AMUL TO SET UP NEW ICE CREAM PLANT IN PUNE
August 1st, 2016
India’s dairy giant Amul is planning to establish a state-of-the-art ice cream plant within 15 to 18 months’ time at Khed city, Pune, Maharashtra, Amul Dairy managing director K Rathnam has told Just-food. “Pune and surrounding areas such as Bangalore and Goa further south are potentially good markets and we hope to supply these from our proposed new plant,” he said. Demand for ice cream across India is growing at 15% to 20% per year, said Rathnam, but costs remain a problem because of weak logistics and cool chain facilities within the country. The ...
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