Mr. Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Ansari, CEO of Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jazzaz Glass Containers Company, confirmed that the trial operation of the factory began on June 15, after completing all construction and engineering works and obtaining official approvals from the relevant authorities and bodies. He added that local and foreign investors contribute to the factory, in addition to Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company, which contributes 50%, and its investment costs amounted to approximately 360 million riyals.
The trial operation of the plant began according to the approved technical plan and in coordination and cooperation with the Italian company responsible for designing the plant and supplying and installing equipment and production lines. The first step was to start heating the melting furnace using natural gas, which continued for 12 consecutive days to ensure that the temperature inside the furnace reached the required temperature for melting the raw materials, which is 1600 degrees Celsius. Then the furnace was fed with raw materials and the molten glass was formed into the required containers.
The operational trials are planned to continue for about a month. After they are completed and the required results and production quantities are confirmed, the commercial production phase of the factory will begin, operating it at full production capacity and selling to local and foreign customers. This is expected to happen at the beginning of next August.
The factory is the first of its kind in the State of Qatar and specializes in the production of glass containers used in bottling water, soft drinks, juices, various food products and other materials. The factory represents an important qualitative leap and the beginning of a new era for the manufacturing sector and will contribute to expanding and diversifying the industrial base, completing its production chains and achieving the goals of Vision 2030 to develop and advance the industrial sector in the country.
The factory will help support and develop many existing consumer industries and reduce their production costs by providing their needs for glass containers instead of importing them from abroad.
The production capacity of the project in the first phase is about 200 tons/day, or about 1 million packages/day. In the future, a second oven and additional production lines will be added, which will raise the production capacity to about 400 tons/day and will lead to improving the financial results of the project and increasing its profitability significantly.
The State of Qatar is considered the ideal location for this industry. The company has realized from the beginning the value and importance of this industry on a global level. It has studied the project and taken the initiative to implement it based on the competitive advantages available to the project, the most important of which is the availability of energy sources represented by natural gas and electricity at competitive prices, in addition to many other privileges and facilities provided by the state for industrial projects, which will ensure the success of the project and enable it to compete in the local market and regional and global markets.