Tata Coffee commissions new instant coffee plant at Theni

Company has invested Rs 80 cr to expant its instant coffee production capacity; company will export to newer markets in Central Europe, Japan, Korea

Tata Coffee Limited today commissioned its premium coffee extraction plant at Instant Coffee manufacturing facility at Theni in Tamil Nadu. The new extraction plant, set up with an investment of Rs 80 crore, will help Tata Coffee position its Freeze dried coffee product at premium levels and increase its overall capacity by 30%.

Tata Coffee’s Instant Coffee Division is located 170 kms from Tuticorin port. This facility is a 100% EOU (Export Oriented Unit) with an installed capacity of 4,000 tons 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.

With this, the installed capacity of Tata Coffee’s instant coffee production has gone up to 8,500 tonnes per annum. The company exports over 90% of its instant coffee to Russia, SE Asia, Korea, Japan and Central Europe among other markets.

Freeze dried coffee retains aroma better and gives excellent flavor, colour and appearance to the coffee. The company has also installed a fully automated packaging unit and supplies its instant coffee to several private labels in export markets.

Hameed Huq, Managing Director, Tata Coffee said, “Tata Coffee has continuously moved up the value chain in its plantations businesses and in Instant coffee. The expansion of our Theni instant coffee facility will help us explore newer markets overseas.”

Tata Coffee’s other instant coffee manufacturing plant is located in Hyderabad. The company imports green coffee from around the world and processes at these two plants.