DuPont Nutrition & Health Relocates Production Site to Erskine Park

DuPont Nutrition & Health, one of the world’s leading food ingredient suppliers, has relocated its existing production site in Botany to Erskine Park, New South Wales.

The expansion and relocation show DuPont Nutrition & Health’s continued commitment to meet the increasing demands from the food industry, says the company.

The Erskine Park site is a specialty food ingredient blending plant which houses both production and warehousing facilities. The new premise has the potential to scale up and can produce twice as much capacity compared to the previous facility in Botany, according to the company.

The new 1000sqm facility features novel, state-of-the-art equipment with enhanced capabilities in food safety and quality and process safety control and management systems which reduce manual handling activities during the manufacturing process.

“The expansion and new capabilities underscore our commitment to drive and support strong business growth across the dairy, beverage and bakery industries in Asia Pacific,” said Jack Hung, manufacturing and supply chain manager for Asia Pacific at DuPont Nutrition & Health.

UPDATE: The new plant at the Erskine Park site is a specialty food ingredient blending plant, explained for WorldBakers Jack Hung, manufacturing and supply chain manager at DuPont. “We supply a broad portfolio of ingredients like xanthan gums, emulsifiers, and dietary fiber such as Litesse® polydextrose for the bakery and confectionery industries. We were already producing these ingredients at the Botany facility, but with the new investments, we can produce more efficiently to cater to the unique growing demands of the food industry,” Hung added.

With the relocation, the plant’s production capacity is double compared to that at the previous facility in Botany. The expansion and new capability investment also allows the company to reduce manual handling activities during the production process, thereby improving efficiency. DuPont ensured that there was no impact to their customers and there is sufficient inventory built up before shutting down the Botany site. “We have invested substantially in this new facility to meet the growing demands of the regional food industry,” Hung said.