Bühler Insect Technology Solutions, a pioneering provider of integrated solutions for insect rearing and processing, is combining its strengths with Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. Together, they will offer advanced modular insect plant solutions to the booming insect industry.

Ÿnsect, the ag-tech innovator that specializes in breeding insects and transforming them into premium ingredients for fish feed, pet food and organic plant fertilizers, announces that it has raised a $125 million (€110m) Series C round to scale up production by building the world’s biggest insect farm in Amiens Metropole, Northern France and develop the company internationally, particularly in the North American market. Ÿnsect’s largest farm to date will produce around 20,000 tons of protein annually.

The Belgian company Millibeter has been acquired by Circular Organics™, a division of the Insect Technology Group™ which also owns the insect company AgriProtein. Millibeter is now part of this group and will be rebranded as Circular Organics™.

Wilbur-Ellis Feed, LLC, an industry leader in the international marketing and distribution of nutrients for the livestock, pet food and aquaculture industries, introduced its rebranded name: Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition.

Síldarvinnslan has decided to stop the operation of the fishmeal factory in Helguvík due to fall of capellin raw material for fishmeal mills.

AgriProtein’s holding company is accelerating and broadening its global mission to develop sustainable, insect-based nutrient recycling solutions. The holding company will change its name in the coming weeks to the “Insect Technology Group”

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) voted to indefinitely postpone a motion that would have found Virginia and its menhaden fishery out of compliance. Omega Protein, the largest participant in the state\'s menhaden fishery, supports this action.

Specific polysaccharides extracts from macroalgae showed a great impact in shrimp health and digestive welfare.

Calysta, an innovator in sustainable products to improve worldwide food security, was named by Cleantech Group in the prestigious 2019 Global Cleantech 100.

Evonik and Vland signed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic cooperation in the field of probiotics for animal nutrition and in the field of enzymes for industrial applications.

DSM announced that it intends to create a 75/25 joint venture with Nenter & Co., Inc., which will include all Nenter’s production and related assets for Vitamin E.

Arbiom, an agricultural-biotechnology company developing bioprocessing technology to convert wood in to food, announced last month it has successfully produced tonnage quantities of its high-protein ingredient - SylPro® enhanced torula yeast.

Norwegian BioMar producers make a state-of-the-art feed fish feed.

Adisseo is sponsoring Feedipedia, the open access information system which offers access to a large in-depth knowledge-base of raw materials.

Ÿnsect has announced that its protein ŸnMeal™ has demonstrated outstanding performance in recent trials with European sea bass. Diets containing the insect meal improved feed efficiency and weight gain when compared to the control group, and also reduced the appearance of abnormal intestinal villi in the gut, thereby improving gut health.

KnipBio Inc. has announced the successful completion of an extended series of trials studying the efficacy of its single cell protein ingredient KnipBio Meal (KBM) in the diet of fingerling rainbow trout.

InnovaFeed announced that a new international group of investors led by 'CREADEV - Creating for People' has participated in the latest funding round, securing an additional 40 M€ for the company’s insect production activities. The support of these new investors brings the 2018 financing total to 55M€, which will enable the company to significantly accelerate its development. Over 200M€ will be invested in the launch of 5 new production sites by 2020. 

Bühler Inc has announced the appointment of Andy Sharpe as new President and CEO as of January 1, 2019.  Sharpe succeeds René Steiner, who will be retiring. Andy Sharpe has more than 20 years’ experience with Bühler, working across all functions of the organization, including sales, marketing, research and development, engineering, manufacturing and executive leadership.

Alltech will conduct a free webinar on effective mycotoxin analysis on Monday, December 10 2018. The webinar will be broadcast live from Amsterdam, and will discuss some of the latest monitoring and analyzing methods and how monitoring can help reducing the negative impacts of mycotoxins.

Alltech has released a new video highlighting Norway's Erko Settefisk RAS salmon farm and the importance of animal gut health in an RAS system. The facility is licensed to produce up to five million salmon up to one kilo in weight, and Salmon farmer Rune Sandvik helps hatch 1.5 million salmon every three months. The farm uses Alltech Coppens products to help optimize gut health and strengthen the skin of the fish.