Libeert (previously known as Italo Suisse and ISIS) is a
Belgian chocolate producer that was founded by Joseph Dequeker in 1923. The company produces more than 5,000 tons of chocolate annually, with a revenue of roughly €35 million.
History
Early years
After visiting
Italy and
Switzerland
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and learning about chocolate artisanship, Joseph Dequeker founded Italo Suisse in 1923 in
Izegem, Belgium. Supposedly, many locals knew of it as the "Het Chocoladefabriekske" ("The Little Chocolate Factory" in Dutch). In the 1930s, the operation was moved slightly westward from Izegem to
Roeselare.
Location move
At one point, Libeert moved its headquarters southward into the border municipality of
Comines-Warneton.
Name changes
In 2013, as Italo Suisse, the company changed its name to ISIS, an acronym of the previous name repeated twice and after the Egyptian goddess
Isis,
as people mistook them as an Italian or Swiss company due to their ambiguous name.
However, when the
Islamic State gained international attention, the company suffered a drop in sales in the
Anglophone World
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, causing them to lose roughly between €50,000 and €100,000. In 2014, they issued the new name of Libeert, after the family that owns the company.
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Belgian chocolate companies
Belgian companies established in 1923