Tetra Pak has announced the inauguration of a new “world-class” factory at Chakan, near Pune in India, in a project valued at €120 million (INR 700 crores).
Designed to meet growing demand for Tetra Pak processing and packaging solutions across India, South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East, the new facility is described by the company as: “A significant milestone in Tetra Pak’s increasing presence in the Indian subcontinent.”
Spread over 45 acres, the new Tetra Pak plant is said to employ “the most advanced packaging material production technologies and equipment in the world”.
Among various facilities, the Pune plant will incorporate a straw production unit, a processing systems workshop, a filling machine renovation and a technical training academy.
“The localisation of these processes will greatly increase responsiveness to market demands,” the company says. To meet product formulation and development requirements, the Pune plant will also house a Product Development and Innovation Centre, which will have a laboratory, a pilot processing plant and a pilot packaging plant.
“Today’s young urban consumer and the growing middle class are shaping and transforming the Indian food and beverage industry,” says Tetra Pak South Asia markets managing director Kandarp Singh.
“Being ahead of the curve, Tetra Pak is geared to meet the growing demand for food safety and convenience.”
According to Tetra Pak, the new Pune plant doubles production capacity of Tetra Pak packaging material in India to 8.5 billion packages per year, with the potential of scaling it up to 16 billion packages.
