Speciality rice group Amira Nature Foods is investing in a “state-of-the-art” processing facility in Haryana, India, to “more than double” its rice processing capacity in the country.

The company said it expects the new facility to be fully operational by the end of fiscal 2015.

Karan Chanana, Amira’s chairman and CEO, said: “This facility, which we believe will more than double our processing capacity, will enable us to meet the processing capacity demands in our business over the coming years and will help us drive further margin expansion long-term.”