Danone is about to greater than double the output of its manufacturing plant in Kazakhstan.
The French large plans to spend €6m ($6.9m) throughout this yr and subsequent at its dairy manufacturing facility within the Almaty area.
At current, the location makes greater than 18,000 tons of merchandise a yr, a 3rd of which is exported to international locations within the Caucasus, central Asia and Mongolia.
Danone desires to extend the location’s output to 40,000 tons, the corporate confirmed to Simply Meals. The plant makes fresh-dairy merchandise bought below manufacturers together with Activia, Danoninio and Danissimo.
“Danone is delighted to be investing for development and modernisation in Kazakhstan,” it stated in a short assertion.
This publication requested if the funding would create new, full-time jobs at Danone.
The venture was introduced by the Kazakhstan Ministry of Agriculture after a gathering between authorities officers from Kazakhstan and France.
In an announcement, the ministry stated Danone desires to double the plant’s exports to the Caucasus, central Asia and Mongolia, in addition to begin shipments to the Center East and China.
“I’m assured that this initiative will strengthen Kazakhstan as a dependable associate for supplying dairy merchandise to the international locations of Asia and the Center East,” Aidarbek Saparov, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Agriculture, stated.
Danone’s operations in Kazakhstan and the broader group of Commonwealth of Impartial States are included in its Remainder of the World enterprise unit, which additionally homes the corporate’s property within the Center East, Africa and Asia Pacific.
In 2024, the division generated gross sales of €4.5bn, which accounted for 16% of Danone’s complete gross sales.
In Might final yr, Danone bought its important dairy and plant-based (EDP) division property in Russia to native dairy producer Vamin Tatarstan.
Final month, PepsiCo set out plans to double funding and greater than triple manufacturing capability at an under-construction salty snacks plant in Kazakhstan.
The ability within the Almaty area was initially set to make 16,000 tons of snack merchandise a yr when it opens in spring 2026 however will now intention to provide 70,000 tons of completed product.
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Danone is about to greater than double the output of its manufacturing plant in Kazakhstan.
The French large plans to spend €6m ($6.9m) throughout this yr and subsequent at its dairy manufacturing facility within the Almaty area.
At current, the location makes greater than 18,000 tons of merchandise a yr, a 3rd of which is exported to international locations within the Caucasus, central Asia and Mongolia.
Danone desires to extend the location’s output to 40,000 tons, the corporate confirmed to Simply Meals. The plant makes fresh-dairy merchandise bought below manufacturers together with Activia, Danoninio and Danissimo.
“Danone is delighted to be investing for development and modernisation in Kazakhstan,” it stated in a short assertion.
This publication requested if the funding would create new, full-time jobs at Danone.
The venture was introduced by the Kazakhstan Ministry of Agriculture after a gathering between authorities officers from Kazakhstan and France.
In an announcement, the ministry stated Danone desires to double the plant’s exports to the Caucasus, central Asia and Mongolia, in addition to begin shipments to the Center East and China.
“I’m assured that this initiative will strengthen Kazakhstan as a dependable associate for supplying dairy merchandise to the international locations of Asia and the Center East,” Aidarbek Saparov, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Agriculture, stated.
Danone’s operations in Kazakhstan and the broader group of Commonwealth of Impartial States are included in its Remainder of the World enterprise unit, which additionally homes the corporate’s property within the Center East, Africa and Asia Pacific.
In 2024, the division generated gross sales of €4.5bn, which accounted for 16% of Danone’s complete gross sales.
In Might final yr, Danone bought its important dairy and plant-based (EDP) division property in Russia to native dairy producer Vamin Tatarstan.
Final month, PepsiCo set out plans to double funding and greater than triple manufacturing capability at an under-construction salty snacks plant in Kazakhstan.
The ability within the Almaty area was initially set to make 16,000 tons of snack merchandise a yr when it opens in spring 2026 however will now intention to provide 70,000 tons of completed product.
