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Cognis Opens New Ester, CLA Production Facility
August 15, 2005
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Cognis Opens New Ester, CLA Production Facility
LA GRANGE, Ill.CognisNutrition & Health in July announced its corporate parent opened a new $24million high-performance facility in Illertissen, Germany, dedicated toproduction of plant sterol esters and conjugated linoleic acids. Cognissupplies the ingredients as Vegapure® and Tonalin® CLA, respectively.
The state-of-the-art production facility in Illertissen isa powerful symbol of our commitment to serving the global wellness trend,said Paul Allen, group vice president, Cognis Nutrition & Health (www.cognis.com). The combination of our leading technology with the highquality and safety standards at the Illertissen site enables us to offernatural-source products that are tailored to the precise needs of consumers,helping our customers to enter new markets successfully and giving them asignificant competitive advantage.
The facility at Cognis international Nutrition & HealthCompetence Center in Illertissen is the largest single investment it has madesince its founding in 1999. According to Cognis, the new plant meets itsin-house GMP (good manufacturing practice) requirements, and was set to fulfillthe requirements of the upcoming ISO 22000. Cognis already operates two sterolproduction plants, in France and the United States.
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