Schwarz Produktion broke ground for its EUR 400 million expansion of the large-scale bakery Bonback in Halle (Saale), which will include five new baking lines and a deep-freeze warehouse with 65,000 pallet capacity.
BRIDOR is carrying out a major expansion to its Vineland, New Jersey site. USD 200 million is invested in a new viennoiserie line, a new warehouse, an R&D center, a culinary academy, a baking center, and an automated bread line, the company announced.
Barilla Group opened the Barilla Innovation & Technology Experience (BITE) in Parma, the company’s largest investment in food innovation in recent years. The new center spans nearly 150,000 square feet, and represents an investment of over USD 25 million, with an additional USD 2.3 million assigned every year to technology upgrades.
Pladis announced a ‘landmark investment’ worth GBP 68 million in expanding its operations in Liverpool, Stockport and Carlisle while also cutting 876 tonnes of carbon emissions per year. At these facilities, the company produces specialties for its brands, including McVitie’s, Jacob’s and Carr’s.
ARYZTA breaks ground for a new large-scale stone oven in Eisleben, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The state-of-the-art facility will meet high sustainability standards and will manufacture premium goods with a handcrafted feel, for the growing German bake-off market.
The family-run bakery headquartered in the UK is investing GBP 150 million to expand its range of brads, as it celebrates 40 years in business. The company led by brothers William and Charles Eid, third-generation owners, recently completed a GBP 100 m investment project in its bakeries.
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