DSM announces multi-million spray drying investment

DSM has revealed that it is to invest around £16 million (€20m) in a new spray drying facility at its Delft food ingredients manufacturing site.

The investment comes on top of the firm’s recent announcement that it is to plough £79 million (€100m) into R&D facilities in the Netherlands, a substantial part of which will be injected into the Delft site.

With the inclusion of the spray drying facilities at the Delft manufacturing site, DSM says it hopes to ‘further optimise its production processes and minimise dependency on third parties in delivering the best quality yeast extracts for the savoury food industry’.

The investment is expected to create around 25 new jobs at the site and should be operational by mid-2013.

“We want to generate value through innovation to our customers in the food, beverage and crop industries worldwide,” explains Hans-Christian Ambjerg, president of DSM Food Specialties. “Delft remains a very important location for DSM Food Specialities’ biotechnological research as a cornerstone of our global innovation network. This investment will help us to bring innovations even faster to market.”