Singapore, July 9, 2010: China-Biotics, one the leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of probiotics products in China, announced that it has gained more bulk customers during the quarter ended on June 30, 2010 and the total number of bulk customers increased to 39 by the end of June.
Among the 39 customers, four are animal feed producers and the remaining are dairy enterprises. During the quarter, the Qingpu facility produced over 15 metric tonnes of bulk probiotics products and production utilization rate for the Qingpu bulk additive facility has steadily ramped up to over 60 metric tonnes per year.
Mr Jinan Song, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of China-Biotics, said, "We are pleased with the progress on our bulk business in the first quarter of FY 2011. We have not only increased the number of customers but ramped up our production utilization rate as well. We remain focused on building long-term relationships with dairy companies as they are moving towards high value-added products to meet market demand and consumer preferences. In such a favorite environment, we believe that we are well positioned to expand our business and gain market share. We look forward to further expand our production to meet the bulk market demand in the coming quarters."