Symrise has opened its new production plant Symrise Amazon Ecoparque in Belém, Pará, in the Amazon region. The strategic investment is to facilitate the development of products for global beauty care. It also integrates sustainability aspects along the entire value chain – from sourcing and production to contributing to the social and economic development of the region.
Achim Daub, president Scent & Care at Symrise, opened the Symrise Amazon Ecoparque in a festive ceremony. Customers, local representatives from politics and industry participated in the opening.
Symrise established the location in the north of the Amazon region in close collaboration with its long-time partner Natura. Symrise invested over €5 million to build its production plant on an area of 2,000 m2.
The plant provides access to a rich variety of plants that are native to the Amazon region and utilises sophisticated, sustainable technologies so as to ensure that there is as little impact on the environment as possible. Symrise uses its patented SymTrap technology to produce oils and butters. The air conditioning in the buildings runs on geothermal energy and botanical mineral filters purify wastewater and rain water for production. Symrise Amazon Ecoparque will also act as a research and development platform to create cosmetic ingredients for global use.
