Dublin firm benefits as India buys equipment to cut food wastage

CHILLED equipment developed by the Dublin wing of the temperature-control machinery group Ingersoll Rand is helping India to cut its food waste, through the enhanced transport of bananas.

The Indian government’s decision to invest 78.1 billion rupees (€1.2bn) in air-cooled food-saving machinery has helped Ingersoll, whose global headquarters is located in Swords, Co Dublin, increase its sales into India by 27% last year.

The latest Indian cold storage initiative, unveiled in April, is allowing individual Indian states to spend on cold storage and other farming infrastructure. That support, coupled with private loans and a series of local co-operative initiatives, is seeing a rise in cold storage throughout India.