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Following the visit of Italian Minister for Production Activities, Mr. Antonio Marzano to India in January this year, Italy is responding to India’s food processing necessities with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & industry (FICCI) and the Italian Consortium, Sistema Italia Export (CSIE) for the development of a world-class Agro-Industrial Park called “Sistema Italia FICCI Hyper Food City – India “. The MoU to undertake the feasibility study to determine the Park’s location was signed by Dr Amit Mitra, Secretary General of FICCI, together with Dr Giuseppe Bartolucci, President of CSIE, in the presence of Mr. Arun Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of food Processing Industries. Government of India and Mr Antonio Marzano. Once developed, this Park will become the focal point for the entry of the very best Italian food processing industries in joint venture with Indian partners.
Planned and designed according to the latest and most advanced specifications, this Park will create a unique and competitive environment to process India’s high potential agricultural products targeting quality improvements , EU food and safety norms and higher value addition through technology and know-how transfers, better food-chain processes and linkages to effectively increase India’s productivity and quality in both the local and international markets.
New Technologies and Innovative Services are planned to place India at the forefront of world food processing.
The Sistema Italia Hyper Food City –India is set to become the food processing center par excellence, opening the way for a substantial increase in high quality product exports to the Asia, Middle-East and European markets. This concept Park in India will showcase possibly the most advanced and competitive food-processing Centre in Asia.
The Sistema Italia FICCI Hyper Food City –India will have the following features:
Park area: 1200 acres.
Investments of Euro 900 million.
Establishment of 50 joint-venture industries.
Total unified industrial support including:
- Individual product refrigeration centers
- EU certification, Quality control, chemical and veterinary laboratories.
- Logistic and transport centers
- Independent Energy, environmental, and general services.
- Media and IT networks
- Unified Administration, Commercial, and Marketing services.
- In-house Banking and Insurance offices.
- Triple security Zones for total health and safety control.
- Mechanical and engineering service and maintenance services.
- Cereal and Milk silos. 100.000 tons.
Further in-house features will include:
1 hospital and 3 first-aid clinics, educational and training facilities, Residential village, 2 hotels with conference and meeting centers, Restaurants and catering facilities, Permanent showrooms, Italian Food technology and cooking center, Parking for 8000 trucks and cars.
An estimated 2 million tons of food will transit through the park each year for processing. Employment will be created for 12,000 specialised workers. Total number of professional visitors and international Buyers expected at around 700,000.
The Park will cater to the agricultural production of an estimated 400,000 small farmers linked and networked into its logistical and out-reach services.
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