Safe delivers antique title deeds to The Chocolate Factory!
The Chocolate Factory received from the concern Barry Callebaut the personal Bensdorp family safe which stood in the cellar of the old factory in Bussum. The combination code was actually missing from the safe. After an announcement in de Telegraaf [The Telegraph], Wim van den Hoogen got in touch, the only person in the Netherlands who has earned the title of master safe cracker. In 2005 Van den Hoogen was able to open the enormous safe door of the Dutch Bank in Arnhem (zie www.vandenhoogensecurity.nl). He succeeded in decoding the combination of the Bensdorp safe.

After a long hunt the key to the lock was found as well, in a drawer of the 95-year old mother of Louis Bensdorp. The honour was given to him today to turn the key in the safe. Read more...

You can read the relevant article from de Telegraaf here.

See here the report which RTV North Holland made about the event.

THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
LIFTS THE LID ON A SECRET TUNNEL

The Chocolate Factory has taken an important step towards the actualisation of its project. A cooperative agreement between BAM Utiliteitsbouw [BAM Utility Building] and Tebodin Consultants & Engineers has been finalised. Maarten van Poelgeest, the Amsterdam councillor for spatial planning and land affairs, has officially uncovered the opening to the secret tunnel, which is part of the location. For the first time the press can enter the secret tunnel under supervision.

Download the press bulletin here (pdf, 200k)