Indian Food Industry News & Projects

• Industry Overview
  • Ban on Wheat Exports lifted
  • Orissa to set up a mega food park at Khuda
  • 10% of potato production will be processed by 2012
  • Snack Food market in India estimated at USD 3 billion
  • Centre investment needed in food processing sector
• Beverages
  • Coffee Exports down by 20% on poor output and recession
  • Tampico fruit drink launched in India
  • Tata Tea enters cold beverages market
• Breweries and Distilleries
  • Ponni Sugars plans Rs 72 crore distillery in Erode
  • Southern Agrifurane Industries to modernize its distillery at Mundiyambakkam
  • Thiru Arooran Sugars to expand its distillery at Umayalpuram
  • Dharani Sugars to set up distillery at Kalayanallur
  • Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Sugars to set up a distillery at Udumbiyam
  • Dharni Sugars and Chemicals to expand its distillery at Naranapuram
  • Elite Distilleries to set up molasses based distillery at Semmankuppam
  • Sancorn Agro Processing to set up distillery at Salwadi
  • Bhaskar Steel & Ferro Alloys to expand its steel in Badtumkela
  • Ghodganga Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana to set up distillery at Nhavare
  • Tata Chemicals to set up a distillery at Kusnoor
  • Nira-Bhima Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana to set up a distillery at Shahajinagar
  • Somaiya Organo Chemicals to expand distillery at Sakarwadi
  • Kopergaon Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana to expand its distillery at Gautamnagar
  • Grainotch Industries to set up distillery at Bhendala
  • Rajarambapu Patil Sahakari Shetimal Prakriya Karkhana to set up distillery at Islampur
  • Aurangabad Distillery to expand distillery at Walchandnagar
  • Bhima (SSK) to set up a distillery at Madhukarnagar
  • Everest Industries to set up Fiber Cement Sheet Manufacturing at Sarwal
  • Shamanur Sugars to set up a distillery at Duggavathi
  • Jamkhandi sugars to set up a distillery at Jamkhandi
  • Kartik Agro Industries to set up distillery unit at Badami
  • S C M Sugars to expand its distillery unit at Koppa
  • Ravindra & Company to modernize its distillery at Mallick Mirzapur
  • Sakata Inx to set up Ink and Varnish unit at Panoli
  • Arcoy Bio-refinery to set up Non-Molasses based distillery at Panoli
  • N V Distilleries to expand its distillery at Badhauli
  • Piccadily Agro Industries to expand its distillery at Bhadson
  • John Distilleries to set up Malt based distillery unit at Cuncolim
  • United Spirits to expand its distillery unit at Bethora in Ponda
  • Bhatia Wine Merchants to expand its existing operation at 20 klpd distillery
  • Kesarval Springs Distillers to set up 3 KLPD grain Based Distillery at Cuncolim
  • Maurya Sugar to set up cane based distillery unit at Chanpattia
  • Agave Industries to set up Micro distillery unit at Pedda Thippa Samudram
  • Aroma Biotech to set up grain based distillery at Nallajerla
  • Nava Bharat Ventures to expand its distillery unit at Dharmavaram
  • Loknete Baburao Patil Sehkari Sakhar Karkhana to expand its distillery at Mohol
  • Chandrabhaga Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana to set up 30 KLPD Cane distillery at Pandharpur
  • GMR Industries to set up 50 klpd distillery unit at Haliyal
  • DSM Sugar to set up 100 KLPD Molasses based Distillery
  • DSM Chemicals to expand its distillery at Dhampur
  • Bajaj Hindustan Sugar & Industries to set up a distillery at Itaimaida
  • United Spirit to expand its distillery unit at Matysa in Alwar
  • Rusni Distilleries to set up 40 KLPD grain based in Medak
  • Shree Venkateshwara Biorefinery & Biofuels to set up 25 KLPD Grain Based Distillery
  • Shri Dnyaneshwar Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana to expand its distillery unit at Newasa
  • Radico Khaitan is expanding its distillery capacity at Rampur
  • Sri Teja Biofuels is setting up grain based distillery unit
  • Mohan Meaking is setting up Molasses based distillery at Salempur
  • Madhucon Sugar and Power Industries is setting up 65 kld distillery unit at Khammam
  • SVG setting up a new distillery unit in Sikkhim
  • Kyundals Bol Brand to be launched in South India
  • Allied Blenders Distilleries plans makeover
• Dairy
  • Elbit India to set up dairy farm in Palamner in AP
  • Milkfed plans to upgrade technology of its dairy plant
• Food Processing
  • Apex plans food processing unit in Vizag
  • Karnataka sets up 4 food processing parks in Kolar, Mysore Hassan and Belgaum
  • Shakti Bhog to venture into biscuits and mustard oil
  • Veetee Fine Foods to venture into frozen foods
  • Adani Wilmar to expand its production
  • Pran Group to set up food processing units in India
  • Carotina India launches premium red cooking oil
  • Baroda Dairy to set up tomato ketchup unit
  • Citrus International plans orange juice processing unit in Amravati
  • Kinfra Food Processing Park all set for inauguration
• Food Supplements
  • Weider Germany plans foray into India
• Sea Foods
  • Shrimp export suffers due to cheaper alternatives
  • Anti-dumping duty slashed by USA for Sea-Food
• Sugar
  • Shri Hiranyakeshi Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane Niyamit to expand sugar mill at Sankeshwar
  • Nandi Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane Niyamit to expand sugar plant at Krishnanagar
  • Core Green Sugars to set up Integrated sugar complex with 5000 TCD sugar plant
  • Bajaj Hindustan to set up a sugar unit at Maqusadapur
  • Andhra Sugars to expand its sugar unit at Surappagudem
  • Muzzafarpur Sugar Mills closed down on account of cane shortage
  • Indian Sugar Mills Association opposes duty free import of sugar
  • P K Ruia group is setting up a Sugar complex in Shariyatpur
  • 80% of sugar factories shut in Maharashtra
  • HPCL to diversify into sugar, ethanol power
  • Vasantdata Patil Co-Op Sugar factory to expand its crushing capacity
  • Raw Sugar imports to be eased
• Technology Trends
  • Castor oil R&D unit to be set up
  • CFRD sets up microbiology lab in Konni in Kerala