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Lindt & Sprüngli Schweiz AG has announced plans to invest more than CHF 30 million ($32.25 million) in expanding and increasing the capacity of its production facility in Olten, Switzerland, this year.

When I was first introduced to Oscar Kambly III, president of Trubschachen, Switzerland-based biscuit manufacturer Kambly many years ago — and no I don’t exactly recall when — the man, the company and its product line were like one.

AAK USA Inc., a leading manufacturer of specialty vegetable fats and oils, has opened a new, 2,500-sq.-ft. Customer Innovation Center in Louisville, Ky.

Former American Candy Co. president Charles Burdine “Byrd” Looper passed away on ­­­­Jan. 8 from pneumonia. He was 86.

All Ritter Sport products leaving Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG’s Waldenbuch, Germany, production site use chocolate that has been cultivated and processed under sustainable conditions, the company revealed Jan. 26.

Esthechoc, dark chocolate designed to slow the aging process, has been endorsed by Jennifer Berman, a urologist, sexual health expert and author appearing on the television show “The Doctors.”