Dongwon F&B said on the 14th that it has completed construction of the Jincheon No. 2 business site in Gwanghyewon-myeon, Jincheon-gun, North Chungcheong Province.
The Jincheon No. 2 business site is an advanced production facility built with a total investment of 140 billion won, with a total floor area of 8,000 pyeong (building area 4,400 pyeong) and two floors above ground.
With this completion, the existing Jincheon No. 1 business site will produce meat-processed product lines, and the newly completed No. 2 business site will produce refrigerated foods such as fish cakes and crab sticks, as well as home meal replacements (HMR) such as fried rice and chicken. Dongwon F&B said it has built a protein food production platform called "Protein Nexus," noting that it reflects its intention to grow it into a global hub that organically achieves consolidation from conventional meat protein to fresh, high-value marine protein.
The Jincheon No. 2 business site focuses on premium surimi products such as fish cakes and crab sticks with fish content raised to more than 80%. It has a production capacity of 40 tons a day, or about 130,000 units, and has improved product competitiveness in texture and Production yield by introducing advanced equipment.
Dongwon F&B aims to achieve 300 billion won in sales at the Jincheon No. 2 business site by 2030 and raise the export share to more than 30%.
The Jincheon No. 2 business site was also designed as a smart factory to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and productivity per person improved by about 40%. The fish cake and frozen rice production lines adopted electric induction equipment instead of gas, and AI-based automation equipment and the latest molding equipment were introduced to improve operational efficiency across the production process. In addition, an integrated logistics system for the No. 1 and No. 2 business sites was built.
A Dongwon F&B official said, "The new business site is a key production hub to meet the rapidly growing global demand for protein foods," adding, "We will expand our presence beyond the domestic market into the global market on the strength of differentiated K-foods such as premium fish cakes, crab sticks, pot rice, and chicken."
Dongwon F&B is actively expanding exports. On the 14th, it opened a "Dongwon Tuna" pop-up store in Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan, and also took part in THAIFEX-Anuga in Bangkok, Thailand.