The AGRANA subsidiary AGRANA Fruit US has opened its fourth production site for fruit preparation in the USA. Around € 30 million has been invested in this new facility located in Lysander, in the state of New York.
The new site will manufacture approximately 45,000 tonnes of fruit preparations based on strawberries, blueberries or peaches for the fruit yoghurt, bakery product and ice cream industry and create 60 new jobs. In the interests of sustainability, the planning and construction of this facility was in accordance with the international LEED standards (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
"We are delighted to open this new plant after just one year of construction work,” said AGRANA Group CFO Walter Grausam. “North America is an important growth market in the area of fruit preparations. We have identified rising customer demand particularly in the north-east of the USA and Canada. The construction of a fourth fruit preparations facility in this region in order to sustainably consolidate our market leadership was therefore a logical investment step.”
