Tata's Rs 100cr tea packaging unit in Odisha to start production soon

    Kolkata, Apr 23 (PTI) The Rs 100 crore tea packaging
unit of Tata Consumer Products Ltd in Gopalpur Industrial Park
in Odisha will commence commercial production soon, the
company said on Friday.
    The unit located at the Tata Steel Special Economic
Zone is constructed over an area of 16 acres, with an annual
production capacity of 60 million kgs.
    "Trial production has already commenced at the unit,"
the company said in a statement.
    The unit will be operated by Amalgamated Plantations,
an associate company of Tata Consumer Products.
    It is the second largest tea producer in India with an
annual production of around 40 million kgs.
    Amalgamated Plantations is also one of the contract
packers for Tata Consumer Products for their FMCG tea business
and currently operates three tea packing factories - two in
Assam and one in West Bengal. PTI BSM
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