Zuari Rotem Specialty Fertilizers has undertaken to initiate a search for suitable lands for the establishment of two more soluble fertilizer manufacturing plants.

Since March 2010, Zuari Rotem Specialty Fertilizers has been operating a 32,000 metric ton soluble fertilizer production facility in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Icl said the joint venture’s two new plants will be constructed in India’s eastern and northern regions with the goal of being closer and more responsive to local customers.

Icl Specialty Fertilizers CEO Yossi Zidon said the expansion follows the success of the joint venture’s first plant and and the company’s desire to capitalize on the economic advantages of manufacturing within its target markets.