12SUMMERS Smart Food Industrial Park Officially Launched, Marking a New Chapter in Digitalized Food Manufacturing

On June 25, 2025, the launch ceremony of the 12SUMMERS (Xiamen) Industrial Park was grandly held in Xinyu Town, Xiang’an District, Xiamen. Guests from relevant government authorities, industry associations, research institutions, and strategic partners gathered to witness this milestone moment, marking a significant step forward in the intelligent upgrading of China’s healthy convenience food industry.

At the ceremony, with the ceremonial groundbreaking symbolizing industrial innovation, the modern food industrial park—integrating upstream supply chain management, raw material pre-processing, cutting-edge food R&D laboratories, automated production, scientific testing, and logistics clusters—was officially announced to have commenced construction.

From Automated Production Lines to Smart Manufacturing Parks: A Chinese Food Brand’s Uncompromising Commitment to Quality

Looking back at 12SUMMERS’ development journey, the brand’s growth also reflects the long-term evolution of China’s innovative food enterprises. In its early stage, 12SUMMERS focused deeply on the Indonesian bird’s nest trade, with products exported to high-standard global markets. This period established the brand’s DNA of strict requirements for quality and safety. Starting in 2016, 12SUMMERS took a forward-looking step by pioneering new categories such as ready-to-eat bird’s nest, freshly stewed bird’s nest, and bird’s nest congee, gradually expanding into a broader healthy convenience food portfolio. In 2022, the brand built the industry’s first high-speed automated bowl production line and strengthened upstream control through its traceable Indonesian bird’s nest factories, ensuring not only stable and safe products, but also fully traceable quality from source to end product. This foundation reinforced the brand’s core product philosophy of “Faster, Healthier, and Cheaper”, enabling flagship product series such as bird’s nest congee, grain bowls, fish maw soup, and dessert collections to quickly gain strong consumer recognition, dominate category rankings, and win favor in overseas markets. During seasonal gifting periods, 12SUMMERS’ gift sets have also become highly sought-after choices.

The newly invested Xiamen Industrial Park represents the culmination of this accumulated expertise and long-term commitment to innovation. Covering a total construction area of approximately 60,000 square meters with an investment exceeding RMB 100 million, the park is expected to achieve an annual production value of up to RMB 3 billion once fully operational.

In terms of design, the industrial park adopts a forward-looking, multi-functional planning system that supports the brand’s long-term strategic expansion. It integrates upstream supply chain consolidation, raw material pre-processing, cutting-edge food R&D laboratories, automated production, scientific testing, and logistics clusters into a unified industrial ecosystem—forming a complete end-to-end value chain from source to consumer. A key highlight of the park lies in setting a new benchmark for automated production of safe and healthy convenience foods in China. The highly intelligent production lines inside the facility enable a very high degree of automation across critical processes from ingredient dosing to final output, building a strong “moat” for product standardization and quality consistency.

“Smart + Science” Dual Engine Ensuring Safety and Taste at Every Step

The industrial park operates under Class 100,000 GMP cleanroom standards, providing a production environment comparable to pharmaceutical-grade facilities and ensuring food safety at the highest level. In addition, the in-house food R&D laboratories will work in deep collaboration with renowned universities such as Jiangnan University and Jimei University, as well as authoritative food research institutions. This enables the integration of top domestic and international scientific resources. Beyond serving as an incubator for cutting-edge food products—continuously generating innovative formulations and patented technologies—the platform also plays an active role in industry standard-setting. As of publication, 12SUMMERS has participated in drafting industry and group standards including the Ready-to-Eat Convenience Food (Instant Porridge Products) Industry Standard, the Bird’s Nest Congee Group Standard, the Bird’s Nest Business Code of Conduct, and the General Quality Standard for Canned Porridge Products, demonstrating its strong technical influence and voice within the industry.

When discussing the significance of the industrial park for the industry, Founder Kico stated with conviction: “Let’s go—just do it.” He emphasized that 12SUMMERS is committed to building a new global benchmark for high-quality Chinese manufacturing, and as a leading brand, it must uphold its social responsibility. The company aims to inject new vitality into the food industry, starting from Xiamen and expanding across China and into global markets—becoming a trusted and well-recognized brand loved by consumers worldwide.

Kico, Founder of 12SUMMERS

Furthermore, from globally selected premium ingredients—such as traceable Indonesian bird’s nest, New Zealand dairy sources, and super grains from around the world—to food-grade safe packaging materials like high-density microwave-safe PP bowls, and to clean-label innovation processes that achieve zero-additive formulations while preserving great taste, 12SUMMERS (Xiamen) Industrial Park embeds its positioning as a “specialist in safe, healthy, and convenient foods” into every detail of R&D and manufacturing, delivering higher-quality products with full sincerity to consumers. A rigorous, full-process laboratory testing system runs throughout the entire production chain, ensuring consistent quality control from start to finish.

In terms of industry position, 12SUMMERS’ existing production lines already hold 22 authoritative certifications, supported by a comprehensive end-to-end testing and inspection system. Combined with the intelligent system upgrades of the new industrial park, the company further strengthens its technological barriers in the healthy convenience food sector. More importantly, it is expected to accelerate the industry’s transformation toward clean-label innovation, real ingredients, and continuous product innovation. Fang Hansen, Head of the Industrial Park, stated that the future development of China’s food industry requires every participant to contribute professional expertise, a strong commitment to food safety, and innovative thinking, so as to continuously create meaningful value for the market.

Fang Hansen, Head of the Industrial Park

From an industry development perspective, the launch of the 12SUMMERS (Xiamen) Industrial Park comes at a pivotal moment when China’s food manufacturing sector is undergoing a transformation toward intelligent and sustainable production. As the industrial park officially enters operation in 2026, it will not only support 12SUMMERS in its ambition to become a global leader in the food industry, but also contribute to the broader upgrading of the sector. In doing so, it will inject new momentum into enhancing the global competitiveness of “Made-in-China quality” within the healthy convenience food market.