MANE

Mane, the largest privately held supplier of flavors and fragrances, has officially opened its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Woodlawn, OH. The new plant is an expansion of the company’s Woodlawn campus, increasing Mane’s manufacturing capacity and ensuring a reliable supply of sustainably sourced liquid flavors for various markets, including  beverages, dairy, functional nutrition, pharmaceuticals, bakery, and confectionery.  

IFF

IFF has announced the opening of the Citrus Innovation Center in Lakeland, FL, in partnership with Florida Polytechnic University. The 30,000-sq.-ft. facility encompasses state-of-the-art capabilities in botanical research leveraging its LMR by IFF natural ingredients expertise, processing, analytics, and product creation for scent and taste, and includes a 360-degree digital immersion room. Designed with sustainability in mind, the center offers job opportunities in research, customer experience, supply, and operations.

Kemin

Kemin Industries, a family-owned ingredient manufacturer, recently shared the news that its co-founder, R.W. Nelson, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, April 7, at the age of 98. As a global business visionary, inventor, and philanthropist, Nelson leaves behind a legacy of transforming lives, the company says.

Fanuc America

Fanuc America is simplifying manufacturing with the launch of its new web tool, allowing companies of all sizes to easily search for ready-to-go collaborative robot (or cobot) solutions that are pre-engineered, reliable, and efficient, Fanuc says. Offering a diverse selection of Fanuc's CRX line of cobot systems, Cobot and Go is an easy-to-navigate starting point that makes searching for pre-engineered solutions by application, robot model, or Authorized System Integrator both intuitive and informative, the company says.

PoLoPo

PoLoPo, a molecular farming company, today, announced final plans for a pilot-scale production plant to process its transgenic high-protein potatoes and manufacture its protein powders following a 5-ton successful harvest of protein-rich potatoes. PoLoPo is the first company in the world to grow such a crop at scale. The facility, estimated to cost less than $1 million to fully equip, includes machinery for potato cleaning and crushing, as well as functional protein purification and spray-drying machines.

Formost Fuji

Formost Fuji has launched its FW3400 CXIIs Flow  Wrapper, a state-of-the-art, budget-friendly packaging solution, the company says. The FW3400 CXIIs Flow Wrapper is now available at an entry-level price when purchased with standard equipment, including stainless steel covers, a 98” standard infeed conveyor with a flighted chain, a product over height detector, and a packless feature (ensuring no product, no package).   

GNT

GNT has passed the halfway mark in its mission to reduce carbon intensity at its Exberry color factories by 50% over the course of the current decade. Based on volume of product sold, GNT cut carbon emissions at its production sites in the Netherlands, Germany, and U.S. by 26% between 2020 and 2024. This achievement is particularly significant in light of the company’s growth during the same period, it says.

[EPK1]Ditto on this one, PLMK if too long.

ABA, Puratos

The American Bakers Association (ABA) recently welcomed a visit to the Puratos U.S. Headquarters and Innovation Center in New Jersey with Assemblyman Bill Spearman, Assemblyman Bill Moen, and their staff. The visit highlights the ABA's ongoing commitment to educating legislators, fostering meaningful connections, and showcasing the commercial baking sector's vital role in local economies and communities. The legislative team toured the Puratos U.S. Headquarters and Innovation Center, where they received an overview of the company’s operations and the commercial baking industry.

Domino Sugar

Domino Sugar is launching Domino Baker’s Sugar, for professional pastry chefs and bakers. With its ultrafine grain size, this sugar reportedly dissolves quickly and blends and melts easily, making it ideal for cakes, frostings, and glazes. Domino Baker’s Sugar delivers ultrafine grain size aerates batter more effectively, creating lighter, fluffier cakes with improved volume, the brand says. Bakers can also achieve smooth frostings and glazes, while its even dissolving properties contribute to consistent color across baked goods.

DeutscheBack

DeutscheBack’s new solution, TopBake Mixed Bread Fresh, is an enzymatic baking agent that reportedly extends the freshness of mixed wheat and rye bread for several days, while delivering a soft, elastic crumb structure. The baking agent provides an economical alternative to conventional freshness-preserving solutions, which often require high enzyme dosages, costing 0.1 kg per 100 kg of flour. The formulation combines specific enzymes with ascorbic acid to act on the starch and protein matrix in the dough.