Barry Callebaut announced the official opening of its Asia Pacific Business Excellence Center (APAC BEC) located in Petaling Jaya, in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area, Malaysia. The APAC BEC will function as a center of excellence, providing support across the company's financial and accounting services, information management and technology, customer service, and other corporate and shared service functions. The Center will also help to improve customer experience through standardization and scalability of processes.

The new APAC BEC in Malaysia represents a significant investment by Barry Callebaut in Malaysia and builds on more than 30 years of successful presence in the country. At present, Barry Callebaut employs more than 600 employees across its two manufacturing sites and R&D centers in Pasir Gudang and Port Klang. In addition to that, the APAC BEC has already over 100 employees and it aims to scale up to 150 in the coming months.