With a few strokes from Sharpies on the final support beam, state and local government leaders and Quonset Development Corp. officials ceremonially welcomed London-based Finlays Extracts & Ingredients USA Inc.’s North American headquarters to Quonset Business Park April 5.
Finlays, founded in 1750 and one of the world’s largest tea traders, is constructing its new 28,790-square-foot, $6 million corporate office, research and development, and small-scale beverage concentrates manufacturing plant on a 3.25-acre parcel on Ocean State Drive. The two-phase development, once complete, will be 93,000 square feet in size, including a 65,000-square-foot manufacturing plant along Davisville Road adjacent to Greencore.