Godrej may set up soap plant in Andhra Pradesh

FMGC major Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) may consider setting up a new plant in Seemandhra, while continuing the expansion of the existing capacity of plants in North East and Jammu to meet growing demand for its products.

GCPL, which is expecting a stronger second half due to increased sentiments in the market, plans to manufacture soaps and insecticides at the proposed new plant. “If I look at new locations, I would continue expanding in brown field locations and in terms of green field locations, the location which we are looking at, depending on the benefits, is Seema-ndhra,” GCPL MD Vivek Gambhir said. He said the firm is awaiting details on what benefits the new state would offer to set up the plant.