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PORT BUSINESS
German-Based Fuchs Has Long,
Storied Ties to Maryland
COMPANY RECENTLY OPENED NEW HEADQUARTERS IN STATE
BY KATHY BERGREN SMITH
Aspice company with a long history in the Port of Baltimore, Fuchs
is now settling into new North American
headquarters.
The company has completed
construction and is moving to consolidate its operations in a brand- new 26-acre campus in Hampstead, Md. Fuchs produces spices and spice blends worldwide. Here in Maryland, the company receives spice imports from the exotic spice marketplaces around the world and grinds and blends them for customers across the continent.
The German-based Fuchs acquired Baltimore Spice Company in 1989. That company was the originator of Maryland’s most famous spice blend, Old Bay, a salty spice seasoning used
on steamed hard-shelled crabs caught in the Chesapeake Bay.
Today, Fuchs North America (NA) supplies spices and spice blends to a diverse customer base. Its research and development team of food scientists and chefs creates seasoning blends for sauces, snack foods, the fast food industry and a multitude of other consumer food products. In Europe, the Fuchs brand is ubiquitous on packaged spices. Here in the U.S., it is also ubiquitous, but behind the scenes.
“Virtually every aisle of every grocery store in America contains a Fuchs spice component,” said Chris Rodski, CFO at Fuchs NA.
At the new facility, a state-of- the-art lab provides Executive Chef Elizabeth Lindemer and her team with the environment they need to create
FUCHS NORTH AMERICA AT A GLANCE
ORIGINALLY:
Baltimore Spice Company FOUNDED: 1939 in Baltimore
ADDRESS: 3800 Hampstead Mexico Road, Hampstead, Md.
CEO: Daniel Cooper
www.fuchsna.com
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