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Florachem Purchases Citrus Oil Processing Facility
posted October 15, 2008
Florachem Corporation announced today that it has acquired the Citrus Oil Processing Facility located in Mission, Texas from Frutech International.
Steve McAlister, founder and CEO of Florachem: “This year marks Florachem’s twentieth anniversary. From our beginning, we have been dedicated to serving our customers with quality citrus products. This acquisition reinforces that commitment and gives us the increased production capability we need to enhance our position in the industry.”
Strategically located near the increasingly important Mexican citrus growing region, this facility has successfully produced quality citrus products since 1991. Products produced in Mission, including Folded Orange and Grapefruit Oils and their corresponding Terpenes, will be shipped directly from the plant as well as being offered along with Florachem’s other products from warehouses in New Jersey, Chicago, Atlanta and Japan. Florachem Corporation, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida is a distributor of natural and synthetic ingredients serving both the Fragrance & Flavor and the Industrial & Institutional industries. More information about the company can be found on their website.