100 percent sustainable soy in four years in Holland

In the soy industry in Holland, companies are pooling their resources and are aiming to become 100 percent sustainable within the next four years. A total of €7 million (US$9.182 million) has been allocated for the transfer to 100 percent sustainable soy. The companies involved announced the initiative at the IDH International Supply Management Congress at the RAI in Amsterdam. “A watershed moment in sustainable trade,” according to Joost Oorthuizen, executive director of IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of  'PPLAPP' click here.

Provimi sells french site to ATM

Provimi has sold its factory in France to a rival company ATM as part of its plans to streamline its business operations across Europe. Attila Balogh, Provimi Pet Food's chief executive said "that they are already the number one producer of dry and wet pet food in Holland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. We expect to grow geographically in particular continuing the double-digit growth we are seeing in Germany, Poland and Romania." Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers.

The EFIP participates in the 51 European Commodities fair

The European Feed Ingredients Platform (EFIP) will be attending the 51 European Commodities Exchange in Rotterdam 6-8 October. The EFIP team can provide you with an update on the latest developments and tell you more on what the EFIP schemes could mean for your feed ingredients related activities and manufacturing sites. SO the EFIP invites you to visit their stand. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers.

MS Schippers joins forces with De Heus and Wellhope in China

MS Schippers, an international Holland-based livestock equipment company, has closed a joint venture with De Heus Feeds and the Chinese Wellhope Group. De Heus International, one of the Netherlands’ larger compound feed producers, has already had a joint venture with feed producer Wellhope Group since 2006, by buying shares of the company.

In an explanation, John van den Broek, Schippers Export’s commercial director said: "We received lots of requests for delivery of our products and knowledge to the Chinese market and so we have decided to anticipate to these requests this by creating this joint venture with De Heus and Wellhope." Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers