Carbery set to expand into US after acquiring Ohio based manufacturer

FOOD group Carbery has acquired US natural essence and extract manufacturer Sensus in Hamilton, Ohio, for an undisclosed sum.

Carbery can now expand into new sectors of the US food market, while also creating synergies in rapidly growing sectors such as tea and coffee. Cork-based Carbery is an international food ingredients, flavours and cheese manufacturer, its highest profile brand being Dubliner cheese.

Carbery Group chief executive Dan MacSweeney said: “This furthers Carbery’s strategy of developing its position in the global flavours market. The acquisition of Sensus strengthens our capabilities and technologies in serving customers in the food, beverage and nutritional industries.”

The move gives Carbery’s flavour division, Synergy, access to new technologies for natural essence manufacture. Sensus founder Dr Daniel Wampler stays on as president of the US firm.

Dr Wampler said: “I’ve been impressed by the overlaps we have found between Sensus’s process technologies and Synergy Flavor’s technical platforms.”

Sensus is the most recent acquisition by Carbery’s flavour division, Synergy, which operates from locations in the US, Britain, with commercial centres in South America and the Far East.

Meanwhile, Dawn Meats in Waterford has acquired Duerden Lindal Moor Beef Abattoir from the Duerden family, for an undisclosed sum. Duerden is based in Cumbria, England.

Dawn’s Britain managing director Paddy Walsh said: “We have a good relationship with this business and are pleased to add this facility, which was completely rebuilt to the highest standard in 2009, to our three other abattoirs in the UK.”

Group chief executive Niall Browne said: “Dawn will continue to grow, thanks to the support of its staff, and its farmer suppliers, in partnership with key customers across the UK and Europe.”

Dawn Meats has three meat processing facilities in Britain, at Cardington, Carnaby and Ayrshire in Scotland, and a retail packing facility in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Group development manager Paul Nolan said: “This purchase gives us greater flexibility of supply and allows us to procure cattle from a larger catchment area. This is purely a slaughtering facility, it doesn’t de-bone, so it is a good fit for us and creates synergies with our existing business.”