Synergy Flavors Plans New, Expanded Facility

WAUCONDA, Ill.Synergy Flavors, Inc. is establishing a new flavor innovation and manufacturing campus less than a mile from its current facility in Wauconda, IL.

"We have simply outgrown our current facility, and although we have added staffing and expanded shifts to increase production, we are coming to a time where we won't be able to accommodate our growth plans in our existing facility," CEO Roderick Sowders said.

Synergy's new campus will sit on fifteen acres. An existing building on site will be modified and expanded into a 125,000-square-foot facility that will include an Innovation Center with flavor and applications development labs, a demonstration kitchen, sensory testing labs, and analytical and pilot plant facilities. The facility will be designed in parallel with LEED Certification Standards governed by the Green Building Institute to align with Synergy's Sustainability Platform. Synergy expects the facility to be fully operational by the end of 2012.

Synergy's VP of Business Development, Greg Bach, adds, "Our growth has come from expanding our reach in key markets such as bakery, confection, dairy, ready-to-drink beverages, dry drinks, nutritional and savory products." The company has also grown through acquisitions. "In 2006, the company acquired Vanlab, bringing 100 years of expertise in vanilla production. In 2007, AFF Aromas do Brasil was brought on to establish a technical and manufacturing base in South America."