ETH Zürich and EPFL, in cooperation with their longstanding Swiss industry partners Bühler, Givaudan and Nestlé, are launching the Future Food Initiative. The initiative promotes innovative research approaches for sustainable food production. A select group of talented individuals will receive financial support made possible by CHF 4.1 million in donations from industry partners.

AquaIMPACT is a European project that integrates the fields of fish breeding and nutrition to increase the competiveness of EU\'s aquaculture of Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, gilthead seabream and European seabass, to ensure food and nutrition security and to satisfy consumer demands for high-quality seafood with limited environmental impact.

Algae, plankton, insects and carbon dioxide-eating bacteria are among the solutions to ensure future aquaculture growth.

Salmon benefits from being prepped with zinc and omega-3 before they are transferred to seawater. The same may also apply before they are treated for lice, moved to cold water or other stressful event that it is a challenge for skin health.

Andreas Herzog, who has held the CFO position for 17 years, will retire for age reasons effective September 1, 2019. His successor is Mark Macus, who was employed at Bühler before for five years and who currently serves as CFO of the Vitra Group.

Archer Daniels Midland Company announced that it has successfully completed its €1.544 billion acquisition of Neovia, creating a global leader in value-added products and solutions for both production and companion animals.

BioMar recognized as “Farmer of the year” three Atlantic salmon grow-out farms in the three southern regions: Los Lagos, Aysen, and Magallanes.

Veramaris and Skretting team up to provide Lingalaks marine algae oil for salmon industry.

Alltech Global Feed Survey estimates world feed production increased 3% to 1.103 billion metric tons in 2018. Aquaculture feeds showed growth of 4%.

The new EWOS service, called Water CHECKER, monitors and compiles 15 water quality parameters which can affect fish performance.

Skretting’s new research facility objectives will include validating the use of zero fish meal diets, high energy diets in King Salmon and improving knowledge of the protein requirements.

Archer Daniels Midland Co., Cargill, Tate & Lyle and Ingredion are among the founding members of the Plant Based Products Council, which will seek more sustainable consumer products and packaging through greater use of plant-based materials.

Thirty ISO/TC-293 members from seven countries, including the American Feed Industry Association’s Gary Huddleston and three AFIA Equipment Manufacturing Committee members, met for the second plenary meeting in Winterthur, Switzerland, to discuss feed machinery standards on terminology, safety and hygiene.

The Group achieved good growth in revenues and underlying earnings and made substantial progress in implementing its strategy.

Biorizon Biotech, a Spanish company, is building a microalgae farm which will be the largest of Europe supported by the SABANA European project.

Japanese farm, euglena Co., whose microalgae products have applications ranging from health food and cosmetics to biofuels has become the first in the world to attain certification to the new ASC-MSC Seaweed (Algae) Standard.

Cargill has been developing for the last 2 years the Meat Q project in Chile. The objective is to improve the salmon fillet quality through nutrition and data analysis.

Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) wants all fishmeal suppliers meet the standards to improve sustainability and traceability.

Since January 1st IVS Dosing Technology is affiliated with Triott Group which should result in a larger and broader range of products and services for the compound feed and other industries. The objective is to increase internationalization in the future.

Prima Protein, Norwegian company, take over processing plant to produce fishmeal and fish oil based on pelagic raw material.