Siddhi Sugar And Allied Industries is setting up a molasses-based distillery unit at Mahesh Nagar, Latur in Maharashtra. The company has appointed Vasantdada Sugar Institute as consultants for the project and fund for the same will be made through bank loan and internal accruals. As of February 2020, expansion of […]
Food Processing
Banas Dairy has laid foundation stone for a new dairy plant which will have capacity to process 30 lakh litres per day (LLPD) milk. The facility will come up at Sanadar taluka in Banaskantha’s Deodar district. The new unit will be spread over 50 acres land. According to Banas Dairy’s […]
Biscuit major Britannia is delaying its capital expenditure, as volume growth remains low in its biscuits and bakery business because of weak consumer spending. In a post-earnings call with analysts, the company’s managing director Varun Berry said, “We have reduced wastage in the system and tightened our fixed costs. We […]
Chennai-based Hatsun Agro Product Ltd is planning to set up India’s largest ice cream manufacturing facility at Sangareddy district of Telangana. The company will commence commercial operations in October 2020. According to a statement, Hatsun will be setting up its unit with a capital investment of Rs 207 crore and […]
The Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has approved 39 Mega Food Parks and 298 Integrated Cold Chain Projects throughout the country. This has been done to fill in the gaps across the value chain and establishing the Cold Chain Grid. The MoFPI is focusing on building cold chain […]
With the State government of Uttar Pradesh clearing land hurdle, PepsiCo will invest more than Rs 500 crore in its proposed plant at Kosi, Mathura. The investment will be made through the foreign direct investment (FDI) route and the facility will create nearly 1,500 direct and indirect jobs. Though the […]
Alltech is keen to enter the beverages and distillery sector in India. This has been confirmed by Mark Lyons, its President and Chief Executive Officer. The US$ 2 billion United States-based agri and animal nutrition company has a strong presence in India with the organic trace mineral manufacturing plant in […]
Hatsun Agro Product Ltd’s board of directors discussed the current on-going projects, during which it took note of the following developments. Dharapuram Project (Milk and Milk Products): The company is in the process of obtaining various Government approvals to commence the construction activities in the undisputed Lands. Shirashi Project, Maharashtra […]
OPD services at All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bathinda, would become operational on December 23, Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has said. Speaking to the media, she said nine of the 12 outpatient departments (OPDs) will begin their operations next week. “The recruitment of specialist doctors […]
DCM Shriram has commissioned 200 kilo litres per day distillery capacity in its sugar plant at Ajbapur in Uttar Pradesh. The total capacity of the distillery business of the diversified firm now stands at 350 kilo litres per day. It had earlier commissioned a distillery in 2017-18 at Hariawan with […]