1 October 2008 - Mars Snackfood US completed the USD 70 million expansion of its 100,000-square-foot Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania plant, report local sources.
The plant has been re-named the "Dove Chocolate Center of Excellence" and will increase the output of its Dove chocolate products, which have been recording a 20% growth in the US market.
It is expected that the plant will employ an extra 30 staff, taking the site's workforce to about 330.
Besides Elizabethtown, Mars also manufactures Dove chocolate at its Chicago plant.