IMCD opens US dietary supplements technical hub to accelerate innovation
Key takeaways
- IMCD Group has opened a new Pharmaceutical Technical Centre and Food & Nutrition US Technical Hub in Allendale, New Jersey.
- The facility offers developmental and regulatory support for patient-friendly formulations across the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, and food and beverage markets.
- The site features state-of-the-art equipment, application labs, and a bakery lab designed to accelerate collaborative product development from concept to commercialization.
Specialty chemical ingredients formulator and distributor IMCD Group has opened its Pharmaceutical Technical Centre and Food & Nutrition US Technical Hub at its new offices in Allendale, New Jersey, US. The site joins the company’s network of more than 80 global technical centers.
Designed as a center for knowledge exchange, the Pharmaceutical Technical Centre offers regulatory advice, practical training, and knowledge exchange in the global laboratory network.
The site will offer developmental support of patient-friendly solid, semi-solid, and liquid formulations for pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements. State-of-the-art equipment and technologies at the site are connected to experts across IMCD’s global lab network via its digital analytics platform.
“Our US Technical Hub is more than a laboratory; it represents an exciting milestone in our commitment to supporting our North American customers and partners,” says Emilie Pharand, VP of Food & Nutrition, North America at IMCD.
“It is a destination for collaboration, creativity, and technical excellence, where market understanding and formulation expertise come together to accelerate ideas from concept to commercialization. We are excited to welcome customers and partners into this space to co-create what’s next.”
Expanded laboratory capacity
The new facilities expand the company’s existing laboratory capabilities for product innovation, while offering a learning space for technical seminars, workshops, and collaborative learning.
At an inaugural event, guests toured the new application laboratories, which take formulation ideas into tangible proof-of-concept prototypes.
From left to right: Emilie Pharand, VP of Food & Nutrition North America, Mary Lim, Americas technical director, Vlad Miller, VP Finance (Image credit: IMCD Group).The facilities bring together IMCD teams, customers, and suppliers under one roof to collaborate on solutions across the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and food and beverage markets, focused on scaling real-world solutions with greater efficiency.
Meanwhile, Food & Nutrition US Technical Hub features a Food & Nutrition Application Lab and Bakery Lab for the co-creation of “trend-driven” nutritious formulation solutions across bakery, beverage, confectionery, dairy, and savory applications.
“By combining IMCD’s global expertise with deep local insight, these new facilities will provide valuable technical resources to help North American customers accelerate product development across a broad range of dosage forms, supported by active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulation expertise,” says Sibu Varghese, VP of IMCD Pharmaceuticals US.
The expansion follows the company’s opening of a modernized Food & Nutrition application laboratory in Cologne, Germany, last January. Similarly, the site expands the group’s technical expertise in food and nutrition, offering manufacturers a practical environment to develop new recipes, market-relevant concepts, and joint innovation projects.
In other recent moves, IMCD moved to acquire Willows Ingredients to expand its food and nutrition offerings in the UK and Ireland. The deal will strengthen IMCD’s position in health, sports, and animal nutrition.
