Hamdard signs agreement with Reliance MET City to build Hamdard Food Park Cluster

Aiming at building Hamdard Food Park Cluster (HFPC) at Jhajjar, Haryana Gurugram, Hamdard signs agreement with Reliance MET City.

Model Economic Township Limited (MET City), a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is developing a world class Greenfield Smart city near Gurugram, Haryana. MET City is happy to announce signing of definitive agreement with Hamdard Group for setting up a world class manufacturing facility at the city.

Hamdard is envisaging to develop its Hamdard Food Park Cluster (HFPC) to manufacture some of its core Foods categories on approximately 10 acres of land at MET City. They are planning to
spend about Rs.100 to 150 Crores in the first phase development of its manufacturing facilities.

The project includes Honey processing plant and similar product manufacturing facilities along with Spices manufacturing plant for various pure, whole and blended spices under the brand of
“Hamdard Khaalis” spices.

Edible oil processing and filling facilities for the oils like Mustard Oil, Olive Oil, Rice Bran Oil & Soya Oil etc. is also in the pipeline as per the project and extruded products processing and manufacturing facilities for Vermicelli, Soya Chunks like products along with Beverages filling and packing for the products like Dairy drinks, Still Juices, Carbonated drinks, will also be included.

Hamid Ahmed, CEO, Hamdard Foods, says, “Growth comes by bringing around world class manufacturing technologies to give world class products to the customer. Having this thought in mind Hamdard Foods selected Reliance MET City, Jhajjar, Haryana for developing its
manufacturing facilities in the next 1 to 2 years as it provided not only a very good location to be within NCR but also a place having world class industrial infrastructure.”

On the other hand SV. Goyal, CEO & WTD, MET City, holds, “We are very happy to have Hamdard Group, one of the iconic brands of India, as a part of MET City. MET City project is not only one of the fastest
growing Greenfield Smart City but also an address for global companies. With its Plug-n-Play infrastructure and companies from 7 countries, MET City today is a leading business city in attracting more companies from diverse sectors. Met City is a pioneer project in sustainable
development with over 9000 Crore investment already committed. Today it has licenses for 1903 acres and more than 25,000 people are already working at the project. Hamdard Group as an addition in the global brand lists of Reliance MET City, is a perfect match of world class
infrastructure meeting world class consumer product brand.”

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MET City’s Head Business Development, Vaibhav Mittal said, “Hamdard Group will be a force multiplier for MET City in its journey of becoming a global destination for investments in India. With 400+ customers, MET City is on its way of becoming a platform for not only established large companies but also for SME companies. In this project Hamdard Group will not only manufacture world-class products but will bring global manufacturing best practices to MET City as well as help in generating more investments through vendor development and employment generation.”