# Mars Canada opens expanded Newmarket plant to make MALTESERS chocolate

Mars Canada officially opened its C$70 million, 60,000 square foot expansion of its Newmarket, Ontario chocolate factory, which now makes MALTESERS for the first time in North America and is expected to create up to 30 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-03-10
- Where: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
- Value: $52.0M (70.0M CAD)
- Jobs: 30
- Status: completed
- Products: MALTESERS chocolate, MARS chocolate, MILKY WAY chocolate, 3 MUSKETEERS chocolate

## Companies

- [Mars Canada](https://endata.com/companies/1090.md)

## Sources

- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/mars-canada-celebrates-official-opening-of-maltesers-chocolate-manufacturing-facility-in-newmarket-ontario-615864414.html), 2017-03-10: "The $70 million, 60,000 square foot expansion will create up to 30 new full-time, highly-skilled jobs, significantly increasing the company's manufacturing capacity in Ontario to serve the growing North American market."

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