Barry Callebaut Opens New Factory

Swiss business-to-business chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has opened a new factory in northern Mexico capable of producing 100,000 tonnes of chocolate a year. The investment is part of a push into emerging markets, which Callebaut has suggested will be the engine behind future growth. However, at the launch of the new plant Callebaut's chief executive Patrick de Maeseneire revealed that demand for chocolate in the mature markets of Western Europe and the US had been impacted by the economic

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