Maharashtra CM to inaugurate Chitale Bandhu’s Rs 250 crore Vision Park near Pune

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will inaugurate a modern production facility and a customer experience centre at Ranje village in Bhor taluka near Pune on April 16, set up by a reputed enterprise of Indian savouries and sweets.

The facility has been established by Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale, known for its range of savouries, sweets and snacks, including its Bakarwadi product.

The ‘Ranje Vision Park’ will be formally inaugurated by Fadnavis on April 16, Indraneel Chitale and Kedar Chitale, partners of Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale and representatives of the fourth generation of the Chitale family, said.

“This new state-of-the-art production facility will cater to the production requirements of our expansion plan in India and the overseas markets. The plant has been designed and set up according to global standards in the packaged food segment.

“It is audited and certified with the global food safety standards like FSSC 22000, a globally recognised, GFSI-benchmarked food safety certification, US Food and Drug Administration and the British Retail Consortium,” Indraneel Chitale told a press conference.

At present, two independent production units for sweets and savouries have been set up at the Ranje Vision Park, which has been developed on 25 acres. The installed capacity of these units is 40 tons of sweets and savouries per day. Investments worth Rs 250 crore have been made so far in the development of the Vision Park, he added.

Kedar Chitale said the Vision Park will be open to customers, which is one of its key features.

“The production units here have viewing galleries for the customers from where they can see the fully automated production process and the way global standards are followed by maintaining the hygiene,” he added.

Indraneel Chitale said the company has around 450 products in its portfolio and plans to expand its presence through physical retail, quick service restaurants and casual dining restaurants by offering solutions suited to their requirements.

At present, Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale products are available at 1.25 lakh touch points across about 10 major states. The company plans to expand this to 5 lakh touch points over the next three years.