# Ricciarelli signs packaging machinery deal with BUA Group in Nigeria

Ricciarelli will design and install several complete packaging lines for short and long pasta at BUA Group's plant in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The expansion is expected to be completed by end of 2021, producing 720 tonnes of pasta per day.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-01-12
- Where: Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 720 tonnes of pasta per day
- Products: packaging lines for pasta
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Bua Group](https://endata.com/companies/12552.md) (customer)
- [Ricciarelli](https://endata.com/companies/52458.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [packmedia.net](https://packmedia.net/node/8650), 2021-01-12: "We are extremely pleased with this new collaboration as it strengthens our development plans in Africa, a market where pasta consumption is increasing rapidly driven by the high rate of population growth."

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