Wide Faith Foods Chooses Hemaraj CIE 2 for New Plant Great-tasting healthy rice snacks to be produced in new Chonburi factory, the company’s third in Thailand

Shown in photo: Hemaraj Land And Development Plc executives Mrs. Jareeporn Anantaprayoon (5th from left), Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Mr. David Nardone (4th from left), President & CEO, seal the purchase deal for a 33-rai plot of land at the Hemaraj Chonburi Industrial Estate 2 with Mr Chi-Kan Yeh (6th from right), Managing Director, Wide Faith Foods. Also present during the contract signing ceremony were Mr. Vivat Jiratikarnsakul (3rd from left), Hemaraj Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Siyaphas Chantachairoj (2nd from left), Director - Corporate Marketing & Property Customer Development, Ms. Ladda Rojanavilaivudh (far left), Director – Industrial Estate Customer Development, Hemaraj Land And Development Plc., and Ms. Chi Fan Kuo (5th from right), Vice President Marketing, Wide Faith Foods.

Bangkok, 28 September 2015 – Wide Faith Foods, a leading healthy rice snack products, recently signed a land purchase agreement with Hemaraj Land And Development Plc. for a 33-rai plot in Hemaraj Chonburi Industrial Estate 2 (Hemaraj CIE2), for its third factory in Thailand.

With an annual production capacity of 30,000 tons, Wide Faith Foods’s manufacturing facility to be built on this site will be equipped with high-tech machinery imported from East Asia, Australia and Europe, and advanced computerized systems that will enable the company to meet rapidly-increasing demand. Its strategic location will make it easier to ship its range of value-added agricultural products, in the form of healthy snacks, to its customers worldwide.

“We are delighted to welcome Wide Faith Foods to the Hemaraj community,” said Mr. David Nardone, Hemaraj’s President & CEO. “Hemaraj CIE 2’s world-class facilities will ensure that Wide Faith Foods can focus fully on its manufacturing operations while expanding its range of healthy rice-based snack products.”

“Acquiring land at Hemaraj CIE 2 is a landmark achievement for us. Since we first started our operations in 2002, we have received numerous awards for great-tasting snacks that are also low-calorie, cholesterol- and trans fat-free, and we would like to share this with the world,” said Mr Chi-Kan Yeh, Managing Director of Wide Faith Foods. “Thailand is a great place to produce and develop our snacks because of the availability of raw materials like rice, and export them to other markets. The location we have chosen provides us with optimum conditions for production, operations and logistics management. With Hemaraj, we are confident that we can reach our goals.”