Pearl Dairy Farms Limited

Pearl Diary Farms Limited
Private
Industry Dairy processing
Founded 2012[1]
Headquarters Mbarara, Uganda
Key people
 Devendra Seth
Managing Director[2]
Bijoy Varghese
General Manager
Products Butter oil, ghee, skimmed milk powder, full cream milk powder, UHT milk[2]
Number of employees
 247 (2016)[2]
Subsidiaries In Kenya
Offices in Kampala & Dubai
Website Homepage

Pearl Dairy Farms Limited, often referred to as Pearl Dairy, is a dairy processing company in Uganda.[3]

Location

The head office and factory of Pearl Dairy Farms Limited is in the Biharwe neighborhood along the Masaka–Mbarara Road, approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi), by road, east of the central business district of Mbarara.[4] The coordinates of the company headquarters and factory are 0°32'16.0"S, 30°42'52.0"E (Latitude:-0.537780; Longitude:30.714446).[5]

Overview

The factory is built on 15 acres (6.1 ha) and has capacity to process 500,000 liters of milk daily.[6] The milk is purchased from dairy farmers in Mbarara District and neighboring communities.[7] The company maintains corporate offices in Kampala and Dubai.[3] Pearl Dairy Farms Limited maintains a subsidiary in Kenya, with its own milk processing plant.[8]

Ownership

The company is a member of the Midland Group of companies, a conglomerate active in Africa and the Middle East.[3][8] The detailed shareholding in the stock of the company as of March 2016 is shown in the table below:[9]

Pearl Dairy Farms Limited Stock Ownership
Rank Name of OwnerPercentage Ownership
1 Bhasker Kotecha and Family50.5
2 Anand Kapoor and Family49.5
Total100.00

Products

The factory manufactures the following products among others:[3][10]

The companies products are consumed locally in Uganda and exported to Comesa Countries, West Africa, India, Nepal and United Arab Emirates.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Midcom Group (30 August 2016). "Midcom Group: Milk Processing". Dubai: Midcom-group.com. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Tumushabe, Alfred (20 June 2016). "Museveni cautions on high milk prices". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Pearl (19 March 2016). "Pearl Dairy Farms Limited: Company Profile" (PDF). Mbarara: Pearl Dairy Farms Limited (Pearl). Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  4. ↑ GFC (19 March 2016). "Distance between Mbarara, Western Region, Uganda and Pearl Dairies, Kashari, Western Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Google (19 March 2016). "Location of Pearl Dairy Farms Limited Headquarters & Factory" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Tentena, Paul (26 June 2016). "President Museveni commissions Pearl Dairy LATO milk". East African Business Week. Kampala. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  7. ↑ IFC (26 May 2013). "IFC Projects Database - Pearl Dairy: Summary of Investment Information". Washington, DC: International Finance Corporation (IFC). Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  8. 1 2 Ciuri, Simon (15 November 2015). "Uganda's Pearl Dairy to build plant in Kenya". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Busuulwa, Bernard (15 June 2013). "IFC, Uganda's Pearl Dairy in US$6.5 million loan deal". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  10. ↑ FBAM (July 2014). "Industry Focus: Dairy Industry in Uganda". Food Business Africa Magazine (FBAM). Retrieved 19 March 2016.

External links

Coordinates: 00°32′16″N 30°42′52″E / 0.53778°N 30.71444°E / 0.53778; 30.71444

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