If we had to sum it up in three words it would be: investment, change, progress.
As the end of the year is almost up on us, we thought it would be good to have a look back on what the highlights for Plant-Ex were:
- Change in strategic approach: refreshed commercial strategy with sales and marketing as well as technical support to support customers and work more co-collaboratively
- Investment of more than £2 million throughout the organisation.
- Focus into taste solution by the introduction of savoury flavours to complete our portfolio.
- Additional 44,000 sq ft site in Avonmouth Unit 23 to increase storage and flavour production.
- Built a new high level Quality Control centre to support our QC laboratories.
- Built a new Savoury Flavours laboratory to increase our development support out of our innovation centre.
- Operational expansion in our spray drying, liquid colours and bulk liquids teams.
- Plant-Ex Polska’s new contacts, projects and sales opportunities have created significant growth in sales for our Polish customers
- Plant-Ex Gida is now fully part of the family, has manufactured many more products on site and started export into Africa and the Gulf region
- Plant-Ex LLC has concluded its first six months of operations with better than expected supply into the US
- Expanded customer base by 20% as we grow into new areas
- Construction of an effluent treatment plant to comply with waste water standards
- The Plant-Ex team has grown to more than 130 people in the last 14 years
In summary, it’s been an incredible year where the investment phase is complete for now and in 2025 we look forward to consolidating and focus on exploring new ways of supporting our customers and becoming partners as we help them to develop exciting new flavours together.
May we take this opportunity to wish all our customers seasons’ greetings and a happy and prosperous New Year.
