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Mondelez International has inaugurated the first phase of its largest manufacturing facility in Asia Pacific in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, India. The milestone builds on the company's nearly 70-year history of manufacturing in India. SG

At a recent ceremony in Tanzania, 130,000 cocoa seedlings were distributed to cocoa farmers, and six new classrooms were donated to local farming communities. SG

PureCircle, producer of high-purity stevia ingredients for the global food and beverage industry, announced plans to invest in India’s stevia infrastructure over the next five years. SP

Symrise opened “Symrise Parsian” – its own site in Tehran, Iran, on April 14, 2016. This move strengthens the company’s presence in the Middle East, establishing it as a pioneer among multinational companies. SP

With Luigi Martinese, 49, BOPP film manufacturer Treofan is combining the responsibility for its European plants into a single corporate function: Chief Operations Officer Europe (COO Europe). SP

The Nestlé Group, Vevey, achieved sales of CHF 20.9 bn in the first three months of 2016, with a foreign exchange impact of - 2.8%. SG

With effect from 1st April, LoeschPack has established its new subsidiary in Switzerland, based in Koblenz. SP

interpack 2017 has recorded the biggest exhibitor demand in its over 55-year history, so Messe Düsseldorf, organiser of the trade fair for the packaging sector and related processing industries. SP

In 2015, Finland’s Fazer Group continued to improve its performance in a demanding and highly volatile operative environment. SG

Eurazeo, with a diversified portfolio of € 5 bn in assets one of the leading listed investment companies in Europe, has announced that it has entered into exclusive talks to purchase chocolate and confectionery brands from Mondelez International. SG

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG announced, that Thomas Linemayr, CEO of Lindt & Sprüngli (USA) Inc. and Member of the Extended Group Management, will leave the company per end of April 2016 to pursue a new challenge outside the Lindt & Sprüngli group. SG

The latest confectionery monitor by IRI covering the first two months of 2016 indicates an increase in turnover of 3.2% to € 1.826 bn in the German market. SG

yummex Middle East sets new benchmarks: more than 70% of the available space for the coming event from 7 to 9 November has already been sold. SG

During the first half of fiscal year 2015/16 (ended February 29, 2016), the Barry Callebaut Group, Zurich, increased its sales volume by 4.5% to 933,327 tonnes, significantly outperforming a slightly improving but still weak global chocolate confectionery market (volume decrease globally - 2.6%, source: Nielsen, September 2015 - February 2016). SG

According to Nielsen‘s latest confectionery monitor (covering the period up until calendar week 9/2016), confectionery sales in the German market are showing a positive development. SG