# Barry Callebaut inaugurates new cocoa processing unit in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Barry Callebaut inaugurated a new state-of-the-art processing unit at its SACO site in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, as part of a CHF 55 million investment. The unit will increase cocoa bean processing capacity by over 40% by 2022 and create 45 direct and 120 indirect jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-03-29
- Where: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
- Value: $55.0M (55.0M CHF)
- Jobs: 165
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: completed
- Capacity: over 40% increase in processing capacity
- Products: cocoa processing
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Barry Callebaut Group](https://endata.com/companies/19954.md)

## Sources

- [tradingsat.com](https://www.tradingsat.com/actualites/informations-societes/barry-callebaut-inauguration-d-une-unite-en-cote-d-ivoire-855449.html), 2019-03-29: "La nouvelle unité de broyage, s'inscrivant dans un investissement de 55 millions de francs suisses."

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