Barry Callebaut Expands its Cocoa Processing Capacities in Côte d’Ivoire

March 29, 2019 Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut inaugurated March 29, 2019, its new state-of-the-art processing unit at its Zone 4C Société Africaine de Cacao (SACO) plant in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.The new grinding unit, part of a CHF 55 million (FCFA 30 billion) investment, will increase SACO’s cocoa bean processing capacity with over +40.0% by 2022. Once the processing unit is fully operational, Barry Callebaut will employ an additional workforce of 45 people and create 120 indirect jobs.