With the aim of expanding its distribution network in the animal feed sector in Asia, Leiber, a brewers’ yeast specialist, has signed a new partnership with Raj Nakra Associates based in India.

Michael Liu has joined Zinpro as Sales Territory Manager in China. In this position, Liu will provide customers in Shandong Province, China, with performance mineral nutrition and business-solution sales support.

A fish feed factory built in Pangandaran, West Java, with a production capacity of 3,450 tons per year.

CP Foods also reported that 100% of fishmeal used in Thailand’s operations are sourced from the by-products fishmeal which is traceable and sourced from IFFO RS or the IFFO RS IP certified facilities and four of the company’s aquaculture farms in Vietnam have received the ASC certification.

The AIC will focus on nutrition, health and diseases and genetics.

Evonik officially commissioned its second complex for the production of MetAMINO® and strategically important precursors in Singapore. With an annual production capacity of 150,000 metric tons of DL-methionine, the complex elevates Evonik’s annual global capacity to approximately 730,000 metric tons.

A cooperation agreement was signed with the largest trout farmer in China to supply a significantly lower environmental footprint of fish feed. The proceeding was witnessed by a Chinese government delegation who travel to Denmark from the Qinghai Province.

CP Foods will replace fuel source for steam boiler system from coal to biomass in four strategic plants, including Nong Kae's Aquaculture Feed Mill and Mahachai’s Aquaculture Feed Mill.

Royal DSM opened a new office in Thailand. The company is looking to expand and strengthen its footprint in the market, building on an established presence of more than 30 years.

The first aquafeed plant in Cambodia to produce high quality fish feed was constructed under the ASA WISHH Commercialization of Aquaculture for Sustainable Trade (CAST) Cambodia project.

As they did with Norway, China signed three new trade agreements with Iceland to export Icelandic products to China.

A new feed formulation, that aims to lower the cost of fish farming and make fish more affordable to the masses, kicked off with field-testing at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in the Philippines.

Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. (LDC) and Guangdong HAID Group Co. Ltd. (HAID) signed a partnership to build a new feed mill in Tianjin, China, to be operated by their joint venture, Tianjin Rongchuan Feed Co. Ltd. The mill will produce high-end aquatic feeds, including prawn feeds, as well as fermented soybean meal.

Norway and China have signed an agreement that will contribute to securing market access in China for Norwegian fishmeal and oil.

Thai Union Group is considering spinning off Thai Union Feedmill, a manufacturer and distributor of animal feed, which generates sales revenue of Bt4 billion to Bt5 billion annually.

Neovia Vietnam launched an aquaculture solution with a three standards model named “Mr. Three Standards” and an online consulting channel on Zalo platform to assist farmers with aquaculture technical issues and update them with the latest industry activities.

Thailand’s Shrimp Health Resources Improvement project (SHRImp), managed by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) in collaboration with IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, has partnered with XpertSea to deploy a collaborative farm solution to help manage production risks at multiple shrimp farms in Thailand.

The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China announced anti-dumping investigations concerning the import of the essential amino acid and feed additive methionine from Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

Vietnam and a collective of Dutch companies that includes Nutreco, have joined a three-year project to improve the quality of Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture.

The SEAFDEC/AQD launched a regional database of alternative feed ingredients to serve as a reference on the different feed ingredients that, depending on cost and availability, may be used to produce cheaper feed. The database currently lists over 70 different feed ingredients along with their nutritional composition and optimal inclusion levels.