Report: Shodhan Prasad

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Daijiworld Media Network

Dubai, May 16 : Chilly Willy Group's yet another new venture Chilly Willy Food & Beverage Industry LLC got a grand opening in Dubai Techno Park and the opening ceremony was inaugurated by Vanamala Venkataramana, mother of enterprising young Managing Director of Chilly Willy, Satheesha Venkataramana Ganiga, today the 15th of May, 2015 at 11.30 AM in the factory premises.

The industry is set up in a 100,000 square feet with built-up area of 33,000 square feet, to house modern factory/ Administrative office/ Warehouse facility including temperature controlled storage facility etc.

Many guests including Padmashree Dr. B.R. Shetty of NMC Group, Thonse Prakash Rao, Vice President of Tulu Koota, Doha Qatar, Sudhir Kumar Shetty CEO of UAE Exchange, Sarvotham Shetty President of Karnataka Sangha Abu Dhabi, Satish Poojary President of Billawas Dubai & NE, Manohar Thonse Chief Convenor of Billawa Balaga Abu Dhabi, Pravin Shetty of Fortune Group of Hotels, Harish Sherigar of Acme Building Materials, Prem Shetty, Gunasheel Shetty, Herman Lewis, Sunder Shetty, Frank Fernandes, James Mendoca, Naresh Santani, Dharmender Santani, Dilip Santani, Arun Ganiga, Dayanand Rao, Prashant Venkataramana, Gopal Krishna, Shanker Koteshwara, Prashanth Acharya, Aruna Muthugadur, Sandeep Rao, Sponsor of Chilly Willy, Essa Masood Juma and leaders of various Associations, Businessmen, friends and families witnessed the grand opening and showered blessings and wishes on entrepreneur Satheesha Venkataramana who took all the guests entourage their factory manufacturing process explaining the process. Sumptuous lunch was served along with Chilly Willy Soft Drinks and Juices to all the guests.

Satheesha Venkataramana who recently got unanimously elected as President of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah is one of the few dynamic young entrepreneur whose not only showed success in his business but also supported a lot of Kannadiga activities by sponsoring the events. He is also a philanthropist who continuous doing charity works for the real needy every time he gets an appeal.

With an experience of more than 25 years in Food Industry, Satheesha V. Ganiga in the year 2003 first set us Freeze Pops FZCO in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai. The company was mainly concentrating on producing Tomato Paste products packed in aluminum pouches according to the needs of its growing clientele spread over 40 countries. It had its Food Safety Policy in place and ‘HACCP’ approved Company since the year 2006, certified by M/S. TUV WORLD, GERMANY, and also approved by Dubai Municipality. He got supported by an able partner Iain David Cusick, an U.K. citizen who as a Technical Director having more than 20 years of experience shouldered him in his business.

In a short span of time Chilly Willy became a household name not only in UAE but also in India and abroad. In February, 2008 Chilly Willy got established as a manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers & General Merchandise of various food products in Al Ras, Deira, near Gold Souk Opp. Al Jazeera Hotel, Dubai. The Vision of the Company was to become a top player in the UAE’s food processing industry, Importers & Exporters of Food Products in Dubai United Arab Emirates. Its Mission is to provide the highest quality food products to all clients within United Arab Emirates & also outside countries in G.C.C., Arab World, Yemen, African countries like Djibouti, Somalia, Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Central Africa, Lome, Conakry, Senegal, Ghana, Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, India, Maldives, New Zealand, Sweden to name a few countries, at very competitive prices with a variety of products to choose from. The Company with its motto ‘YOUR HEALTH -OUR CONCERN” really stood by it all these years.

Though Chilly Willy Manufacturing had a formal opening ceremony today, it was in October 2013 they got established in this new premises and commenced production from November, 2014. The Factory is equipped with modern & technologically superior machinery and equipment capable of manufacturing products to international standards. It is equipped with modern machinery for processing and packaging products to meet the ever growing requirements. All machinery, equipment’s, and instruments are sourced from the most reputed international suppliers to ensure quality. The raw materials are sourced from Companies located in USA, China, India, and Egypt which are our most reputable suppliers internationally. Their in-house Laboratory monitors product parameters from during every stage of production to ensure that the required standards of product quality, packing, and shelf-life are met as required in Countries to which the goods are exported. They also have separate closeted processing area which has safe and hygienic environment, for each product, to ensure that the products are of top quality and comply with standards of UAE and federal regulations.

Adding to “Chilly Willy” brand they also own other Brands “Delina” & “ Bella”. These Brands are already registered in many countries and produce tomato paste in Aluminum pouches with daily capacity of 35tons, besides, producing Tomato Ketchup, Chilli Sauce, Green Chilli Sauce, Hot Sauce, Rose water and Vinegar from ultra-modern, technology driven Machines and equipment imported from internationally reputed suppliers.

Chilly Willy Trading Co LLC are exclusively marketing all the manufactured goods with more than 150 different food products in their capacity. The Van Sales distribution channel services more than 2,000 Small & Large Groceries and over 1000 Small Restaurant and Cafeteria across UAE.

Some time ago they opened up their own Retail outlet “Seven Days Supermarket” in Karama Sheikhs' Colony, behind Lulu Hypermarket channel where they provide to their customers their products at reasonable price. In India they started Chilly Willy Food India with head office in Ahmedabad, Gujarat/

Chilly Willy Group now with almost 120 trained employees with Nationals from India, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Cameroon, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ivory Coast, Nigeria & Nepal continue to grow with their unflinching commitment to vision and well supported by Satheesha's wife Mamta Satheesha as Managing Partner who heads the CWF & BI.