Toms International is a Danish chocolate, liquorice and sugar confectionery producer, headquartered in

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. The company produces around 50,000 tons of chocolate and sugar confectionery annually which it supplies to customers in Denmark,

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and the

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. The company employs around 1,200–1,700 people, depending on the season, and in 2021 generated revenues of DKK 1.6 billion.

History

Founded in 1924 as Tom Chokoladefabrik A/S by

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chemists Hans Trojel and Victor Hans Meyer, the company is now a chocolate producer. Originally the chocolate was a side item for sale in the chemists' retail shop on

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in Copenhagen, the founders launched their own products on Prags Boulevard between 1925 and 1929. The company was taken over by Victor B. Strand in 1942, who acquired the chocolate company Anthon Berg shortly after. In 1961, a new factory was designed by the famous Danish modernist architect

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and consisted of a 22,000 m² factory hall and a 3,000 m² administration building on a site measuring 220,000 m². Around the time of the factory's completion in 1962, Toms acquired A/S J. Høeghs Lakrids og Sukkervarefabrikker, which shortly was renamed Pingvin Lakrids. Toms' final acquisition was that of A/S Galle & Jessen, in 1971. In 2011, Toms acquired German company Hanseatische Chocolade GmbH and with it the company and chocolate brand Hachez.

Ownership

The company is fully owned by Gerda og Victor B. Strands Fond.

Brands

* Anthon Berg – a corporate division within Toms International, the company produced a diverse variety of chocolate products. The title "Purveyors to the Royal Danish Court" was awarded to Anthon Berg in 1957. * Bogø Chokolade * Holly Bar * Nellie Dellies * Toms * Pingvin * Yankie Bar – a popular chocolate bar in Denmark composed of caramel, nougat, and milk chocolate

Galle & Jessen

* Ga-Jol * Galle & Jessen

References

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