Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), which owns ‘Nandini’ the second largest milk brand in the country, is planning to extensively expand in Maharashtra and Goa and hence has announced an investment of Rs. 1000 crores for the acquisition of the dairy processing units. Nandini is the largest curd producer and seller in the country. Further have built networks across the country to market mainline milk products like Ghee, UHT milk (Goodlife). Exporting Milk products to the USA, Middle East countries, and Australia.
KMF covers 23,600 villages, 14,500 milk co-operative societies, 14 district milk unions, 25 lakh milk producer members with 90.62 lakh litres of milk procurement every day by paying Rs. 24 crores to farmers on daily basis. It has more than 140 milk products under its belt.
The cooperative is planning to buy two plants in Mumbai and one each in Goa and Pune. “The tenders for the acquisition in Mumbai have been issued. We have drawn a Rs. 1000 crores expansion plan by acquiring the dairy processing units,” said KMF’s Managing Director BC Satish.
Recently KMF has launched its milk and milk products marketed under its brand Nandini in Vidarbha market. The milk processed at its dairy in Bijapur will reach Chandrapur, after travelling for about 650 kms, where it will be packed in collaboration with Swapnapurti, a local dairy brand.
The KMF is in the process of the increasing market in Nagpur, Wardha, Yavatmal and Chandrapur. It is at this time operating in the liquid milk segment over the entire state of Karnataka, Goa, and other cities of the country including Mumbai, Pune, Solapur, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada and taking the fleet further now in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra including Nagpur, Wardha, Yavatmal, Chandrapur, etc.