Tata Coffee Ltd has inaugurated a premium coffee extraction plant at its instant coffee manufacturing facility in Theni, Tamil Nadu.
The new extraction plant will help the company position its freeze dried coffee product at premium levels and increase its overall capacity by 30 per cent.
The technology installed will enable the plant to produce and export premium coffee to consumers across the globe.
Tata Coffee’s instant coffee division is located 170 km from Tuticorin port. This facility is a 100 per cent EOU (Export Oriented Unit) with an installed capacity of 4,000 tonnes per annum.
The plant produces and exports spray dried, agglomerated and freeze dried instant coffee. The new extraction plant will add 2,000 tonnes to the existing capacity.
Hameed Huq, Managing Director, Tata Coffee, said: “Tata Coffee has continuously moved up the value chain in its plantations businesses and in instant coffee. Our expertise in the bean to brew value chain, efficient processes and focus on sustainability have helped us maintain a strong leadership position in the coffee business. The expansion of our Theni instant coffee facility illustrates our strong commitment to providing world-class premium coffees to our customers worldwide.”