Lindt Switzerland

The origins of Lindt & Sprungli lie in the two chocolate factories in Rudolf Sprüngli in Horgen and Rodolphe Lindt in Berne. Rudolf Sprüngli Junior took over his father's company 1891st In 1899, he built the factory in Kilchberg and transformed the company in the same year by a corporation. The Chocolat Sprüngli AG took over soon after the Berne chocolate factory of Rodolphe Lindt, together with the patent for its Conchierverfahren. The United Bern and Zurich chocolate company Lindt & Sprungli was born.
In 1935 Germany was concluded with the Leonard Monheim AG, Berlin, a license to manufacture in Germany. In 1988 Lindt & Sprungli production in Germany itself and has since produced a majority of internationally marketed products in Aachen, where it is located in the vicinity of Print Lambertz manufacturer.


Factory and headquarters in Kilchberg


Plant in Aachen
The IPO of Lindt & Sprungli 1986 laid the foundation for international expansion in the 1990s: In 1989, the commissioning of the production and administration building in Stratham, New Hampshire, USA. In the same year reached the Lindt & Sprungli SA in France fully into the hands of parent company. In 1993, the long-standing licensee Bulgheroni SpA in the Italian Induno Olona as Lindt & Sprungli SpA has been integrated into the company. [2] The following year was made in Austria, the creation of the Lindt & Sprungli (Austria) GmbH and the integration of the Viennese Confiserie Hofbauer in the companies. In 1997, the Italian company "Caffarel" in Turin, and bought a Lindt & Sprüngli Company in Sydney, Australia, was established. Beginning of 1998 was followed by the acquisition of "Ghirardelli Chocolate Company" in San Francisco, the oldest American chocolate factory. Other subsidiaries are located in Hong Kong, Mexico, Poland, Sweden and Spain. [2] Since March 2006, Lindt & Sprungli official partner of the Cologne Chocolate Museum Imhoff.