Novasep delivers complete process line to MEFSCO’s corn milling facility

MEFSCO’s refinery in Saudi Arabia is to receive a production process line from US-based Novasep after the two companies signed a partnership agreement. 

The MEFSCO project includes building greenfield corn milling, glucose and high fructose syrup lines at its plant that was inaugurated earlier this year in January.

Novasep has provided the MEFSCO facility with complete process lines of design, engineering, delivery of equipment, commissioning, and start-up.

Novasep process solutions business unit president Nadège Laborde said: “We are proud that MEFSCO partnered with Novasep for this project.

“The good relationships and close interactions with the MEFSCO and Cargill teams were essential to successfully complete the plant. This is also a great success for Novasep’s Complete Process Line strategy.

“It demonstrates our ability to further support our customers in their projects by providing process engineering for an entire production line beyond the sole purification units that are our core business.”

The new starch sweeteners plant of MEFSCO will be meeting the needs of the food and beverage market in the Middle Eastern region by providing them with high-quality sweeteners.

MEFSCO is a joint venture between Cargill and ARASCO.

MEFSCO chief executive officer Ziyad Alsheikh said: “MEFSCO decided on this investment to cater for Middle East food industry needs and bring new solutions that will help enhancing food application development for local growth and exports.

“The strong relations and commitment between MEFSCO, its shareholders (ARASCO & Cargill) and its project partners such as Novasep, was on its highest, which led to the success of running the new plant smoothly and supply the market with new products for the first time in Saudi Arabia and GCC region.”