Givaudan invests in Flavour Innovation Centre in Singapore

Flavouring company Givaudan has invested Sfr5m ($4.9m) in the expansion of its Flavour Innovation Centre (FIC) in Singapore.

The FIC is home to the Asia Pacific (APAC) campus of the Givaudan Flavour School and the APAC Academy, which supports continuous learning.

The expanded Singapore centre will feature 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 new investment would help in enhancing Givaudan’s innovation capabilities in APAC, as well as facilitating a regional focus on applied innovation, collaboration and knowledge sharing, to complement its global network.

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, China; 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.”

The expanded capacity 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.

Givaudan APAC regional commercial head Monila Kothari said: "Givaudan has been serving customers in Singapore since 1992.

"This expansion underlines our ongoing commitment to our APAC and ASEAN customers, by offering them superior levels of innovative and creative flavour and taste solutions.”

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Image: Givaudan further invests in Flavour Innovation Centre in Singapore. Photo: courtesy of Givaudan.