Some important milestones in the Barry Callebaut Group's history

2021

• Launch of “#oneBC”, Barry Callebaut’s new Diversity & Inclusion Strategy
• Recognized by CDP as Supplier Engagement Leader, for second consecutive year
• Announcement of strategic partnership with Garudafood to distribute Van Houten professional products in Indonesia
• Announcement of cooperation between Cocoa Horizons and Seekewa
• Official opening of a new chocolate factory in Baramati, India
• Opening of dedicated dairy free factory in Norderstedt, Germany
• Barry Callebaut initiates Treat Tomorrow to shape chocolate indulgence for the decade to come
• Barry Callebaut announces CEO succession, effective Sept 1, 2021: Peter Boone to succeed Antoine de Saint-Affrique
• Cocoa pioneer brand Van Houten launches first ever Ruby chocolate drink powder
• Cacao Barry launches WholeFruit Evocao™, the first signature expression of WholeFruit chocolate 
• Cabosse Naturals winner at Sustainable Food Awards 2021
• Acquisition of Europe Chocolate Company (ECC), Belgium
• Significant outsourcing agreement in North America
• Outsourcing agreement with Atlantic Stark in Serbia
• New factory in Kaliningrad, the 3rd in Russia
• Hershey and Barry Callebaut extend strategic supply agreement
• Barry Callebaut inaugurates chocolate factory in Novi Sad, Serbia
• Barry Callebaut unveils the first nutraceutical fruit drink
• Barry Callebaut inaugurates 'The Chocolate Box': world’s largest and most sustainable chocolate warehouse in Lokeren, Belgium

2020

• Barry Callebaut inaugurates its revamped CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ Center in Banbury, UK
• Introduction of 100% dairy-free ‘M_lk Chocolate’ as part of our indulgent ‘Plant Craft’ range
• Barry Callebaut, through its global decoration brand Mona Lisa, opens world's first 3D Printing Studio to craft unseen chocolate experiences
• Groundbreaking for Barry Callebaut’s first chocolate factory in Southeastern Europe in Novi Sad, Serbia
• Significant outsourcing agreement in EMEA signed
• 4th production line added to chocolate factory in Senoko, Singapore
• Completion of acquisition of GKC Foods in Australia
• Barry Callebaut successfully placed its second Schuldscheindarlehen
• Forever Chocolate ranked by Sustainalytics as the #2 sustainability strategy
• Barry Callebaut discloses its direct cocoa suppliers in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon

2019

• Transaction with Burton’s Biscuit Company in the UK completed

• Acquisition of Inforum in Russia completed

• Barry Callebaut successfully places its first Schuldscheindarlehen

• Opening of new office and CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ Center in Beijing, China

• Major expansion of cocoa processing capacities in Côte d’Ivoire

• Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Serbia and the City of Novi Sad to construct a first chocolate factory in Southeastern Europe

• Barry Callebaut to build new Global Distribution Center in Lokeren, Belgium

• Groundbreaking of new chocolate factory in Baramati, India

• Start-up of new chocolate factory in Rancaekek, Indonesia

• Opening of the CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ Center in Antwerp, Belgium

• Barry Callebaut unleashes the full power of the cacaofruit
• FDA advances Ruby as the fourth type of chocolate after Dark, Milk and White

2018

• Barry Callebaut acquires Inforum in Russia

• Barry Callebaut enters into long-term supply agreement with Burton’s Biscuit Company

• Moody’s upgrades Barry Callebaut to Investment Grade

• Opening of a CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in South Africa

• Barry Callebaut intensifies cooperation on a sustainable cocoa farming model with Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

• Barry Callebaut introduces sensory language and tasting ritual for chocolate

• KitKat is the first brand in the world to launch Ruby chocolate version

2017

• Barry Callebaut reveals the fourth type in chocolate: Ruby
• Barry Callebaut acquires Ingredients Division of Gertrude Hawk Chocolate
• Barry Callebaut acquires D'Orsogna Dolciaria, a leading specialties and decorations player in Europe
• Driving sustainable cane sugar production: Barry Callebaut joins Bonsucro
• Barry Callebaut couples sustainability with its renewed banking credit facility
• Barry Callebaut opens its 20th CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in Milan, Italy and upgrades its centers in Mumbai, Shanghai, and Singapore
• Barry Callebaut Mexico announce the opening of their new offices in Mexico City, and the refurbished in-house CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center
• Mona Lisa announces shift to HORIZONS Program as their only cocoa source for decorative chocolate
• American Almond celebrates move to new facility
• La Morella Nuts is launching a new range of organic Mediterranean nuts
• Barry Callebaut's Belgian Gourmet chocolate brand, Callebaut, launches ChocoGelato in Italy

