Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Dabur Enters Sri Lanka, Sets Up Beverage Unit

NEW DELHI Packaged consumer goods maker Dabur India on Tuesday announced its entry into Sri Lanka with the setting up of an overseas subsidiary – Dabur Lanka, reports Our Bureau. The new entity has signed an agreement with the Sri Lanka board of investment for the same and will invest $15 million (. 70 crore) to set up a exportoriented manufacturing facility, a statement issued by Dabur said. The plant will manufacture fruit-based beverages in Gampaha, north of Colombo and will have a capacity to produce 2.8 lakh cases of fruit-based beverages every month, the statement said. The plant is expected to kick off operations in August-September ’12. “Real fruit juices have been reporting strong growth month-on-month. Our foods business has grown over 28% in 2010-11 despite supply constraints,” Dabur CEO Sunil Duggal said. The firm has manufacturing facilities in Nepal, Bangladesh, Dubai, Nigeria and Egypt.

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