuwait Bakeries Company’ established by the government to make Arabic bread.
- 1988
‘Kuwait Flour Mills & Bakeries Company' comes into existence by the merger of ‘Kuwait Flour Mills’ with ‘Kuwait Bakeries Company’.
- 1994
The Company acquires state-run ‘Kuwait Supply Company’.
- 1996
The company constructs a new animal feed mill.
- 2002
Capacities of silos were expanded.
- 2015
Established gluten free factory
Mills, Manufacturers & Products[6]
Similar to the other affiliates of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), the Kuwaiti government also buoyed up heavy investments into the country's food industry. KFMB, formed under such government initiative, imports wheat and other grains, processed at the company's port and silo complex in Shuwaikh Port, Kuwait. Having its own mills, KFMB functions at nine facilities situated all through the State of Kuwait.
Kuwait Flour Mills & Bakeries produces and supplies a comprehensive selection of bread, consisting of Arabic bread, European bread, and other baked goods like hard and soft biscuits. Additionally, the company also produces macaroni, animal feed, and vegetable oils.
Mills
Kuwait Flour Mills established in 1961 followed by expansions in the productive capacity and increase in the production lines according to the growing demands on the mill’s products. The company performed further expansions in 1975 when the Bran Pressing Factory was established.
The mills produce several types of product items: Patent Flour (all-purpose), White Flour, Brown Flour, Whole Wheat Flour, Peeled Wheat and Crushed Wheat, Pastries & Lugaimat Mix, Chapatti Flour, Floor 00, Flour 000, Flour 0000, Tanur Flour, Biscuit Flour, Semolina Flour, and European Flour, Barely Flour.
Macaroni
1969 saw the development of KFMB’s macaroni factory to produce macaroni and vermicelli. The production capacity was further increased and developed to meet the predictable demand over the coming years.
At present, the company produces several products of macaroni and vermicelli in addition to fettuccini and spaghetti. There are fifteen types of short macaroni and three types of vermicelli with different thicknesses, four types of Whole Wheat Durum Macaroni.
Biscuits
KFMB built its biscuit factory in 1970, the production was expanded and developed further to meet the higher demand. This enabled the company to market the biscuit products to foreign markets as well.
The main products are Hard Biscuits and Soft Biscuits
Hard biscuits include Marie biscuit, Petit Beurre Biscuit, Tik Salty Biscuit.
Soft biscuits include Digestive Biscuits with Bran, Nice Biscuits with Coconut Flavour, Vanilla Cream Choco Biscuits, and Total Bran Biscuits.
Vegetable Oil
In another milestone achieved by KFMB, an Oil and Vegetable Ghee Factory was endowed in 1976. The production capacity was enhanced over several stages due to the growing demand in the region.
The main products are Oil and Vegetable Ghee, Corn Oil, Sunflower Oil, Soya Oil, Palmolein Oil, Dalal vegetable ghee. Secondary Products Fatty Acids, Acid Oil.
Arabic Bakery
In 1978, the Article of Association of Kuwait Bakeries Company endorsed to produce and administer a variety of bread. In 1988 Kuwait Bakeries Company and Kuwait Flour Mills Company, were merged into a single entity.
The production capacity of its eight bakeries is 7,000,000 (seven million) bread per day weighing 50 to 75 grams each. The company is enthused about delivering a wide range of Arabic Bread without the utilization of additives. These breads are provided through 900 outlets including kiosks, cooperative societies, supermarkets and restaurant all across the State of Kuwait.
The main products are Arabic White Bread, Arabic Brown Bread, and mini arabic bread, bread with barely, thin brown arabic bread, brown rugag, white rugag.
European Bakery
First of its sort in the Middle East tract, ‘Sabhan Central Bakery’ was founded in 1979. Sabhan bakery accrued the ISO 22000:2005 authentication and as of now positions as one of the best worldwide bakeries.
The main products are Regular Toast Bread, Brown Toast Bread, White Toast Bread, White Square Toast, Multigrain Toast Bread, White/Brown Sourdough Bread, Plain Hamburger Bun, Hamburger Bun with Sesame, Hamburger Bun with Bran, Soft Roll, White/Brown Hot Dog Bread, French White Bread, Multigrain French Bread, Soft Roll Bread, Mini Bread, Chipata, Rusk, Cupcake (plain, with chocolate and Ougaily), Plain/Fennel and Black Rusk, Croissant (plain, cheese, chocolate and strawberry),Mini Croissant (plain, cheese and thyme),Plain/Cheese and Zaatar Pate, Mini Sand witch (plain, cheese, and thyme), White French Bread, Multigrain French Bread.
Gluten Free
In the entire Middle East tract, KFMB emerged as one of the first companies to produce gluten-free bakery products. This objective was the part of KFMB’s commitment to social responsibility, and to achieve the food security for all the sections of the Kuwaiti society, including celiac patients who are known to suffer from wheat allergy.
The main products are Gluten Free Toast, Hamburger, Buns, Rolls and Cup Cakes.
Animal Feed
In a determined step to fulfill its mission in the field of food security for the State of Kuwait, KFMB launched an Animal Feed Factory in the year 1996. It was based on the company’s beliefs that livestock indeed is one of the food security elements.
The main products are Sheep Feed, Camel Feed, Dairy Cattle Feed, and Fattening Cattle Feed.
Awards & Certificates
Awards
In the Gulfood Innovation Award, held at Gulfood, Dubai, from 26 February to 2 March 2017, Kuwait Flour Mills and Bakeries Company won the ‘Best Health and Wellness Product Award’[7] for Gluten Free Products and Biscuit (Totally bran).
Sial Innovation 2015 finalist:
Totally Bran Biscuits and Gluten free bakery products
Certificates
AOES standards for Gluten Free Products
ISO Certificates:
- ISO 90001: 2008
- ISO 17025: 2005
- ISO 22000: 2005
- FSSC 22000
Halal Certificates for:
- All Arabic Bakeries
- Mills & plants
- Sabhan bakery
Subsidiaries and Branches:
- Rumaithiya
- Shuwaikh
- Jahra
- Ahmadi
- Yarmouk
- Khaitan
- Shaab
- Kaifan
- Sabhan
See Also
References
- ^ "BORN AND BREAD". Thebusinessyear.
- ^ "Kuwait's milling giant". WG.
- ^ "57 YEARS Partner in Taste".
- ^ "KFMB – Kuwait's milling giant". June 16, 2018.
- ^ "Kuwait Flour Mills & Bakeries Co. S.A.K." (PDF). kuwait-toplist.
- ^ "Semi Government Clients". Alamiahco.
- ^ "Winners of the Gulfood Innovation Awards 2017 announced". Foodbev. 2017-02-27.