JUNAN COUNTY, China,
Dec. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
American Lorain Corporation
(NYSE MKT: ALN) ("American Lorain" or the "Company"), an
international processed snack foods, convenience foods, and frozen
foods company based in the Shandong
Province, China, today
announced that it has finished installation of its chestnut
decladding machine in December, 2013.
The machinery, imported from Europe, preheats the chestnuts into dry
condition, and declads the chestnuts using ejected natural gas
flames. Unshelled chestnuts are then carried directly to frozen
storage through connected pipeline. Average processing capacity
could reach 3 metric tons per hour. The unshelled chestnuts could
be processed into a wide variety of products such as chestnuts in
syrup and chestnut snack packs.
Mr. Si Chen, Chairman and CEO of American Lorain, commented:
"Before introducing the automated decladding line, due to the
varying size of raw materials and differing specifics of finished
products, our chestnuts are mostly unshelled by hand. As labor
costs continue to rise in China,
we introduced this automated line in an effort to reduce our
reliance on human labor. Enhancing automation, increasing
productivity and reducing cost constitute our main focus in the
next few years and we are glad American Lorain has made a solid
step in this direction."
About American Lorain Corporation
American Lorain Corporation's products include
chestnut products, convenience food products and frozen food
products. The Company sells its products to most provinces in
domestic China as well as numerous
export markets in Asia and
Europe. The Company operates
through its five direct and indirect subsidiaries and one leased
factory located in China. For further information about
American Lorain Corporation, please visit the Company's
website at http://www.americanlorain.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements"
that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There can be no
assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and the
actual results and future events could differ materially from
management's current expectations. Such factors include, but are
not limited to, the Company's ability to obtain the necessary
financing to continue and expand operations, to market its products
in new markets and to offer products at competitive pricing, to
attract and retain management, and to integrate and maintain
technical information and management information systems, political
and economic factors in the PRC, compliance requirement of laws and
regulations of the PRC, the effects of currency policies and
fluctuations, general economic conditions and other factors
detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory
authorities. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
SOURCE American Lorain
Corporation