Toms International

Toms International produces chocolate, liquorice and sugar confectionery in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom. It produces 50,000 tons of chocolate and sugar confectionery annually
and employees 1,200–1,700 employees depending on the season.
History.
Founded in 1924 as Tom Chokoladefabrik A/S by Copenhagen chemists Hans Trojel and Victor Hans Meyer, the company is now a world-renowned chocolate producer. Originally the chocolate was a side item for sale in the chemists' retail shop on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen, the founders launching their own products on Prags Boulevard between 1925 and 1929.
The company was taken over by Victor B. Strand in 1942, who shortly acquired (1954–1956) the chocolate company Anthon Berg. In 1961, a new factory was designed by the famous Danish modernist architect Arne Jacobsen and consisted of a 22,000 m2 factory hall and a 3,000 m2 administration building on a site measuring 220,000 m2.
Around the time of the factory's completion in 1962, Toms acquired A/S J. Høeghs Lakrids og Sukkervarefabrikker, which shortly was renamed Pingvin Lakrids. Toms' final acquisition was that of A/S Galle & Jessen, in 1971.
In 2011, Toms acquired German company Hanseatische Chocolade GmbH.
Ownership.
The company is fully owned by Gerda og Victor B. Strands Fond.