Nestle opens premium chocolate production lines in Russia

3 September 2010 – Nestlé is to open premium chocolate production lines in Russia processed and transmitted by Hugin AS.

Creating 149 new jobs, the two production lines will produce premium brand Comilfo chocolate.

At the official inauguration on August 26, 2010, Laurent Freixe, Nestle executive vice president and zone director for Europe, was joined by Dmitry Azarov, deputy head of the Samara region Administration, Stefan De Loecker, Nestle Russia CEO and Pavel Roudas, general director of Confectionery Union Rossiya – which is one of the 13 Nestle production facilities in Russia.

Freixe notes, “The transfer of the Comilfo production lines allows us to focus our chocolate manufacturing facilities in Russia and strengthen the factory as a key competence centre for confectionery products in Europe.” Azarov, (DH) of the Samara region Administration, adds, “One of the cornerstones for the stable development of the Samara region is successful enterprises.” 




Freixe was joined by Peter Svensson, operations director for Zone Europe, Mike Nixon, technical director for Zone Europe and Nestlé Russia CEO De Loecker. Freixe says, “The Russian soluble coffee market is the largest in the world and has major potential.”