JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Mondelez Worldwide, Inc. introduced it has accomplished a $23 million growth of its Oreo cookies manufacturing line in Cikarang, Indonesia, a venture the corporate stated considerably will increase its Oreo manufacturing capability to satisfy rising native and export demand in 35 nations throughout Southeast Asia and the broader Asia Pacific and Center East area.
With the growth the Cikarang plant turns into one in every of Mondelez’s largest cookie and cracker amenities on the planet. Along with common Oreos the corporate makes Mini Oreos and Ritz crackers on the plant.
“I’m very proud to be investing in Indonesia — a top-five Oreo marketplace for Mondelez Worldwide globally and a key marketplace for us as we search to steer the way forward for snacking all over the world,” stated Glenn Caton, president of Southeast Asia for Mondelez. “Our funding displays sturdy year-on-year development for Oreo biscuits each in Indonesia and throughout Southeast Asia.”
Mr. Caton stated the growth of the Cikarang plant was one of many quickest start-to-finish capital tasks of its scale globally. He famous that the velocity of the growth venture was made extra spectacular by the challenges the staff navigated by means of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mondelez stated the brand new Oreo manufacturing line additionally options the newest applied sciences in biscuit manufacturing: decreasing vitality, water, and carbon emissions in a extra sustainable manufacturing course of.
“As our 2021 State of Snacking report confirmed, shoppers are more and more integrating buying choices with their values,” stated Zaenal Abidin, plant director for the Cikarang facility. “They need to purchase snacks from corporations offsetting their environmental footprint. And our new Oreo manufacturing line in Cikarang helps this.”
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