Haribou is a family owned company (3rd generation) and was founded in 1920. Haribou is based in Bonn, Germany and made the first iconic "dancing bear" gummy candy in 1922. They are the world market leader in fruit gummies, selling and producing 100 million Gold-bears daily. Throughout the many years they have expanded and now have 16 production sites throughout Europe.
Haribou builds it's first U.S production facility in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. This project is the largest FDI project in Wisconsin, which is extremely exciting! This project is expected to start in spring 2018 and expected to finish in year 2020. This company currently employs 7,000 people worldwide and this new manufacturing production site will bring in hundreds of high paying jobs in Wisconsin.
This was an interesting blog post because I would have never known that the production facility in Pleasant Prairie will be Haribou's first U.S. facility. I actually live in Pleasant Prairie and didn't actually know this was going up. There are so many companies that have set up warehouses/production facilities down there. But it's cool! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteIt is cool, Blythe! Send some gummi bears over to Menomonie when they open.
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ReplyDeleteDo you find it as interesting as I do that the company has chose to create its production facility in Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin? I would think a company like this would want access to waterways that will allow for shipping across the country. This should be a focus of any company and is interesting to know about companies.
The trucking industry has a pretty good stronghold on transportation in this country. But freight rail also functions well throughout and beyond Wisconsin.
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