New Mars chocolate site

4 July 2011 – Mars Chocolate North America has announced plans to build a new state of the art manufacturing facility in Topeka, US.

The plan to build a new site reflects Mars Chocolate North America’s commitment to invest in US manufacturing in order to meet the growing demand for its iconic confectionery products, including M&M’S and Snickers. The new facility will be the first Mars Chocolate site built in the US in 35 years.

Phase I of the new site is planned to be complete in 2013, at which time the site will begin manufacturing M&M’S and Snickers brand candies. Mars expects to make a capital investment of over $250 million (€172.2) in the first phase of this multi-phased project. In addition, the company expects to hire approximately 200 full time operations associates to resource the lines installed during the initial phase. Subsequent phases of development will then expand the capacity of the facility, and more product lines will be added. The new facility will be built to meet leading edge environmental standards, and will be built to achieve LEED gold certified designation upon completion, demonstrating Mars’ commitment to sustainability.

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