Anne Schumacher new Vice President Food and Food Technology at Koelnmesse
Anne Schumacher (37) will become the new Vice President in charge of Koelnmesse’s Food and Food Technology area of expertise as of 15 July 2018. In her new position, she will be responsible for the trade fairs Anuga and Anuga FoodTec, ISM, ProSweets Cologne, Eu’Vend ...
Steffen P. Würth again chairman of VDW.
In its general meeting, the German Association of Corrugated Board Industry (VDW) elected Steffen P. Würth, Managing Partner of Straub-Verpackungen GmbH in Bräunlingen/Germany, again for its chairman. The following board members were confirmed by the VDW members: Hellmuth Eichhorn (Carl Eichhorn KG Well-pappenwerke), Axel Hilmer ...
Philip Bautil leads Central Europe region of DS Smith
DS Smith, one of the world’s leading display and packaging manufacturers, has reorganized its business. The countries Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland are now the new Central Europe region. This region is led by the Belgian Philip Bautil (49). In Germany and Switzerland ...
Joachim Ehlers new CFO of Nagel-Group
Joachim Ehlers will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Nagel-Group from 1 July 2018. The Nagel-Group, which specialises in food logistics, employs over 12,000 people and recently reported a turnover of EUR 1.9 bn. Joachim Ehlers will take over this role ...
Barry Callebaut intensifies cooperation with cocoa producers
Barry Callebaut AG, Zurich, is intensifying its cooperation with Ivory Coast and Ghana on a sustainable cocoa farming model. Through the signing of letters of intent, the Swiss concern will kick off a pilot project to assess the contributors to sustainable cocoa farming in the ...
Mondelez expands its sustainable wheat programme “Harmony”
Mondelez International announced its ambition to expand the Harmony programme, the company’s sustainable wheat sourcing initiative, to cover all of its biscuit brands in the EU by 2022, up from 60 % of its biscuit production in EU last year. Today, the Harmony programme ...
Cargill invests in its Mouscron facility in Belgium
With the rapid rise in consumer demand for high quality Belgian chocolate, Cargill has invested in a new liquid chocolate production line in its Mouscron production facility in Belgium. This investment increases the worldwide active company’s capacity to produce milk and dark chocolate and creates ...
Stern-Wywiol Gruppe achieves record sales
Hamburg-based food and feed ingredients supplier, Stern-Wywiol-Gruppe, increased its sales by EUR 56 m to EUR 520 m in 2017. With this figure, the company achieved 12 % growth last year. The development of the group is mainly due to the expansion of its international ...
Herza: new range of high-protein chocolate pieces
Today’s retail trade is unthinkable without proteinenriched products. Often, the focus is on dairy products, but high-protein cereals are gaining significance, too. Foods with a high protein content stand for healthy nutrition, but health benefits alone are not enough to achieve a high level of ...
Good prospects for ProSweets Cologne 2019
Trade fair ProSweets Cologne 2019 is already well received in the first months of the registration phase. Numerous well-known companies and highly qualified suppliers with special know-how in this area have already registered for the forthcoming, now eleventh edition of the international supplier fair for ...
