German Chocolate Maker Gubor To Close Factory

Credit: Gubor Group

German cocoa shaper Gubor Group is to unopen a mill successful nan confederate municipality of Cadolzburg adjacent year.

According to nan confectioner, nan installation has seen “significantly reduced capacity utilisation and considerably accrued costs” successful nan past 4 years.

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As a result, nan Cadolzburg works is to beryllium unopen down by nan extremity of April amid a “comprehensive realignment” that will spot nan relocation of accumulation lines to nan group’s different manufacturing sites.

Gubor said accumulation lines astatine Cadolzburg are “already operating astatine irregular capacity”, starring to idle times, higher fixed costs and a “further diminution successful competitiveness”.

The group operates six plants – 5 successful Germany and 1 successful Poland.

Earlier this year, Gubor announced a “merger” pinch chap European confectioner Colian.

The mixed entity operates 12 accumulation crossed Germany, Poland and Ireland. After nan closure of nan Cadolzburg works successful April, that number will driblet to 11.

The mill manufactures chocolate-hollow figures and confectionery gifts sold successful “numerous countries” worldwide, a spokesperson for Gubor said.

The wider Cadolzburg tract will besides stay an “integral portion of nan group pinch its cross-plant functions” specified arsenic purchasing, marketing, income and IT.

Gubor did not disclose really galore jobs would beryllium impacted arsenic a consequence of nan works closure.

In a statement, Gubor managing partner Claus Cersovsky said: “Despite intensive efforts, we person not been capable to extremity nan diminution successful request that has been ongoing for years.

“Rising prices for earthy materials and energy, expanding world title and nan basal passing connected of value increases to our customers person led to a important simplification successful our orders.

“A marketplace betterment is not presently foreseeable. As a result, we must accommodate nan accumulation capacities of our group of companies to marketplace requirements.”