Nutricia Confidently Invests €20m at Liverpool Innovation Park

Formerly known as SHS International, Nutricia is a specialised healthcare subsidiary of food group Danone. Its LIP operations employ 320 staff to manufacture specialist nutrition products for vulnerable groups including the protein-free Neocate, Anamix and Lophlex brands. 

The investment programme has delivered infrastructure, skills, and process improvements necessary for the site to maintain world-class status in the field of advanced nutrition.

Operations Manager, Rogerio Pacheo said, “The programme of investment has been to absorb the growth of the business. We have been growing at double digit rates for the last ten to fifteen years. It’s a very healthy business.”

The occasion was marked by the planting of a tree by Lord Mayor Hazel Williams. Nutricia President Flemming Morgan indicated that this represented a new beginning for the company in Liverpool as it targets new markets in addition to China, India and Brazil. 

“We are delighted that knowledge-intensive companies such as Nutricia, backed by global brands like Danone, see benefits of locating at & investing in their future at LIP,” said Space Northwest’s Innovation Manager, Mark Tock.

With further investments in the Wavertree Boulevard site hinted at, the future of Nutricia at LIP looks bright.