Danone to open second yogurt plant in Bangladesh

Groupe Danone plans to build a second yogurt-producing plant in Bangladesh in conjunction with the Grameen Bank, according to chief executive Franck Riboud.

He told a shareholders’ general assembly in Paris that the project would get underway near the end of the year, but he did not reveal where the plant would be located nor when it was expected to enter service.
The first yogurt plant, held 50-50 by Danone and Grameen Bank, has been in operation since March in Bogra, northern Bangladesh and is producing 3,000 tonnes of yogurt a year made from milk supplied by 300 micro farms.