nestle is a swiss transnational food and drink company headquartered in vevery vaud , switzerland . it is the largest food company in the world , measured by revenues and other metrics since 2014 .
nestle products include baby food, medical food, bottled water, breakfast cereals , coffee and tea , confectionery , dairy products , ice cream , frozen food , pet food and snacks .
nestle has 447 factories operated in 189 countries and employ around 339000 people .
nestle was formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo swiss milk company established in 1866 by brothers george and charies page and Farine Lactee Henri Nestle founded in 1866 by heneri nestle . the company grew significantly during First world war and again following the second world war expanding its offering beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products.
nestle india :- nestle India Ltd one the largest players in FMCG segment has a presence in milk and nutrition beverages prepared dishes and cooking aids and chocolates and confectionery segments. the company products is engaged in the food business . the food business incorporated products such as milk products and nutritional beverages prepared dishes and cooking aids chocolates and confectionery . nestle india manufactures products under brand names such as nescafe maggi milky bar milo kit kat bar one milk maid and nestea. the company has introduced products such of daily consumption and use such as nestle milk , nestle slim milk , nestle fresh and natural dahi , and nestle jeera raita. beverages include Nescafe classic Nescafe Sunrise premium Nescafe sunrise special and Nescafe Cappuccino .
the company has presence across india with 8 manufacturing facilities and four sales branch and offices spread across the region . the four branches offices in the country help facilitate the sales and marketing of its products . they are delhi , mumbai , Chennai , and Kolkata , the company's head office is located in Gurgoan Haryana . nestle india incorporatd in the year 1956. the company set up their first production facility in the year 1961 at moga in punjab.
In the year 1967 they set up their second plant at Choladi in Tamil Nadu as a pilot plant to process the tea grown in the area in to soluble tea. in the year 1989 they set up factory at Nanjangud in Karnataka . in the year 1990 the company entered into chocolates business by introducing Nestle premium Chocolate. In the year 1993 they set up a factory at Samalkha in Haryana . In the year 1995 the company launched the company's world wide legendary brand chocolate kitkat. The company commissioned two factories in Goa at Ponda and Bicholim in the year 1995 and 1997 respectively.
in the year 2006 the company set up their seventh factory at pantnagar in Uttrakhand . company got many awards like as innovator of the year award.