The emergence of new competitors, as well as technological advancements, made it clear to Andrea Saini that Laica not only needed to invest in processing automation but in the organizational structure.
The global chocolate and confectionery machinery market will grow 7.1 percent over the next five years, reaching nearly $4 billion in 2021, says a new report about food processing equipment by The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based research firm.
Ned Micelli, who built up the business with his father Joseph, “loved the chocolate industry.”
July 19, 2017
With his son Joe and daughter Ronnie by his side, Ned Micelli, 88, founder of Micelli Chocolate Mold Co., passed away peacefully at home in Malverne, Long Island, N.Y. on July 16.
Royal Duyvis Wiener B.V. recently celebrated the opening of its Technology Center, the extension of the production facility, the modernizing of the offices and their 130th anniversary.
Over the last several, Petzholdt Heidenauer has focused on optimizing and developing its chocolate processing machines. One example of that effort, the company launched a new, more efficient five-roll refiner.