IFF Expands Latin American Footprint With New Enzyme Hub, Brazil Application Lab

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina & SÃO PAULO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 10, 2026--

IFF (NYSE: IFF) — a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences — is enhancing regional production and innovation capabilities to better support the continued growth of its Health & Biosciences (H&B) business in Latin America, one of the fastest-growing markets for the company. The effort includes the transformation of the Arroyito site in Argentina into IFF’s first full fermentation‑based enzyme production hub in the region and the opening of a household care application laboratory at IFF’s Innovation Center in Brazil. Together, these enhancements expand IFF’s regional footprint and are expected to improve speed, reliability and locally relevant solutions for markets including brewing, animal nutrition, biofuels and home care.

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“This is about turning science into impact where it matters most,” said Letícia Gonçalves, president of IFF H&B. “By bringing world‑class fermentation and application capabilities to Latin America, we are accelerating innovation for our customers and translating that into better food, more effective cleaning solutions and everyday products that improve quality of life for millions of consumers across the region.”

Building a regional enzyme production hub
IFF’s deep expertise in fermentation technology is at the heart of the Arroyito expansion, enabling the production of high‑performance enzymes through controlled biological processes that deliver consistent results under real‑world manufacturing conditions while reducing environmental impact. With the enhancements, IFF will now produce enzymes locally from the initial biological stage rather than relying solely on final processing and packaging steps, improving performance reliability, increasing processing efficiency and enabling faster adjustments as customer needs evolve across applications including brewing, animal nutrition, biofuels and home care.

Advancing applied innovation in home and personal Care
Complementing the Arroyito plant transformation, IFF’s new household care application laboratory in Brazil is designed to help customers evaluate and optimize enzyme performance under real regional conditions. The laboratory supports laundry and dishwashing applications, enabling faster testing, improved formulation accuracy and closer collaboration with customers developing next‑generation cleaning products.

“Latin America is a dynamic growth market for bioscience‑enabled solutions,” said Deia Vilela, vice president of Latin America for IFF H&B. “What’s most exciting is how this momentum is being shaped through deeper partnerships with customers and teams across the region, creating a strong foundation for sustained innovation and shared growth in the years ahead.”

Building on more than four decades of industrial biotechnology leadership, IFF’s investment reinforces its long‑term commitment to the region and positions its Health & Biosciences business to capture future growth across food, home and personal care, animal nutrition and bio‑industrial markets.

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IFF's enzyme production hub in Arroyito, Argentina.

IFF's Innovation Center in São Paulo, Brazil.

IFF's home care application lab in Brazil.

IFF's home care application lab in Brazil.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The federal government's demand for information about the membership of Jewish groups from the University of Pennsylvania in an investigation into whether antisemitism has created a hostile environment for employees landed Tuesday before a federal judge who will decide whether to enforce a subpoena.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's probe of the Ivy League school in Philadelphia has cited several incidents, including that someone had shouted antisemitic obscenities and destroyed property at a Jewish student life center, a Nazi swastika was painted on an academic building and “hateful graffiti” was left outside a fraternity.

The investigation has also focused on actions related to protests over the war in Gaza, and Penn's response to that and other incidents.

The hearing before U.S. District Judge Gerald Pappert on Tuesday involved the EEOC's request, filed against Penn's Board of Trustees in November, seeking to enforce an administrative subpoena it issued as part of the investigation into claims the school has subjected its Jewish faculty and employees to an illegal hostile work environment based on national origin, religion or race.

Pappert did not say when he might rule after the four-hour hearing.

The legal dispute began in December 2023, when the EEOC accused Penn of a pattern of antisemitic behavior, as it wrote in a court document last fall, and said it was acting “in light of the probable reluctance of Jewish faculty and staff to complain of a harassing environment due to fear of hostility and potential violence directed against them.”

The EEOC wrote in November that Penn’s “workplace is replete with antisemitism,” and it told the judge that investigators think “identification of those who have witnessed and/or been subjected to the environment is essential for determining whether the work environment was both objectively and subjectively hostile.”

Penn’s lawyers wrote in January the school had cooperated for more than two years, turning over about 900 pages of material.

The school has said the only current dispute is what it called the EEOC's “extraordinary and unconstitutional demand" that it put together lists of employees that reveal their Jewish faith or ancestry, associations with Jewish organizations, affiliation with Penn's Jewish studies programs and other details — including home addresses, phone numbers and emails.

Vic Walczak, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer, said the five groups his organization represents in the case are concerned about the collection and potential use of the information the government has demanded.

The groups -- some that are specifically Jewish-related, and others that consist more broadly of faculty -- support investigating antisemitism but feel “this is not the way to do it,” Walczak said.

“We’re on the same side as Penn -- we’re not opposing an investigation, what we’re opposing is the court forcing Penn to create, essentially, lists of participants in Jewish organizations and turning over confidential information, including home addresses,” Walczak said. A Penn spokesperson said in an email only that the school will await Pappert's decision.

Penn says it offered to notify all of its employees about the investigation and to tell them how to get in contact with the agency, but that was rejected by the EEOC last fall. The school argued that approach would “not invade employees’ privacy, sense of safety, and constitutional rights or echo terrifying periods of history for Jewish communities.”

Messages seeking comment were left Tuesday for the EEOC's regional attorney, Debra Lawrence, and at the agency's Philadelphia office.

Scolforo contributed from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

FILE - The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia is seen Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

FILE - University of Pennsylvania signage is seen in Philadelphia, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)