RCI Regional docks in BaltimoreFrom April 9-12, 2008, confectioners joined from around the country at the Retail Confectioners International Spring Regional event held in Baltimore, Md. And what better way

Cargill builds its first sugar refineryCargill has announced the construction of its first sugar refinery in the U.S. in order to follow the company’s plan to be a “one-stop sweetener

Tom Bowman joins The Warrell CorporationConfectionery and snack manufacturer, The Warrell Corporation, welcomes Tom Bowman as Pennsylvania Dutch Candies director of sales and marketing. Bowman will be responsible for marketing

Family-owned Mars Inc. and Chicago-based Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. have signed an agreement to merge companies. The deal, in which Mars purchased Wrigley for nearly $23 billion, will make Mars

I certainly didn’t expect it. And I would venture that most confectionery professionals, unless they had an inside track within Mars Snackfood’s executive sanctum, knew that the Hackettstown, N.J.-based candy

Manufacturing company MultiZEN Foods, based in Hong Kong, China, has announced the construction of a new chocolate factory in Nantong, China. Phase one is a two-story plant that is 250,000-sq.-ft.

Dynamic Confections, co-owned by Taz Murray and Dave Taiclet, collected $2 million from Park City private equity company Dolphin Capital to expand its product line and candy brands. Dynamic, a

Blommer Chocolate and confectionery historian Beth Kimmerle have begun collecting documents about the men and women involved with Blommer over the years. The project will include information from Blommer employees

Fourth-generation, Sugarless Evoglass debutsSymrise's new Sugarless Evoglass technology was created in response to the popularity of sugar-free products. Sugarless Evoglass works better in hard candy than previous generations of Evoglass

Rockaway Beach, N.Y.-based Madelaine Chocolates is coming out with bite-sized peanut butter truffles and caramel truffles for the holiday season. The peanut butter truffles depict the face of a jolly