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EXPANSION

Mane opens new liquid flavours facility in US

France-based flavour and fragrance
supplier, Mane, has opened a new manu-
facturing facility in Woodlawn, Ohio
(USA). The facility is an expansion of the
company’s existing Woodlawn campus
and will increase the manufacturing cap-
ability of the company’s liquid flavours
used in applications like beverages, dairy,
functional nutrition, pharmaceuticals,
bakery and confectionery.

According to the company, the invest- 25,000 square feet dedicated to produc- In alignment with Mane’s environ-
ment in the new facility exceeded tion. mental, social and governance goals, the
$100-mn and will support Mane’s growth new facility will utilise advancements
plans for the next 20 years. “The new Woodlawn facility marks a in robotic technology to allow for an in-
bold, strategic move aimed at increasing crease in automated capacity. Further, the
The new 100,000-square-foot plant Mane’s market share in the liquid flavours facility allows for a threefold increase in
offers up to 15,000-tpa of production cap- category in North America and gives us a large-tank compounding capacity while
ability, five times the current capacity. It significant competitive edge, especially doubling its current capacity to produce
features an expanded warehouse, with in the beverage market,” said Ms. Amy emulsion-based flavour systems. The
60,000 square feet for increased ambi- McDonald, President of Mane’s North plant will use 30% solar energy for its
ent, refrigerated, and frozen storage, and American flavour division. energy requirements.

PROLONGED BATTLE

Johnson & Johnson’s $10-bn talc deal dismissed,

litigation continues
A US bankruptcy judge has rejected table and the deal was supported by a J&J, which began selling Johnson’s
Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J’s) $10-bn pro- majority of cancer victims who voted on it. baby powder in 1894, says that its products
posal to end tens of thousands of lawsuits Opponents of the deal, including attorneys are safe, do not contain asbestos, and do not
alleging that its baby powder and other talc for some cancer victims and a government cause cancer. J&J stopped selling talc-based
products cause ovarian cancer, marking bankruptcy watchdog, had argued that the baby powder in the US in 2020, switching
the third time the company’s bankruptcy third bankruptcy, like the first two, should to a cornstarch product. Before seeking
strategy has failed in court. be dismissed because the company is not approval of its ovarian cancer settlement in
in “financial distress.” A wealthy company a third bankruptcy, J&J separately settled
J&J has been attempting to resolve the like J&J should not use bankruptcy to lawsuits alleging that its talc products cause
lawsuits through a subsidiary company’s prevent cancer victims from having their mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer asso-
bankruptcy, after two previous bankruptcy day in court, opponents said. ciated with asbestos exposure.
attempts failed in other courts. But the
judge overseeing its case, US Bankruptcy J&J faces lawsuits from over 60,000 J&J had estimated that ovarian cancer
Judge Christopher Lopez, said that the claimants alleging that its baby powder patients would receive between $75,000
company did not belong in bankruptcy. and other talc products contained asbestos and $150,000 under the settlement, al-
and caused ovarian cancer. The settlement though the exact amounts depended on the
J&J had argued that the third proposal, would have ended those lawsuits and severity of a patient’s injury and the num-
in Texas bankruptcy court, should succeed prevented similar lawsuits from being filed ber of current and future claims that were
because there was more money on the in the future. ultimately covered by the settlement.

170 Chemical Weekly April 22, 2025

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