Swiss chocolate maker, Barry Callebaut, has started production at its second chocolate manufacturing plant in Indonesia.

The factory in Rancaekek, a sub-district of Bandung, follows the company’s ‘plant in plant’ concept wher it integrated new production facilities at the premises of its customer factories.

In this case, that was the Rancaekek biscuit factory of Garudafood, one of the largest food and beverage companies in Indonesia.

The factory was originally signed back in November 208 and provides addition long-term supply agreement for chocolate and compound to Garudafood.

Barry Callebaut’s first chocolate factory in Indonesia was opened in October 2016 and is located in Greisk.

Both Barry Callebaut and Garudafood have been collaborating on innovation activities and plan to develop new products that will cater to the growing Indonesian chocolate market.

According to Euromonitor, the annual chocolate consumption per capita in Indonesia is just around 300 grams, while the demand for chocolate has been on the rise – as sales volume of chocolate confectionery grew +3.4% in 2018 (+1.4% CAGR 2013-2018)1.

“Callebaut will continue to invest in the development of our manufacturing capabilities and continue to offer new products with our customers such as Garudafood,” said Ben De Schryver, President of Barry Callebaut Asia Pacific.