Miller Magazine Issue: 140 August 2021

62 INTERVIEW MILLER / august 2021 also the impact of the Egyptian currency and difference in the exchange rate and its impact on prices. What are your expectations from the machinery and technology supplier for the milling industry? In which areas do you need innovative solutions? Since we are Buhler’s agents in the Iraqi markets, we have signed together several contracts in Iraq, we consider ourselves partners and this helped us a lot because of the continuous support that we receive from Buhler. Through Buhler Group we follow up with market trends and we keep up with any new technology in the milling industry, and we receive training opportunities at their training centers. A very important topic now for the milling industry and the food sector, in general, is the food hygiene that is achieved by implying hygienic standards at the workplace but also for machinery and equipment, which Buhler is doing a great job at, by creating a special design that ensures food safe- ty but also increases productivity by reducing cleaning and changeover time and the need for maintenance. How is Egypt’s wheat production outlook for this year? Egypt is a large producer of wheat and at the same time, it is a very large consumer and importer of wheat. This year's production is expected to be excellent; the quantity of local wheat production is expected to reach 9 million tons for the year 2021/ 2022, compared to 8.900 million tons in the previous year. It is expected that in the coming years, local wheat production will increase even more be- cause of the huge investments made by the government and the tremendous efforts Egypt is making to reclaim ag- ricultural lands and prepare them for wheat agriculture. Is there anything you want to add? We are the third generation of the Al-Hazaa family that are involved in the milling field and are currently helping other family members from the fourth generation to enter this sector too and continue Al-Hazaa legacy, and we hope that the journey will continue and that Al-Hazaa In- vestment Group will provide an important role for future generations in the field of milling and the food produc- tion industry. 1942: The Group’s establishment in Iraq with its first Flour mill, Al-Rafidain Mill 1997: Entering the Jordanian market through South Am- man Mills 2005: Entering the Egyptian market through Al-Taj Mills 2006: Entering animal feed production sector through the Global Feed Mill in Jordan 2006: Establishing a plastic factory called the New Plas- tic Industrial Co. 2010: Entering the Emirati market through Al-Ain Mill 2014: Establishing Al-Jadeda Pasta Factory in Jordan 2016: Establishing the first and only noodles factory in Jordan, Halloumi Foods Co. 2016: Establishing the first and only maize mill in Jordan, Al-Hasad Maize Mill 2017: Entering the renewable energy sector through Al-Hazaa Company for Renewable Energy 2021: Al-Hazaa Acquires Egyptian Millers Flour Mill in 6th of October city, Egypt and expands its milling production capacity in the country to 1,780 tons per day. Timeline for the important activities that happened through Al-Hazaa history: