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Cocoa manufacturer will invest $40 million in Jinshan, China plant to meet growing demand in China and Asia.
As part of an accelerated global strategy, Chicago-based Blommer Chocolate Co. has acquired a manufacturing plant in China's Jinshan district near Shanghai. The largest cocoa processor and ingredient chocolate supplier in North America also revealed that it will invest $40 million in the Jinshan plant to create a fully integrated bean processing and chocolate manufacturing facility, which will support the growing demand both in China and the Asian region.
"Expanding our operations to China represents a new chapter in the growth of our company," says Rick Blommer, president of...