Perfetti Van Melle In the news

Perfetti Van Melle named official candy sponsor of America’s River Roots Festival

March 17, 2025 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...

Perfetti Van Melle looks to grow workforce at Rockford-area gum factory

August 15, 2024 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...

Perfetti Van Melle unveils giant 3-D Airheads sign at Erlanger plant

July 2, 2024 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....

Local non-profit provides free diapers and hygiene products to low-income families in need

June 28, 2023 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...

Kentucky food banks treated to ‘sweet’ donation

September 22, 2022 Sept. 2022 – Winchester, Ky. – A donation as sweet as it sounds is creating smiles across the state thanks to a delivery from Perfetti Van Melle North America, maker of candies such as Airheads, Mentos, and more as part of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s Hunger Initiative. The candy manufacturer announced the donation...

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