VARGEÃO, BRAZIL — On February 26, Kemin Industries launched its new Innovation Center and second spray-drying facility at its regional headquarters in Vargeão, Santa Catarina. According to the company, this makes the Kemin Nutrisurance location the largest pet food manufacturing plant in Latin America by volume capacity for dry and liquid palatants.
Kemin Nutrisurance is working on expanding its Research and Exploration Services to help enhance product co-creation with its customers at every stage of pet food production. The company originally launched its Research and Exploration Services in July 2023 with the introduction of its first wet pet food pilot plant. The new Innovation Center in Brazil is being built here, which allows Kemin Nutrisurance to provide fast and accurate solutions for its attractive and protein customers in South America, according to the company.
“Our first Innovation Center in South America will greatly strengthen our Research and Exploration Services in the region,” said V. Lucatelli, general manager – South America, Kemin Nutrisurance. “We can now offer customers a local laboratory to improve and evaluate the performance of current and future products, as well as improve cost efficiency, to bring leading innovations at the speed the industry demands of pet food.”
According to Kemin, the Innovation Center and spray-drying facility are just part of Kemin Nutrisurance’s continued growth in South America and Latin America. Through this expansion, the Vargeão site will supply the South American market, as well as support Kemin Nutrisurance’s needs in Asia and Europe.
“With an increased emphasis on Research and Development (R&D) support for our customers, we can use our data and analytics to fine-tune our products and services to find fast and accurate solutions that better serves the market,” says Jason Shelton, Ph. D., global vice president – R&D, Kemin Nutrisurance. “By bringing our Research and Exploration Services to the regional level through an Innovation Center, we can create a local customer experience focused on the specific needs at the speed required by a rapidly developing that industry.”
The new Innovation Center and spray-drying facility was inaugurated through a ribbon cutting ceremony, attended by Kemin Nutrisurance leadership, including President Kimberly Nelson and Kemin Industries WorldWide Group President David Raveyre. The facility is currently open to customers in the Latin American pet food industry.
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