SUNTORY SETS UP JV IN INDIA, AIMING EXPANSION

BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI Japanese beverage giant Suntory's subsidiary, Singapore-based Suntory Beverage & Food Asia, is planning to manufacture beverages in India, a spokesman told just-drinks. It will in June buy 51% stocks in Narang Connect, a Mumbai-based subsidiary of India's leading food and beverage distribution company Narang Group. The new JV Suntory Narang (SN) will initially import and sell Orangina, which Suntory has made and sold in Japan since March (2012). "Orangina is just a start, and later SN will start to locally manufacture ...


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