Solvay announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to manufacture vanillin in Zhenjiang City, located in China’s Jiangsu Province. The new facility will enable the company to boost vanillin production capacities by 40% and enable the group to better serve the fast-growing Asian market.
The new plant, projected to be operational by the end of 2014, will join the company’s other facilities in Baton Rouge, La., and Saint-Fons in France. The three plants will significantly expand Solvay’s worldwide production capacities for vanillin and ethyl-vanillin.
With this new investment, Solvay Aroma Performance establishes a unique, sustainable and global industrial fully integrated vanillin platform, spread over three continents, and controls the entire production chain, from making the raw material catechol to flagship end products like Rhovanil® vanillin. A network of fully equipped food application laboratories and food technologists together with a dedicated sales force cater for specific local demands and serve clients worldwide with a complete product range to meet strict regulatory and customer safety requirements.
“The addition of this manufacturing facility in China makes of Solvay a uniquely positioned highly reliable partner for our worldwide customers, especially those in the highly regulated food industry. It is an important step in our strategy to continue strengthening our market position, by offering a truly global production footprint that ensures full traceability for food safety and to consolidate Solvay as the global reference for food-safe vanillin" said Dominique Rage, president of Solvay Aroma Performance.
