verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message chupa chups s.a.u the chupa chups logo type sociedad an nima unipersonal industry confectionery predecessor granja asturias s.a.u 1958 1964 founded sant esteve sesrovires catalonia spain 1958 1958 founder martins kristers terns headquarters barcelona spain number of locations lainate italy and breda netherlands key people xavier bernat ceo products lollipops revenue 500 million eur 2006 number of employees 2 000 2006 parent perfetti van melle website www.chupachups.com chupa chups t p t ps ; catalan and spanish pronunciation spanish t upa t ups ; is a popular spanish brand of lollipop and other confectionery sold in over 150 countries around the world . the brand was founded in 1958 by enric bernat and is currently owned by the italian dutch multinational corporation perfetti van melle . the name of the brand comes from the spanish verb chupar meaning to lick or to suck . 1 contents 1 history 2 marketing 3 products 6 4 references 5 external links history edit in the early 1950s enric bernat worked for an apple jam factory called granja asturias . after he broached the idea of making lollipops the investors left . bernat took over the company in 1958 and renamed it chupa chups . he built the production machines and sold a striped bonbon on a wooden stick for one peseta each . bernat got the idea of a bonbon with a stick from a cursing mother as her child got sticky hands from melting sweets . bernat felt that at that time sweets were not designed with the main consumers children in mind . shopkeepers were instructed to place the lollipops near the cash register within reach of children s hands instead of the traditional placement behind the counter . a giant chupa chups lollipop for sale the chupa chups company was a success . within five years bernat s sweets were being sold at 300 000 outlets . when the candy was first created the lolly sticks were made of wood but they switched to plastic sticks . after the end of the francisco franco dictatorship 1939 75 the self funded private company went international . in the 1970s the lollipops appeared in japan and southeast asian countries such as indonesia singapore philippines and malaysia as well as australia . in the 1980s it expanded to the european and north american markets and in the 1990s to most asian countries including south korea . in china they were manufactured by tatagum in panyu near guangzhou . as of 2003 4 billion lollipops a year are sold to 150 countries . the company has 2000 employees makes 90 percent of its sales abroad and has a turnover of 500 000 000 . in 1991 bernat passed formal control of to his son xavier . the smint subsidiary brand company was founded in 1994 . in july 2006 the company as a whole was acquired by the italian group perfetti van melle . 2 marketing edit the chupa chups logo was designed in 1969 by artist salvador dal . 3 4 its first marketing campaign was the logo with the slogan s rod i dura molt chupa chups which translates from catalan as it s round and long lasting . later celebrities like madonna were hired to advertise . in the 1980s owing to falling birth rates citation needed an anti smoking slogan smoke chupa chups was tried to attract further adult consumers . the company s current anti smoking slogan is stop smoking start sucking with their packages parodying cigarette pack designs even going as far as to parodying the eu mandatory black and white warning labels with the notice sucking does not kill . 5 products 6 edit this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message lollipops classic 12 gram cremosa ice cream and yogurt flavors mini 6 gram filled lollipops magics powder filled bubble gum with bubble gum center fruit tella flavors from nature chocolate filled with chocolate 2pop sugar free xxl crazy dips explosion melody whistle pops bubble gums big babol cotton bubblegum toys spinning faces totem markers funky labyrinths balloon cars gifts and seasonal gifts mega chups 750 gr back packs chupa surprise license products chupa chups have a vast array of products with their standard lollipop the most renowned . in terms of flavour both apple and orange are close contenders for number 1 coming in at 1 and 2 respectively . citation needed other flavours include cola and strawberry . references edit chupa chups world official site perfetti van melle agrees to buy spain s chupa chups for undisclosed sum . forbes . 2006 07 03 . archived from the original on 2009 01 24 . obituary enric bernat . the guardian . 2004 01 03 . modern masters virtual exhibition dali chupa chups logo 1969 . bbc . retrieved 2012 03 12 . going global with chupa chups and atlas translations . 2015 05 08 . chupa chups world products external links edit chupa chups world official site flash company history v t e salvador dal list of works selected paintings landscape near figueras 1910 vilabertran 1913 cabaret scene 1922 portrait of my father 1925 the basket of bread 1926 apparatus and hand 1927 the lugubrious game 1929 the first days of spring 1929 the great masturbator 1929 the persistence of memory 1931 the ghost of vermeer of delft which can be used as a table 1934 morphological echo 1934 36 soft construction with boiled beans premonition of civil war 1936 the burning giraffe 1937 metamorphosis of narcissus 1937 swans reflecting elephants 1937 apparition of face and fruit dish on a beach 1938 shirley temple the youngest most sacred monster of the cinema in her time 1939 the face of war 1940 slave market with the disappearing bust of voltaire 1940 geopoliticus child watching the birth of the new man 1943 dream caused by the flight of a bee around a pomegranate a second before awakening 1944 basket of bread 1945 the apotheosis of homer 1945 the temptation of st. anthony 1946 the elephants 1948 cartel de don juan tenorio 1949 leda atomica 1949 the madonna of port lligat 1949 a logician devil 1951 christ of saint john of the cross 1951 galatea of the spheres 1952 the disintegration of the persistence of memory 1952 54 crucifixion corpus hypercubus 1954 young virgin auto sodomized by the horns of her own chastity 1954 the sacrament of the last supper 1955 living still life 1956 the discovery of america by christopher columbus 1958 59 the ecumenical council 1959 60 galacidalacidesoxyribonucleicacid 1963 tuna fishing 1966 67 the hallucinogenic toreador 1968 70 la toile daligram 1972 the swallow s tail 1983 other artworks lobster telephone 1936 mae west lips sofa 1937 rainy taxi 1938 writings un chien andalou 1929 co author l age d or 1930 co author giraffes on horseback salad 1937 libretto for bacchanale 1939 the secret life of salvador dal 1942 autobiography films un chien andalou 1929 l age d or 1930 spellbound 1945 dream sequence animated films destino 1946 completed 2003 logos chupa chups opera tre dieu 1985 costumes costumes for garc a lorca s play mariana pineda 1927 related articles castle of p bol dali crater dal theatre and museum dal universe espace dal gala dal salvador dal museum salvador dal film little ashes paranoiac critical method retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title chupa chups & oldid 742059270 categories perfetti van melle brandscompanies established in 1958manufacturing companies based in barcelona1958 establishments in spainsalvador dal lollipopsspanish brandsfood and drink companies established in 1958hidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2012all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2009articles needing cleanup from january 2014all 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