Nactarome

ITALY – Nactarome, a Europe-based group of ingredient companies, has marked its fourth acquisition this year, by snapping up a Spanish-based producer of flavors solutions with broad application expertise across F&B categories, Calaf Nuances.

The Spanish flavor solutions provider is said to have a large group of loyal customers based internationally across Spain, Europe, and Mexico. It has in-house technologies, including biotransformation, Maillard reactions, distillation, concentration, and encapsulation.

Nactarome indicated that Calaf Nuances will provide “an interesting addition to its range of sweet and savory flavors and blends for F&B.”

On 9th May, Nactarome completed its third acquisition, purchasing Royal Buisman, a Dutch producer of natural, clean-label caramel ingredients, which would help to create a strategic presence in the Netherlands.

Nactarome specializes in the production of natural flavors, colors, and functional ingredients for the food & beverage industry.

In the last five years, Nactarome has expanded its operations, which now comprises 13 production sites and over 550 employees.

DSM-Firmenich completes mega-merger in Ingredient space

Canadian cooling equipment provider FPS Food Process Solutions opens MEA hub in Morocco

MOROCCO – FPS Food Process Solutions (FPS), a global leader in turnkey freezing and cooling equipment, has inaugurated its new Middle East/ Africa (MEA) office in the Tanger Med port facility in Morocco to serve as a regional hub.

The FPS MEA office will enhance logistics and operational efficiency across the Middle East and Africa, offering value-added services such as sales, parts, services, and retrofits to FPS customers.

“By utilizing the Hub’s infrastructure, we can reduce costs, provide greater efficiency, and still meet world-class standards. This will only help to meet customer expectations, a massive benefit for both sides,” stated Jeffrey Chang, President of FPS Food Process Solutions Corp.

The company emphasized that the new location enables both the business and its clients to leverage world-class hub services and substantial cost savings, thanks to the infrastructure at the Tanger Hub Port Facility.

NETHERLANDS – DSM, and Firmenich, two-ingredient giants, have completed their planned merger which was first announced in May 2022, and will now be trading as DSM-Firmenich.

At the time, the two Dutch food ingredient companies noted that they aimed to create an ‘industry leader’ via a ‘merger of equals,’ to combine their respective strengths across the flavors, fragrances, and nutritional ingredients segments.

The completion of the merger has combined their capabilities bringing along a team of nearly 30,000 employees, a combined revenue of more than €12bn, and what its decision-makers describe as ‘unparalleled’ capabilities built on more than a century of ‘cutting-edge’ science.

DSM-Firmenich will be composed of four business units: Animal Nutrition & Health, delivering healthy animal proteins efficiently and sustainably, harnessing the power of data to make animal farming practices more sustainable, productive, and transparent.

Ralf Schmeitz will become the new chief financial officer and will join the executive board effective September 1.

Innovation Hub

Doehler opens new innovation hub in North Brunswick

US – Doehler, a global provider of technology-driven natural ingredients, has inaugurated a new office and lab hub in North Brunswick, USA.

The more than 12,000 square feet of laboratory space of the flavour analytics laboratory is equipped with both volatile and non-volatile capabilities, as well as a functional extraction laboratory.

According to the company’s CEO, Paul Graham, the investment in the North Brunswick hub reflects the company’s commitment to meeting the evolving needs of the U.S. food and beverage industry.

As part of the new technology installed in the hub, Doehler has also outlined its imminent plans to utilize ultramodern sampling technology, where customers can enjoy faster, more agile, and higher-quality sampling.

In addition to the new North Brunswick hub, Doehler will also expand its Cartersville plant, which will include an automated flavour production facility and bring additional capacity, customer-facing meeting spaces, and administrative offices.

All these efforts are channeled at tapping into the ever-growing flavour food and beverage market that Fortune Business Insights projects to experience a CAGR of 4.64%, reaching US$20.12 billion by 2028.

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