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GNT Invests $30m in its North American operations

By Anthony Myers

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An artist's impression of the new GNT facility in North Carolina. Pic: GNT
An artist's impression of the new GNT facility in North Carolina. Pic: GNT

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Initial phase of GNT's North American expansion is complete with the commissioning of a new warehouse, company said

GNT, the manufacturer of EXBERRY Coloring Foods, is to invest at least $30m to expand its operation in North America.

Located in Gaston County, North Carolina, the 49-acre facility will significantly boost the company’s operations in US, Canada, and Mexico

Hendrik Hoeck, CEO at GNT Group BV, said: “As the global leader of colouring food we see consistent demand for our colours as the consumption of products that are formulated with EXBERRY continues to grow.

“Part of our Strategic Growth Plan is a multiple phase expansion in North America. I am happy to announce the completion of the initial phase with our warehouse commissioning on 15 October, 2021. This will bring increased capacity, supply-chain efficiency and improved control of inventory.”

The family-owned business, established 45-years ago, said its is to continuously invest in innovation and its new facility will deliver on this fundamental objective.

Our globally aligned innovation focus fields are a big part of our investment strategy to offer new colouring food solutions. The expected completion of the next phase will bring finished good production even closer to our North American customers by the end of 2022. This will increase the speed of bringing innovation to market​,” said Hoeck.

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