BASF concludes sale of site in Kankakee, Illinois

New company is called Kensing

02-Jun-2021 - BASF concluded the sale of its manufacturing site in Kankakee, Illinois, to an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners, LLC, a U.S.-based private equity firm. The agreement also includes the associated businesses of vegetable-oil-based raw material sterols and natural vitamin E, anionic ...

More than just a good flavor

Flavoring substances stimulate immune defenses

19-Jun-2018 - Not only do citric acid and spicy 6-gingerol from ginger add special flavors to food and beverages; both substances also stimulate the molecular defenses in human saliva. That is the result of a human clinical trial by a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Leibniz-Institute ...

EFSA and BfR to work jointly on global food safety tools

09-Dec-2016 - Trace-back and predictive modelling tools for use during food safety outbreaks and created by scientific teams led by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) will be further rolled out under a new funding partnership agreed between EFSA and BfR. Signed today, the framework ...

Predictions for the global chemicals, materials and food industry

12-Dec-2013 - Frost & Sullivan released its three big predictions for the global chemical, materials and food industry. Based on a ‘2013 Search for Growth’ survey which involved 1835 executives in more than 40 countries globally, Frost & Sullivan's insight highlights new areas of growth. Materials market for ...

DKSH acquires specialty chemicals distributor Staerkle & Nagler

22-Nov-2012 - DKSH, the Market Expansion Services provider with a focus on Asia, has acquired the Swiss specialty chemicals distributor Staerkle & Nagler, thereby complementing its market leadership in Asia by strengthening the European operations of its Business UnitPerformance Materials. With this move, DKSH ...

Caldic completes acquisition of Nealanders International Inc.

05-Oct-2012 - Caldic, distributor and producer of food ingredients, chemicals and technical activities has completed the acquisition of Nealanders International Inc., a Northern American value add distributor of food ingredients. Caldic has branches all over Europe and Asia. The completion of this acquisition ...

DKSH and WACKER start strategic partnership

17-Sep-2012 - DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials has started a strategic partnership with WACKER. Under the exclusive distribution agreement, DKSH will market WACKER’s Biosolutions products: fermenter cysteine and bioengineered cyclodextrins. The new regional agreement covers the whole of South East ...

Dry onion skin has a use

18-Jul-2011 - More than 500,000 tonnes of onion waste are thrown away in the European Union each year. However, scientists say this could have a use as food ingredients. The brown skin and external layers are rich in fibre and flavonoids, while the discarded bulbs contain sulphurous compounds and fructans. All ...

Univar Moroccan entity now operational

29-Nov-2010 - Univa announced that its legal entity in Morocco is now fully operational. The business trades under the name UnivarMEA from its newly opened office in Casablanca. Previously Univar serviced this territory from its operations in France, Spain and the UK, distributing to numerous industries in ...

New application centers: Cognis strengthens its global presence

16-Nov-2010 - In order to provide its customers with expert local support and recipes adapted to their specific needs, specialty chemicals supplier Cognis has decided to set up new application centers for food ingredients in different regions. The first application center was opened in June this year in Kuala ...