At the ground-breaking ceremony for the instant coffee plant.
The plant covers an area of 8 ha and is located at the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park II (VSIP II) in Bac Tan Uyen district, Binh Duong province. It will have an annual capacity of 5,000 tonnes and has received investment of nearly US$60 million.
The plant is the second project of Tata Coffee Limited in Vietnam which is scheduled to begin operation in 2019.
Sanjiv Sarin, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tata Coffee Limited stated that Tata group has a close relationship with Vietnam in various fields such as automobile, steel, energy and watches. With the construction of the instant coffee plant, the beverage industry will also become a major aspect of Tata's investment in Vietnam.
He noted that Vietnam has become the first country beyond the Indian borders to produce instant coffee for Tata.
Dang Minh Hung, Vice Chairman of Binh Duong provincial People's Committee stated that Tata's investment in VSIP II is adaptable with the investment policy of Binh Duong province and affirmed that local authorities will create favourable conditions for the operations of the plant.
In 2013, an Indian company named Ngon Coffee Co., Ltd inaugurated an instant coffee plant in Dak Lak province with an annual capacity of 10,000 tonnes.