Andhra Pradesh Magazine English May 2016 | Page 9

Mondelez largest Asia Pacific plant Mondelez India Foods facility is the first phase. The company also plans to export at a later stage. Naidu said the government had decided Chandrababu Naidu described Andhra Pradesh as the land of cocoa and milk, the essential ingredients required to make chocolates. Interacting with the top brass of Mondelez International (Cadbury) at the inauguration of their plant at Sri City, Naidu left no stone unturned to promote the State as the investment destination, both on industrial and agricultural fronts. CM trying out Isuzu Motors new vehicle after inauguration largest in the Asia-Pacific Region and will produce 60,000 tonnes of Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate. Spread across 134 acres, the entire facility once functional in 2020 is expected to produce 2.5 lakh tonnes in multi categories. It will generate 1,600 local jobs. The company has a market share of 60 per cent in chocolate segment in India and has invested $100 million in the six manufacturing facility over years. Inaugurating the plant, the Chief Minister, said the State has strong supply of milk production needed for making milk powder, robust cocoa cultivation and qualified workforce, which makes Sri City a favoured destination. "The multi-category food campus is expected to reach an annual capacity of 2.5 lakh tonnes of production in three phases by 2020, and employ over 1,600 people in five years," Mondelez India MD Chandramouli Venkatesan said. Mondelez India Foods will produce approximately 60,000 tonnes of Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate annually in the MAY 2016 to promote accelerated industrial development as also concentrate on leveraging the full potential of agriculture sector as it would propel the service sector generating huge employment. This was crucial for the newly-formed State that inherited a few problems on account of bifurcation and fuelling industrial and agricultural growth was the lasting solution to overcome these problems. In this context, he wanted the management of the Sri City to work hard for attracting at least 15 units every quarter and make it the best place for investments and work. The Sri City industrial corridor presently had 80 units operating from it with an estimated investment of Rs. 23,000 crore and generating 35,000 jobs. The Greenfield plant at Sri City was on trial production for the last two months and the first consignment of the c