Merino Industries Limited

Company Description

The Merino Industries Group, is a diversified Indian manufacturer.

In the Agro Business, the Merino Group began in the cold storage business and subsequently diversified into farming, biotechnology and food processing. Its integrated approach enables them to offer customers the complete range - from raw material to finished product. Integration in both directions - forward and backward - has shaped its brand initiative in the FMCG market where they have launched potato flakes and ready to eat snack mixes under the brand name 'Vegit'.

The Merino flakes venture is a completely vertically integrated supply chain: the company has its own tissue culture labs to develop and multiply their potato seed.

Subsidiaries and Factory Locations

Merino Group - Hapur

Merino Group Limited potato flakes plant is located in Uttar Pradesh (Hapur). Products are sold under the Vegit brand.

Product Types offered by this company

Brands

Vegit

News for this Company

May 29, 2014

Poor crop in India has raised potato prices, leaving snack-makers in a spot

Fries, chips and flakes manufacturers in India are concerned over firm prices of potato, which has seen a jump owing to poor crop this year. Companies assure that an increase in retail price was unlikely to take place in the short run.

April 23, 2014

Vegit (Merino Group) to expand potato flakes production capacity by 50%

Vegit, the agro division of the Rs 950 crore Merino Group which offers ready-to-cook packaged foods, plans to raise capacity of potato flakes facility by 50 per cent to meet growing demand.

February 09, 2012

BMA Nederland to install a second potato flake line for Merino Industries

BMA Nederland BV will install a second potato flake line for Merino. Merino Industries Ltd. is one of the most successful potato flake producers in India. The company is situated in Hapur near New Delhi.

December 05, 2007

Check out the Potato Industry in India

Last week I received more information on one of the two (!) large potato conferences next year in India, so I decided this was a good time to pay attention to the fast changes in the Indian Potato Processing industry.