With the right manufacturing plants it is possible to make the widest variety of products from chocolate. WDS Plants enable you to produce an almost infinite combination of shapes, fillings and colours. Thereby you can always react to the challenging market and offer the products which are expected by trade and consumers.
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Confectionery of gum and jelly is very popular with the consumers. With the WDS plants there is hardly any limit in the manufacture of attractive products. Combine exceptional shapes with the widest variety of colour and filling possibilities and produce confectionery that stands out on the markets.
Hard candies are not only expected to taste good but also have to be attractive in shape and colour with sophisticated fillings. With the WDS Manufacturing plants you are able to create attractive products and you will always meet the taste of consumers – worldwide.
Confectionery products made of fondant and toffee are not only expected to taste good but also have to be attractive in shape and colour with sophisticated fillings. With the WDS Manufacturing plants you are able to create attractive products and you will always meet the taste of consumers – worldwide.
OTC sweets are innovative products with health-promoting and biologically effective properties due to the addition of different ingredients.
Maximum confectionery production through WDS LifeCycleCare. You too can benefit from the unbeatable potential of WDS Service.
Cross-manufacturer platform for the central monitoring and optimisation of the complete production
German moulding line manufacturer Winkler und Dünnebier Süßwarenmaschinen GmbH (WDS) collaborated with Swiss data technology company CHoNova AG to develop an All-in-One SmartMould, available as of May 1st, 2026. The innovation leader, already active in the field of intelligent moulding technologies for chocolate production, is bringing in CHoNova’s product structuring expertise to advance process and product quality monitoring.
The All-in-One SmartMould combines multi-sensor hardware and connectivity to provide a comprehensive, real-time understanding of chocolate structuring and production conditions.Equipped with ultrasonic, temperature, humidity, vibration, magnetic field, and acceleration sensors, the system captures critical chocolate parameters such as crystallization dynamics, viscosity transitions, contraction, and mould detachment. Integrated into moulding environments, this solution enables continuous monitoring of both product and equipment behaviour, to optimize process stability, machine performance and product quality.
The All-In-One SmartMould is supported by a cutting-edge software platform, powered by machine learning and seamlessly connected to line operations, that turns data into action.WDS and CHoNova combine a unique blend of machinery know-how and chocolate expertise, providing chocolate manufacturers advanced digitalization of moulding operations.
"We are proud to collaborate with Winkler und Dünnebier Süßwarenmaschinen, a highly respected leader in moulding technologies. Integrating our structure sensing technology with their machinery expertise advances real-time intelligence in chocolate production — translating our product data into closed-loop control and continuous production monitoring. This milestone reflects our ambition to deploy CHoNova’s technology at the core of diverse production environments across the industry.”— Frederique Delahaye, CEO of CHoNova AG
“Working with CHoNova takes us further than either of us alone. It’s more than adding one and one — it multiplies what we can do on the line. We’ve already done a lot to improve machine performance at our customers. Now we go deeper on the chocolate view — tempering, crystallization, detachment — so the benefit for our customers gets even bigger. We turn data into clear actions.Come see it at Interpack on our booth. Watch how this makes moulding smarter, steadier, and easier for your team.”— Matthias Triesch, Head of Service of WDS
