Nestle (China) Chairman and CEO Patrice Bula said that the firm's sales revenue this year will be unaffected by the recent tainted milk crisis, with the world's biggest food firm even considering an expansion in the country.
Bula added that sales of some of the firm's products, such as full-cream powdered milk, had even registered a slight increase since the outbreak of the crisis.
"Dairy products are only part of our business in China, we have many other products like coffee, chocolate and water," he said.
Nestle is expected to see double-digit growth in its China sales this year.
"We plan to expand the production of our Inner Mongolia and Qingdao factories next year. New products will also be released," Bula said.
Nestle has three dairy plants in China, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and Heilongjiang and Shandong provinces.
Its plants in Shuangcheng, Heilongjiang province and Inner Mongolia mainly produce milk powder, while the factory in Qingdao, Shandong province, mainly produces liquid milk and ice cream.
According to Bula, production at the firm's Chinese plants was unaffected by the tainted milk crisis.
Source: China Daily
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