Brenntag opens new office in Mumbai

Brenntag, the global leader in chemical distribution, inaugurated its new head office in Mumbai, India. This new office represents Brenntag’s continued commitment to invest in India and to ensure the company has ample room for its planned growth over the next few years.

Brenntag's welcome CEO

Brenntag established its presence in India in 2008 and focuses on various industry segments such as Agro, Coatings, Food & Beverage, Leather, Lubricants, Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics & Polymers, Polyurethanes, Solvents and Textile. The new office adds to the company’s six existing offices located in all major industrial locations in India and Brenntag’s growing presence in the Asia Pacific region, which includes more than 40 offices in 15 countries. Read more ...

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India benefits of non-GMO demand Japan and European Union

India’s oil meals exports to Japan in FY11 jumped more than two-fold to 1.259 million tonnes as the latter prefers non-genetically modified (GM) crop produced by India, according to an industry body. India had shipped 475,000 tonnes of oil meal (used as cattle and poultry feed) in FY10 fiscal, according to the Mumbai-based Solvent Extractors Association (SEA).

He noted that India is basically a non-GM crop producer when it comes to oil seeds, while other major producing nations like Argentina, the US and Brazil largely produce GM crops. Among the shipment of oil meals to Japan, the soy meal export have increased the most. Soy meal shipments in FY11 have increased by 169 percent to 1.241 million tonnes compared to 461,000 tonnes in the year-ago period. Reads more ...

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India’s oilmeal exports the highest in three years

Due to a high demand from international bird feed and animal feed industries, India’s oilmeal exports are up 158 percent  to 579,907 tonnes in March, from 224,407 tonnes for the same period last year, according to Mumbai-based Solvent Extractors Association (SEA).

In terms of volume the overall shipment of oilmeals rose 57 percent to 5,071,779 tonnes in the financial year (from April 2010 to March 2011), compared to 3,224,787 tonnes in the previous financial year. In value terms total exports grew 59 percent to Rs 8,220 crore (over €12.8 million) in 2010-11, compared to Rs 5,176 crore (€0.8 million approx) in the previous financial year. Read more ...

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Tainted poultry feed seized in Bangladesh

A raid lead by the Bangladesh Department of Environment (DoE) on an illegal factory set up on the ground floor of a residential building in the Adabar region. Yielded 16 tonnes of contaminated poultry feed that was mixed with toxic tannery filth.

During the raid the factory manager was arrested, the operation was lead by DoE Director Mohammad Munir Chowdhury. Also sized in the raid were low standard chemicals, the raid was carried out by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). Read more ...

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Lallemand Animal Nutrition India receives Frost & Sullivan Award

The Indian subsidiary of Lallemand Animal Nutrition has been selected as the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan Competitive Strategy Innovation Award in India for the year 2010, in the Animal Feed Additives Market. The Frost & Sullivan - India Excellence in Chemicals, Materials and Food Awards reward companies demonstrating best practices across regional and global markets.

Sandip Ahirrao, Technical Sales Manager-Aquaculture received the award on behalf of Lallemand Animal Nutrition for “Product Innovation & Quality Excellence in Food Additives” from Dr. R R Hirwani, Director, URDIP, CSIR, Pune in the presence of Ms. Mamta Wadhwa - Senior Director, Chemicals, Materials & Foods, Frost & Sullivan, at the occasion of the glittering award ceremony that took place in Mumbai.

Dr Pradip Linge, Area Manager Asia for Lallemand Animal Nutrition commented: “Receiving an award from an independent firm like Frost and Sullivan itself is a matter of pride and a warrant of quality and customer confidence for Lallemand Animal Nutrition in India. Read more...

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