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Shanghai meat producer's Czech operations continue to grow, despite rivals' copycat efforts

Heng Qidong, managing director of Shanghai Maling (Czech) A.S., says it was a combination of luck and insight that led to the Chinese canned meat producer's tremendous popularity in the Czech Republic.

"It was certainly a case of being at the place at the right time," says Heng, sitting in his spacious conference room in Maling's 40,000 square meter factory, about 80 kilometers northwest of the capital, Prague.