Nutriad, multinational feed additives manufacturer, continues to support regional aquaculture events in South East Asia as part of its strategy to introduce specialized additive solutions into regional aquaculture markets. In April, Nutriad sponsored the 3rd NTU - NTOU Joint International Vietnam – Taiwan conference on Advanced Aquaculture in Nha Trang University and Aquafeed Horizons Asia 2016, the Aquafeed.com technical conference, in BAngkok.

Nutriad, multinational feed additives manufacturer, continues to invest in aquaculture as it announced the expansion of its regional aqua teams with the appointments of Mr. Tkangairulappan Gnanamani (Chennai, India) as Aquaculture Manager South Asia and Mr. Bruno Urach (Pernambuco, Brazil) as Sales Manager North East Brazil

Multinational feed additive producer Nutriad appointed Eric Han and Hans Bai as Area Managers for the Northern and Central Region. As the company aims to further grow its market share in China, the best talents are invited to be part of the expansion of the Nutriad China team.

Mycotoxin contamination in feed continues to be an ever-present risk. Inconsistent weather conditions during the summer of 2015 increased the risk for mycotoxin contamination, leading to irregularities in plant growth and wreaking havoc on the 2015 European crop. Alltech’s European Bioscience Centre in Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland aims to be one step ahead of the mycotoxin challenge with the opening of its first European-based, state-of-the-art Alltech 37+® mycotoxin analytical services laboratory.

Bühler Aeroglide, a global leader in thermal process engineering and technology for food, feed, and industrial materials, has announced its worldwide drying seminar series for 2016. Each seminar is designed to help customers recognize the principles and techniques for optimal drying, regardless of the dryer make or model.

To support a growing aquaculture division, global animal health and nutrition company Alltech has announced the launch of the Alltech Aquaculture Postgraduate Program, a joint research partnership with the world-renowned University of Stirling Institute of Aquaculture in Scotland, as an opportunity to fill a number of postgraduate positions within the division.

The new head office of dryer and cooler manufacturer Geelen Counterflow in Haelen, The Netherlands, is the most sustainable office in the world, receiving a 99,94% score in the BREEAM certification system.

Mycotoxins, fungal metabolites that afflict cereals and other crops, cost the European agriculture industry around €3 billion each year and pose harm to human and animal health through the feed and food chain. BIOMIN has joined a scientific research consortium that aims to cut this figure considerably.

Bioo Scientific has launched the MaxSignal® Ethoxyquin ELISA Test Kit to facilitate rapid screening of fishmeal, fish, shrimp, feed and meat for ethoxyquin (EQ) residues.

Anpario have appointed a Regional Commercial Director for Asia Pacific Region (excluding China). Richard Chong will join the company on 16 March, based in Kuala Lumpur.

Following user feedback and several months of development and testing, the Alltech Mycotoxin Management program has re-launched an updated version of its Knowmycotoxins.com website.

Nutriad conducted several surveys in European countries in 2015 to test for the occurrence of the most prevalent mycotoxins found in crops intended for animal feed production.

Calysta has completed $30 million Series C Financing, accelerating the introduction of FeedKind™ protein at commercial scale

The survey estimates total international feed tonnage at 995.5 million metric tonnes, a 1.5 percent increase over last year and a 14 per cent increase since Alltech first published Global Feed Survey results in 2011.

Calysta is to develop the production process for its FeedKind™ protein at the Centre for Process Innovation on Teeside, UK.

The Alltech Mycotoxin Management program ended 2015 on a high note with the testing at its analytical services laboratory of its 10,000th sample.

Nutriad has appointed Jim Zeng as National Sales Manager, expanding its commercial team in China.

Geelen Counterflow has signed the Paris Pledge For Action, an initiative of the COP21 French Presidency, which supports the recent universal climate agreement.

A number of aquaculture events joined forces at this year’s FENACAM event in Brazil; the Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture 2015 (LACQUA), the South American Regional Aquaculture conference 2015, the XII International Shrimp Farming symposium and the 3rd IX International Aquaculture Symposium. The meeting was held in Fortaleza, November 16-19, with “Science & Industry Joining Forces to Meet Seafood Demands\" as the central theme.

More than 140 representatives from the global salmon industry gathered together last week to analyze the protein’s growth opportunities and look at the challenges currently facing the salmon business in Chile, during the Chilean Salmon International Seminar: From Patagonia to the Table in Puerto Varas, Chile.