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Highlander Partners acquires 10 confectionery brands from Finnish packaging company

The Hershey Co., other manufacturers will continue to produce branded items as licensees.
Alyse Thompson
Alyse Thompson-Richards
May 2, 2018

Dallas-based private investment firm Highlander Partners has acquired the intellectual property, trademarks and associated licensing agreements for 10 chocolate and sugar confectionery brands from Huhtamäki Oyj, a global food and beverage packaging company headquartered in Espoo, Finland.


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So what the heck is a chocolate geode?

Professor Peter Greweling shows off chocolate creations at PMCA annual production conference.
Bernie Pacyniak
April 25, 2018

When Editor-in-Chief Bernie Pacyniak heard that CIA's Peter Greweling, professor of baking and pastry arts, would demonstrate the art of creating edible geodes out of chocolate and naturally-formed sugar crystals at PMCA’s production conference earlier this month, he had to reacquaint himself with what a geode is.


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Nuts: Healthy by association

Research affirms the use of nuts embodies healthy benefits as well.
Bernie Pacyniak
April 24, 2018
What better dynamic duo than chocolate and nuts? Nont only does the broad array of nut choices provide confectioners with a broad range of tastes and textures, there's continuing evidence that nuts provide a healty component.
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