Qihua expands its factory building by 200 million
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Qihua Cake Company. The company’s management stated that the current production capacity of the factory buildings in Lai Chi Kok and Tai Po has met less than market demand. It plans to spend RMB 200 million to expand the second phase of the Tai Po Plant and to set up Qihua. History gallery. In addition, Hong Kong’s business performed well, with double-digit growth in sales volume recorded each year, and inflation was expected to increase product prices by 3% to 4%.
Huang Jiawei, an executive director of Chihuahua, disclosed that the company will invest about 200 million yuan to expand its plant. It is expected that production will increase by at least 30%, ideally by 50%, and construction will begin in April next year.
The new plant will introduce automation technology to strengthen the production capacity of the moon cake and packaging department. At the same time, it will create 300 employment opportunities. It will also employ 150 to 200 people near the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Set up a history gallery for citizens to visit for free
The second phase of the Tai Po plant is five stories high and has a total floor area of about 100,000 square feet. He added that after the completion of the expansion, there will still be 200,000 square feet of land in the Tai Po lot for future development. The new plant is expected to start production in 2021.
The company also plans to open the Chihua History Gallery in Tai Po. Chairman and managing director Huang Xixiang said this is his wish and he hopes to bring “Made in Hong Kong” to the world. It is expected that the history gallery will be located in the first phase of the factory building, with an area of about 1000. Many parties, based on the history of the traditional bakery industry in Hong Kong, have displayed early cake making and packing boxes in Hong Kong. They also displayed items with historical values such as wartime tickets, orders and photographs. They have no plan to cooperate with travel agencies. Let Hong Kong citizens enter for admission free of charge. Huang Xixiang also said bluntly that it is difficult to operate restaurant restaurants, so it will not develop tea rooms in the future.