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Paul S. Michaels, President of Mars, Incorporated since 2004, has informed the Mars Board of Directors of his plan to retire on December 31, 2014. The company announced that Grant ... SG

Mars Chocolate North America opened the doors of a new, state-of-the-art, roughly 500,000-square-foot facility in Topeka, Kan. The facility – the first new Mars Chocolate North America site built in ... SG

Nestlé Japan has developed a new mini KitKat that can be eaten as chocolate bar or baked. When put in the oven for two minutes, this KitKat becomes like a ... SG

Yesterday, Cargill officially inaugurated its newly expanded European Research and Development Centre in Vilvoorde, Belgium. The expansion is the result of an € 8 m investment in line with the ... SG

Mondelez International unveiled a plan to improve the well-being of the planet and its people – from farmers to consumers. The holistic “Call for Well-being” strategy will significantly broaden the ... SG

Morinaga America Foods, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's largest confectionery company, Morinaga & Co., is set to begin construction of its 100,000-square-foot U.S. factory in Mebane, N.C. The facility, which ... SG

Symrise AG continued its dynamic profitable growth course in 2013 and achieved new all-time highs in sales and earnings during its tenth anniversary year. The Group grew sales by 6% ... SG

All About the Tender Melt Even during the non-event year, there were lectures entitled the “ProSweets Cologne Conference” as part of the ISM. The motto “Development in the Production of Sweets and Savoury Snacks” attracted around 70 in the audience. SP

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, Kilchberg, establishes its first own subsidiary company in South America: L&S (Brazil) Holding Ltd. Lindt & Sprüngli Brazil is setting up a joint venture with ... SG

With an above market average increase of sales and earnings, Chcoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, Kilchberg, has announced a successful financial year 2013 in every respect in what continues to ... SG

Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business broke ground at the end of 2013 on a €35 million investment to double the capacity of its Belgian chocolate production facility in Mouscron over the next two years. SP

Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business broke ground at the end of 2013 on a €35 million investment to double the capacity of its Belgian chocolate production facility in Mouscron over the next two years. SP

The Sustainable Agriculture Network invited guests to Frankfurt for January 20 to discuss a new draft of the SAN standard for sustainable agriculture. SP

In 2014 Schmalz is celebrating “30 Years of Vacuum Technology” – and wants to continue the vacuum technology success story it started in 1984. SP

Döhler has won the “Food Innovation Award 2014” as part of the “12th World Food Technology & Innovation Forum” in London. Again this year, representatives from world leading companies within the food and beverage industry, from fields of research and development, innovation, marketing and technology, met with one another in order to discuss what will move the food market of the future. This top-class audience honoured Döhler with the Innovation Award for its breakthrough in the area of “gluten-free malt extracts”. SP