September 10 (SeeNews) - The Bulgarian unit of confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate Mondelez International said on Tuesday that the company has launched a new packaging line for chocolates at its plant in the town of Svoge, following an investment of over 22 million levs ($12.4 million/11.2 million euro).
The new line has a capacity of 6,600 chocolates per minute, Mondelez Bulgaria said in a statement.
With the new facility, the plant's annual output grows to over 32,000 t.
To date, Mondelez has invested over 106 million levs in the Bulgarian plant.
Mondelez Bulgaria employs over 850 people in the country, 550 of which at the Svoge plant.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)