The new facility, located at Givaudan Woodlands site, will be jointly run by the two companies, bringing together a pilot plant featuring Bühler extrusion and processing equipment and a kitchen and flavor laboratory by Givaudan.

The board named David Colo, currently a director of MGP, as president and chief operating officer effective March 16 until he assumes the role of CEO upon Griffin’s retirement in May. 

AccelFoods, along with partners such as New Crop Capital, Green Monday and Blue Horizon, will support Alpha Foods’ continued growth as an emerging global leader in the plant-based meal category.

Combining deep operational experience in traditional retail with exposure to new technologies and entrepreneurial culture, Burry brings a unique perspective on the future of retail and consumer brands.

Furthering Rich’s reach and offerings in both the bakery and dessert categories are two manufacturing plants the company will acquire from TreeHouse Foods.

In conjunction with the completion of the transaction, Richard Hooper has been appointed CEO of Innophos, effective immediately. Hooper is an industry veteran with 40 years of specialty materials experience.

As bakery R&D manager, Guilfoyle leads the bakery R&D team through technical advancements in innovation and new product development and develops custom blends and solutions as part of bakery customer support.

The new infusion of funding provides the startup with significant leverage for attaining global expansion of its current portfolio of award-winning plant-based yogurts.

The new facility will allow the edible oils business to conduct multi-scale, continuous piloting, starting with the refining of new vegetable oils and blends and ending with innovative shortening solutions for breads, cakes, cookies, frying and other uses.

Rossanese has more than 15 years of demonstrated sales success in the food ingredient market. He comes to PROVA from Naturex, a Givaudan affiliate, where he was instrumental in the launch of the company’s natural colors business and held a sales and business development role within that new business unit.