May 13/Food & Beverage Close-Up -- The Inventure Group Inc. will expand its Bluffton, Ind., manufacturing facility to add extruded snack production capabilities later this year. The $4 million expansion is expected to be complete by the third quarter of 2010.
The addition of the latest extrusion technology expands manufacturing capabilities at the Bluffton facility to include sheeted dough, pellet and extruded baked snacks. The Inventure Group will bring manufacturing inside that is currently outsourced, including its popular Burger King Onion Rings and T.G.I. Friday's Mozzarella Sticks.