InnovaFeed has secured €15 million through funding with AlterEquity3P, Finovam Gestion, Nord Création (Group IRD), Nord France Amorçage (advised by Siparex) and several entrepreneurs. Following the launch of its first industrial production site in mid-2017, this new financing round will enable InnovaFeed to deploy a second production unit ten times larger, accelerate product commercialization and contribute to the growth of a sustainable food industry.

Evonik has released its ‘Europe Raw Material Crop Report 2017.' Using analyses from 5,725 samples of common European crop varieties collected from across 16 countries, the compilation contains the key data on crops from across the continent. “For composing a well-balanced feed it is crucial to know the exact protein content of every single raw material. As these protein contents can vary wildly from year-to-year, especially on a more localized, regional basis, our annual reports help provide the industry with this valuable insight and data."

Nutriad recently held an aquaculture seminar with a group of industry professionals in Yangon, Myanmar. Nutriad managers and representatives from Tan Sao A Co., Ltd. and the Myanmar Shrimp Association led presentations on global aquaculture outlook and shrimp farming practices in Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. “This is the most successful aquaculture seminar in Myanmar, as it offers very practical and useful insights. Our association is thankful for the support of an internationally recognized company like Nutriad.\"

Nutriad has announced the appointment of Dr. Chutaemil Marom, DVM as Country Manager for Indonesia. His more than 20 years of experience in the animal health and feed milling industries will help to support further growth of Nutriad in the Indonesian aquaculture feed market. \"Dr. Chutaemil will be effective in providing and implementing effective solutions in the field of non-antibiotic digestive performance enhancers and mycotoxin risk management amongst others.”

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) and Qingdao Vland Biotech Group Co., Ltd. announced a joint agreement for the development and commercialization of enzymes for animal feed applications. In addition to ADM’s research center in Decatur, Illinois, ADM will open a new U.S. enzyme research and development lab in California that will directly support activities being undertaken in the joint development agreement. Vland will also conduct research and development in its Qingdao research laboratory.

KnipBio announced it has completed a critical development step with the successful production of KnipBio Meal single cell protein in a 20,000 liter fermentation vessel. "Successfully moving from 1,500-liter to 20,000-liter production is a critical pre-commercialization step and offers solid proof that our fermentation process is highly scalable. To be successful in the aquaculture protein market we must be price-competitive with fishmeal and soy protein, so I was impressed that we managed to reduce production costs by more than 15x with this scale-up. Our next manufacturing goal is achieving full commercial-scale production."

ADM Animal Nutrition has announced the appointment of Dr. John Bowzer as lead research scientist in aquaculture. Bowzer is tasked with strengthening ADM’s commitment to developing ingredients and products that deliver value to the rapidly growing aquaculture industry. In addition, he leads ADM’s efforts to expand its research capabilities through development of an aquaculture wet lab.

Bühler Aeroglide has introduced a new Digital Service Group to employ a customer-partnership approach that uses big data flows to improve processing efficiency. "Access to data analytics from full time, real-time process monitoring means we can help customers make better decisions. We can help them act on information quickly and effectively, in ways that impact every aspect of business.”  

Estensoro et al. (2016) evaluated the effects of adding Norel's GUSTOR BP70 to alleviate some negative effects of extreme plant-ingredient substitution of fish meal and fish oil in a gilthead sea bream diet. Results confirm the potential of GUSTOR BP70 to improve or reverse the detrimental effects of extreme fish diet formulas.

Bühler will be at the International Production and Processing Expo in Atlanta, GA from January 30th- February 1st.  Visit Bühler at booth #8445 in Hall B for special show pricing on displayed equipment, including the MultimpactMax™ and MultimpactFine™ hammer mills, as well as their conditioning system and pelleting line.

AquaBiotech Group has been working together with various partners to increase and improve aquaculture resources across the globe. The company recently won the Bluebridge Competition for VRES to study the nutrition dispersion and retention in the environment surrounding a local fish farm as a part of the H2020 project TAPAS. Under another project, AquaBiotech are carrying out work to promote commercial aquaculture in Uganda. The AquaBioTech Group also recently completed the development of the Alltech Coppens Aqua Centre (ACAC) in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands.

The Grand Opening Ceremony of the first Olmix factory in Asia was held on October 10th, 2017 in Vietnam. The factory will provide approximately 15,000 tons of animal feed additives and nutraceuticals for feed mills and farms per year. Starting its production from November 1st 2017, the factory will be focused on producing new feed additives to be provided to the Asian market, such as mShell (shell and bones quality enhancer) and ASEAD (range of innovative acidifiers).

Bühler Group is kicking off an IoT Solutions Exhibition in Uzwil, Switzerland, today with 48 hours of live tweeting from the company’s IoT edge gateway, installed on an in-process Aeroglide dryer.

Results from samples submitted for the Alltech 2017 Canadian Harvest Analysis show that grains and forages from across Canada are at risk of mycotoxin contamination. Samples submitted between Sept. 1 and Oct. 15, 2017, show that grains contained mixtures of mycotoxins, including deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEA). Forages such as corn silage, barlage and haylage samples also contained multiple mycotoxins in 2017, particularly from mycotoxins produced by Fusarium species of molds, such as DON, ZEA and T-2/HT-2 toxins.

Calysta and two European partners have been awarded the 2017 IChemE Global Team Award for excellence at Calysta’s UK production facility in Teesside. The plant uses Calysta’s innovative gas-phase fermentation process to produce FeedKind® protein. “We want to congratulate the entire team at all three organizations for this significant honor. Thanks to excellent engineering collaboration from the project team, the plant was delivered against a fast-tracked construction program with zero injuries. Samples have been distributed worldwide for feeding trials, marking a significant step towards engineering a sustainable food source for the growing global population.”

NovoNutrients,  Sunnyvale, California, which is using food-grade bacteria to make fish food from industrial carbon emissions, took home the prize in the Supply Chain Innovation category.

KnipBio, Inc. today announced it has entered into an agreement with Ghent University to license the Belgian university’s research on the use of prebiotics to promote health in the aquaculture and agriculture industries.

Alltech now has the ability to test for over 40 different mycotoxins in animal feed samples. The Alltech 37+® mycotoxin analysis test is the cornerstone of the Alltech® Mycotoxin Management program, and farmers will now see an additional five mycotoxins that have recently gained attention in scientific research for becoming important to the agriculture industry.

The Alltech Coppens Aqua Centre officially opened its doors following extensive refurbishment, and released a new video highlighting the changes to the facility. The innovation centre will be a leading international aquatic research facility focused on excellence in feed solutions for aqua producers around the world. "What you have here is the hybrid of a farm and a research center so all of the research being done in this facility is being done with the single goal of improving commercial feeds."

Nutriad hosted a customer event titled “Functional feed additives in aquaculture: How to add more?” at the recent European Aquaculture Society conference in Dubrovnik. “This seminar was aimed at sharing information with our European aquaculture customers, with a specific emphasis on the Mediterranean producers of marine fish. The audience represented well over 50% of the marine fish production in the Mediterranean region, covered either as farmer or feed supplier.”