The official announcement was made last week at the company’s corporate headquarters in Shelton, Conn. The Michigan facility is already up and running under its new Inline banner. 

Layn Natural Ingredients, one of the world’s largest innovators and manufacturers of natural botanical extract ingredients and solutions serving the biggest brands in food, beverage, flavor, nutraceutical, personal care, animals and pets, launched a free online botanical library and search tool to enable businesses to explore and learn about key botanical extract ingredients and solutions and easily map them to targeted applications and desired functions.

Kerry, a taste and nutrition company, officially opened its newly upgraded facility in Rome, Georgia. A total of €125 million has been invested to create one of the most state-of-the-art food manufacturing facilities in the United States, which represents Kerry’s largest-ever capital expenditure investment and one of the biggest in Georgia’s history.

The purchase of the land will allow the company to expand TOSC's operations as well as begin the construction of additional manufacturing and warehousing space, with a total build out of up to 750,000 square feet.

Capitol Food Company headquartered in Cerritos, Calif., announced that it has made significant financial investments resulting in improved efficiency in their blending and packaging facility located in La Mirada, Calif. CFC is a provider of conventional and organic ingredients to the food and baking industry throughout the United States. 

Berner Food and Beverage LLC, a private label and contract manufacturing supplier of quality food and beverage products, recently introduced several new members of the company’s leadership team. 

The new 10,000-square-foot facility was constructed on ICL’s 19-acre production campus in St. Louis. At full capacity the plant is expected to produce more than 15 million pounds of product each year. 

Current market trends see a high demand in prebiotic chicory root fiber due to the versatile benefits it offers in product development. Over the past four years, the number of new product launches containing chicory root fiber inulin has grown by 50% globally , with the market expected to reach $11.48 billion in 2028

In addition to boosting the square footage dedicated to flavor manufacturing and expanding T. Hasegawa’s technical capabilities, the new facility will increase T. Hasegawa’s US-based staff, with many new positions opening to service the production of food and beverage flavors.

FONA International, developer and manufacturer of complete flavor solutions broke ground on a multi-million-dollar, high-tech manufacturing expansion. McCormick & Company, who purchased FONA in late 2020, is set to significantly increase FONA’s manufacturing footprint.