Sweden-based AAK said June 7 that it signed an exclusive agent and distributor agreement with food and beverage ingredients producer Food Specialities Ltd.
AAK's deal with the Dubai-based company will allow the vegetable oils and fats producer to reach customers in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council through Food Specialities' distribution network, AAK's Asia President Torben Friis Lange said in the release.
Food Specialities, which has warehouses in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, supplies products within food and beverage, fast-moving consumer goods, dairy, agro, and pharmaceutical industries.
AAK added that its team in Turkey and the Middle East will continue to lead the sales operations from AAK's offices in Istanbul and Dubai.
