Brief Profiles Of Investment Projects
For China's Agenda 21

 

Title Production of Almond Beverages
Type Modernization of production technology and expansion of production capacity
Description   
The capacity of the company to produce almond-based beverages is to be increased from 100,000 tons to 160,000 tons per year. A modern canning line for almond drinks will be designed and installed using advanced canning technology of Switzerland Welder, German Can-O-Mat, Italian Bottom Line and American Filler-Seamer Group. Beverages will be packaged in tin cans.
Rationale   
The Company is a well known producer of soft drinks and is most notable for its LoLo Almond Juice. The LoLo trademark is well known throughout China and abroad for its high quality beverages. The current production can not meet the increasingly growing demand. The current demand is 150,000-200,000 tons per year and expansion rate is projected at 50% every year. Natural resources used by the project are abundant in local area. There is a very large area of almond forest area (about 140 thousand ha.) which is expected to reach 180,000 ha. by the year 2000, with an output of 12,000 tons by 2000 year, which can produce almond beverage of about 250,000 tons. As the product utilizes natural forest ingredients that are provided by local gatherers, implementation can contribute to poverty alleviation and development of the forestry-based industry.
Products   
Almond beverages, haw beverages and refined almond oil; All beverages are enriched with almond vegetable protein, amino acid, vitamin, glutamic acid and microelements of zinc, iodine and calcium.
Location Chengde city, Hebei province
Available Information Feasibility Study, Detailed Project Description, Technical Study and Market Research
Total Investment (US$)

20 million

Foreign Currency (US$)

0.0

Financing

Co-operation Sought

Total Equity (US$)

20 million

Joint Venture

Of which Equity Foreign Partner (US$)

10 million

Co-operative Production

Loan (US$)      
Others(specify) (US$)      
Indicators of Viability

Incremental gross sales: US$ 72 million/y;

Estimated net profit: US$ 10.8 million/y.

INFORMATION ON SPONSOR

Name Chengde LoLo Group, Hebei Province Tel +86-2066791-2068
Address 6 Cuiqiao Road, Chengde city, Hebei province Fax +86-2062592
Annual Turnover (US$) 1993 12 million 1994 15 million 1995 23 million
Year of Establishment 1950 No. of Employees 1700 Ownership State
Fixed Assets (US$) 31.08 million Registered Capital (US$) 2.27 million
Land (ha.) 18 Building (m*m) 34847 Equipment (US$) 20 million

 


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