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All rights reserved ​CategoriesCategoriesEnglishECONOMYBarry Callebaut expands production capacity in Canada with 100 million dollar investment7 December 2022 Barry Callebaut wants to expand the production capacity of its plant in Chatham The total investment plan amounts to around 100 million dollars says the chocolate manufacturer and cocoa trader This expansion project was launched in 2018 with an initial investment of 30 million dollars to increase liquid storage capacities which should allow the expansion of the range of products marketed by the factory the Zurich-based company recalled on Wednesday to follow by the end of the 2022/23 financial year in August The investments will also allow for the development of vegetable-based products in response to a growing demand for dairy-free chocolate-based icing paste the factory is also to produce white chocolate ice cream The company points out that the expansion of the Chatham chocolate factory has led to the creation of around 100 direct and 25 indirect jobs Barry Callebaut already announced another significant investment in Canada with 104 million dollars being devoted to the new factory in Brantford the company manufactures sugar-free chocolates and protein-rich products Barry Callebaut has its head office in Zurich but the company has several production sites in Belgium particularly in Lebbeke-Wieze (East Flanders) where the largest chocolate factory in the world is located which presents itself as the "world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products" announced earlier this year a turnover of 4 billion Swiss francs (about 4,05 billion euros) in the first half of 2021-2022 (from September 2021 to February 2022) Copy linkGet updates in your mailboxYour email addressSubscribeBy clicking "Subscribe" I confirm I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy rapid and high-quality information 24 hours a day from Belgium and abroad to all Belgian media not to mention entertainment and lifestyle our journalists and press photographers produce hundreds of photos and news stories Since the end of March 2022 English has been added as a language businesses and various organisations that need reliable information Belga News Agency also offers a comprehensive range of corporate services to meet all their communication needs www.belganewsagency.eu Vincent Buyssens, the 28-year-old great-grandson of the Great War veteran, shared his great-grandfather’s incredible story on Reddit over 100 years later “These coins stopped a bullet and saved my grandfather’s life during World War 1.” each showing high pressure stress marks that had bent their edges It’s obvious a high amount of kinetic energy was expended to create these peculiar marks at some point in these coins’ history Vincent explained to the media that his father had received the coins from Buyssens He told The Daily Mail “The story I shared on Reddit happened at the very early days of the war during a battle in the Belgian town of Lebbeke the coins were the reason why he got shot because it was the noise of them clinking together in his breast pocket which gave his position away.” The 28-year-old went on to say that Buyssens was lucky, despite having also received a kick t0 the head from the German soldier who shot him. After he’d left, the Belgian, having pretended to be deceased and another injured comrade crawled to safety Vincent found the story in his great-grandfather’s journal long before he shared it online and he decided to save it to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I He stated that the story was one that captured the imagination The post was viewed by over one million users and it collected more than 100,000 “upvotes,” with plenty of people surprised by his great-grandfather’s good fortune The 28-year-old himself couldn’t believe the story when he had first heard it years ago but after talking it over with his family and then reading it in the journals himself Reddit users drew attention to the fact that it wasn’t just Buyssens’ life that had been spared by this lucky stack of coins but those of his descendants – including Vincent – who’d never have been born if the bullet had been an inch to the left or right During World War I, Optatius Buyssens, a Belgian soldier, had these coins in his pocket. They acted as a shield, intercepting a bullet and ultimately preserving his life. pic.twitter.com/UylgNZyiqy — Wars (@wars) May 30, 2023 More from us: Facts About the Armistice That Put an End to World War I Want War History Online‘s content sent directly to your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter here! Vincent acknowledges that there are a lot of skeptics on Reddit Whenever he gets the opportunity to explain the circumstances in full Ian Harvey is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE Sciensano and the Institute of Tropical Medicine ( ITM) found the tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) in three locations (Lebbeke This means that the exotic mosquito successfully passed the winter at these locations The reports of the tiger mosquitoes were made by citizens through the MosquitoSurveillance website This highlights the importance of citizen contribution Sciensano is launching the 'Mosquito Surveillance' app citizens can now easily send in their photos of tiger mosquitoes from anywhere two citizens of the municipalities of Wilrijk and Lebbeke experienced nuisance from mosquitoes during the day and early evening They took a photo of the tiger mosquito and submitted it via the citizen science website MuggenSurveillance.be tiger mosquitoes were also collected through egg traps set on site specifically for tiger mosquito monitoring This confirmed the presence and reproduction of tiger mosquitoes at both sites entomologist at the Institute of Tropical Medicine "The detection of tiger mosquitoes in the two communities is consistent with the findings last year both adult mosquitoes and eggs were identified in exactly the same locations We can safely conclude from this that the tiger mosquito survived the winter in Wilrijk and Lebbeke That means we are now moving on to a new phase in the invasion process: settlement." tiger mosquitoes entered Belgium through traffic and imports of second-hand car tyres and lucky bamboo there was no evidence yet that they survived the winter This is the first time that surveillance shows the wintering of the tiger mosquito in Belgium favours the establishment of the tiger mosquito in our country As Wilrijk and Lebbeke are located in Flanders the Agency for Nature and Forests (ANB) is currently in charge of implementing the management measures the ANB is providing three control campaigns this year to eradicate local tiger mosquito populations in Wilrijk and Lebbeke Two of these campaigns have already taken place and the third is planned for the end of August 2023 Everyone can help stop the spread of the tiger mosquito This can be done by avoiding standing water around the home as much as possible This is because the tiger mosquito lays its eggs just above the water surface against the inner wall of objects with a small amount of standing water It allows citizens to report tiger mosquitoes in a few quick steps by taking photos or charging from their smartphones epidemiologist at Sciensano says: "These findings clearly show that citizens play an important role and can greatly contribute to tiger mosquito surveillance in Belgium This not only allows us to detect new introductions but also to see if a tiger mosquito population is still present from one season to the next the MosquitoSurveillance platform is working and to further streamline the reporting process We invite everyone to download the app and submit photos of the tiger mosquito when you think you have spotted one our efforts can ensure that the tiger mosquito is properly monitored and controlled." The MEMO+ project is a collaboration between Sciensano the Institute of Tropical Medicine and the Barcoding Facility for Organisms and Tissues of Policy Concern (BopCo) for the molecular identification of exotic mosquitoes This project is funded by the federal and regional governments and the federated entities Environment and Health through the National Environment-Health Action Plan (NEHAP) Follow us on our socials and join the conversation The East-Flemish municipality of Lebbeke has filed a complaint for grave desecration against Tanja Dexters She will probably have to pay a nuisance fine worth 250 euros Tanja Dexters is still a celebrity in Flanders as she is presenting TV programmes she released a video in which she is strolling through Lebbeke cemetery (East Flanders) with her young daughter and son making fun of people's names she is reading on the graves The families of the deceased demanded apologies and said they were considering filing a complaint "You can joke about someone's name the sister of one of the dead told the commercial TV station VTM Lebbeke Burgomaster François Saeys labelled the case simply as desecration He said they will file a complaint against Dexters