- Symrise opened an upgraded Food & Beverage site in Parets del Vallès near Barcelona on April 22, 2026 to expand capacity for powdered food and beverage solutions.
- The site added a large-scale mixing plant to raise volumes and flexibility for culinary, snacks, dry beverage and sweet powdered products.
- Modernized development, application and quality labs—including dedicated ready-meal and processed-meat application labs—accelerate prototyping, testing and scale-up.
- Infrastructure upgrades include solar panels, a water-reuse system and an optimized site layout that enable efficiency gains and room for future expansion and hiring.
Site upgrade and capacity
On April 22, 2026 Symrise opened an upgraded Food & Beverage site in Parets del Vallès near Barcelona that expands production capacity for powdered food and beverage solutions and adds a new large-scale mixing plant to increase volumes, flexibility and safety for culinary, snack, dry beverage and sweet applications.
Application and quality labs
Development, application and quality laboratories were modernized to speed prototyping, testing and optimization; dedicated application labs for ready meals and processed-meat solutions provide local technical support for formulation, sensory refinement and scale-up.
Operational benefits
The combined production and lab upgrades shorten development cycles and smooth the transition from prototype to commercial scale, while an improved site layout and upgraded equipment boost efficiency and operational resilience.
Sustainability and future options
Site-level sustainability measures include solar panels and a water-reuse system to reduce resource use and waste; the expanded footprint also creates capacity for future growth and additional hiring.
Regional focus
The Barcelona-area site aims to serve Southern Europe and adjacent markets, supporting faster market response in a region that links European markets with North Africa and the Middle East.
