# Hatsun Agro to build greenfield dairy plant in Tamil Nadu with GEA

Hatsun Agro Product Ltd contracted GEA to set up a greenfield automated dairy plant in Dharapuram, Tamil Nadu, at an investment of INR 1.2 billion. The plant will have a capacity of 300,000 litres of milk per day and 150,000 litres of curd, and is expected to become operational in 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-07-13
- Where: Dharapuram near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Value: $18.6M (1.20B INR)
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300,000 litres of milk per day, 150,000 litres of curd per day
- Products: milk in pouches, curd
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Hatsun Agro Product Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/25578.md)
- [GEA](https://endata.com/companies/3367.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [restaurantindia.in](https://www.restaurantindia.in/news/hatsun-agro-inks-deal-with-gea-to-set-up-milk-plant-in-tamil-nadu.n14665), 2017-07-13: "Hatsun Agro Product is currently establishing an automated greenfield dairy project at Dharapuram near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu."

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