Innophos Adds to Three Facilities

CRANBURY, N.J.Innophos Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: IPHS) announced it's expanding at three facilities to further strengthen its ability to supply specialty phosphate ingredients to the food and beverage markets.

At its Port Maitland, Ontario, facility, the company completed an expansion for the production of potassium phosphates. These specialty products provide unique functionality for the meat and dairy industries and also have applications in industrial markets including water treatment and industrial cleaners.

At its Chicago Heights, IL, facility, the company announced plans for a 25-percent increase in tri-calcium phosphate capacity. Tri-calcium phosphate is used throughout the food industry and has seen significant increase in demand particularly in the beverage and dairy segments. This expansion uses new process technology which achieves a significant improvement in throughput and a broader product range by optimizing existing production lines at Chicago Heights. The expansion is expected to be completed by mid year 2011.

The company also confirmed its previously announced expansion of CAL-RISE® capacity at its Nashville, TN, facility is on schedule to be completed in July of this year. The investment will also provide a 50-percent increase in the capacity for mono-calcium products V-90 and Regent 12XX.

The investments we are making support our stated strategy of focusing on higher value specialty phosphate product applications," commented Joseph W. Golowski, vice president of the specialty phosphates business. "In addition to providing a significant capacity increase, these upgrades achieve important extensions to our product range to better meet the needs of our customers. Our enhanced product portfolio will further strengthen Innophos industry-leading capability in enabling food and beverage customers to effectively respond to consumer demand for lower sodium products and for calcium fortification."

Innophos offers performance-critical ingredients with applications in food, beverage, pharmaceutical, oral care and industrial end markets. With more than a century of experience, Innophos produces complex phosphates, develops new and innovative phosphate-based products to address specific customer applications and supports these products with technical service. Headquartered in Cranbury, New Jersey, Innophos has manufacturing operations in Nashville, TN; Chicago Heights, IL; Chicago; Geismar, LA; Port Maitland, ON (Canada); and Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz and Mission Hills, Guanajuato (Mexico).