Lindt & Sprüngli expands cocoa processing plant  

Chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli has expanded its cocoa mass production plant in Olten, canton Solothurn, at a cost of CHF100 million ($111 million). After a construction period of around three years, the expansion of the Lindt Cocoa Centre was opened on Friday. In addition to new production lines, the expansion also includes a modernised loading hall for cocoa mass, a laboratory and the redesign of the plant administration, the company announced. The expansion will lead to a doubling of production capacity. Twelve additional jobs have been created. Cocoa paste for the Lindt brand has been produced in Olten since 1991, initially exclusively for the production site in Kilchberg (canton Zurich). Since then, the Olten plant has steadily grown in importance for the entire Lindt & Sprüngli Group. It is the largest cocoa mass plant within the global production network. Several of Lindt & Sprüngli's European production sites are supplied with Swiss cocoa mass from Olten, according ...