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53,000 square feet of R & D laboratories, processing areas, offices, and more, making it one of the company’ s most significant investments thus far.
“ The expansion into North Carolina is currently our largest project. This is a multi-phase expansion, starting with our liquid and powder production to speed the service to our customers on the East Coast and in the Midwest,” Matt explains.“ Once we are live, we will continue to expand our administrative and commercial capabilities within the facility, including the R & D, pilot and applications labs. Our liquid capabilities with then be further expanded, growing our capacity by three times.”
That’ s not all, however. Whilst the North Carolina project is a major part of the company’ s wider growth strategy, Custom Flavors is still reinvesting in and innovating its initial California facility to provide the very best services for its customers everywhere.
“ While we grow into North Carolina, we’ ll continue to invest in our California facilities. We’ re upgrading our equipment, processes and infrastructure. This includes green projects. For example, we’ re installing 200 additional solar panels to produce our flavors with 100 percent renewable energy within the next five years,” Matt continues.“ It’ s important to note that our expansion, although accelerated, is rooted in strategic, sustainable growth. We want our North Carolina facility to replicate the same‘ feel’ that we’ ve created in California, so that the personality of the company really shines through and we can build the same great culture on a different coast.”
Hub of innovation
With further expansion on the horizon, Custom Flavors is well-positioned to uphold its market-leading status as it continues to impress its clients and flourish further into the future.
“ The expansion of our company will allow us greater capacity, both in North Carolina and California, and we aim to further grow our customer bases and product lines. The increased capacity will help us to grow our volume; we’ re able to keep very short lead times, and relatively low minimum order quantities( MOQ’ s), and I think that puts us at an advantage over some of our competitors within the market,” Matt affirms.“ With some of the creative ways we undertake our processes and the cross
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