# Gattefossé breaks ground on $50M+ specialty ingredients plant in Texas

Gattefossé will break ground on its first North American manufacturing facility in Lufkin, Texas, on June 8, 2022. The plant will produce lipid-based specialty ingredients for personal care and pharmaceutical industries, with an investment of over $50 million, and is expected to be operational in 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-05-31
- Where: Lufkin, Texas, United States
- Value: $50.0M
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: under construction
- Products: lipid-based specialty ingredients for personal care and pharmaceuticals
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Gattefossé](https://endata.com/companies/52007.md)

## Sources

- [sofw.com](https://sofw.com/en/news/latest-news/general/2696-gattefosse-strengthens-its-international-footprint-and-breaks-ground-on-its-production-site-in-texas), 2022-05-30: "This major investment of 50+ million dollars is the most important project that the Group ever led in its history."
- [premiumbeautynews.com](https://www.premiumbeautynews.com/en/gattefosse-to-build-its-first,20424), 2022-06-05: "This major investment of 50+ million dollars is the most important project that the Group ever led in its history."

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