Published: 2012-12-20 Authour: Mark Astley Views: 107
Core Tip: Chinese dairy giant Yili has announced plans to invest CNY 1.1bn ($176m) in the development of a New Zealand-based infant formula manufacturing plant.
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co (Yili), which manufactures a wide range of dairy products for the Chinese market, confirmed the investment in a notice published on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) website earlier this week.
According to the announcement, the New Zealand project will have an annual output of 47,000 tonnes once fully operational.