2016

• Barry Callebaut closed the acquisition of the commercial beverages vending activities of FrieslandCampina Kievit, making it a leading supplier of vending powder mixes

• Strategic partnership with Tony’s Chocolonely to produce chocolate from fully traceable cocoa

• Partnership with the IFC and the IDH to provide credit to farmers and co-operatives successful placement of corporate bond

• Opening of Beverage Academy in Sweden

• Barry Callebaut to extend strategic supply partnership with Mondelēz International in Belgium / Halle factory

• Barry Callebaut joins the 25 most sustainable listed companies in Switzerland in the SXI Switzerland Sustainability 25® index

• Barry Callebaut celebrates grand opening of its first chocolate factory in Gresik/Indonesia

• Barry Callebaut expands chocolate manufacturing facility in Singapore

• Barry Callebaut publishes new sustainability strategy 'Forever Chocolate' to make sustainable chocolate the norm by 2025

• Barry Callebaut announces further capacity investments at its American Canyon factory in California

• Andreas Jacobs steps down from his post at the Shareholders Meeting. Patrick De Maeseneire elected as new Chairman

• Barry Callebaut completes acquisition of chocolate production facility in Halle, Belgium

2015

• Barry Callebaut signs a licensing agreement with Naturex to market approved health claim on cocoa extract
• Launch of the HORIZONS sustainable products and the Cocoa Chronicles
• Barry Callebaut acquires Nyonkopa to cover growing customer need for sustainable and traceable cocoa from Ghana
• Barry Callebaut to partner with Mondelez to scale up their Cocoa Life program
• Launch of the Cocoa Horizons Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and their communities
• Announcement of a new partnership with the Hershey Company to improve the livelihoods of thousands of farmers in Côte d'Ivoire
• Opening of a new CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in Japan, the Group’s 19th training center in the world and its fourth in Region Asia Pacific
• GarudaFood and Barry Callebaut enter long-term supply agreement in Indonesia - Barry Callebaut’s first compound chocolate outsourcing agreement in Southeast Asia
• Announcement of Antoine de Saint Affrique to become the new CEO of Barry Callebaut as of October 1, 2015
• Signing of an agreement to acquire the customer portfolio, brands, recipes and manufacturing equipment from nut products manufacturer American Almond Products Co., Inc. (U.S.)
• Launch of new chocolate and compound recipes with a higher thermo-tolerance
• Barry Callebaut opens first Cocoa Application Center in Asia Pacific in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, to drive future growth of its customers
• Barry Callebaut joins leading industry initiatives to develop sustainable supply chains
• European Commission extends Barry Callebaut’s health claim on ACTICOA® products to cocoa extracts
• Establishing a Shared Service Center (SSC) in Lodz, Poland, for bundling transactional activities in Europe
• Inauguration of a new, modernized CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in Russia’s capital Moscow
• Barry Callebaut together with IB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and KU Leuven (University of Leuven) optimize the cocoa fermentation process with a newly developed yeast
• The Barry Callebaut Group awarded with a new patent on reduced fat chocolate
• Signing of a long-term outsourcing agreement with World’s Finest® Chocolate based in Chicago, U.S., including acquisition of their manufacturing assets
• Building of a new compound chocolate factory in Pune, India
• Opening of a new CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in Cologne, Germany
• Opening of the first CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in the Middle East in Dubai

2014

• Official inauguration of Barry Callebaut’s first chocolate factory in Chile
• Expansion plans announced for the chocolate factory Lodz, Poland
• Announcement about the expansion of the Brazilian chocolate factory in Extrema
• Organization of 2nd international stakeholder conference Chocovision in Davos
• Opening of new Callebaut® flagship CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in Wieze
• EFSA approval to extend existing health claim for cocoa extract products
• Acting as leading force to form the “CocoaAction” strategy of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF)
• Acquisition of the remaining 51% stake of the Biolands Group
• Start of production in new, relocated chocolate factory in Tagasaki (Japan) 

