nestle: together towards a promising future
nestle, the world\'s leading food manufacturer, was established in 1866 in switzerland. worldwide company sales in 2007 reached rmb 681 billion.
nestle is the world\'s leading manufacturer of soluble coffee, infant nutrition, dairy products, confectionery, bouillons and seasonings, ice cream, bottled water as well as petcare. the nestle group is also involved in non-food-related products, including ophthalmic products (alcon) and a minority participation in the l\'oreal cosmetics group. nestle operates 480 factories worldwide and employs 276,000 people.
nestle established its first trading office in shanghai as early as 1908. in order to better serve the entire china area, nestle opened its china corporate head office in beijing in 1996. to date, in greater china region, nestle has made an investment of some rmb 7 billion and operates 20 world-class factories. 99% of nestle products sold in mainland china are locally manufactured. nestle in greater china region employs round 13,000 regular employees, and total sales reached rmb 13 billion in 2007.
