HFZA highlights pioneering project “Food Park” at Gulfood 2025

Taking place at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), the event features over 5,500 exhibitors from around the world, alongside key policymakers and leading figures in the global food and beverage industry.

During the exhibition, HFZA showcases the innovative investment solutions it offers to global investors seeking to expand in the thriving food and beverage sector across local and regional markets.

HFZA’s pavilion also highlights the free zone’s key investment advantages, logistical and competitive services, and business-friendly environment. With its strategic location and advanced infrastructure, the authority provides a dynamic setting and supportive ecosystem that enables companies to innovate, grow, and establish their business operations.

Food Park

As part of its participation, HFZA showcases its pioneering project “Food Park” which offers exclusive services specifically tailored for food industry owners.

Hosting over 1,700 companies across 11 million square feet, the Park is equipped with land plots, warehouses, offices, and various logistical facilities, along with innovative services that enhance the efficiency and flexibility of food processing, preserving, packaging, and repackaging.

HFZA’s Food Park also streamlines global import and export operations in the food production industry, while offering specialized training programs in food safety and quality assurance, food testing and lab services, customer service, and consultancy.

Pioneering opportunities

Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of HFZA, affirmed that Gulfood is one of the most significant global events specializing in food and beverage supply.

He noted that the authority’s participation in this event reflects its commitment to promoting the competitive advantages the free zone provides to food and beverage businesses and enterprises, while attracting high-value investment opportunities to Sharjah, thereby enhancing the emirate’s position as a key global hub for food manufacturing.

He pointed out that HFZA’s commitment to attracting leading global food industry companies underscores its pioneering efforts in strengthening the food manufacturing sector and supporting the long-term goals of the National Food Security Strategy 2051.

Significant investment growth

Al Mazrouei highlighted the significant growth witnessed by HFZA’s Food Park in attracting both local and international investments in the food and beverage sector, driven by its comprehensive business support services and strategic advantages.

He emphasized the Food Park’s role in facilitating seamless connections between companies and suppliers across the region, offering a highly efficient, flexible, and cost-effective operational ecosystem for businesses of all scales.

He also pointed to the investor-centric and streamlined processes and procedures HFZA’s Food Park offers to investors, positioning the free zone as a key gateway for businesses looking to scale their operations and expand into regional and global markets

Hamriyah Free Zone in the Emirate of Sharjah is one of the largest free zones in the UAE, hosting industrial and commercial plots of land equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure and advanced facilities, which empower investors to pursue their global expansion plans, particularly in the import and re-export sectors.

The free zone stands out with numerous competitive investment advantages and incentives. These include a one-stop-shop system that enhances operational efficiency and simplifies business processes, unrestricted repatriation of capital and profits, 100% foreign ownership of businesses, and strategic connectivity to regional and international markets.