Mondelez Invests $93M in New Chocolate Lines at UK Plant

Four new chocolate production lines were debuted by Mondelez International at the Cadbury factory in Bournville, UK intended to secure “modern manufacturing in the UK for the next generation,” the firm announced April 7.

Two of the new lines are Cadbury Dairy Milk tablet lines capable of producing 900,000 200g bars or 1.2 million 110g bars each day at 8 tn/hr. The other two lines will be used to manufacture assortments including Cadbury Roses and Heroes, a Mondelez press release said, adding that the addition represents “the first significant investment in Cadbury’s assortments for thirty years.”

Mondelez invested £75 million, or about $93.2 million USD, in the new lines, starting work on the project in 2014. Mondelez officials praised the investment as a move to increase the factory’s competitively with other manufacturing plants in Europe.

“Previously it cost three times more for us to make a chocolate bar here in Bournville than it did in Germany. That wasn’t sustainable,” said Mondelez president of Northern Europe Glenn Caton in a statement.

Mondelez said it has invested £200 million in its UK manufacturing and research and development operations.

“We are proud to be the custodians of Cadbury and remain committed to the delicious taste and high quality of our brands. Our Bournville factory is not only an integral part of a thriving, modern British manufacturing sector, it is the home of Cadbury and heart of chocolate manufacturing to our global business,” said Caton. “We don’t just make delicious Cadbury products at Bournville, we also invest them here. Every single chocolate product, wherever in the world it ends up being sold, starts life, in one form or another, in Bournville.”

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