German sweets maker Haribo plans to invest around €300 million ($326 million) in a new plant at Neuss in the western state of North Rhine Westphalia to produce its Maoam brand of chewy sweets, business daily Handelsblatt reported on Monday. The company is in talks with the municipality over the purchase of a 14-hectare site, equivalent to 20 football fields, for the new plant, which will then replace the smaller plant currently operating in the town. Construction is planned to start in 2025, with production launched in 2028. The details emerged from a Handelsblatt interview with Haribo operati…