Lavazza is one of the leading coffee roasters of Italy; is planning to commence a coffee plant in India next year.

It is planning to expand its business in some of the growing coffee markets like India and the Asia Pacific region. This has been informed by the company on Friday.

The company would invest about 20 million euros (USD 27.4 million) in the plant. It will have initial capacity of about 1,000 tonnes of roasted coffee a year which could be raised by 40% in three years as stated by Lavazza. It runs in more than 90 countries.

Italy Lavazza will start its new coffee plant in India by the year 2012. According to the deputy chairman Giuseppe Lavazza, it is expected by Lavazza that in near future India will become 2nd in the market after Italy as far as demand of coffee is concern.

The Lavazza Company has bought India's second-biggest coffee shop chain Barista Coffee Company and Indian coffee vending company Fresh & Honest Cafe in the year 2007.