The Eastern Group, the leading brand of spices, seasonings and other related food products in India and West Asia will open its modern new manufacturing facility at Kothamangalam near Kochi on Sunday.

The factory is spread over nine acres and has a built-up area of 60,000 sq ft.

The warehousing facility has the capacity to hold more than 1,000 tonne of raw material and processed goods separately.

The factory, built with the most modern building technology of Kirby construction, is having unique three-tier process flow as required by the food safety laws and energy efficiency.

The factory is also known for its totally human-hands-free manufacturing system under a totally ‘controlled environment process'.

The plant is designed in such a way that once the raw material is fed in to the system, product is taken out fully packed in the desired quantity after all processing.

When fully functional, the plant has the capacity to produce 150 tonnes of masala and curry powder, thus making the total production capacity of Eastern Condiments to 300 tonnes a day.

Eastern, the leading national brand of spices and seasonings from Kerala is a major brand in the country today.

The Rs 550-crore company has the distinction of winning the Spices Board award for exports for the last 11 years continuously.

Mr M.E. Meeran, Chairman, Eastern Group, said that the company is targeting Rs 1,000-crore annual turnover and hope to achieve it in the near future.

The fifth production facility at Kothamangalam is a mile stone in this effort, he said.

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