Colgate-Palmolive opens first toothbrush production facility in Sri City, India

US-based oral care company Colgate-Palmolive opened its first Indian toothbrush production facility in Sri City near Chennai, India.

The facility, which is equipped with a production capacity of 220 million toothbrushes, is part of a Rs 450 crore investment. The company to expand this capacity to 600 million pieces in near future.

The Sri City unit, which was constructed on 25 acres of land, and commissioned in a building of 16,000 sqm area, was set up in 19 months.

Colgate-Palmolive COO Fabian T Garcia was quoted by Deccan Chronicle as saying: “I am happy to inaugurate Colgate’s very first toothbrush production unit of India in Sri City. For the past eight decades Colgate has been serving India with its high quality oral care products. This strong relationship and the trust of generations of consumers, built over decades of operations in India, make Colgate ‘most trusted brand’ for the past five consecutive years.”

Colgate-Palmolive India was set up in 1937 as a fully owned subsidiary of its US based parent company Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive (India) is involved in the production of various kinds of consumer products in the categories of oral care, personal care, household care, surface care, and skin care products.

Colgate- Palmolive is a $17.3bn multinational company that serves people in more than 200 countries.