The €120m facility marks a significant milestone in Tetra Pak’s increasing presence in the Indian subcontinent.
“Tetra Pak started its market operations in India 26 years ago with a strong belief in the country’s growth potential,” said Tetra Pak president and CEO Dennis Jönsson. “In 1997, we inaugurated our first factory here. We appreciate the trust and belief that the Indian dairy and beverage industry has in Tetra Pak. Today, India ranks among our fastest growing markets. Investing in this factory demonstrates our strong commitment to supporting our customers to meet growing consumer demand in the region.”
Spread over 45 acres, the new Tetra Pak plant employs the most advanced packaging material production technologies and equipment in the world. Among various other facilities, the new plant will have a straw production unit, a processing systems workshop, a filling machine renovation and a technical training academy.
It will also house a product development and innovation centre that will have a laboratory, a pilot processing plant and a pilot packaging plant.
The new plant doubles production capacity of Tetra Pak packaging material to 8.5 billion packages per year, with the potential of scaling it up to 16 billion packages. It also hopes to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.
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