Uni-President to build food production complex in Taiwan

Taiwan-based food company Uni-President plans to invest NT$10bn (US$328.69m) to set up a food production complex in Hukou, Hsinchu county in northern Taiwan.

In order to develop the project, the company has signed a deal to acquire more than 165,000m² of land for NT$3bn (US$98.6m).

The complex will feature sterilised food production lines with products such as drinks and bread.

It will also have a logistics area as well as a tourist park, which focuses on food safety education.

The new complex is expected to be operational within three years.

Uni-President runs five production complexes – two in Tainan in southern Taiwan, one in Taichung in central Taiwan, and one each in Taoyuan and Chungli in northern Taiwan – supplying products across the country.