A new ERBER Group North American hub office will open in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area later this year. The hub, modeled on the success of the ERBER Group structure in Asia Pacific and in Europe, will create new, shared support functions, including infrastructure and IT, for the ERBER Group divisions. “The growth and success that both BIOMIN and ROMER LABS continue to have serving customers over the years provided a clear logic for nurturing their strong potential going forward. We have an ambitious plan for North America, and ultimately it is our customers who will benefit."
"Due to the recent insolvency of Meriden Trading Pty Ltd in Australia whose sole director and shareholder is Damian Moore. Anpario plc has now transferred its Orego-Stim range of products to its wholly owned Australian subsidiary - Anpario Pty Ltd."
On May 23rd, the first batch of GroPro was produced successfully on the new production line at Angel's plant in Liuzhou. The new production line started construction in September last year. Due to growing demand for GroPro in China, the new facility is a customized production line only for GroPro with an annual capacity of nearly 12,000 tones.
Nutriad has announced the appointment of Mr. Roman Krikovtsov as Key Account Manager for the Russian market. With roughly 26 million tonnes of feed produced annually, Russia is a strategically important market for Nutriad and the company seeks to increase its’ footprint through increased interaction with local producers. "This appointment underlines Nutriad’s commitment to the market and will further strengthen our capability to provide support to our customers and distribution partners in Russia as we continue to grow our animal health and nutrition solutions business across species.”
Lallemand Animal Nutrition has announced the continuation of its Lallemand Forward Scholarship in 2017. This is the third consecutive year that the scholarship program will be offered to students in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The 2017 program offers: three $2,500 undergraduate scholarships, one $3,000 master’s scholarship and one $3,000 doctoral scholarship. "We received an overwhelming response from outstanding candidates the past two years and we look forward to this year's submissions to support the future leaders of our industry."
Calysta, Inc. has announced the successful production of over four metric tons of commercially representative FeedKind® protein for distribution to customers and partners globally. These samples will support market development in the European Union, the United States, Japan, Southeast Asia, China, and Australia. “We are extremely pleased at the performance of this facility achieving its target metrics quickly, safely and efficiently. This accomplishment has been possible based on the strength of our proprietary technology and the fact that this facility is a scaled-down version of a successful commercial facility.”
Angel's new yeast plant in Russia covers an area of 30 hectares with the annual production capacity of 20 thousand tonnes. It is going to be Angel's most advanced yeast manufacturing plant. The construction includes installation of a main workshop, energy power center, environmental plant and production facilities.
The 3rd edition of the Olmix International technical seminar on animal health and nutrition took place in Guangzhou, China, from April 27-28. This year's event shed light on the natural alternatives to reduce the use of antibiotics in animal production in Asia. The aquaculture workshop pointed out some of the current trends of the field with conferences such us "Alternative Sustainable Way of Farming: Polyculture, Fish Meal Replacement, Benefits and Limitations" and "Improvement of Digestibility of Aqua Feeds."
TEWS Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG has taken over the moisture measurement system iScan from the Icelandic company Intelscan. "The requirements for highly exact moisture measurement are increasing around the world. Microwave technology, which is the main feature and key characteristic of our two measuring technologies, is becoming increasingly essential. I am pleased that TEWS will continue to develop the measuring principle and has the necessary distribution capacity to establish iScan around the world.”
"YeaSense" is a kind of yeast essence capable of producing inhibition ring. After years of research on yeast, Angel Animal Nutrition Research Institute found that yeast cell could release substances with antibacterial activity after enzymolysis and modified. The yeast essence "YeaSense" is extracted from the antibacterial substance. "YeaSense" is derived from natural yeast that has the functions of broad-spectrum bacteriostasis, promoting intestinal health and enhancing immunity, it can be used in non-antibiotic diet.
NouriTech™ and its lead investors, Calysta, Inc. and Cargill, were joined by state and local elected officials this week to officially break ground on a 37-acre Memphis feed production facility. The plant will be home to the world’s largest gas fermentation operation that will produce Calysta’s FeedKind® protein. "FeedKind protein is a new sustainable feed ingredient that is critical to helping meet sharply rising global demand for food. We are delighted to partner with Cargill and the Memphis community to launch construction at NouriTech of our first commercial scale manufacturing plant. This is the next step in bringing this important product to markets throughout the world.”
Omega Protein is preparing to launch its 105th consecutive fishing season in Reedville, Virginia, and the Company will christen its two newest fishing vessels, the Cockrells Creek and the Windmill Point. These new, updated vessels continue Omega Protein's efforts to advance its sustainable practices by modernizing its fishing fleet. These efforts, and the company's other sustainable operations, are documented in a short film, Omega Protein: Fishing for Life, which is being released in conjunction with the launch of the new vessels.
Multinational feed additives producer Nutriad added a French, Russian and Vietnamese version of their comprehensive website. These additions bring the total of languages supported by the Nutriad website to seven. "Enabling our customers to find information about Nutriad and the Nutriad product ranges Mycotoxin Management, Gut Health and Palatability in their own language confirms our ambition to communicate directly with producers on our solutions for animal health and nutrition.”
Ridley Corporation Limited announced that it has executed a Novacq™ Research Alliance Agreement with CSIRO, and has also extended its existing Novacq™ license agreement with the CSIRO. The LA scope has been extended to cover improvements to the NovacqTM Technology and new applications, including potentially using NovacqTM as a feed additive for species other than prawn and crustaceans, which may be developed during the course of the Alliance Agreement. “Through the strategic research alliance with the CSIRO, we will be looking to develop a comprehensive platform of Novacq™ data. We believe there is a reasonable likelihood that Novacq™ can have a positive application in other species, not only in the most likely application for fin fish, but also potentially for land-based animals.”
