Indofood plans expansion

Indofood plans expansion

JAKARTA (JP): Publicly listed food-products producer PT
Indofood Sukses Makmur plans to open new production facilities
worth US$4.9 million in Vietnam.

Company president commissioner Sudwikatmono said in Semarang
the company would start constructing the plant in the near future
and the plant was scheduled to start operation in late 1998.

"Vietnam is a big market potential," he was quoted by Antara
as saying.

He did not specify the plant's location, nor the kind of food
products the plant would produce.

He said aside from Vietnam, Indofood planned to expand to
other Asian countries.

Indofood produces noodles, snacks and children's' food. (jsk)