The brand new facility expands on the Irish firm’s present workplace within the metropolis – opened in 1998 – with a brand new buyer suite and purposes labs. It’s going to function along with the corporate’s expertise centres in Vigo and Granada, in addition to its style centres of excellence in Grasse in France and Mozzo in Italy.
“This funding will assist us reply to our prospects’ wants at tempo, as we work intently collectively in partnership to ship sustainable diet to shoppers by means of our globally linked, regionally led strategy,” stated Juan Soto, VP and GM for Kerry South Europe.
“Kerry’s strategic investments within the area underscore the emergence of Southern Europe as a really important base for meals manufacturing and innovation. We’re excited to additional the supply of our insights and applied sciences throughout style, plant based mostly, meals waste and well being, and bio-pharma throughout the area.”
Kerry’s Spanish footprint
Kerry has been supporting meals and beverage producers in Southern Europe for many years, with websites positioned throughout Italy, France and Spain.
Its first manufacturing funding in Spain got here with the acquisition of Vendin in 2016.
The launch of the brand new centre brings Kerry’s funding in Iberia to greater than €200m within the final 4 years, having finalised the acquisitions of seasoning and coatings firm Hasenosa in 2018, plant protein specialist Pevesa in 2020 and purposeful components skilled Biosearch Life for €126.9m.
The brand new Southern Europe Innovation Centre in Barcelona was accomplished with the help of Catalonia commerce and funding physique ACCIÓ, together with funding beneath the framework of the help programme for high-impact enterprise investments in Catalonia.
