Symrise has opened a food ingredients facility in Georgia, US, following an investment of €50 million, as it seeks to grow in the US.
The German-headquartered company said it aims to expand in the natural food ingredients market and it has plans to increase the size of the Banks County site until 2020.
Symrise CEO Heinz-Jürgen Bertram.
The workforce at the 40-hectare facility currently consists of 50 employees and will be increased to 100 in the future. Symrise said it was drawn to Georgia due to the abundance of food ingredient suppliers and farmers in the state.
Symrise CEO Heinz-Jürgen Bertram said: “This advantageous location in the USA’s well-developed agricultural South-East enables us to strategically grow on the market for natural and sustainable food ingredients.
“With the new site in Georgia, we show that we consistently implement our investment programme. For example, only a couple of weeks ago, also in the USA, we have opened a plant for cosmetic ingredients in Charleston, South Carolina.
“The expansion of our capacities is and continues to be an important growth factor. We are strengthening our competitiveness for the traditionally largest market in our industry.
“In addition, we are strategically developing our backwards integration focusing on agriculturally produced raw materials. By working closely with our farmers, we are ensuring high product quality and deliverability.”
Earlier this year, Symrise invested around €8 million in a fragrances creative centre in Shanghai. It said its perfumers will develop around 9,000 fragrances for the Chinese market each year.
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