Synutra International, which owns subsidiaries in China that produce, distribute and sell nutritional products for infants, children and adults, has opened a new operating facility in Carhaix, France.
Synutra has received all required production licenses to manufacture nutritional products at this facility and has commenced commercial production of dairy products including whole and skimmed milk powder, oil-wrapped whey protein powder & cream as well as infant milk formula ("IMF") products at the new facility.
Over six hundred guests attended the grand opening ceremony, including government officials, members of media, distributors and suppliers from both France and China as well as employee representatives.
Synutra'snew facility has two spray drying towers in a total plant area of 200,000 square meters and a total construction area of 40,249 square meters. One of the two towers is for whole milk powder production and the other tower is for oil-wrapped whey protein powder processing, each with an annual capacity of 45,000 metric tons as well as mixing and canning capacity for powdered formula products of 60,000 metric tons per year.
The facility complies with both EU and China's manufacturing standards and adopts world-class production and testing equipment and management techniques to ensure the high quality and nutritional value of Synutra'sproducts.
Mr. Liang Zhang, Chairman and CEO of Synutra, commented, "We are very pleased to officially open our first overseas facility and receive all relevant production licenses to manufacture in France as well as import accreditations by China's Certification and Accreditation Administration for IMF and general dairy products. We recently completed the adjustment and testing of the two towers at the end of August, and the trial run and testing of the mixing and canning line earlier this month."
"This new facility adds to our ability to produce premium IMF products for the China market and also enables Synutra to eliminate the oil-wrapping process in our China-based production operations, enabling us to streamline our processes and reduce costs.
"Our French facility also allows us to register an additional number of brands for our mainstream IMF products in compliance with CFDA regulation. We believe that the high-quality products manufactured from our French facility will attract more customers, elevate sales and bring significant benefits to our company both in terms of operating efficiency and brand image."