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With the opening of its first cocoa factory, Sierra Leone hopes the industry will improve the lives of farmers. SP

Cargill has completed a USD 100 m expansion of its cocoa processing facilities in Yopougon/Ivory Coast, a move that adds significant volumes to the company’s cocoa-grinding capacity. SP

The multinational Grupo Bimbo has acquired Popcornopolis from NexPhase Capital for an undisclosed sum. SG

Mondelez International Inc. raised its annual sales forecast, as price increases and strong demand from emerging markets helped the company group beat estimates in the third quarter. SG

CP Kelco is expanding its distribution relationship with Azelis in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). SP

The 2022 media information for the trade magazine “Sweets Processing” can be viewed online on the homepage https://www.sweets-processing.com/en under “Media”. SP

CP Kelco, a global leader of nature-based ingredient solutions like pectin, gellan gum and many other, announced the extension of its distribution relationship with Azelis in The Netherlands, effective 1 August 2021. SP

Tate & Lyle has appointed IMCD – a global player in the sales, marketing and distribution of specialty food ingredients and flavours – as its distribution partner in Italy. SP

On 1 October, Jorge Yanez Penabad took over the position of Managing Director of Multivac subsidiary Corporacion Multivac S.A.S. in Colombia. SP

Symrise AG successfully continued its profitable growth course in the third quarter of 2021. The group recorded excellent organic sales growth of 8.3%. SG SP

Organizer Informa Markets has announced key event statistics from hybrid Vitafoods Europe 2021: 22,703 people attended in total, with an almost 50:50 split of those attending in person in Geneva/Switzerland (10,821), and online (11,882). SP

Ferrero North America, part of the global confectionery company the Ferrero Group, broke ground on a new chocolate processing facility in Bloomington, Illinois. It will be the Ferrero Group's third facility that processes chocolate, and its first outside of Europe. SG

Luc Jamet has handed over his responsibilities as Area Sales Manager of packaging machine manufacturer Schubert to Charles-Antoine Freiher. SP

The Barry Callebaut Group inaugurated today “The Barry Callebaut Chocolate Box”, its new Global Distribution Center in Lokeren, Belgium. The Chocolate Box is the world’s largest chocolate warehouse and will be the logistical hub for all packed Belgian chocolate and decorations products, produced in Barry Callebaut’s chocolate factories in Wieze and Halle, Belgium. SG SP

Royal Duyvis Wiener has worked with Conacado Agroindustrial to open a new cocoa processing plant in the Dominican Republic. SP