Nespresso disclosed a $170.6 million ( £135 million) investment to expand its Romont production centre in Switzerland to meet rising consumer demand for its high-quality premium coffees and support international development in the upcoming years.
Despite the challenging times, the long term investment proves Nespresso’s constant business success and leadership in the coffee sector, which the company pioneered in 1986.
Guillaume Le Cunff, CEO of Nespresso
According to Olivier Curty, State Councillor and Director of Economic Affairs and Employment at the Canton of Fribourg, these kinds of announcements feel good in crisis times.
Nespresso confirmed that large international groups could produce competitively in this region. It’s also an investment that strengthens the region in the bio-economy field.
The construction of the second production hall is estimated to begin in June 2021. It will result in an expanded capacity of 10 new production lines devoted to producing Nespresso coffees and creating 300 new direct jobs in the next ten years while increasing third party employment and local and regional business development. The first new production lines are expected to be completely operational by June 2022.
In the last two years, Nespresso strengthened its operations in Romont, Switzerland with four new production lines and creating 50 new jobs, while introducing a new Product Development Center and a Coffee Campus in 2018, promoting coffee innovation and expertise.
