Future Group’s unit Future Consumer has launched a new oats brand in India dubbed as ‘Kosh’ in four variants. The newly launched Kosh oats brand will be distributed to several retail stores across 12 key cities initially ...
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Manufacturing company SRF is all set to begin production of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films in India. The production will be done at their new facility in Indore, Madhya Pradesh state. SRF for this will be employing a new ...
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Stevia ingredient producer PureCircle is planning to invest $200m in India’s stevia infrastructure in the next five years. The company is planning to collaborate with thousands of Indian farmers to plant 5,000 hectares of stevia ...
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India’s leading automobile manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has entered into dairy business, beginning with milk. M&M has started selling branded milk products under the brand Saboro in Indore, Madhya Pradesh state of India. ...
Tags: Mahindra&Mahindra Enters, Dr.Pawan Goenka, Dairy Business
SRF Limited is reportedly investing close to $58m in building a new biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) film production plant in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh Of the total investment, around $40m will be provided ...
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Packaging films producer Vacmet India is to invest close to Rs15.8bn ($238.8m) in a new production plant in Dhar district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, a move that will create over 8,000 jobs. The company laid foundation stone of the ...
Tags: Packaging films, BOPP films, food packaging
India-based dairy startup Sahayog Dairy has raised INR110m ($1.6m) in the first round of funding from social venture capital investment firm Acumen for expansion of its processing plant. The dairy firm will use the money for expansion of ...
Tags: milk chilling, dairy segment
India-based dairy company Prabhat is planning to improve its net profit in 2015-16 by using INR1.85bn ($27.9m) out of its INR3bn ($45m) public issue to reduce debt. The company, which recently ventured into value-added products such as ...
Tags: condensed milk, milk powders
In its first estimate for the upcoming season beginning October 2015, the Cotton Association of India (CAI) has pegged the country's cotton production at 380 lakh bales, almost unchanged from the current year's output of 382-383 lakh bales ...
Tags: cotton supply, cotton output
Textile spinning mills affiliated to the Northern India Textile Mills' Association (NITMA) are considering cutting back production and shutting down their mills once a week against the current trend of operating a mill 24x7. In a press ...
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According to the latest cotton report of the Indian Cotton Federation (ICF), Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has managed to get a good response to their e-auctions recently. “Mills are buying for their near future requirements and ...
Tags: textile, cotton, cotton sowing
Kumara Mangalam Birla led Aditya Birla Chemicals (ABCIL) and a company of the Aditya Birla Group said it has received shareholders’ approval for merging the company with Grasim Industries. “The merger between the two companies ...
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Most of the cotton growing states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka have started getting good rainfall, which has led to farmers beginning sowing of cotton. “CCI has sold nearly 1.5 ...
Tags: Propel Cotton Sowing, Textile
All India pressing figures till April 30, 2015 are approximately 336 lakh bales, while all India arrivals have dropped to approximately 40,000 bales per day. CCI has sold 6.68 lakh bales through e-auctions out of their procured stock of ...
Tags: garments, Indian Cotton Arrivals
India’s e-commerce leader, Flipkart, says it has an ambitious plan to expand its network by increasing the number of sellers by more than 200 per cent by the end of this year. "Right now 30,000 sellers are connected to our network. ...
Tags: e-commerce, Flipkart, Apparel