Wedel gets cracking

Confectionery producer, Lotte Wedel is planning to expand its factory in Warsaw and introduce Belgian chocolates to the Polish market, Puls Biznesu daily reported. The first stage of the investment in the Praga district of Warsaw is to be completed next year, the final stage is due to be completed in 2018. Wedel reckons it will benefit the factory and result in a 20 percent growth in production capacity. What is more, in order to make inroads onto foreign markets, Wedel is going to start cooperation with Guylian, a subsidiary of Belgian Lotte. According to the daily, the Polish company will help Guylian enter the Polish market, in return it will be able to use its sale departments abroad.