The CEO of the Danish Food Cluster - and two members - tell FoodNavigator of their mission to make the Danish food industry a by-word for entrepreneurial and tech innovation.
Meat processor Danish Crown will cut 20 staff and let 100 fixed-term contractors go at its Ringsted pork slaughterhouse as a shortage of pigs makes evening work unsustainable.
Danish pork producer Tican has confirmed up to 80 employees could be axed as the company moves its pork deboning and bacon production operations to Germany and the UK.
A drop in Chinese pork production, generating more demand for pigmeat imports, is a boon for Danish pork farmers who are ready to double exports to China.
Danish Crown has welcomed the strengthening of its distribution system through the acquisition of livestock transporter SPF-Danmark, after it bought out pork producer Tican’s 10% stake.
Sweden-based poultry processor Scandi Standard has bought a majority stake in Sødams Øko Fjerkræslagteri ApS – which loosely translates in English to Sodams Organic Poultry Slaughterhouse.
UK company Cornelius Group has announced plans to launch a new business arm in Scandinavia, with a view to flexing its muscles in a region of potential growth for the company.
A new European meat joint venture involving Denmark’s leading beef and pork processor Danish Crown and Germany’s Westfleisch aims to be a tough competitor to German’s current market leader Tönnies GmbH & Co, Danish Crown’s head of press has said.
Danish heat-treated pork product exporters say they are tantalisingly close to selling into China, seven years after Bejing greenlighted these exports in principle.
Denmark aims to boost pig industry earnings by implementing a range of measures that it hopes will enable an extra 500,000 piglets to survive annually.
Danish biotech giant Novozymes narrowed the range of its full year outlook to the lower end as the firm reported a 17% rise in Q3 net profits and strong sales in Food & Beverages and feed and Agriculture & Feed.
Danish pig farmers are bracing for tough times, with an average farmer set to lose 300,000 Danish Krone (DKK) (US$44,826) income in 2015, on top of higher debt compared with previous years.
FMC Corporation will open a new European Innovation Center in Denmark next year, creating a hub for its technical and material experts to improve product development.
The Swedish competition authorities have approved the acquisition by KLS Ugglarps, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Danish Crown, of a majority stake in the slaughterhouse Dalsjöfors Slakteri near Borås, east of Gothenburg.
Denmark’s pig meat industry is trying to promote pork as a nutritious alternative to chicken, which can be even healthier if the right cuts are consumed, an industry expert said.
Supermarket chain Coop Danmark is pressing the Danish government to toughen standards required by a proposed animal welfare labelling scheme for retail meat and livestock products.
The retail price of organic pork products is continuing to climb in Denmark through strengthening consumer demand, driven in part by controversies surrounding animal welfare on conventional Danish pig farms
Denmark’s Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (MFAF/Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri) is investigating whether meat (and dairy) products sourced from the offspring of cloned farm animals have found their way onto supermarket shelves...
Denmark’s meat industry anticipates the streamlining of production and possible closure of at least one slaughterhouse in the wake of Danish Crown’s acquisition and merger with Tican. The deal was approved by 91% of Tican’s owners on 26 March.
Pig welfare, advances in genetics, and strict hygiene practices were highlighted as key to Denmark’s success by leading industry figures at the International Pig Seminar this week.
Laboratory tests conducted by Sweden’s National Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) have given the all-clear on meat recalled by food group Axfood AB on 19 November.
More Danish pig farmers are testing their own herds after an analysis of pig herd screening tests, ordered by the ministry of food, agriculture and fisheries, found that swine-related ‘methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus’ (MRSA), is nearing epidemic...
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Danish Crown’s decision to invest in facilities outside Denmark risks straining relations with the government in Copenhagen as the company lobbies for state measures to reduce operating costs at local plants.
Meat processing grant Danish Crown has warned meat industry unions that the pressure to pay higher wages in Denmark at its Danish meat processing plants means most future fixed capital plant expansion and capacity investments will take place outside its...
Denmark has banned the religious practice of slaughtering animals without stunning them first, angering religious groups but having little effect on the food industry, according to a trade group.
Danish Crown’s (DC) decision to shut down its DC and Tulip meat processing plants in Faaborg followed a late-hour, but unsuccessful intervention by the city’s mayor, Christian Thygesen, who has expressed sadness over the decision.
Despite being a major pork producer, Denmark has seen the number of its slaughterhouses eroded as producers export to the cheaper slaughter market in Germany. Carina Perkins reports
Hydrocolloids firm CP Kelco has said it will invest a further 60m Danish krone (€8m) to expand its facility in Lille Skensved, Denmark, on the back of increased demand for its amidated pectin, used in low sugar and sugar-free foods.
Leading Danish food companies have joined with universities and regional government in an effort to highlight Denmark’s world-class food industry innovation – setting it on a par with The Netherlands’ Food Valley.
Arla Foods has reported record high profits of DKK 1.9bn ($340m) for 2012 – an achievement it has attributed to double-digit sales growth from Russia, China, and the Middle East and Africa region.
Danish excise duties on confectionery, ice cream and soft drinks have been raised in 2013, making it "very difficult" to be a Danish food and drink company, according to leading domestic confectioner Toms.
Barry Callebaut has acquired Sweden’s ASM Foods from Carletti and has taken over additional operations from Carletti in Demark to up its production capacity in Scandinavia.
Danish pig producers have announced they are confident of being ready in time for the EU’s partial ban on the use of sow stalls. According to the latest estimates from Denmark, the industry claims around 85% of its farmers are already keeping pregnant...
China and Denmark have agreed to co-operate more closely on livestock production, with a particular focus on sharing knowledge and expertise on pig farming.
As the EU sow stall ban draws nearer, Denmark’s pig industry faces a fresh set of challenges, but believes its policies on welfare, the environment and the quality of its products will carry it through.
Veterinary and meat industry experts have called on meat producers across Europe to improve the quality of their meat inspections to meet current and planned tougher European Union (EU) standards.
European consumers prefer bread with soft and springy qualities that deliver consistent quality, according to a study commissioned by bakery ingredients firm Novozymes.
Arla Foods announced today that it was a "step closer" to acquiring German dairy firm Allgäuland-Käserien, after the last of the latter's constituent co-operatives voted in favour of joining the dairy giant.
Arla will reoganise its senior management team from October, in a move that it says will shorten decision-making timeframes and devliver the DKK 75bn turnover growth demanded by its strategy to 2015.