Lindt & Sprüngli Australia opens new facility in Sydney

Lindt & Sprüngli Australia has opened a new facility in Marsden Park in Sydney for A$60m ($45.2).

Employing up to 350 staff, the new Marsden Park facility will help the company to cater to the growing demand for its chocolates in the Australian market.

Lindt & Sprüngli group CEO Ernst Tanner said: "Never did we anticipate the reception that Lindt chocolates would receive in Australia when we first entered the market here.

"I am delighted that the growth of our business in Australia has allowed us to not only expand our operations but to provide people in Sydney's West with employment opportunities with Lindt."

The 66,000m² facility has more than 25,000m² of factory and warehouse space.

It forms part of the $2.9bn investment in the Sydney Business Park, which will house several retail and recreational businesses.

The company has begun production of a new range of Lindt Easter eggs with chocolate imported from Switzerland. The range will be commercially available for next Easter.

Tanner further added: "The fact that we are spinning a new product specifically for the Australian public is a reflection on the many successes we have had here. The team at Lindt Australia is eager to share the new Easter egg and we know that Australia will love it as much as we do."