According to the company, the factory, will create more than 1,000 direct and indirect jobs and will have a total annual production capacity of 124,000 tonnes. The news follows nestlé&rsquos recent announcement that it will invest £35m in a new bottling plant in buxton, to produce, what it claims will be the uk&rsquos lightestweight water bottles.
Nestlé&rsquos new factory will initially produce uht milk under the ninho and molico brands, and soybased sollys branded products. Nestlé said the factory the firm&rsquos thirty first in the country would begin to manufacture readytodrink chocolate milk in 200ml and 1l formats under the nescau brand in 2012. &lsquoincreasing importance&rsquo nestlé brazil chief executive ivan zurita said &ldquot he state of rio de janeiro is of increasing importance for us. &ldquothis factory will allow us to supply the market in rio de janeiro and the states of south east brazil even more efficiently.&rdquo the três rios site will service the company&rsquos markets in rio de janeiro and the states of minas gerais, espírito santo and são paulo.
Nestlé&rsquos existing factories in the state of rio de janeiro are an ice cream factory in jacarepaguá and a water bottling factory in petrópolis. A total of 400 local farms will supply the factory with around 200,000 litres of milk a day, and zurita said nestlé said it wanted to &ldquofoster and strengthen the milk production potential&rdquo of rio de janeiro. &ldquothis will increase farms&rsquo competiveness and profitability, leading to a better quality of life in these rural regions.&rdquo