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THE BUILD

Building something better. From the ground up.

You’re trusting a manufacturer with your formula, your brand, and your customers. You should be able to see exactly how that manufacturer was put together. This page is a running record of Ryte coming online, from empty floor to certified production. We’ll keep adding to it as we go, with real photos and video from our team, not a marketing agency. 
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BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS

Purpose-built for softgels. Nothing else.

Ryte is building a dedicated softgel manufacturing facility in Belvidere, Illinois, designed around the needs of supplement brands and the requirements of specialized softgel production.

From new manufacturing equipment to carefully planned production workflows, the facility is being developed with a focus on consistency, efficiency, and quality.

With experienced manufacturing and quality leadership guiding the project, we're working to establish the systems, processes, and infrastructure needed to support commercial softgel production.

We're not adapting a general supplement operation to accommodate softgels. We're building an operation centered on them from the beginning.

OUR ROADMAP

Building toward production.

RS Manufacturing’s new Belvidere facility is about a year into buildout, and Ryte’s supplement operation is taking shape inside it. Our front offices are finished and in use, and the first encapsulation lines in the building came online this month.

The supplement production area is fully built out with separate, dedicated rooms for each stage: gowning, wash, staging, weighing, gel and fill blending, encapsulation, drying, and packaging. Every room has new epoxy flooring and cleanable FRP panels on the walls and ceilings, so every surface can be fully washed down and sanitized. The entire production area has dedicated air handling and dehumidification, designed to meet cGMP requirements, because softgel quality depends on controlled air as much as on the formula. A dedicated warehouse handles receiving, quarantine, and storage, so incoming materials are held and released by our quality team before they ever reach production.

  1. 2026 In Progress

    Facility Development

    Ryte is developing its dedicated softgel manufacturing facility in Belvidere, Illinois, including production infrastructure, workflow planning, and facility preparation. 

  2. November 2026 Planned

    Initial Softgel Production Lines

    Targeted installation and preparation of Ryte's initial dedicated softgel production lines, with additional equipment and capacity planned for March 2027. 

  3. December 2026 - January 2027 Planned

    Operational and performance qualification (OQ/PQ)

    Verifies that equipment operates within established specifications and consistently delivers reliable, repeatable results under actual production conditions.

  4. Spring 2027 Planned

    Planned SGS cGMP Audit

    Ryte is preparing its manufacturing operation, documentation, and quality systems for a planned SGS cGMP audit in spring 2027. This milestone remains subject to facility readiness and the audit process.

  5. April 2027 Planned

    First Certified Production Run

    Ryte is targeting its first certified commercial production run in April 2027, contingent on successful certification, facility readiness, and manufacturing approvals. 

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INVESTING IN THE RIGHT FOUNDATION

Quality Proven Before Production

Before any equipment runs product, it goes through installation, operational, and performance qualification. This proves that it’s installed correctly, operates within spec, and produces consistent results. Most brands never see this step. We’ll show you. 

Come see it for yourself.

See Our Standards Firsthand

A facility tour should win a manufacturer business, not lose it. Once we’re up and running, we welcome visits from the brands we work with. Walk the floor, meet the team, and see how your product will be made. 
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