Valentine’s Day Shares the Love Across U.S. Industries

In order to fulfill such a large Valentine’s Day demand for the infamous heart-shaped box of chocolates and the classic long steam roses, manufacturers carefully orchestrate operations for the masses. Manufacturing runs at a high, confectioners bake millions of treats, and scientists perfect their art of genetically modifying flowers, all to prepare

for the big day! Valentines Day accounts for one of the biggest production months of the year for confectionaries and chocolate manufacturers! With 36 million heart shaped boxes to produce, chocolate factories are in need of efficient operations and additional equipment.

At EquipNet we work with some of the largest confectionary manufacturers around the world and have a variety of tablet presses, chocolate processing equipment, and various other confectionary processing and packaging machinery.  Some featured pieces we currently have in our inventory include a Robert Bosch Cooking Plant Model BKK0750CN, Tin Mint Container Filling And Packaging Line Previously Packaging Round Mints, Aasted Mikrowerk 1000 14 inch Complete Automated Chocolate Moulding Line with Frozen cone facility, and over 50 other items previously owned by one of the largest confectionary manufacturers in the world.   If your business is in need of equipment this Valentine’s Day, or would like to sell idle or used assets, our staff at EquipNet can help!

Take a look at some of these astonishing manufacturing facts surrounding Valentines Day:

• Valentines Day is the 4^th biggest holiday for confectionary buying
• Total Roses Produced and Distributed: 196 Million
• Total Amount Spent of Flowers: $1.7 Billion
• Boxes of Chocolate Produced: 36 Million
• Total Amount of U.S. Manufacturing Establishments producing chocolate and cocoa products (in 2009):  1,177
• Total Amount
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  of chocolate and cocoa products sold (in 2009): $12.6 Billion

• Total Amount of people employed at chocolate factories (in 2009): 34,252
• Total Value of Jewelry Produced: $2.27 Billion

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