VND1.8-tril. beverage plant off ground in central Quang Nam

The project will cover an area of 27 hectares in Chu Lai Open Economic Zone with workshops, material and finished product warehouse system, dining rooms and worker houses.

According to the investor, the plant will turn out non-alcohol beverages with natural origins. Its production lines are imported from Europe, meeting international hygiene and management standards of HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) and ISO 2001.

The enterprise expects to put the first phase of the factory into operation at the end of 2013.

Between 2012 and 2013, six production lines will be completed with the capacity of 300 million litres each year, creating jobs for over 1,000 local laborers. In the second phase from 2016 to 2020, there will be eight more production lines finished to raise annual output to 600 million litres and give jobs to 2,500 workers.

The factory is projected to contribute an average VND700 billion to the provincial budget yearly.

According to Tan Hiep Phat Group, construction of the factory in Quang Nam province aims to serve market demands in the Central and Central Highlands regions instead of transporting products from its factory in Binh Duong province.

In the coming time, the group also has plans to build another plant in the north with a capacity similar to that in Quang Nam province. The company is working with Ha Nam province’s government to construct the plant to serve the northern market.

The production expansion aims to deepen investment in the local market and boost export in the future, the group added.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Nam Hai said the beverage plant goes in line with the nation’s master plan to develop domestic beer and beverage industry to the year 2015 and the vision to 2025. The plan gives priority to soft drinks with natural extract.

At the ground breaking ceremony, leaders of Number One Chu Lai Company suggested local authorities and management board of Chu Lai Open Economic Zone to give land for it to develop a worker dormitory.