A fire broke out at Hatsun Agro Product’s Salem plant on May 01, 2013 night. The total estimated loss/damage is around Rs 5 crore for which there is adequate insurance cover. The company has further informed that there is no loss in revenue or production arising from there.
Hatsun Agro Products is the largest private sector dairy company in India and hence has a distinct advantage of dealing in cow's milk. The company procures around 1.65 million liters of liquid milk per day by directly collecting it from farmers spread over 4,500 villages in south India.