Jain Irrigation’s food processing facility at Jalgaon in Maharashtra is expected to earn over Rs 100 crore in foreign exchange annually. The plant was inaugurated in Jalgaon on June 20. The plant incorporates both Individual Quick Frozen (IQF) and Block Quick Frozen (BQF) technologies. The plant is designed to handle around 60,000 MT of fruits like mango, banana, pomegranate, papaya, jamun, strawberry, sapota, etc., annually.
The products from this IQF facility would be exported to the US, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and the company expects to earn Rs. 100 crore in foreign exchange annually.
Jain Irrigation Systems is a manufacturer of a wide variety of PVC pipes, PE pipes, water and gas transportation pipes, ducts for optical fibre cables and drip irrigation pipes. It is also engaged in tissue culture of bananas and pomegranates and is the world’s largest processor of mangoes and is the world’s second largest processor of onions and vegetables.
