A German candy processor has finalized plans to build a plant for gummy bears and other products in Wisconsin – three years after they were first announced.
Haribo, known for its fruit-flavored gummy bears, will spend more than $300 million on a 137-acre greenfield site in Pleasant Prairie, about 35 miles south of Milwaukee. It’s the largest capital project in the German company’s history and its first in North America.
Haribo CFO Wes Saber said in a statement that the project will create up to 385 jobs in the first phase and up to 4,200 “indirect jobs” upon completion. Construction will be done by Gilbane Building Co. of Milwaukee
The statement said that construction will begin “as soon as possible in 2020.” The project had first been announced in 2017 with 2020 as the target for production to begin. Statements from Haribo and the Wisconsin governor’s office did not explain the delay.
