# Surya Foods to invest £5M in Harwich rice processing expansion

Surya Foods is investing £5 million to install new Buhler, Ulma, and Symach equipment at its Harwich site, nearly doubling rice processing capacity from 10 to 16 tonnes per hour.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-06-25
- Where: Harwich, United Kingdom
- Value: $6.60M (5.00M GBP)
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 16 tonnes per hour
- Products: basmati rice, optical sorter, packaging machine, palletiser
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Surya Foods](https://endata.com/companies/32737.md)
- [Bühler Group](https://endata.com/companies/2391.md) (supplier)
- [Ulma Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/12813.md) (supplier)
- [Symach](https://endata.com/companies/32738.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [foodanddrinktechnology.com](https://www.foodanddrinktechnology.com/news/20761/5-million-investment-for-laila-rice/), 2018-06-25: "The operations team are midway through the £5m project, which will see production increase from 10 to 16 tonnes of rice per hour."

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