# Zar Group builds region's largest confectionery plant in Iran

Zar Group built the Middle East's largest confectionery plant in Iran for its Zarkam brand, with construction starting in 2018 and production lines launching from 2021 after a COVID-19 delay.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-11-24
- Where: Iran, Iran
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: region's largest confectionery plant
- Products: cakes, wafers, sandwich biscuits, crackers
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Zar Group](https://endata.com/companies/73988.md)
- [CAMA](https://endata.com/companies/41674.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [foodtechgulf.ae](https://foodtechgulf.ae/multiple-lines-in-the-middle-easts-biggest-confectionery-plant-end-with-packaging-perfection-thanks-to-cama-technology/), 2023-11-24: "Construction of the new plant for the newly formed Zarkam brand began in 2018 and Cama delivered its first machine in 2019, but work was subsequently stalled and put on hold for 18 months, due to the Covid pandemic."
- [foodbusinessgulf.com](https://foodbusinessgulf.com/industry-update/sweets-confectionery/multiple-lines-in-the-middle-easts-biggest-confectionary-plant-end-with-packaging-perfection-thanks-to-cama-technology/), 2023-12-15: "Zar Group looks globally to see what leading blue-chip brands are using for end-of-line packaging, and Cama Group’s name comes up again and again."

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