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--- In Shimlahangout@..., Varun Rattan Singh
<varun_singh@r...> wrote:
>
> Indian vegetable exporter bags $1.7-mn US order
>
> MUMBAI: Leading mushroom and vegetable exporter Himalya
International
> Ltd has bagged orders worth $1.7 million from a US food service
company,
> the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) informed on Monday.
>
> "The company has kick-started the New Year by way of a huge order
of 80
> containers valued at $1.7 million for its canned mushrooms from a
major
> US food service company. The delivery schedule spans from February
to
> October 2006," the BSE statement said.
>
> This order will result in the Himachal Pradesh headquartered
company, a
> major mushroom producer, raising its production by 50 percent
compared
> to the corresponding quarter of the last financial year.
>
> The company has over 50 farmers supplying produce that are
processed for
> exports under a contract-farming programme for production and
supply of
> vegetables and mushrooms.
>
> The company's new facility in Himachal Pradesh for mozzarella
cheese
> from buffalo milk in collaboration with a US-based Winona has also
begun
> its first phase of production.
>
> A technical team from the foreign collaborator had visited the
unit
> during December 2005 to oversee the entire first phase of
production.
>
> At full capacity, the company will be processing 15 million pounds
of
> specialty cheese per annum valued at $25 million. The plant is
also
> equipped to manufacture batter and breaded appetizers, mozzarella
> sticks, mushrooms, eggplants and onion rings.
>
> The company has entered into a marketing arrangement with
Artiginale
> Italiano Inc. for the entire annual produce, which will be
marketed in
> the US.
>
> The company has also commenced processing a 1.6 million pounds
baby
> potatoes order for a retail chain headquartered in Canada.
>
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