The Barry Callebaut Group has broken ground for its new chocolate and compound manufacturing facility in Baramati, India.
The new chocolate factory and warehouse, located 250 kilometers southeast of Mumbai, will include state-of-the-art assembly lines capable of manufacturing chocolate and compound in different delivery formats, catering to the various needs of its customers. The new facility will cover a total of 20,000 square meters and is scheduled to be operational by mid-2020.
Once fully operational, the facility will have an annual production capacity of more than 30,000 tons of chocolate and compound, and will employ between 100 and 120 people. The factory will also be equipped with an R&D lab.