Tetra Pak Hosts National 'Innovations In Dairy Processing' Seminar To Meet Customers' Needs For Improved Productivity And Reduced Costs

Pune, India /PRNewswire/ - With national dairy players clearly focused on maintaining high levels of product quality and increasing productivity and efficiencies, Tetra Pak's global and local team of experts pulled out the stops at their Chakan site, to showcase how Tetra Pak's innovations can help brand owners remain competitive and launch exciting new dairy products.

Chakan is the Indian manufacturing site of Tetra Pak, the world's leading food-processing and packaging solutions provider. Being the largest site for Tetra Pak globally, Chakan served as the ideal setting to showcase to India's leading dairies Tetra Pak's full range of end-to-end solutions.

With presenters from Tetra Pak's global and local Processing Solutions team, the two-day seminar covered a wide range of topics that presented the future of processing technology in the dairy industry. The topics included optimising customer plant performance and productivity for milk, paneer (cottage cheese) and skimmed milk; innovations to reduce operational costs and product losses while improving product quality and yields; and, how Tetra Pak can support customers with fully automated plant solutions that drive traceability.

"We have been here, in India and working closely with the Indian dairy industry for over 30 years now. Our focus is to provide value to our customers and contribute to their growth. Our commitment to our customers is to ensure that they consistently deliver safe and hygienic products to the market.  We pioneered aseptic technology, and with our global experience, deep insights and strong partnerships with local customers, we believe we have the right products and services to ensure our customers' continued success," said Kandarp Singh, Tetra Pak South Asia Markets Managing Director.

Over these two days, the 80 customers representing leading co-operative and private dairy companies were shown around Tetra Pak's Chakan facility - recognised by the Indian Green Building Council as a Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-equivalent certified facility. The Chakan facility houses an aseptic packaging material manufacturing factory, a straw factory, a product development and innovation centre, a filling machine renovation centre, a processing systems manufacturing workshop and operator training academies.

About Tetra Pak 
Tetra Pak is the world's leading food processing and packaging solutions company. Working closely with our customers and suppliers, we provide safe, innovative and environmentally sound products that each day meet the needs of hundreds of millions of people in more than 170 countries around the world. With more than 23,000 employees based in over 85 countries, we believe in responsible industry leadership and a sustainable approach to business. Our motto, "PROTECTS WHAT'S GOOD," reflects our vision to make food safe and available, everywhere. More information about Tetra Pak is available athttp://www.tetrapak.com/in

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