# R&S Blumos invests $5.5M in wet extrusion plant in Cotia, Brazil

Brazilian firm R&S Blumos is investing US$5.5 million to build a wet extrusion plant at its site in Cotia, Sao Paulo, to produce plant-based meat analogs. The factory will be finished in March 2020, with commercialization in H1 2020 and capacity of 120 metric tons per month, growing to 500 mt by January 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-11-25
- Where: Cotia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Value: $5.50M
- Starts operating: Mar 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 120 metric tons per month, growing to 500 mt by January 2021
- Products: wet extruded pea protein, plant-based meat analogs
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [R&S Blumos](https://endata.com/companies/43499.md)
- [The Wenger Group](https://endata.com/companies/43500.md) (partner)
- [The Good Food Institute](https://endata.com/companies/43501.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [foodnavigator.com](https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2019/11/25/Brazil-s-R-S-Blumos-invests-5.5m-in-plant-protein-wet-extrusion-tech/), 2019-11-25: "This will mark a new development phase in the Brazilian and South American segments."

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