Givaudan has invested CHF 5 million (€4.7 million) in an expansion to its flavour innovation centre in Singapore.
The expanded Singapore facility will include a fully integrated culinary space for concept development, as well as new or expanded savoury, bakery, confectionery, beverage and dairy facilities to serve all market sectors.
The investment enhances Givaudan’s innovation capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region, facilitating a regional focus on applied innovation, collaboration and knowledge sharing to complement its global network of flavours facilities. At the innovation centre, Givaudan flavourists will leverage the latest ingredients and technologies to develop holistic customer solutions that can go straight to market, the company said.
Givaudan chief executive officer Gilles Andrier said: “The expansion of the Singapore flavour innovation centre supports our 2020 strategy of investment in high-growth markets, and builds on our recent developments in Nantong, Japan; Karachi, Pakistan; and Pune in India. It demonstrates our continuing commitment to growing with our customers and providing them with differentiated flavour solutions for consumer preferred products that meet local market needs.”
These new facilities mean Givaudan will be more able to address regional trends such as the needs of a middle-class concerned wth health and wellness but without wanting to compromise on taste.
Expanded capacity in Singapore will enable greater collaboration and innovation with customers to meet their needs, and those of a growing mass market with a desire for quality products with natural ingredients.
Monila Kothari, Givaudan’s regional commercial head for Asia-Pacific, said: “Givaudan has been serving customers in Singapore since 1992. This expansion underlines our on-going commitment to our APAC and ASEAN customers, by offering them superior levels of innovative and creative flavour and taste solutions.”
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