Swiss concern Barry Callebaut (BC), the world’s biggest manufacturer of high-quality cocoa, chocolate and confectionary products, is launching business in Russia. The first factory built in the town of Chekhov, the Moscow region, is due to start functioning next week. The company invested 17 million Euros in the factory. However, specialists say the location of the new factory will hardly make Barry Callebaut’s production cheaper, as the world prices on cocoa beans are increasing. Employing 70 people the factory is expected to produce 25 thousand tons of chocolate products per year.
      
      Barry Callebaut was formed in 1996 as a result of merging Belgian Callebaut and French Cacao Barry. Today the concern has departments in 24 countries all over the worlds. In Russia BC’s production is very popular with such transnational corporations as Nestle, Mars Inc., Kraft Foods.
      
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