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Mesdames, Messieurs
Veuillez trouver ci-joint  le communiqué de  presse "New  investments
reaffirm Nestlé's commitment to  the ASEAN region"  qui a été  publié
aujourd'hui à Singapour,  lors d'une conférence  de presse avec  Paul
Bulcke, CEO Nestlé  S.A. Le  communiqué de presse  est disponible  en
anglais  seulement.  Pour  de  plus  amples  informations,   veuillez
visiter www.nestle.com.

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New investments reaffirm Nestlé's commitment to the ASEAN region

Singapore, 13 June 2009 - Speaking  at a media conference at the  end
of his tour of South East  Asia which took him to Thailand,  Vietnam,
Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, Nestlé  CEO Paul Bulcke said  that
the Company will  continue to  invest in  the region  and expand  its
business and  manufacturing facilities  there.  Over the  last  three
years, Nestlé has spent over  CHF 550 million in capital  investments
in its ASEAN  operations. In  2008, Nestlé's business  in the  region
experienced 15% organic growth, with  sales of around CHF 5  billion.
In 2009, Nestlé's investments  in the region will  amount to CHF  260
million.

In Thailand  Nestlé is  investing  in two  significant  manufacturing
projects, the construction of  a new Nestlé  Purina pet food  factory
located in the Amata City Industrial Estate, and the expansion of the
existing Navanakorn facility, where  Nestlé (Thai) Ltd produces  milk
and coffee products. The  pet food plant, which  will create 135  new
jobs, will be one of the most  advanced factories of its kind in  the
world, thanks to  its state-of-the-art  processing technologies.  The
factory will supply dry  pet food to the  growing local and  overseas
markets,   including   Indonesia,   Malaysia,   Singapore   and   the
Philippines, as well as Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Nestlé's overall
capital investments for  Thailand will  amount to CHF  56 million  in
2009.

In Vietnam Paul Bulcke opened the  new Maggi production plant at  the
Nestlé factory in  the Dong  Nai province, where  Nestlé will  create
over 800  jobs by  2010. The  plant will  meet the  growing  consumer
demand for Maggi products in  Vietnam, Cambodia and the  Philippines.
This year  Nestlé  will invest  a  total of  CHF  13 million  in  its
operations in Vietnam. For example, the La Vie Company, a local joint
venture company in which Nestlé holds a 65% interest, will invest  in
its two mineral water factories to double their capacity.

In Malaysia,  Nestlé has  committed a  capital investment  of CHF  85
million for 2009 to meet the increasing demand for Halal products  of
which Nestlé  Malaysia is  the Centre  of Excellence  for the  Nestlé
Group. The investment supports the set-up of new regional plants  for
Nescafé and non-dairy creamer as well  as the expansion of its  Maggi
facilities following the stronger export demands for its products  in
the region, the  Middle East and  Europe. Over the  last three  years
significant investments were  made in Singapore  for the upgrade  and
expansion of the production facilities  at the Jurong factory,  while
another CHF 3 million of investments have been committed for 2009.

In the Philippines,  which Paul  Bulcke visited  last year,  Nestlé's
investments in  2009 will  amount to  CHF 72  million. An  additional
expression of Nestlé's commitment to the region was the establishment
of a Nestlé shared service centre for financial and employee services
in  the  Philippines  in  2008,  which  helps  to  maximize  Nestlé's
operational efficiency throughout the ASEAN region and Oceania.

In Indonesia, Nestlé will  invest a further CHF  29 million in  2009,
after a major investment  of CHF 130 million  in the last two  years,
supporting the expansion of the Kejayan milk factory in East Java  in
order to  meet the  increasing demand.  After the  completion of  the
project, the Kejayan factory  will be one of  the ten biggest  Nestlé
milk processing plants in the world.

In addition to investments in  its production facilities, Nestlé  has
globally invested around  CHF 2 billion  in research and  development
last year. One of  the research projects in  the ASEAN region is  the
partnership between Nestlé's  R&D centre  in Tours,  France, and  the
Indonesian  Coffee  and  Cocoa  Research  Institute  (ICCRI)  on  the
large-scale propagation  of coffee  and cocoa  trees. So  far over  a
million high-yield,  disease-resistant cocoa  plantlets have  already
been distributed through local partners, a figure which, according to
the Indonesian Ministry  of Agriculture, should  reach 70 million  by
2011.

At the press conference, Paul  Bulcke also illustrated how Nestlé  is
creating long-term value  for the communities  in which it  operates.
"As is true of all of  our worldwide operations, we are committed  to
creating shared value in the ASEAN region, both for shareholders  and
local communities.  This means  that Nestlé,  through its  activities
wherever it operates,  has to  bring meaningful value  to society  at
large by creating both direct and indirect jobs, working with farming
communities, training  and developing  people,  as well  as  bringing
products to the market adapted to the taste and nutritional needs  of
local consumers.  This is  part  of Nestlé's  DNA and  the  long-term
approach we take to everything we  do", he said. For over a  century,
Nestlé has been contributing to  the economic development around  the
world. Indeed, half of the company's 456 factories are today based in
the developing  world. Nutrition,  water and  rural development  were
recently defined as three focus  areas in Creating Shared Value,  and
the number of activities in these areas is being stepped up all  over
the world.

Paul Bulcke emphasized that "Nestlé  has been operating in this  part
of the  world  for nearly  100  years. The  ASEAN  region is  a  very
important part of the Nestlé  business, and our continued  commitment
and on-going investments demonstrate  our confidence in the  region."
Nestlé currently has 23 factories and around 15,000 employees in  its
ASEAN markets. Furthermore, it has a Research and Development  Center
based in  Singapore, which  is an  integral part  of Nestlé's  global
network of 27 Research, Technology and Development Centers. With  all
of this support, Nestlé is well placed to continue nourishing the 600
million consumers living in the ASEAN countries.


For further information please contact

Tengku Marina Badlishah
Group Corporate Affairs
Nestlé Malaysia
Tel.: + 60 12 209 5275
E-mail: TengkuMarina.Badlishah@my.nestle.com


 
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