Bowman Ingredients invests £8m in European expansion

Food coatings specialist Bowman Ingredients has announced an £8million investment in a new European manufacturing facility. The UK business is expanding global production to meet increased demand and serve its growing customer base of food manufacturers across Europe.

The purpose-built manufacturing facility will be located in Bielany, Wroclaw, Poland, benefiting from excellent transport links. It will feature a state-of-the-art blending plant, R&D facility, customer presentation suite, and warehousing, mirroring the standards and capabilities of Bowman Ingredients’ UK site.

Bowman Ingredients CEO Rory Bowman said: “Our new European manufacturing plant will further strengthen our global supply chain, support our customer portfolio and enable us to access new markets. The new production facility will enhance local response times and add extra capacity and contingency to ensure we continue to meet increasing demand from Europe.”

The senior team have already been recruited and have been training in the UK. The new manufacturing facility is due to be operational from the end of March 2020, ready to service both new and existing customers.