# Akij Food & Beverage starts new fruit drink production line in Dhamrai

Akij Food & Beverage Ltd. installed a new advanced production line at its factory in Dhamrai, Bangladesh, with an investment of around Tk 3.0 billion. The line started limited production of Frutika in November 2019 and will go into full operation in February 2020, tripling bottling capacity to 54,000 units per hour.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-01-11
- Where: Krishnapura, Dhamrai, Bangladesh
- Value: $35.0M (3.00B BDT)
- Starts operating: Feb 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 54,000 units of 250ml PET bottles per hour
- Products: fruit drinks, Frutika
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Akij Food and Beverage](https://endata.com/companies/44332.md)
- [Krones](https://endata.com/companies/1481.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [thefinancialexpress.com.bd](https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade/akij-food-starts-up-new-fruit-drink-production-line-1578718711), 2020-01-11: "Akij Food & Beverage Ltd. (AFBL) has installed a most advanced production line in its factory recently with an investment of around Tk 3.0 billion to produce soft drinks in a more safe and healthy manner."

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