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Croespenmaen is a locality near Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales. The nearby Croespenmaen Industrial Estate is the site of Unilever's Pot Noodle factory, [1] which became the topic of a 2006 advertising campaign, showing fictitious Pot Noodle mines in Wales. The factory typically produces 155 million pots annually. [2] Croespenmaen is also the site of the Brace's Bakery factory.

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References

  1. Aled Blake (29 March 2013). "Pot Noodle plant freehold up for auction". walesonline. Media Wales Ltd. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  2. "From Pot Noodle to pit for advert". BBC News. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2008.

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