P&G India plans to make proposed manufacturing plant in Gujarat an export hub

Ahmedabad, June 29 (KNN) Procter & Gamble India on Wednesday said that it will set up a manufacturing plant in Gujarat and it will become an export hub for P&G globally.

The FMCG products maker said it will invest Rs 2,000 crore to set up a new personal healthcare manufacturing facility in Gujarat.

This would be the ninth plant of Procter & Gamble in India, which owns popular brands like Ariel, Duracell, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Oral-B, Pampers, Pantene, Tide, Vicks and Whisper.

The new plant spread across a 50,000 sq metre area in Sanand will produce products that are part of P&G’s global healthcare portfolio, especially digestives, a company statement said.

The MNC claims that this project will also help create hundreds of direct and indirect jobs, thereby offering a significant boost to the local economy.

P&G India CEO LV Vaidyanathan announced the proposed investment in a meeting with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.  (KNN Bureau)