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Cocoa & Chocolate Days at Royal Duyvis Wiener andF.B. Lehmann

Royal Duyvis Wiener and F.B. Lehmann equip-ment was featured at Cocoa & Chocolate Days inKoog aan de Zaan (home of Duyvis Wiener) andAalen F.B. Lehmann in recent months.

During Choco Days at Royal Duyvis Wiener inKoog aan de Zaan in October, approximately 75guests from several countries attended.

A guided tour showed the complete QChoc line,a Wiener ball mill line with the newest liquidconching technology (CLC), as well as a F.B.Lehmann laboratory 2 + 5 roll refiner.Approximately 150 international customers were

welcomed to the Cocoa & Choco Days at F.B. Lehmann in Aalen in mid-Novem-ber. Lehmann showcased the company’s latest developments in cocoa and choco-late. The program in Aalen included lectures about recent developments in batchnib roasting, powder grinding and chocolate processing.

During the guided tour in the factory and Technology Center, guests were ableto see• The latest technology in drum (nib) roasting, alkalizing and cooling; • State-of-the-art cleaning and winnowing equipment • Bean roasting and grinding equipment • Trials showing the production of white chocolate on a 2 + 5 roll refiner • Several chocolate and compound grinding lines.

Batch nib roaster

Barry Callebaut to acquire Cocoa Ingredients Division from PetraBarry Callebaut has reached an agree-ment with Petra Foods to acquiretheir Cocoa Ingredients Division.Petra Foods’ Cocoa Ingredients Divi-sion is the largest cocoa products sup-plier in Asia with a global salesvolume of 265,000 metric tons, withsales revenue of US$1.3 billion(CHF 1.1 billion) and 1,700 employ-ees. The business has a global foot-print across four continents with405,000 metric tons of bean-grindingcapacity in seven processing facilities,and four sales offices. The transactionalso includes a long-term agreementwith Petra Foods’ branded consumer division to supply it with cocoa products covering 75 percent of its total needs.

key figures (in CHF million) Barry Callebaut Petra Foods’ Cocoa Ingred. Div. Fiscal year 2011/12 Fiscal year 2011 9 months (up to (as of Aug. 31, 2012) (as of Dec. 31, 2011) Sept 30, 2012)

Third-party sales volume (in kMT) 1,379 265 188Third-party sales revenue (in CHF million) 4,830 1,132 732EBITDA 434 59 33% margin 9.0% 5.2% 4.5%EBIT 353 44 20% margin 7.3% 3.9% 2.8%EBIT per metric ton CHF 256 CHF 165 CHF 109Net segment assets N/A 614 737No of employees 6,100 1,700Global footprint 46 production 7 production sites:

facilities Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand; France, Germany; Brazil, Mexico

4 sales offices: Singapore, Philippines; Netherlands; USA

Int’l Foods & IngredientsLuker Mara-cas TropicalDragées are arange ofchocolate-covereddragées filledwith roasted coffee, roasted cocoa andsweet tropical fruits, then coveredwith Fino de Aroma chocolate. Usesinclude decorating desserts and cakes,in preparations, as a topping on icecream, accompanying coffee andother hot drinks, or mixed in withcereal. Varieties are Dark ChocolateCovered Nibs, Dark Chocolate Cov-ered Nibs Cluster, Dark ChocolateCovered Expresso Beans, DarkChocolate Covered Instant Coffeeand Dark Chocolate CoveredPhysalis (a tropical fruit).Tel:+1 (847) 855 7400 ww.ifigourmet.com

ISM & ProSweets CologneJanuary 27 – 30, 2013 • Cologne, Germany