Hind Glass goes south, in style

Hindustan National Glass and Industries (HNGI), India s largest glass bottle maker and supplier to a variety of companies, has set right a long-standing anomaly: absence of a strong presence in the southern region, the biggest market for alcohol and beer.

It has done so in a grand style – by commissioning what is claimed to be the largest glass manufacturing complex in south-east Asia, a 650-tonne-per-day (tpd) glass bottle plant at Naidupeta in Andhra Pradesh.

The plant has swelled HNGI s capacity in the region to 1,000 tpd, which is expected to help the company serve the southern market better, increase its overall market share from the current 24%, and boost exports, said an official during a recent conference call.

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