New Processing Factory to Be Developed as Pingtan's Central Storage, Processing, and Distribution BaseFUZHOU, China, Mar. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. (Nasdaq: PME) ("Pingtan" or the "Company"), a global fishing company based in the People's Republic of China (PRC), today announced that Global Deep Ocean Fishing (Pingtan) Industrial Limited Company ("GDOF"), in which Pingtan has an equity investment, has begun development of a new processing factory in Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Area, Fujian, PRC.
The processing factory will be located on a site of 40,000 square meters, and the annual storage capacity is expected to be 500,000 tons. Key facilities to be constructed will include one 50,000 tonnage cold storage, a complete set of intensive processing workshop and associated primary processing and packaging workshops as well as one warehouse, covering an overall floorage of 81,654 square meters. The finished facilities will be ultimately used for cold storage, processing and distribution of the deep ocean fish landings of Pingtan's vessels. The processing factory is expected to begin service upon completion of construction in 2018. In light of a greater emphasis on food safety in recent years, the Company believes that there is a significant demand among the Chinese population for natural ocean products harvested and processed directly by pelagic fishing company.
Mr. Xinrong Zhuo, Chairman and CEO of the Company, commented, "We are very pleased to announce that after two years of preparation, GDOF is moving forward with the construction of the fish processing factory, which marks our first step into the consumer food processing market. We intend to address the growing demand for deep-ocean fish products in the China domestic market while also enhancing the deployment of new fishing fields and new vessels. Pingtan has begun to focus on participating in the supply chain by integrating both the harvesting and processing of ocean products and the expansion of not only our presence and market share in mainland China but also the business reputation of Pingtan as a brand. Through GDOF, we aim to complete construction and begin operations of the processing factory as scheduled. We believe the facilities will contribute to the further development of Pingtan's business operations."
About Pingtan
Pingtan is a global fishing company engaging in ocean fishing through its subsidiary, Fujian Provincial Pingtan County Ocean Fishing Group Co., Ltd., or Pingtan Fishing.
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