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Roche reports weak sales
18-Aug-2003 - Roche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, this week reported weaker than expected sales growth. This news, together with the statement that their respected chief financial officer,...
Carrageenan commitment for CP Kelco
18-Aug-2003 - Ambitious ingredients company CP Kelco will up funding in the Far East in a bid to reinforce its growing carrageenan business. The company recently approved...
Seagram merger given U.S. go ahead
18-Aug-2003 - The proposed three-way merger between French groups Vivendi and Canal Plus and Montreal-based Seagram group has been given the go ahead by US regulators. Seagram,...
Honing in on health
18-Aug-2003 - US product and technology development company TIAX has launched the Center for Food Reformulation that will focus on improving the health aspect of foods. Manned...
Board overhaul at Karlshmans
17-Aug-2003 - At the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of Karlshamns AB, on August 15, Jan Ohlsson, director and chairman of the Board, along with Director Lars Hjort resigned...
Roehm Enzyme changes name
16-Aug-2003 - German enzyme company, Röhm Enzyme GmbH, announced this week that as from 1 September 2001 it will be known as AB Enzymes GmbH. The move...
Firm foothold in SE Asia flavours
16-Aug-2003 - The acquisition of the Belgian-based flavour house Perlarom has enhanced Danisco's position in the premier league of European flavour houses, the Danish company reported this...
Cognis to market Natural CLA
16-Aug-2003 - Cognis, a speciality chemicals and nutritional ingredients company, and Natural ASA, a Norwegian research and development company, announced today that they have signed an agreement...
Sales boost for Boehringer
15-Aug-2003 - German pharmaceuticals and ingredients group Boehringer Ingelheim has reported a successful first half-year, with sales in the first six months of 2002 rising 21 per...
Novozymes riding high
14-Aug-2003 - Danish enzymes company Novozymes continues on a high this year, despite a slight fall in food enzyme sales for the quarter, resulting in an overall...
Economic conditions drive down Degussa profits
14-Aug-2003 - German speciality chemicals firm Degussa is facing considerably lower profits this year as it fails to achieve returns on current activities. The group, which has...
S. America soybean production continues to climb
13-Aug-2003 - Both Brazil and Argentina continue to increase their production and export figures this year, according to the latest report from the American Soybean Association (ASA)....
Quotas up for Danisco Sugar
13-Aug-2003 - Danisco Sugar expects an overall production considerably above the quotas specified by the EU, the Danish ingredients company reports this week. However, the final allocation...
'Force majeure' at Acetex
13-Aug-2003 - Acetex Corporation has declared 'force majeure' for its Pardies, France facility due to an unscheduled maintenance shutdown for the completion of necessary repair work. The...
Biomin to distribute National Starch products
12-Aug-2003 - Swedish firm Biomin is to distribute the National Starch nutrition products in Scandinavia, under a new exclusive agreement. The speciality starch group's resistant starches, Hi-maize...
ADM to increase US sorbitol production
12-Aug-2003 - Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland yesterday announced it will increase its liquid sorbitol capacity by 60 per cent by the end of 2003 in order...
Strong times for Frutarom
11-Aug-2003 - A robust second quarter for Israel-based flavour and fragrances multinational Frutarom, announcing a rise for both sales and profits and completion of its acquisition of...
Consumer ingredient branding - first Solae™ product out
10-Aug-2003 - The American science group DuPont unveiled a program to position its healthy food ingredients under the brand Solae™. The consumer ingredient brand is based on...
Acatris attacks UK market
08-Aug-2003 - Dutch-based health and food ingredients company Acatris Group is set to expand its sales network for health ingredients in the UK. In a statement this...
Brazil to welcome soy industry
07-Aug-2003 - With virtually all of the world's new soybean production expected to come from increased plantings in South America over the next five to ten years,...
DMV signs agreement with US meat packers
07-Aug-2003 - Lactoferrin ingredients giant DMV International announced this week a joint venture agreement with US beef packing company Farmland National Beef Packing Company L.P. ...
US food processors audit for excellence
07-Aug-2003 - The $500 billion (€440bn) US food processing industry says it is ready to focus its attention on suppliers in Europe, Asia and Africa, from whom...
Symposium examines US sugar market
06-Aug-2003 - US department of agriculture sugar-market economist John Love has predicted that producer prices for sugar for 2002/03 will be 5 per cent higher than last...
Natural rainbow rising down under
06-Aug-2003 - Lingering consumer suspicion of synthetic colours, coupled with the rising preference for all-natural products, is driving uptake of natural food colours within Australia and New...
EU clears ADM purchase of Unilever unit
04-Aug-2003 - The European Commission on Friday approved plans by US company Archer Daniels Midland to purchase food giant Unilever's edible oil refining subsidiary VDBO. The EU...
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