FUJIYA EXPANDS IN CHINA, BUILDING NEW PLANT
July 1st, 2010
BY WANG FANGQING
JAPAN'S leading confectionary manufacturer, Tokyo-based Fujiya Co., Ltd is to build its second plant in China to secure local supply and boost sales. The new plant, located in Hangzhou, near Shanghai, is scheduled to start operating in 2012, manufacturing lollipops for local convenience stores and supermarkets, said Fujiya's spokesperson Osamu Mizoguchi. Fujiya's current plant in China, which was opened in 2004, and is also located in Hangzhou, mainly produces lollipops, milk and cream-filled confectionery. "But we think it will reach its ...
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