Yimin Food No. 1 Factory.
It is located at No. 51, Guanzhong Road, Siping Road. Formerly known as Haining Foreign Company, it was founded by American businessman Hai Ningsheng in **2. In the initial stage, it mainly produced egg products. **15 years began to produce beautiful brand cold drinks. **Since 19, it has been producing sweetheart brand candy, chocolate and chewing gum. In 36 years, Haining Foreign Company was given to the General Headquarters of the Joint Service of the Kuomintang Army and became the fifth workshop of its subordinate Shanghai Grain and Service Experimental Factory.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the workshop was taken over by the Shanghai Military Control Commission of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It was renamed Xinhua Egg Factory, and in 1950 began to resume the production of candy, cold drinks and chocolate. On February 27 of the same year, Xinhua Egg Factory was renamed as the First Food Factory of Yimin Industrial Company of the Ministry of Industry of East China. On June 26, 1953, it was renamed the state-owned Shanghai Yimin Food No. 1 Factory. In 1958, more than 10 factories were merged, including the third Yimin Food Factory, Chinachem Canning Factory, Huangxingtai Canning Factory, and Kangda Candy Factory.
In 1954, the Merlin brand canned food produced by the factory began to be exported to 28 countries and regions such as the United States, Japan, and Switzerland. Since 1961, it has started to produce chocolate for export, and has opened up the markets of Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia. In 1965, it was the first in China to successfully produce watermelon paste and canned broad beans and exported them to the Middle East.
In the 70s, Yimin Food No. 1 Factory successively developed a new process for eliminating mushroom flat acid bacteria and a new process for low sulfur dioxide color protection of mushroom raw materialsA new process of refrigerated ham massage;A new process for secondary homogenization of ice cream;A new process of hulling from the origin of green beans. In the 80s, the German chocolate wafer production line was introducedItalian deformed ice cream production line;Dutch ham production line;Resistance welding canning lines in France, as well as ice cream production lines and margarine plants in Denmark and Sweden. The production capacity has increased rapidly.
In 1990, the annual output of Yimin Food No. 1 Factory reached 16,695 tons of canned food, 14,709 tons of cold drinks and 4,641 tons of candy. The factory has 3,814 employees, covers an area of 64,305 square meters, a construction area of 77,001 square meters, the original value of fixed assets is 53.79 million yuan, the net value is 43.9 million yuan, the annual output value is 180.26 million yuan, the sales volume is 176.43 million yuan, the export value is 87.67 million yuan, and the profits and taxes are 10.35 million yuan. In 1990, it was listed as one of the 500 largest enterprises in China.