Photo Report

Day One (April 20) started with the Board of Governors Meeting, the decision-making body of WINA, at which top executives of world’s leading instant noodle manufacturers assembled. The Board decided to make minor amendments of the WINA Articles of Association and touch in the activities based on the WINA Disaster Relief Fund and the WINA Food Safety Research Fund. Also, in order to ensure food safety, the Board proposed to utilize the WINA Food Safety Research Fund to examine the components of instant noodles of WINA members.

Following the Board of Governors Meeting was the General Meeting attended by some 140 top executives and senior managers of 47 instant noodles manufacturers from 18 different countries/regions. On behalf of the host company, Mr. Peter Vogt, Managing Director of Nestlé Products Sdn Bhd, made a welcome speech.
Mr. Koki Ando, WINA Chairman, then made an opening statement, in which he commented on the changing market environment, the food safety issues of the past two years since the previous Summit in Osaka. Quoting the words of late Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant noodles, Mr. Koki Ando emphasized the responsibility of food manufacturers; “Working with food is a sacred occupation.”

It was announced that Mr. Izham Mohamed of Nestlé Products Sdn Bhd would serve as the Director General of WINA for the next two years. By order of Mr. Izham Mohamed, activity report and accounting report were presented by the Secretariat.

Dr. Yamada, Chief Quality Officer of Nissin Foods Holdings, made a “Special Report” covering the issues of food safety and environmental protection. Specifically, he had a set of presentations titled “The Safety Indexes of the Chemicals in Food” and “Carbon Foot Print.”

Market Report : Governors made a short presentation on their respective market in turn. 1. Brazil / Nissin-Ajinomoto Alimentos Ltda. 2. China / Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. 3. Indonesia / PT Indofood CBP Makmur TBK. 4. Japan / Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. 5. Korea / Nong Shim Co., Ltd. 6. Malaysia / Nestlé Products Sdn. Bhd. 7. The Philippines / Monde Nissin Corp. 8. Russia / LLC Mareven Food Central 9. Taiwan Region / Uni-President Enterprises Corp. 10. Thailand / Thai President Foods (Saha Group)

Commercial Film Festival :
One of the main attractions of the World Instant Noodles Summit is the showing of commercial films from around the world. Total of 17 commercials were shown along with written presentation on the concept and objective.

KL Declaration :
Mr. Izham Mohamed, WINA Director General, announced the Kuala Lumpur Declaration.

Announcement of the Next Host :
WINA Chairman and Director General jointly announced that Tingyi Holding Corp would be the host of the 8th World Instant Noodles Summit. Mr. Robert Liu, Tingyi’s COO, expressed the company’s commitment to bring the 2012 Summit in Tianjin, China, a great success.

Wrapping up the two-day summit, Governors sent out the industry’s commitment to the world at the press conference.