BASF Fine Chemicals division said this week that it will
temporarily suspend lysine production at its Gunsan, Korea plant
due to essential maintenance work. The lysine plant will be
shutdown at the beginning of August for up to 3...
Forberg International has upgraded its range of laboratory machines
with the launch of four new models aimed at research and
development of food applications.
Growing Finnish food and animal feed company Raisio is to acquire
all the shares of Swedish biotech company Diffchamb. The move marks
a step forward in the Finnish company's overall aim to expand its
Life Science unit business...
Choline maker and encapsulates supplier Balchem reported a strong
30 per cent increase in sales for 2002 this week, thanks to growth
in both its core units. The global company also saw a 45 per cent
increase in its net income to $7.4...
Encapsulates company Balchem reported a 30 per cent increase in
sales for 2002 this week, up to $60.2 million. Growth in both its
core units also brought a 45 per cent increase in its net income to
$7.4 million, the Baltimore-based...
Roche has completed its previously announced exit from the vitamins
business, signing a contract yesterday with Dutch speciality
chemicals group DSM, the new owner of its vitamins and carotenoids
unit. Roche added that it has also...
Finland's Raisio Group today reported consolidated sales in 2002 of
€843.1 million, up 2.5 per cent on last year, thanks largely to
good sales in the Life Sciences unit, which makes
cholesterol-lowering ingredient Benecol.
Two of the biggest names in US agriculture have joined forces to
create a new company focused on speciality ingredients, in
particular soy proteins and lecithins. DuPont will control the
company, dubbed Solae, with Bunge taking a...
German chemicals group BASF said this week that while on schedule
with its expansion of vitamin E production, first announced in
2001, it was anticipating supply bottlenecks at its Ludwigshafen
plant between now and April next year.
Greencore, the Irish ingredients and food producer, is predicting a
decline in its net debt for 2002 as its core operations continue to
improve despite continued difficulties in its ambient grocery
division.
In autumn 2002 chemical giant BASF will suspend lysine production
for a total of six weeks in Gunsan, Korea as the company integrates
new vitamin manufacturing features.
Malaysian plantation group IOI Corp is buying the Unilever group's
speciality oils and fats division for RM814 million (€218.5m), a
move that will give it an instant market presence and manufacturing
facilities in Europe, North...
Japanese seasoning producer Ajinomoto said on Monday that it is to
double its Brazilian unit's annual production of amino acid-based
Lysine for animal feed products by the end of 2004.
Uni-President Enterprises, Taiwan's largest food conglomerate, is
planning to invest in a multimillion-dollar integrated flour
milling facility in the Philippines, according to a report in the
Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Arla Foods of Arhus, Denmark, through its subsidiary Medipharm,
Sweden, and Triple "F", of Des Moines, Iowa have announced a
restructuring of their partnership Medipharm USA.
San Miguel Pure Foods Co . Inc., the processed meat and poultry
unit of conglomerate San Miguel Corp., said Thursday that it plans
to spend 3 billion pesos (€6.5million) to expand its facilities
this year, optimistic of its growth...
First quarter sales at pharmaceutical giant Roche were up 5 per
cent in Swiss franc terms to SFr7.4 billion (€5m), with good
performances from the group's other divisions more than offsetting
a decline at the vitamins arm.
Japanese firm guarantees products are free of ethoxyquin, a
chemical preservative not permitted in human foodstuffs, following
last week's voluntary recall.
Omega Protein Corporation, the leading producer of Omega-3 fish oil
and specialty fish meal products in the US, has reported net
profits of $3.9 million (€4.5m) for 2001, a welcome return to the
black after losses of $16.7 million...
European-based starch producer Cerestar announced recently that,
together with Chinese company, the Jiliang Group, it is to open a
maize processing plant in Northern China.
Franco-German giant Aventis SA (AVEP) is near completetion of its
animal nutrition business. The business is to go for around 300
million euros ($268...
