Flavour and fragrance company Givaudan has expanded its flavour capabilities in Japan with the opening of a new technical centre in the country’s capital, Tokyo.
The result of $12.6m’s worth of investment, the centre is designed to deliver a superior level of creative flavour and taste solutions – and demonstrates the company’s ongoing commitment to the country’s food and beverage manufacturing sector, Givaudan said.
The 4,000 square metre site houses new labs, sensory booths, a development kitchen and dedicated sales marketing and supply chain functions, enabling the company to offer its full range of technical services in one location for the first time in Japan.
Givaudan CEO Gilles Andrier said: “Our investment in new facilities in Tokyo demonstrates Givaudan’s ongoing commitment to the Japanese food manufacturing and food service sectors, which we have been serving since 1970. The new technical centre will enable us to deliver more in-depth dialogue with customers, better collaboration on flavour and taste concept development and a faster response.”
Givaudan regional commercial head of APAC Monila Kothari added: “The new facility will allow our experts to work much more closely with customers designing specifically to their needs to create winning taste and flavour solutions. Its location, adjacent to Osaki train station, is also making it much easier for customers to access our services.”
To support further growth and development, Givaudan has appointed Fabrizio Raho as its new commercial head and company manager for Japan.
Raho concluded: “This is a very exciting time to be joining the team as the improved facilities and expanded capabilities will give us many opportunities to build closer partnerships with customers and grow our business. Japan is the most advanced and sophisticated food market in the world and Givaudan is committed succeeding further in this marketplace.”
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