KUALA LUMPUR: Guan Chong Bhd
(GCB) has commenced operations of its industrial chocolate factory in the United Kingdom (UK), second in Europe, and is targeting the £2.2bil chocolate market in the country.
“To capitalise on the UK’s growing chocolate demand, GCB has invested about £34mil to set up the 16,000-tonne annual capacity industrial chocolate facility,” the world’s fourth largest cocoa grinder and industrial chocolate player said in a statement.
GCB said the facility is installed with state-of-the-art production machinery and is specially designed with production lines to produce dark and milk chocolates with high safety and quality standards.
Managing director and CEO Brandon Tay Hoe Lian said the UK is one of the largest chocolate-consuming countries in Europe, with an average consumption of 8.1 kg per capita.
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