Barry Callebaut opens new spray tower in Sweden

Barry Callebaut, a Switzerland-based manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate products, has opened a CHF10m ($10.87m) spray tower in Kågeröd, Sweden.

Barry Callebaut CEO Juergen Steinemann said the inauguration of the new spray tower in Kågeröd will strengthen its Barry’s Gourmet & Specialties Products division.

"In the last decade we have continuously invested in our beverages business and built an innovative competence centre in the south of Sweden," Steinemann added.

The new tower, which is an extension of the company’s spray-drying production facility, will boost production capacity by up to 50%.

According to the company, the capacity expansion will be useful to meet a long-term supply agreement, which was signed by Barry Callabaut with an international specialty coffee company last year.

The spray tower is scheduled to go onstream in December.

The company’s beverages division, headquartered in Sweden, is a part of its Gourmet & Specialties Products business, and it produces cocoa-based powder solutions for chocolate, cocoa and cappuccino beverages.