Atria Oyj - Company Announcement

Atria starts to export pork to China

Seinäjoki, Finland, 2016-10-12 11:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atria Plc,
Company Announcement 12 October 2016 at 12.00 

Atria starts to export pork to China

Atria Finland Ltd has received an official confirmation of the pork export
license to China. Chinese licensing authorities have admitted Atria’s
production plant in Nurmo Finland a site-specific export license for pork meat
to China. Export license is a significant driver of development and expansion
for Atria's business. 

Atria aims to long-term cooperation with Chinese partners. Atria has conducted
surveys and prepared commercial arrangements to start the exports to China.
Export operations are intended to launch as soon as possible. 

"Negotiations with Chinese and Finnish licensing authorities were successful.
Authorities are convinced of Atria’s high quality. We now have a unique
opportunity to enter the Chinese market and expand our business in a new market
area. At this point, we do not yet know the future economic impact. " says
Atria Group CEO Juha Gröhn. 

For more information, please contact Juha Gröhn, CEO of Atria Group, tel. +358
400 684 224. 



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Juha Gröhn
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