| Oct.24,2002 |
| ･PRESS RELEASE |
| Ajinomoto Co., Inc. |
| Ajinomoto del Peru S.A. |
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Through a three million dollar investment
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| AJINOMOTO DEL PERU S.A. CONTINUES EXPANSION BY DIVERSIFICATION |
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Installs a unique industrial plant in Peru. High technology and high quality ingredients are main factors of new product.
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. and Ajinomoto del Peru S.A. continue with product diversification by launching a new product. A three-million-dollar-plant was installed to produce the instant noodle-soup AJI-NO-MEN®. At first it will have three presentations. Subsequently, more presentations will be launched to domestic market.
In press conference, it was informed that the new industrial plant is located in Ventanilla-Callao. It will produce instant noodle soup. The main material of this product is wheat flour.
Ajinomoto del Peru S.A. executives declared that the company decided to make this investment in Peru because it realized that the demand of the new product will increase mainly because of the change of people’s life style, which makes them prefer economic and easy-to-prepare-food.
The new industrial plant will operate with high technology equipment and will use high quality ingredients which will make this product the number one in Peru.
It was said as well that in five years the company will develop the market in such a way that the unit consumption will reach one unit per capita/year.
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NEW INDUSTRIAL OPERATION |
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The plant is the second one of this kind established in South America by Ajinomoto Group, in this oportunity through its subsidiary in Peru. The other one is located in Brazil.
The new plant of Ajinomoto del Peru S.A. will let the company diversify its production activity in Peru to a new cathegory different from seasonings. At present it is the only production plant of this kind in Peru.
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AJINOMOTO CO., INC. IN PERU |
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The reason why the global corporation Ajinomoto Co., Inc. decided to install one of its affiliates in Peru is because of its strategic geographic location, which permits an easy supply of its products to neighbor countries, because of its condition of sugar cane producing country -main material for its seasonings- and specially because of its varied gastronomic culture, which is well known worldwide.
Ajinomoto del Peru S.A. was established in our country in 1968 and has 450 workers at present day. It will increase about ten percent by the new industrial plant operation.
The company plans to grow 10% this year, which represents US$ 25 millions approximately.
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AJINOMOTO GROUP IN THE WORLD |
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Ajinomoto Co., Inc. was established in Japan 93 years ago. It leads the amino acids world production and trading.
It develops products according to different markets tendency and has solid positions in: seasonings, processed food, freezed food, drinks, dairy products, oils, pharmaceutical products, aminoacids, fine chemicals and so on.
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