CALBEE TO ENTER TAIWAN, EXPANDING IN ASIA
July 1st, 2012
BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI
MAJOR Japanese food company Calbee is to set up a 51:49 joint venture in Taipei with the Taiwan local food concern Wei Chuan, a subsidiary of Tingyi International, which is registered in the Cayman Islands as a Taiwan company. Taipei Calbee is expected to start operations in December, and will manufacture snacks for sale in Taiwan, starting with Calbee's popular potato chips Jagabee. "Later we will add more products based on the market feedback," said a Calbee spokesperson. Earlier this year, in April, Calbee set up a ...
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