Berger Paints India plans 2 new plants in Assam

KOLKATA: Berger Paints India today said it was contemplating two new plants in North East.

"We are planning two units in Assam. One under Berger and another British Paints brands," Berger chairman Kuldip Singh Dhingra said here today after the AGM.

British Paints is a division of Berger.

Dhingra said they were yet to sign a pact for land with Assam government.

"We will place the proposal with the board shortly." he said.

Berger Managing Director Abhijit Roy said total land will be around 12 acres and investment in the initial phase was expected to be around Rs 60 crore.

Dhingra said the company had received proposal from Russia to build a second plant.

"We already have a plant there. We had been offered land at a very competitive rate. But we will go ahead when we will have adequate volume," he said.