The factory in Lithuania was included in the ROSHEN Corporation in 2006 and specializes in the production of the caramel products.
Two Germans Lasser Neumann and Kurt Sharrar founded a confectionery factory in the old town Klaipeda and named it as "Lascha" due to the first letters of their names. The factory had the inscription "Chocolate and candy factory", although at that time it produced not only chocolates and candies, but also lemonade, vinegar, and even candles.
Restoration of the factory after the devastation of the World War II and its nationalization, the new name of the factory – The First May factory.
The products were produced by hand in the large copper kettles, named stove burners, which were heated with coal. The hot caramel was poured into molds, and after cooling it was manually wrapped in the labels. Only 20% of the total production was wrapped up, while the rest was just covered with sugar and sold like this. In the postwar period there was not enough raw material, so for the filling they used rhubarb, beets, and gooseberries. There were some difficulties with the delivery of the raw material: it took an entire week to get from Vilnius to Klaipeda.
The beginning of the modernization of the production, the equipment for automating the manual work was installed at the factory.
The production was privatized and renamed to "Klaipeda confectionery factory".
The factory was certified according to the quality management system ISO 9001.
The relocation from the old part of the city to the premises of the former meat factory at the outskirts of the city.
The ROSHEN Corporation bought the Klaipeda Confectionery Factory.
The modernization of the factory worth 750 000 euro was conducted
The volume of the Klaipeda Factory production increased from 80 up to 300 tons per month.
The factory changed its status from AT (stock company) to ZAT (private limited company) and obtained a new name UAB "ROSHEN".
The first stage of the ROSHEN Confectionery Factory’s investment in Klaipeda made up to 3.2 million euro. The total investment of 8 million euro was used for the purchasing and installation of the new powerful lines for the production of caramel products, and for increasing the efficiency of the energy sector of a factory.
Completion of the modernization of the factory, after which its production capacity increased up to 1290 tons of products per month. The products of the Lithuanian factory were placed on the shelves of the EU.
The Klaipeda Factory obtained the international standard of the food safety IFS 6 v.
As a member of ROSHEN, the Klaipeda Confectionery Factory became the first production site of the Corporation on the territory of the EU. The manufacture conforms to all international quality standards, which is confirmed by appropriate certificates ISO 9001:2008 and IFS 6 v. Now the factory has 120 employees.
ROSHEN Corporation has expanded its educational programs and on April 1, 2015, has launched the project at Klaipeda Confectionery Factory in Lithuania. Within the program children become acquainted with the history of the Klaipeda Factory, which has been manufacturing confectionery products for over 100 years, and its current areas of specialization. Also, they learn about the profession of confectioner and other professions of the industry and gain knowledge about the history and technology of confectionery production. This project stands out with its uniqueness because at the factory children can try themselves in the role of a caramel chief and make a candy by their own hands during the caramel master class. After the excursion and master class, children traditionally receive sweet gifts from ROSHEN.
The Lithuanian Association of Commerce repeatedly honors the Klaipeda Confectionery Factory with the awards:
Since 2015 the company has been owned by a socially responsible business organization LAVA. The Klaipeda Factory rationally uses the energy resources: controls the consumption, monitors the factors of the heat releasing into the environment. A great attention is paid to the sorting and recycling of the waste products. Since 2017 the company uses the green electricity.
Specialization — manufacture of sweets, caramel, toffee, biscuits, and chocolate. The total volume of confectionery products is about 20 thousand tons per year.
DetailsBy 2020, another factory of the corporation is planned to be open in the city of Boryspil, Kyiv region.
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