Jairambati (WB) Amul, a brand owned by Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union in Gujarat, will set up its seventh centralised milk processing plant at Sankrail food park in Howrah.  The food park around 17 acres  from West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation to set up our centralised milk processing plant in the country.

• Work on the plant would start in 2017 and is expected to be completed by 2018-end, he said. The proposed plant will manufacture UHD milk, yoghurt and ghee besides normal milk.
• Amul had emerged as the market leader in milk sales in and around Kolkata.
• “From 7.5 lakh litres of milk per day, it is projected that the demand will touch 20 lakh litres by 2020,” he said.
• With the three third party operators including India Dairy, Amul was sending spray dried milk from Gujarat and also by procuring from local farmers.
• India Dairy has set up a 200 tpd cattle feed plant meant for farmers in Amul’s fold and also for selling in the market.

Do you Know?

• Amul is an Indian dairy cooperative, based at Anand in the state of Gujarat, India.
• Formed in 1946, it is a brand managed by a cooperative body, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.,
• Managing Director: K Rathnam .
• CEO: R.S. Sodhi
• Founder: Verghese Kurien
• Founded: December 14, 1946