Dairy

Vadilal to double its Barielly plant in Uttar Pradesh

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Vadilal, the second largest ice cream player had doubled its production capacity at its Barielly plant in Uttar Pradesh. Currently, the plant capacity stands at 1.75 lakh litres per day. The plant procures milk locally from farmers and has infrastructure to store and convert milk. The company has over 150 flavours and has 10000 point of sale in northern India and is adding 3000 outlets in Uttar Pradesh.

TN Cooperative Milk Federation to set up milk powder plant at Thiruvannamalai

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TN Cooperative Milk Federation is planning to setup a dairy and milk powder plant in Thiruvannamalai with an investment of Rs. 600 million. It will process 2 lakh litres of milk every day and is set up with assistance from National Dairy Development Board on turnkey basis. The project is funded through NABARD to the tune of Rs. 569 million and the balance assistance comes from state government. The project is likely to go operational in July 2013.

Mother Dairy to expand operations

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Mother Dairy, the 100% subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board(NDDB) is planning to expand its operations in the south and western part of the country. The company has around 60 lakh liters of milk daily from farmers of Punjab, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and has 1200 exclusive booths in Delhi and NCR. Besides this, it has 350 Safal outlets to distribute vegetables and fruits. The company has plans to set up a factory in Mumbai to expand its presence to Bangalore and Chennai cities.

Cavinkare launches milk with 120 days shelf life

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CavinKare, a FMCG major which has ventured into dairy in 2009 has launched milk with high shelf life of 120 days. The technology had been sourced from Holland while packaging was developed in association with a Mumbai company. It expects to garner Rs. 650 million from this product segment. The milk will is being launched in Tamil Nadu, where it will be produced from its Bhavani facility, near Erode in Tamil Nadu.