This expansion will help extend the company's regional coverage from the west to the south-central regions of India
The company plans to develop a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Maharashtra's Pune district which is expected to become operational by June 2024
Its Talegaon plant would be operational by the fourth quarter of 2024, in which Lottee range of premium ice cream would be manufactured
Lotte is one of the biggest of the South Korean family-run "chaebol" conglomerates
Negotiating all-cash deal at Rs 1,000 crore, which is two times its FY19 sales
The probe into the company had uncovered embezzlement or breach of trust involving about $155 million
The probe, which began in June, has already scuppered a planned $4.5 billion IPO by the group's Hotel Lotte arm
The police said Lee's body was found on Friday morning under a tree along a walking and cycling path near Seoul
Heaping further pressure on the sprawling beer-to-petrochemicals conglomerate
Lotte Group indicated it will shelve what may have been a $4.5 billion initial public offering for its hotel unit, the world's biggest so far this year, after widening investigations pushed the South Korean conglomerate deeper into crisis.It's going to be "physically difficult" for Hotel Lotte Co. to meet next month's deadline to complete the IPO in light of the extra steps it would need to take such as making additional disclosures, the parent group said in an e-mailed statement in Seoul on Sunday.Lotte will cooperate with authorities in their investigation, it said. It's the latest blow to hit the conglomerate, which has 89 Korean units with more than 100 trillion won ($86 billion) in assets. With the group still reeling from a feud that tore its founding family apart, Lotte sank into deeper turmoil last week as Korean prosecutors widened their probes into the business empire amid allegations of slush funds and embezzlement.The latest probes came days after another investigation -- o
Hotel Lotte Co is pushing back the roadshow with no new timetable in sight