Harald applies r $ 50 million in the construction of the factory in the Interior of SP

The Harald chocolate manufacturers, will build a factory in Marília (SP) designed mainly to the segment of chestnuts. The company will invest about $ 50 million in a unit of 18 000 m ². The first step is due to come into operation in two years. The group, whose headquarters in Santana de Parnaíba (SP), already has a small plant in Marília, which operates about a year ago.
"It was virtually a pilot project that we started to evaluate if the nuts would be feasible", says the Executive, Marcos Kenji Alves. "As the result was positive, the company decided to invest in new plant." In April, the Japanese multinational Fuji Oil, oils and food segments, bought 83.3% of Harald, in a deal estimated at 24 billion yen (about Us $ 640 million).