# Ocho Chocolate opens new factory in Dunedin, New Zealand

Ocho Chocolate opened a new factory in Dunedin's Roberts St, funded by a $2 million crowdfunding campaign. The facility, with Italian-sourced equipment, can produce up to 200 kg of chocolate per day, a significant increase from the previous 90 kg per week.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-11-14
- Where: Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
- Value: $1.35M (2.00M NZD)
- Starts operating: 21 Nov 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 200 kg of chocolate per day
- Products: chocolate
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Ocho Chocolate](https://endata.com/companies/35488.md)

## Sources

- [odt.co.nz](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/huge-step-up-as-ocho-expands-g8yqkn25), 2018-11-14: "We're pretty excited about the fact that it's only a year since we did the crowdfunding, and we think we've made a huge amount of progress."

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