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Posted on September 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleMars plans to invest €1 billion in EU operations by 2026, focusing on manufacturing, sustainability, and innovation. The investment builds on €1.5 billion spent over the past five years.
(Reuters) -Mars, the maker of M&M's and Skittles, said on Thursday it will invest 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) in its European Union operations by the end of 2026 to boost manufacturing, sustainability and innovation pipeline in the region.
The new investment builds on more than 1.5 billion euros that the candy maker has already poured into EU manufacturing over the past five years. Mars operates 24 factories across 10 EU countries, employing 25,000 people.
Last year, Mars announced a $36 billion deal to acquire Pringles maker Kellanova. The deal has cleared U.S. antitrust review but remains under scrutiny in the European Union.
($1 = 0.8482 euros)
(Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
Mars plans to invest 1 billion euros (approximately $1.18 billion) in its European Union operations by the end of 2026.
Mars has already invested more than 1.5 billion euros in EU manufacturing over the past five years.
Mars announced a $36 billion deal to acquire Kellanova, which has cleared U.S. antitrust review but is still under scrutiny in the European Union.
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