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US-based firm opens local production line as it plans to invest Sh4.3b over three years

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Left to right: Ismael Bello, General Manager for Mars Wrigley in Sub-Saharan Africa; John Mwendwa, OGW, Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Investment Authority; Susan Burns, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy; and Mustaffa Bin Kamaludin, Plant Director, Nairobi Factory during the launch of the new sugar-free gum production line at the Athi River factory.[Peterson Githaiga/Standard]

Mars Wrigley Kenya on Tuesday,unveiled a sugar-free gum production line at its Athi River facility.

The facility will supply the Orbit brand of sugar-free gum to Sub-Saharan Africa and Extra to Arabic-speaking markets across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Libya, Lebanon, the UAE and the wider Gulf.

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