Australian processing technology manufacturer, Flavourtech, has wrapped up the year with the expansion of its Australian headquarters and new European base in the Netherlands.
Flavourtech celebrated the opening of its new head office and expanded manufacturing facilities in Griffith, Australia on 9 December 2025. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by local dignitaries including Member for Murray Helen Dalton MP, Griffith Mayor Councillor Doug Curran, and Chair of the Export Council of Australia Dianne Tipping, as well as representatives from Business NSW, Investment NSW, RDA Riverina and AusIndustry.
The new facilities feature modern workspaces, meeting rooms, electrical manufacturing, CNC machining and currently house over 50 of the company’s Australia-based staff with room to add to this number in the future. “The building has been fully renovated to accommodate both recent and future growth, and we look forward to welcoming customers and suppliers to our fantastic new space”, said Flavourtech CEO Leon Skaliotis. “Overseas demand for our unique technologies is continuing to grow, and this additional space allows us to manufacture and ship more of our systems to customers all around the world”, he continued.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, Flavourtech’s new European home, the Plus Ultra III building at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), was officially opened on 12 November 2025. Located in the Netherlands, WUR is part of the private-publicly funded ten-year Foodvalley 2030 programme that reinforces collaboration between private and public partners. Developed by Kadans Science Partners, Plus Ultra III is the first laboratory building in the Netherlands built almost entirely with Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), making the building CO₂-negative. The façade is clad with specially developed tiles made of 100% recycled PVC, and the building has been designed with circularity in mind: all components are demountable, and solar energy, thermal energy storage, and nature-inclusive elements have been incorporated.
Plus Ultra III was officially opened by Peter Ploegsma (WUR), Michel Leemhuis (Kadans), and Wageningen’s Mayor, Floor Vermeulen. Guests were given, under the theme of Circularity on the Wageningen Campus, a unique insight into both the building and the work of organisations on and around the campus. Its flexible laboratories and pilot plants, combined with offices and shared facilities, make the building an ideal base for both start-ups and scale-ups, as well as R&D departments of established companies in the innovative food sector.
Flavourtech, along with Fuji Oil, Yakult, and Samyang Foods, are among the first users of the pioneering building with Flavourtech’s CEO, Leon Skaliotis, commenting that “Flavourtech and our European customers are very excited to have our offices and pilot plant at Wageningen University”. The Australian company is looking forward to future collaboration with customers, academic staff and the resident international business community in developing and enhancing the food and beverage tastes and flavours of the future. Their European team is busy settling into the new mezzanine offices as well as coordinating the fit-out of a purpose-built pilot plant downstairs, which will be ready for customer trials in 2026.
Flavourtech designs and manufactures unique food and beverage processing technologies that are exported to over 60 countries around the world including:
- The Spinning Cone Column (SCC) for natural aroma recovery and dealcoholisation
- The Centritherm® evaporator for the concentration of heat-sensitive products
- The Rotating Disc Column (RDC) for extraction during the production of soluble coffee
- The Integrated Extraction System (IES) for the production of RTD and soluble tea/coffee
- The Resin Adsorbing Column (RAC) for the production of zero alcohol beverages
- Aquaporin Forward Osmosis Systems for the concentration of natural aromas
For more information on their innovative technologies, visit www.flavourtech.com
