As part of an ongoing plan to meet growing demand for its products, Sonia Foods Industries Limited, a wholly owned Nigerian company and manufacturer of Sonia Tomato Paste is making major improvements to its Shagamu, Ogun State factory plant.
The capital improvement project, valued at more than $8 million, will create more jobs and enhance the product quality of its flagship product, Sonia Tomato Paste and its entire product chain, comprising of Sonia seasoning cubes and Sonia baking powder.
The company has increased its production capacity by installing additional machines for tomato paste production in tins of various sizes (400g, 210g, and 70g). The production capacity of this additional machine would now be 7MT/HR for each size.
In continuation of these expansion drives, the company has also built a downloading and PRMS station for compressed natural gas which is to power two heavy duty gas generators (500KVA each) and two sets of boilers.
Also, a total of 160,000 litres water reservoir has been built by the company to meet the factory’s water needs.
Presently, plans for additional installation of another production line for full production of various kinds of juice and cubes, are almost complete. The expected minimum installation capacity is 5MT/HR respectively.
