Italian food processing firms sending major delegation to India

Ferrero and D'Orsogna are looking at both retail trading and processing part of business

Taking note of liberalisation in the foreign investment rules for the food processing sector in New Delhi, Italian companies are looking to secure a bigger piece of the Indian market.

A 150-company trade delegation led by Ivan Scalfarotto, the Italian deputy minister of economic development, will be in India from Wednesday. Looking to step up engagements will be chocolate maker Ferrero and food processing giant D'Orsogna, among others, said sources. The companies, they said, were looking at both the retail trading and processing part of the business.

Food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and industrial promotion secretary Ramesh Abhishek