(ANSA) - Turin, November 27 - Iconic Italian chocolate maker
Pernigotti said Tuesday that neither the brand nor the company
were up for sale.
In a statement after Monday's meeting with Premier Giuseppe
Conte and Labour and Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio, the
company said it had "confirmed the decision to cease its own
exercise of the productive activities at the Novi Ligure site
and the intention to give production in Italy to a third party,
preferably by identifying industrial partners interested in the
acquisition or management of the productive assets at Novi".
Pernigotti is an manufacturer of chocolate with its
speciality being the production of high quality Gianduiotto, a
chocolate-hazelnuts based treat.
The company also makes nougats, Easter eggs and ice creams.
It is one of the oldest and most traditional manufacturers of
chocolate and nougat candy in Italy, founded in 1860 in the town
of Novi Ligure, Piedmont.
In 2013 it was sold to the Toksoz company of Istanbul.
Pernigotti brand, company 'not for sale'
Seeking third party to carry on Novi Ligure production