Supplier News

Tom Cole Joins Thirstie As Advisory Board Member and Investor

Thirstie, the leading e-commerce provider for beverage alcohol brands, announced that former Republic Beverage and National Distributing Company (RNDC) President and CEO, Tom Cole, has joined the company as an advisory board member and investor. Within Cole’s role, he will provide ongoing counsel to Thirstie’s leadership team, assist in shaping key partnerships and provide strategic support to the company’s roadmap. 

DSM and Firmenich To Merge, Becoming An Innovation Partner in Nutrition, Beauty and Well-Being

DSM and Firmenich announce that they have entered into a business combination agreement (the "BCA") to establish the leading creation and innovation partner in nutrition, beauty and well-being ("DSM-Firmenich"). The combination will bring together Firmenich's unique leading Perfumery and Taste businesses, its world-class science platforms and associated co-creation capabilities with DSM's outstanding Health and Nutrition portfolio and renowned scientific expertise. The new company will have four high-performing and complementary businesses, each with leading positions and underpinned by world-class science.

Provi and SevenFifty Complete Integration

Provi, the leading B2B ecommerce marketplace in the beverage alcohol industry, announced it has completed the first phase of integration between Provi and SevenFifty for its new expanded marketplace. The integration brings Provi’s and SevenFifty’s distributor portfolio data into a single, best-in-class marketplace for all three tiers of the industry. In order to create a more streamlined and simplified experience for on-premise and off-premise buyers and distributors, Provi will offer a single login and experience for buyers nationwide by the end of 2022. The SevenFifty distributor platform, used by thousands of reps every day, will remain unchanged, continuing to offer a robust set of sales tools and content services.

Cargill Notches Another First for Stevia Sustainability

After a rigorous, nearly year-long validation process, Cargill's stevia sustainability program has been benchmarked at Silver Level by SAI Platform’s Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) 3.0, becoming the first stevia producer to have its entire grower network achieve this distinction. By engaging in this benchmarking process, Cargill offers its food and beverage customers further assurance of the integrity of its stevia sourcing program.

Tripack Opens a Third Facility in Florida

In response to the growing demand for decorated aluminum cans in the beverage industry, Tripack LLC has announced plans for opening a third manufacturing facility in the United States.  The new facility, located in Lakeland, Florida, will have over 30,000 sq. ft. and space for multiple packaging lines.  The primary objective of this facility is to be the Single Source Solution for pre-sleeved cans and brites, beverage re-pack and variety packing, as well as glass deco and re-pack.  It is expected to be open for business in June of 2022. 

Remilk To Build the World’s Largest Precision Fermentation Facility

Following the close of $120 million in Series B funding, Remilk, the food-tech innovator reimagining dairy, announced it will build the world's largest full-scale precision fermentation facility on more than 750,000 square feet of newly acquired land within The Symbiosis project, a pioneering sustainable industrial ecosystem, in Kalundborg, Denmark. This next major milestone demonstrates Remilk's continued leadership in the rapidly developing category by offering consumers animal-free dairy products identical to their traditional counterparts but free of lactose, cholesterol, and hormones, thus severing the dairy supply chain's reliance on animals.

ZTPR Announces Beverage Expansion and Division

Los Angeles and Nashville-based agency ZTPR has been branching off slowly over the past year into the beverage and spirits industries, and now has announced it is opening up a…

ADM to Expand Capacity, Open New Protein Innovation Center

CHICAGO, Ill.–ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in nutrition, announced today that it will invest approximately $300 million to significantly expand its Decatur, Illinois, alternative protein production, as the company…

MartinBauer Adds US Grown and Processed Echinacea to Product Portfolio

MartinBauer, the leading manufacturer of tea and botanical ingredients for the food, beverage, and dietary supplement/health and wellness industries, has announced the addition of US grown and processed Echinacea purpurea to its product portfolio. This addition complements the MartinBauer botanical strategy of expanding our current product offering into our US farm partners.

Bartek Announces Construction of the World’s Largest Malic and Fumaric Acid Facility

Bartek Ingredients has commenced construction of a state-of-the-art, vertically integrated facility that will become the world’s largest malic and food-grade fumaric acid production plant. When completed in Q4 2023, the $160 million project will double Bartek’s capacity and cement the company’s position as the global leader in malic and fumaric acid.