# Dina Gezahegn Import & Export builds flour and biscuit plants in Awash Melkasa

Dina Gezahegn Import & Export has invested 200 million birr to set up a flour processing plant (820 tn/day capacity) and a biscuit manufacturing plant (1,200 kg/hour) in Awash Melkasa, Ethiopia. The flour plant is expected to be operational in 1.5 months; the biscuit factory awaits machinery imports.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-01-05
- Where: Awash Melkasa, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: Feb 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 820 tn of flour per day; 1,200 kg of biscuits per hour
- Products: flour, biscuits
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Dina Gezahegn Import & Export](https://endata.com/companies/36518.md)

## Sources

- [addisfortune.news](https://addisfortune.news/flour-biscuit-factory-emerges-in-awash), 2019-01-05: "A local trading company has invested 200 million Br to set up separate flour processing and biscuit manufacturing plants in Awash Melkasa town."

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