The new production facility, located in Shanghai Qingpu Industrial Park, features a fermentation workshop equipped with sophisticated control system and customized design for its proprietary fermentation technology. It has a total production capacity of 150 tons annually.
Earlier, in late 2007, China-Biotics began the construction of this facility. Upon completion of the building construction and equipment installation, testing and trial production started in July and October 2009, respectively.
China-Biotics has received its production permit from the local technology supervision bureau in early February 2010. The company expects to produce 5 tons by the end of March and the capacity utilisation is expected to gradually reach a run rate of 75 tons per year by December 2010.
Jinan Song, chairman and CEO of China-Biotics, said: “We are very excited about the commencement of our Qingpu facility, with the advanced technology in probiotics production and large capacity. Our volume and quality can meet the demand from large institutional customers from both China and overseas markets. We believe the Qingpu facility will provide an additional engine of growth, beyond our widely acclaimed dietary supplement produced in our existing Pudong plant.”