The Hershey Company and Lotte Confectionery Co., LTD., Korea’s leading confectionery and ice cream manufacturer, announce a manufacturing joint venture in China that will produce Hershey and Lotte products for the market in China.  The manufacturing facility, located in Jinshan, near Shanghai, will make a variety of Hershey’s, Hershey’s Kisses and Reese’s products.  The manufacturing facility is expected to be in operation by June 2007, with products available in retail locations in China by August 2007.