NORTH BERGEN – Frutarom, a manufacturer of flavors and ingredients for food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals, is closing its office in North Bergen, according to nj.com. The company will lay off 50 employees by Aug. 31, with a limited number of management positions eligible to transfer to another location. Employees may be offered severance packages based on their years with the company and whether or not they are union members.
Frutarom is an international company with 3,300 employees in more than 150 countries. They are expanding through acquisitions, including eight this year. The North Bergen closure is said to be part of a reorganization and consolidation.
The company made the news in 2009 when New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pointed to them as the source of a sweet, maple syrupy smell that occasionally drifted over the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The smell was said to come from fenugreek seeds, an ingredient in some artificial flavorings.
Site of ‘that maple syrup smell’ to close NB office
