Tate & Lyle Opens New Offices and Application Centre in Shanghai

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December 13, 2012, Shanghai, China – Tate & Lyle, the global provider of speciality food ingredients and solutions to the food and beverage industries, is pleased to announce the official opening of its new, upgraded Shanghai Offices and Application Centre located at Caohejing Hi-Tech Development Zone. The new premises include leading-edge applications and technical service laboratories and pilot plant equipment for the production of food and beverage prototypes.

The opening ceremony was held on 7 December 2012 and was attended by several customers and food and beverage industry representatives, as well as senior management and employees of Tate & Lyle. Guests were given a tour of the new offices and laboratories and participated in product sample tasting and other activities.

Adam Richardson, Vice President and General Manager, Speciality Food Ingredients, Asia Pacific, Tate & Lyle said, “Our investment to upgrade our Shanghai Application Centre is a clear demonstration of Tate & Lyle’s commitment to help food and beverage companies in China develop new and high quality products”.

Ping Chen, R&D Director, Asia Pacific, Tate & Lyle added, “Our new Application Centre will help us improve our understanding of the needs of the Asian consumer, and ensure we can deliver on our core objective of helping our customers launch consistently winning products.”

The new Centre is part of Tate & Lyle’s global network of Application and Technical Service Centres designed to leverage Tate & Lyle’s global technical expertise to help meet local taste preferences and to deliver rapid response times.
 

For more information contact : Philip Lin - +86 21 3398 6000, [email protected] Vicky Fan - +86 21 5820 4800 ext 8005 , [email protected]

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About Tate & Lyle PLC:  

Supported by our 165-year history of ingredient innovation, we partner with customers to provide consumers with healthier and tastier choices when they eat and drink. We are proud that millions of people around the world consume products containing our ingredients and solutions every day.  

Through our leading expertise in sweetening, mouthfeel and fortification, we develop ingredients and solutions which reduce sugar, calories and fat, add fibre and protein, and provide texture and stability to food and drink in categories including beverages, dairy, bakery, snacks, soups, sauces, and dressings.  

Tate & Lyle recently acquired CP Kelco, a leading provider of pectin, speciality gums and other nature-based ingredients to create a leader in mouthfeel, significantly enhancing our solutions capabilities. Following this combination, we now have more than 5,000 employees working in around 75 locations in 39 countries, serving customers in more than 120 countries. Science, Solutions, Society is our brand promise and how we will achieve our purpose of Transforming Lives through the Science of Food. By living our purpose, we believe we can successfully grow our business and have a positive impact on society. We live our purpose in three ways, by supporting healthy living, building thriving communities and caring for our planet.  

Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE.L. American Depositary Receipts trade under TATYY. For the year ended 31 March 2024, and on a pro forma basis which assumes for illustrative purposes that the combination with CP Kelco took place on 1 April 2023, revenue for the enlarged Tate & Lyle Group would have been £2.25 billion. For more information, please visit www.tateandlyle.com or follow Tate & Lyle on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook or YouTube