FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARMADA NUTRITION OFFICIALLY OPENS NEW UTAH PLANT
Custom facility expands safety, quality, and capacity for
sport & lifestyle nutrition industry
SPRING HILL, TN. — Armada Nutrition, a full-service contract manufacturer specializing inready-to-mix powder and capsule applications, celebrates the official grand opening of its
second facility, a custom-built 438,000 square feet contract manufacturing plant in Salt LakeCity.
“This facility enhances our ability to offer the speed, service, and innovation the industry
demands,” says Armada President Brent Laffey. “Supported by our parent company Nagase,
this state-of-the-art facility offers unprecedented safety, quality and sustainability practices.”
Similar to Armada’s Tennessee location, Salt Lake City has received NSF and NSF for Sport
certifications.
According to General Manager, Jason Young, Salt Lake City incorporates distinctive featuresthat benefit both people and the planet.
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RedZone: a paperless quality document interface designed to eliminate the potential forhuman error and reduce waste
Matcon: enclosed in-blending system that improves production efficiencies, reducesscrap, and ensures food safety
Natural light: designed with hundreds of large skylights and windows to improve
employee experience, this is unique to the construction of a manufacturing facility

The Salt Lake City facility is also equipped with innovative powder nutrient premix capabilities,
a key supply chain component for many carbonated beverage products. At a time when“ready-to-drink” is driving significant growth for many sports and lifestyle nutrition brands,
Armada’s duel offering of turnkey powder products and nutrient premixes allows theircustomers to consolidate major spends that might otherwise be fragmented. Armada’s newfacility, combined with sister company Prinova’s existing footprint in the nutrient premix space,adds up to over one million square feet of premix manufacturing.
Prinova President Don Thorp comments on the opening: “Now more than ever, our customers
are interested in reliability, safety, and quality in their supply chain, and this new facility willallow us to continue to deliver on that expectation.”

About Armada Nutrition
Armada Nutrition was founded by Prinova in 2015 as a full-service contract manufacturer
specializing in powder applications. It offers a streamlined process that includes access tomarket intelligence, regulatory support and advanced quality control procedures, and extensive
on-hand inventory. The company’s deep formulation expertise, end-to-end services, andproactive flavor innovation help customers continuously be first to market with custom
nutritional products that fulfill consumers’ tireless search for better.
About Prinova Group LLC
Headquartered in Carol Stream, IL, Prinova provides high-quality ingredients, flavors, nutrient
premixes, and value-added solutions to the food, beverage, and dietary supplement industries
for over 40 years. As a world-leading distributor of functional ingredients, Prinova utilizes aglobal network to help its customers gain the strategic advantage they need to drive theirbusiness forward. Prinova was acquired by NAGASE & CO., LTD. (“NAGASE”) in 2019. Foundedin 1832, NAGASE offers global trading services of chemicals, plastics, electronics materials,cosmetics, and food ingredients. With more than 100 Group companies in 30 countries andregions, NAGASE offers unique values to customers by combining group functions ofmanufacturing, processing, and R&D. For more detailed information on Prinova and NAGASE
visit www.prinovaglobal.com and www.nagase.co.jp/english/.

Media Contact:
Kristin Vitek, Prinova USA
Kristin.vitek@prinovausa.com
630-909-0731