USA, New Century (US Headquarters)

Danisco USA Inc.
Four New Century Parkway
66031
New Century

Phone: +1 913-764-8100
E-mail:usa.info@danisco.com

Contact

Paul Sackett -- Director, Human Resources (Administration)
Joe Mulligan -- Operations Director, Emulsifiers (Plant)

The site

New Century encompasses Emulsifiers, Functional Systems, Textural Ingredients, and Specialities Division Management, HR, IT, Finance, Sales and Marketing, Customer Service and Innovation. Emulsifiers and speciality fats are produced at this site. This site employs around 276 people.

History

The New Century manufacturing facility was commissioned in 1980 as Grindsted Products, Inc.

Local community & environment

New Century is a suburb of Kansas City, which is located on the state line of Kansas and Missouri in the heartland of the USA.

Kansas City, the “City of Fountains”, offers outdoor concerts, fine arts and the world famous holiday display of lights at the Country Club Plaza.  Kansas City is just about the center of the USA. The maximum distance between KC and anywhere in the contiguous USA is about 1,900 miles or half the distance from coast to coast.

Education
Within the Kansas City area there are many well-known universities and colleges.

Leisure
Kansas City offers professional and college sports:  baseball, football and basketball.  There are many golf courses in the area and several lakes for boating and fishing.

Location

New Century is about 45 minutes from the KC International Airport located in Missouri.