18 September 2012 – The Hershey Company has opened the world’s most technologically advanced chocolate making facility in Pennsylvania, US.

The $300 million (€230m) facility features the latest manufacturing technology and proprietary candy manufacturing equipment that speeds production, delivers consistent high quality and provides the opportunity to produce new products in the future.

High-speed new production lines have the capacity to support Hershey’s growing business now and well into the future. This includes the most technologically advanced, automated chocolate syrup production lines in the world.

The facility also includes Hershey’s Kisses Chocolate lines that can produce more than 70 million Hershey’s Kisses Chocolates per day