Procaps Group, a leading integrated LatAm healthcare and pharmaceutical conglomerate, announced a new capacity expansion plan in the United States and Colombia for its Funtrition business through a new gummy manufacturing facility and increased manufacturing capabilities to meet rising U.S. and global demand for the Company’s product development and manufacturing services of nutraceutical and specialized gummy products.
Funtrition by Procaps offers extensive expertise in the development of a differentiated line of nutraceutical gummies with unique formulations, flavors and textures. Its 20+ years of experience manufacturing high quality gummies have been created on the foundation of new oral delivery systems for vitamins, minerals and supplements.
Funtrition’s extensive capabilities help diverse companies bring innovative products to their markets faster, offering their consumers an exceptional experience, high preference, and superior adherence to different therapies. Procaps Group’s specialized facilities for the development and manufacturing of wide-ranging gummy technologies, both gelatin and plant-based, currently delivers over 100+ SKUs of unique nutraceutical products to global brands across 15 countries.
Procaps Group plans to model its new U.S. facility after its state-of-the-art gummy manufacturing plant in Bogota, Colombia with current total gummy facility capacity of 300 tons per month. Development will include a three-phase project starting with logistics, warehousing and offices scheduled to begin in Q1 2022, and packaging operations scheduled to begin in Q2 2022. The project is expected to be completed in Q4 2022, with full gummy manufacturing.
Gummy supplements alone have gained the most market share globally in relation to other non-pill formats doubling in size over the last five years1. Gummy vitamins market is estimated to rise at a CAGR of over 13% globally and 11% in North America between 2021 and 20282, gaining each time more and more relevance. The Gummy vitamins market had 657 new products launched globally in 2021, and a CAGR of 26% from 2017 to 2021, and 201 new products launched in North America in 2021, and a CAGR of 15% from 2017 to 20213.
“This new facility is expected to substantially increase our capacity for the first time outside of Procaps Group’s Colombian headquarters for the manufacture of animal and plant-based nutraceutical gummies,” said Camilo Camacho, Procaps Group President. “The U.S. location will ensure redundancy in supply to the market, and position manufacturing of a wider product array closer to key current and potential new customers. The higher production capacities are expected to also be a significant addition to our global growth plans.”
“Complementing our recent West Palm Beach, Florida acquisition, the expansion of our U.S. capacity for our Funtrition business is an important step towards our commitment to meet the requirements of our growing base of U.S. customers,” said Ruben Minski, Procaps Group CEO. “Our new Inspiration Center is a critical piece in our value proposition, underscoring our commitment to deliver better health and nutrition to the world through innovative oral delivery systems. Taken together, we believe these long-term investments will further position Funtrition as a leader in extraordinary and enjoyable gummy products and position us to capture emerging growth opportunities within the space.
“This project is part of a larger plan to strengthen our global capabilities. Our capex plan also includes important automation and efficiency initiatives in our Bogota and Barranquilla pharmaceutical facilities, increases in capacity across our different locations, and the strengthening of our R&D operations,” concluded Minski.
About Procaps Group
Procaps Group, S.A. is a developer of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical solutions, medicines, and hospital supplies that reach more than 50 countries in all five continents. Procaps has a direct presence in 13 countries in Latin America and more than 4,500 collaborators working under a sustainable model. Procaps develops, manufactures, and markets over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical products and prescription pharmaceutical drugs (Rx), nutritional supplements and high-potency clinical solutions.
About Funtrition
Funtrition™, Part of Procaps Group, is a leading provider of Contract Manufacturing and Product Development services in advanced gummy technologies for the global nutraceutical industry. Through our extensive capabilities and expertise in product development and gummy manufacturing, we help different companies bring innovative supplement products to their markets faster, offering their consumers an exceptional experience, high preference and superior adherence to different therapies and nutrition concerns. Our advanced technological gummy platforms, including gelatin and non-gelatin gummies such as agar and pectin, center-filled gummies and mixed gummy matrix, plus our proven formulation, manufacturing and regulatory expertise, has enabled us to offer end-to-end solutions and what we believe to be best-in-class support across both development and delivery of nutraceutical products. Our gummy facility is NSF, HACCP, GMP, organic and Halal certified, as well as Health Canada certified manufacturers.
