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AN OEM AGREEMENT WITNESSED BY JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) AND KEDAH STATE GOVERNMENT
Saturday 18/11/2017
There will be a MoA signing ceremony between Edoya Co., Ltd (Japan) and JABI RICE Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) on Halal Salmon Skin Chip OEM production to be held at JICA Malaysia office on 24 Nov 2017 (see attached detailed program). This collaboration resulted from a JICA Partnership Program, namely, “The Project for Industrial Advancement and Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) by Regional Branding through Food Valley Tokachi and Halal Correspondence” which is being implemented by Obihiro Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Details of the event are as follows:
Day/Date : Friday 24 November 2017
Time : 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Venue : Japan International Cooperation Agency Malaysia Office, 29th floor Menara Citibank, 165 Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur
Click here for Signing Ceremony Program EDOYA JABI RICE
Project Overview
The Tokachi region, where Obihiro City is situated, is one the most important food production hubs in Japan blessed with great climate and geography, and has been working towards the economic revitalization, under the “FOOD VALLEY TOKACHI” system which promotes value-added food products. The objective of the Project is to support Kedah State (Malaysia) and Chiangmai Province (Thailand) to promote regional branding, by improving the food safety and security level through sharing experiences of the “FOOD VALLEY TOKACHI” system. Furthermore, for economic development which utilizes the regional specialty, the Project also promotes collaboration among companies to develop new products through personnel and technology exchanges which will lead to business matching.
Edoya Co., Ltd is a company producing processed seafood product. In addition to the production factories in Japan, they have been eyeing on OEM possibilities overseas. The company has been involved in industrial survey in Thailand and Malaysia through participation in the JICA Partnership Program, and also has showcased their products at exhibitions in Malaysia like SMIDEX (June 2014) and MIHAS, and since then has been considering possibilities to market its products for muslim markets in South East Asia. During MIHAS 2015, with collaboration with the Kedah state, the Project has showcased the salmon skin chip where Edoya met JABI RICE which owns food production facilities in Kedah, and from there, both companies started to visit each other’s factory.
In February this year, there was a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) signed in Japan by both companies to proceed to trial production run. In April this year, JABI RICE proposed a new curry flavor of salmon skin chip for trial in close collaboration with Edoya. As both Companies have agreed on certain business model regarding the product, they agreed to sign the OEM contract in order to prepare production equipment for the halal salmon skin chip.
Future Plan
The JABI RICE factory is halal ready while the halal application for the product is in progress that is expected to be approved by mid next year. Once the production line is well equipped and halal certification received later, JABI RICE will start production according to the OEM contract with Edoya for the Malaysia domestic market as well as overseas.
SOURCE : Japan International Cooperation Agency Malaysia (JICA)
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name : Yukiyasu Sumi
Tel : +60-3-2166-8900
Email : Sumi.Yukiyasu@jica.go.jp
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