2013

• Inauguration of the 16th CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center on the premises of the Barry Callebaut Group’s EEMEA headquarters in Istanbul
• Inauguration of the Group’s first chocolate factory in Turkey located in Eskişehir
• EU Commission approves Barry Callebaut’s health claim on cocoa flavanols
• Opening of a cocoa factory in Makassar, Indonesia (with joint venture partner P.T. Comextra Majora)
• Inauguration of the first Cocoa Center of Excellence to promote advanced agricultural techniques in Côte d’Ivoire
• Acquisition of the cocoa business of Singapore-based Petra Foods
• Opening of an expanded state-of-the-art chocolate factory in Toluca, Mexico
• Acquisition of ASM Foods AB in Sweden and signing of first long-term outsourcing agreement in Scandinavia with Carletti A/S
• Signing of first long-term outsourcing agreement in South America with Arcor

2012

• EFSA issues positive Scientific Opinion on Barry Callebaut’s health claim on cocoa flavanols
• Signing of long-term outsourcing/partnership agreement with Unilever, Grupo Bimbo (Mexico) and Morinaga (Japan)
• Purchasing Chatham facility from Batory Industries Company in Ontario (Canada) 
• Launch of new “Cocoa Horizons” initiative based on strategic pillar Sustainable Cocoa 
• Acquisition of the Spanish la Morella nuts 
• Acquisition of American chocolate decorations manufacturer Mona Lisa Food Products, Inc.

2011

• Barry Callebaut and P.T. Comextra Majora enter into joint venture to form P.T. Barry Callebaut Comextra Indonesia
• Sale of European Consumer Products business to Belgian Baronie Group
• Signing of long-term outsourcing agreement with Chocolates Turín, Mexico
• Expansion of the existing supply and innovation agreement with Hershey’s
• Acquisition of remaining 40% stake in Barry Callebaut Malaysia Sdn Bhd, formerly KLK Cocoa

2010

• Signing of a major outsourcing contract with Kraft Foods Inc.
• Opening of a chocolate factory in Extrema, Brazil

2009

• Acquisition of Spanish chocolate maker Chocovic, S.A
• Acquisition of Danish vending mix company Eurogran
• Distribution agreement signed with Bunge Alimentos in Brazil
• Sale of Van Houten Singapore consumer business to Hershey's

2008

• Opening of a chocolate factory in Monterrey, Mexico
• Outsourcing agreement with Morinaga in Japan and start of production in new factory
• Acquisition of IBC, specialist in decorations, in Kortrijk-Heule, Belgium
• Sale of African Consumer business
• Opening of CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ centers in Suzhou (China), Zundert (Netherlands), Mumbai (India), Chekhov (Russia) and Chicago (U.S.)
• Opening of a sales office and CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in Mumbai, India
• Acquisition of a 60% stake in KLK Cocoa in Malaysia
• Acquisition of a 49% stake in Biolands, Tanzania
• Opening of a chocolate factory in Suzhou, China

2007

• Acquisition of a cocoa factory in Pennsylvania, U.S.
• Signing of major outsourcing contracts with Nestlé, Hershey’s and Cadbury
• Divestment of Brach’s Confections Holding, Inc. in the U.S.
• Opening of a chocolate factory in Chekhov, Russia

2005

• Opening of a chocolate factory in California, U.S.

2004

• Acquisition of the vending mix business of AM Foods in Sweden

2003

• Acquisition of Brach’s Confections Holding, Inc. in the U.S
• Acquisition of Dutch Group Graverboom B.V. (including Luijckx B.V.)

2002

• Acquisition of the Stollwerck Group in Germany

1999

• Acquisition of Carma AG in Switzerland

1998

• Barry Callebaut (BARN) is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange

1997

• Barry Callebaut grows through geographic expansion into strategic growth markets and outsourcing contracts

1996

• The Belgian chocolate producer Callebaut and the French chocolate company Cacao Barry join forces, creating a new company called Barry Callebaut