Number of employees 247 (2016) | Website Homepage Founded 2012 Type of business Private | |
Key people Devendra SethManaging DirectorBijoy VargheseGeneral Manager | ||
Pearl Dairy Farms Limited, often referred to as Pearl Dairy, is a dairy processing company in Uganda.
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Location
The head office and factory of Pearl Dairy Farms Limited is in the Biharwe neighborhood along the Masaka–Mbarara Road, approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi), by road, east of the central business district of Mbarara. The coordinates of the company headquarters and factory are 0°32'16.0"S, 30°42'52.0"E (Latitude:-0.537780; Longitude:30.714446).
Overview
The factory is built on 15 acres (6.1 ha) and has capacity to process 500,000 liters of milk daily. The milk is purchased from dairy farmers in Mbarara District and neighboring communities. The company maintains corporate offices in Kampala and Dubai. Pearl Dairy Farms Limited maintains a subsidiary in Kenya, with its own milk processing plant.
Ownership
The company is a member of the Midland Group of companies, a conglomerate active in Africa and the Middle East. The detailed shareholding in the stock of the company as of March 2016 is shown in the table below:
Products
The factory manufactures the following products among others:
The companies products are consumed locally in Uganda and exported to Comesa Countries, West Africa, India, Nepal and United Arab Emirates.