As Airheads Turns 40, Longtime Employee Remembers the Candy’s Early Days (Exclusive) By: Erin Clements, People Shortly before graduating from high school in 1984, Paul Steffen took a summer job at a candy company in Kentucky, where he got an early taste of Airheads. As the candy turns 40 this year, Steffen — who...
https://linknky.com/culture/2025/03/17/perfetti-van-melle-river-roots-festival-sponsor/ Staff Report LinkNKY News Perfetti Van Melle was named the official candy sponsor of America’s River Roots Festival. The international confectionery company’s North American headquarters is in Erlanger, which offers the corporation a unique vantage point of the region and its offerings. “With our own local roots as a great place to work...
https://www.rockrivercurrent.com/2024/08/09/perfetti-van-melle-looks-to-grow-workforce-at-rockford-area-gum-factory-by-65/ By Kevin Haas Rock River Current LOVES PARK — Perfetti Van Melle has ramped up its operation and grown its workforce in its first year of ownership of the local gum factory. The international confectionary company targets a total 65% growth in its local workforce from last October, when it acquired the factory at 5500 Forest...
ERLANGER, KY. — Did you know Northern Kentucky is the birthplace of Airheads? Steve Bruner created the popular bar-like candy at Perfetti Van Melle’s Erlanger plant in 1985. The candy has grown to become a staple of modern candy culture around the world. Today, Perfetti Van Melle produces 6.5 million Airheads bars at the plant daily....
ERLANGER, KY. — A local candy factory is teaming up with the non-profit Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank to give back to families in the Greater Cincinnati area. Throughout the next few months, over 600 employees at Perfetti Van Melle, home to Airheads candy, are helping wrap and process more than five-hundred-thousand diaper packs and...