Tag: cocoa
Americas: Barry Callebaut, World’s Finest Chocolate agree on acquisition, outsourcing deal
The Barry Callebaut Group has signed a new, long-term outsourcing agreement with World's Finest Chocolate, a family-owned business based in Chicago, US.
Under the terms...
Europe: Barry Callebaut presents flexible concept for confectionery processing at ISM...
The Barry Callebaut FullFill Factory featuring a personalised process was presented at the ISM 2015 in Cologne, Germany.
“The FullFill Factory caters to the demand...
Americas: Hershey exceeds sustainable cocoa goals in 2014
The Hershey Company says 30% of its globally sourced cocoa was independently certified and verified, which reflects its progress in achieving its goal of...
Americas: Hershey showcases 3D printing technology
The Hershey Company, in partnership with 3D Systems, announced the December 19 debut of its three dimension (3-D) Chocolate Candy Printing exhibit at Hershey’s...
World: Western culture, retail drive demand for chocolate, finds report
The growing influence of western culture, rising middle classes with higher disposable income, and changing eating habits of consumers are some of the major...
Europe: Cargill expands production facility in Belgium
Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business broke ground on a US$48 million investment to double the capacity of its Belgian chocolate production facility in Mouscron...
Asia Pacific: Olam buys ADM Cocoa for US$1.3B
Singapore-based Olam International Limited will acquire the global cocoa business of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) at an enterprise value on a cash and...
Asia Pacific: Cargill opens cocoa processing facility in Indonesia
Cargill has inaugurated a cocoa processing facility in Gresik, Indonesia that will create more than 300 new jobs and a 70,000-metric-ton processing capacity.
The US$100...
World: ADM Cocoa marks five years of excellence in cocoa processing...
ADM Cocoa is marking five years of dedicated cocoa processing in the Ashanti Region, with a continuation of the successful partnership with key stakeholders,...
Europe: Barry Callebaut expands plant with US$28.2M
The 20-year old chocolate plant of Barry Callebaut in Lodz, Poland will be expanded to include two production lines for chocolate manufacturing.
The planned investment...