Melamine tableware maker Srithai Superware is set to commence its operations in India with its first manufacturing plant in Sanand industrial estate, near Ahmedabad. The factory will commence operation in 2015.
The Thailand based company has invested Rs 57 crore (US$ 9.2 million), initially and will invest Rs 229 crore (US 37 million).over four plants in the next 10 years. The company plans to export the products to neighbouring countries, once the manufacturing unit is operational.
Sanan Angubolkul, chairman and president, Srithai Superware PCL, said, "Our products are much-suited to Indian dining habits. Having a manufacturing unit in India, we are expecting exponential growth in the business, as customers can get the products faster and at better prices." The Thailand-based company initially entered the Indian markets in the year 2009 marketing their brand Ektra© range*, a high-quality range of Melamine products for metro living. The range offers exclusive sets like the soup set, the pasta set, the salad set, high-end dinner sets and many other such products to cater to modern food habits, needs and requirements.