Elbow Pasta

Manufacturer• Egypt• Member since 1995

Egyptian Swiss Group was established in 1995 for flour and grains trade. It set up its first wheat flour mills in Assiut in 2003 and Egyptian Swiss Milling in Borg El Arab in 2007. In 10th of Ramadan it added Egyptian Swiss for Pasta in 2010 and Egyptian Swiss for Concentrates in 2013, then integrated milling there in 2018. According to the company's website, the pasta factory combines three fully automated, lab-monitored Italian lines with integrated packaging systems: two short pasta lines at 3 and 6 tons per hour and a long pasta line at 3 tons per hour. It covers 25,000 sq m, with a capacity of 7,500 tons per month and more than 10 shapes including spaghetti, rice and vermicelli. The company states that its mills produce 32,000 tons of flour and 12,000 tons of bran per month, from two lines in 10th of Ramadan (800 tons per day) and one in Borg El Arab (600 tons per day), with silos for 60,000 tons of wheat and 30,000 tons of flour. The concentrates factory runs two Italian lines for tomato paste, jam and juice, at 3,500 tons per month. Its pasta brands are Rawaa, Zeina and Dahsha, and private label orders can change the packaging, weight or branding. The company says it exports to Africa, the MENA region, Eastern Europe and Latin America, and its general manager has put exports at about 60 countries. Its website displays ISO 9001 and ISO 22000 certificates issued by TÜV Austria.