Queen for Gelatine have been involved in a joint-venture with Beacon Commodities Ltd of England, over a number of years. In the last few years, Queen have moved into a purpose build modern factory on the outskirts of Cairo. The joint-venture between Sherif Helmy, Chairman of Queen, and Michael Haughton, Managing Director of Beacon Commodities Ltd has grown over many years and involves regular meetings and factory visits in Egypt. Queen have been involved in the production of animal glues for many years and into 2008 moved in their first factory. Within 4 years the business had out-grown the capacity of that factory and a second purpose built factory was constructed, where they now manufacture blended animal glues, made from both hide glue and bone glue. The factory can manufacture any type of glue from 165 bloom up to 600 bloom. These can be specially blended to suit specific industries and specifications. The production is controlled by Queen for Gelatine and the sales/marketing/finance by Beacon Commodities Ltd, (www.beaconcommodities.co.uk)