SERAP, a French company and a world leader in the bulk food-grade liquid conservation and processing sector has showed keen interest to supply its state of art hi-tech milk and food cooling integrated systems to Pakistan.
Eric Boitin, the CEO and President of SERAP expressed this interest while briefing the Ambassador of Pakistan to France Moin ul Haque, who visited SERAP's headquarters and its manufacturing facilities in Gorron, a French town 400 km away from Paris yesterday, said a press release issued on Friday. Eric Boitin said that the SERAP was keen to engage with the fast developing dairy industry of Pakistan and help in the modernization of milk collection & cooling processes. He said that SERAP had in the past provided its milk cooling tanks to local industry in Pakistan and would like to do business with new emerging players in this sector.
Ambassador of Pakistan welcomed SERAP's interest in Pakistan and said that Pakistan being third largest milk producer of the world is all set to expand and modernize its milk and food processing capability with a view to prevent wastage and to add value to food and milk-based products. Ambassador invited SERAP President to also consider setting up of its manufacturing facility in Pakistan.
Later, the Ambassador visited various sections of the SERAP manufacturing facility and appreciated high professional and technical standards observed during production and assembly of stainless steel milk chillers, boilers and heat exchange systems. He noted that SERAP's small and low cost fruit and milk cooling and storage systems were suitable for individual and middle level farmers to help them prolong the shelf lives of their products.
The SERAP Group, headquartered in Gorron, is in the heart of France's largest dairy producing region. It employs 500 people and currently manages four production sites in France, India Mexico and Brazil. It enjoys presence in 80 countries through an extensive network of independent distributors, supported by its production units and commercial subsidiaries. -PR