AJINOMOTO RAMPING UP US PRODUCTION
April 1st, 2010
BY GAVIN BLAIR
AJINOMOTO Frozen Foods USA, a fully-owned subsidiary of Japan food manufacturer Ajinomoto, is ramping up its US operations, including investing Japanese Yen JPY1.2 billion (US dollar USD12.88 million) to add a production line at its Oregon plant. Due to become operational in November, the line will boost capacity for frozen-meals by 125% to 18,000 tons a year to meet growing demand for rice-based dishes, to be sold at Wal-Mart-affiliated outlets. US sales for the financial year to March were JPY 5 billion ($53.7 million), Daisuke Sugimoto of ...
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