News on Potato Starch from Europe

Last month, Danish potato starch manufacturer KMC reported strong financial performance of the company.

In financial year 2011/2012 AVEBE achieved a net profit of 32.1 million euros with a turnover of 595.5 million euros. This represents an increase in the net result of over 60% compared to the previous year (19.8 million euros). The turnover for that ye...

AVEBE heeft in het boekjaar 2011/2012 een netto resultaat geboekt van 32,1 miljoen euro, bij een omzet van 595,5 miljoen euro. Dat is een stijging van het netto resultaat van ruim 60% ten opzichte van vorig jaar (19,8 miljoen euro). De omzet was toen 5...

The processing campaign of potatoes in the Emsland-starch factory in German Kyritz is going well. Now at the half way period of the campaign already about 110,000 tons have been processed in the meantime. That is 50 percent of the contract quantity. &q...

The Danish Agriculture and Food Council had on September 10 invited a large number of directors and senior officials from the Danish ministries to visit some of the leading companies within the agricultural and food industries. The purpose of these vi...

KMC launches a new cost-effective and non-allergenic alternative to traditional egg wash and dairy-based bakery glaze. The new KMC GlazeMaker 25 provides superior shine and excellent adhesion.

AVEBE and Ingredion jointly developed a new starch: ELIANE™ GEL 100 – which is uniquely thermo-reversible and offers the perfect solution for juicy fillings in frozen dumplings. For a long time, frozen dumpling manufacturers have been looking for an i...

Dutch starch manufacturer AVEBE has started the harvesting season. The factory in Gasselternijveen began supplying starch potatoes today, and a start will be made with processing them at the factory in Ter Apelkanaal next week. The factories in Germany...

Polish Potato Starch manufacturer Pepees has made an offer to buy shares of Trzemezno, another Polish Potato Starch manufacturer. According to a release by Wojciech Faszczewski, CEO of Pepees, an offer for 90.40% was submitted June 5, 2012.

BASF Plant Science will again conduct field trials this year with genetically optimized potatoes which are undergoing the EU approval process.

Prices continue to fall in all areas of the starch market. Margins are squeezed and suppliers believe that the market has touched bottom.

Solam, the distribution joint venture between the starch manufacturers Emsland and Lyckeby, has set itself a target of raising sales volumes by 3-5% this year.

AVEBE ontvangt drie miljoen euro voor het opschalen van het vergistingsproces om biogas te kunnen produceren in Gasselternijveen.

Dutch Potato Starch manufacturer AVEBE is receiving a subsidy of three million euros to upgrade the biogas project in Gasselternijveen. With current production levels it will ultimately be possible to produce 18 million cubic metres of gas, enough to s...

In februari is nagenoeg dezelfde hoeveelheid consumptie- en industrieaardappelen uitgevoerd als de maand ervoor: ruim 71.000 ton. Vergeleken met dezelfde periode vorig jaar is dat zo’n 20.000 ton minder. Opmerkelijk is de hoge invoer van zetmeelaarda...

Avebe heeft dit weekeinde de laatste aardappelen aangevoerd voor de fabrieken in Ter Apelkanaal en Gasselternijveen. De verwerking is voorspoedig verlopen, stelt het aardappelzetmeelbedrijf.Het gemiddelde onderwatergewicht is uitgekomen op 478 gram wat...

Wageningen UR ontwikkelt een milieuvriendelijke aardappel met resistentiegenen tegen de agressieve aardappelziekte. Het is onduidelijk of de introductie van deze aardappel kans van slagen heeft in het technofobe Europa. Goede kans dat-ie straks in Chin...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a scientific opinion on the Post-Market Environmental Monitoring (PMEM) report for the 2010 cultivation season of the genetically modified Amflora potato.