The Swiss food giant Nestlé is joining the rush into Burma, also known as Myanmar, with a $25 million project to build a factory to manufacture its three-in-one instant coffee packages. The plant at Dagon Seikkan Industrial Zone on the outskirts of the commercial centre, Rangoon, is the first of planned major strides into the newly opened economy where military rule was lifted in 2011. Nestlé plans a second phase of investment, earmarking at least another $25 million over five years to produce dairy products, ice cream and chocolate. Until now Nestlé products have been imported into Burma from neighbouring Thailand.
