ADM Opens Technical Innovation Center in Shanghai
August 16 2018 - 9:10AM
Business Wire
- State-of-the-art facility to support
development of innovative, on-trend, nutritious products to meet
growing food and beverage demand in Asia-Pacific
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today celebrated the
opening of its new regional office and state-of-the-art flavor and
ingredient creation, application, development and customer
innovation center in Shanghai, China. The opening of the space was
announced at a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“With today’s busy lifestyles, people are turning to healthier
eating habits, accelerating changes in consumer tastes and
preferences at an unprecedented rate. For ADM, Shanghai has played
a critical role in our continued growth and innovation. To help
Asia-Pacific food and beverage customers remain a step ahead, we’re
excited to leverage our technology, expertise and global scale,”
said Donald Chen, ADM’s president, Asia.
Shanghai’s technical innovation center will enable ADM to work
closely with customers to create complete flavor and specialty
ingredient solutions. It will be staffed by a team of food
scientists, flavorists and applications experts, along with sales,
marketing and regulatory personnel. The new Shanghai facility joins
our recently opened Singapore Innovation Center in helping ADM meet
growing demand in the region.
“Around the world, ADM continues to invest to ensure that we are
the go-to solution providers for clean label, sustainable
ingredients and great taste,” said Vince Macciocchi, president of
ADM’s Nutrition business. “This new facility enhances our portfolio
and capabilities ensuring our customers meet consumer demands for
new, innovative food and beverages.”
The new innovation center features a wide range of capabilities,
including a food and flavor analytic lab; beverage and dairy
applications labs and pilot plants; a bakery lab; a confectionery
and personal care lab; a culinary kitchen; flavor creation labs;
sensory evaluation facilities; and a customer innovation
center.
China is home to approximately 675 ADM employees, with
application labs in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou; a flavor
production facility in Beijing; sweeteners and soluble fiber
complex in Tianjin; animal nutrition facilities in Dalian, Tianjin,
Nanjing, Zhangzhou and Xiangtan. ADM has more than 1,000 employees
throughout the wider Asia-Pacific region, where the company
operates a wide range of processing facilities, including several
animal feed facilities; a flavor and ingredient facility; food and
flavor labs in Japan, Singapore and Australia; and sales offices in
every major market in the region.
About ADM Nutrition
ADM is a world-leading nutrition company with the widest range
of specialty ingredients, blends, systems and experience. We move
customers from concept to launch faster with sustainable,
differentiated products that address their evolving needs. ADM
helps our customers create consumer-preferred nutritional solutions
through our on-trend and customizable portfolio of natural flavors
and colors; an unmatched range of plant-based proteins;
industry-leading, science-backed bioactives; as well as specialty
ingredients such as hydrocolloids, lecithin, Omega-3 solutions,
probiotics, polyols, texturants, soluble fibers and much more. Our
talented team also provides consumer insights and intelligence;
sensory expertise; culinary creativity; and full
product-development services.
About ADM
For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland
Company (NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve
the vital needs of a growing world. Today, we’re one of the world’s
largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with
approximately 31,000 employees serving customers in more than 170
countries. With a global value chain that includes approximately
500 crop procurement locations, 270 ingredient manufacturing
facilities, 44 innovation centers and the world’s premier crop
transportation network, we connect the harvest to the home, making
products for food, animal feed, industrial and energy uses. Learn
more at www.adm.com.
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