 After the founding of the first chocolate
factories in French Switzerland, 1845 saw the establishment of the first factory
in the German-speaking part of the country. In that year, RODOLPHE
SPRÜNGLI-AMMANN (1816- 1897), using an improved method of manufactrure, produced
chocolate for the first time in his confectioner's shop in Zurich.
In 1899, his son, Rodolphe
Sprüngli-Schifferli or, more accurately, Chocolat Sprüngli A.G., took over the
factory of Rodolphe Lindt. The reputation of Lindt chocolate was so great that
the price paid for the secret recipes, the trade-mark rights and the equipment
was 1 1/2 million gold francs !
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