{"id":25296,"date":"2022-02-16T10:49:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T10:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/?p=25296"},"modified":"2022-02-16T10:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T10:49:16","slug":"malaysian-cocoa-giant-expands-uk-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/malaysian-cocoa-giant-expands-uk-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"MALAYSIAN COCOA GIANT EXPANDS UK FOOTPRINT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>UK \u2013 Guan Chong Berhad (GCB), a Malaysian-owned cocoa manufacturer, is expanding its presence in the UK with plans to build a new \u2018world-class\u2019 cocoa and chocolate production factory.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has contracted Clegg Food Projects to carry out construction works at the former Philips Avent facility in Glemsford, Suffolk\u00a0. Work has begun to part-demolish the previous facility, which made products supporting infant and toddler nutrition.\u00a0This will be followed by the construction of a new factory to enhance processing and manufacturing facilities on site.\u00a0\u00a0The plant will produce cocoa butter, cocoa powder, liquor, and chocolate, according to a statement from the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 17-acre site redevelopment will include new access, car parking, manufacturing facilities, warehousing, and a biomass boiler to supply renewable energy for the production process.\u00a0\u00a0The factory will also feature solar panels and electric car charging points.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are delighted that GCB appointed us to oversee and construct its new factory as it enters into the UK market for the first time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0GCB\u2019s vision is to be a market leading cocoa supplier and the new factory will feature efficient and sustainable processing equipment to help make this a reality.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p><\/p><cite>Oliver Jenkins, business development manager at Clegg Food Projects<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>With its move to the UK market, GCB cocoa pledged to invest significantly and create jobs for the local area.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are very pleased to have appointed Clegg Food Projects as our Principal Contractor.\u00a0<em>Their understanding of what we need to achieve and the solutions they have provided will significantly assist helping GCB create its manufacturing footprint in the UK.<\/em><\/p><p><\/p><cite><em>Brian Bowen, general manager at GCB Cocoa UK<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>GCB cocoa, which was established in Asia when it began trading cocoa beans in the 1980s, is principally involved in the manufacturing of cocoa-derived food ingredients.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, South African food company Moorcroft Foods, which makes dried meat snacks Biltong and Droewors has announced it is establishing a manufacturing facility in Newtownards, Northern Ireland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gavin Moorcroft, owner and managing director of Moorcroft Foods said: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>With Invest NI\u2019s support and ongoing advice, we have invested in a range of equipment, which will help us to manufacture our quality product in Northern Ireland and share our world-class South African meat heritage throughout this part of the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK \u2013 Guan Chong Berhad (GCB), a Malaysian-owned cocoa manufacturer, is expanding its presence in the UK with plans to build a new \u2018world-class\u2019 cocoa and chocolate production factory.&nbsp; The company has contracted Clegg Food Projects to carry out construction works at the former Philips Avent facility in Glemsford, Suffolk\u00a0. Work has begun to part-demolish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":25299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1701,1832],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25300,"href":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25296\/revisions\/25300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartalks.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}