The first steps towards the smart factory started in 2019 when Kägi and Bühler teams conducted a Performance Assessment Workshop to discover where improvements could be made in the production process of the chocolate wafer manufacturer.

Pronatec’s decision to move cocoa bean processing from external contract processors abroad to Switzerland paved the way for the project, which was implemented with equipment from the Bühler Group.

With a plug-and-produce concept, the modular ChocoX moulding line can be installed on site in one week.

With the physical interpack trade show being postponed to 2021, Bühler is offering a “virtual interpack” featuring digital showrooms, chats and webinars to present its latest technologies and solutions.

Bühler celebrated the ground breaking for its Innovation Campus in Uzwil, Switzerland, on Monday. Projected to cost CHF 50 million ($51.5 million), the innovation campus will consist of two key elements: upgraded technology labs and a new innovation building.

Swiss chocolate production equipment manufacturer Bühler Group has acquired the Haas Group, a century-old Austrian manufacturer of wafer, biscuit and confectionery production systems.