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New president of the European Committee of the Regions
Greece’s Apostolos Tzitzikostas (EPP) has been elected president of the European Committee of the Regions.
Cheese exports up in Switzerland
Switzerland was in 2019 able to export 4.5% more cheese in volume compared to 2018.
Primodan acquires SPX Flow’s yellow cheese-making technology
Through its Danish subsidiary SPX Flow Technology Danmark A/S, SPX Flow has signed an agreement with Primodan A/S for the transfer of its yellow cheese activities and technologies.
Palsgaard announces takeover of Teknaroma
Danish emulsifier ingredients supplier Palsgaard has announced its takeover of Turkish food ingredients distributor Teknaroma.
Call for action for European dairy
A new independent report has analysed the interlinked challenges and opportunities across the value chain of the European dairy sector.
Germany’s MIV expects lower milk production
The German Milk Industry Association (MIV) says the milk volume in Germany has increased continuously in the last weeks of 2019 with mild winter weather and in accordance with seasonal development.
Brexit and next steps
The big news last week was the advent of Brexit here in the UK. This week, we start figuring out what this actually means, and what the EU and UK will wind up with as a partnership.
Dairy demands outlined in framework
Across the European Union (EU28), there are 700,000 dairy farms, 12,000 milk processing sites and more than 300,000 people working in the sector. The dairy sector is the industrial and societal backbone of rural Europe in the EU27 as much as in the UK, the European Dairy Association reminds everyone in its dairy framework document, released on 31 January.
Christian Thomsen becomes senior category director at Arla Foods Germany
Christian Thomsen (47) has become the senior category director for Cheese & BSM (Butter, Spreads and Margarine) at Arla Foods Germany.
Germany’s dairy strategy
Representatives of the German agricultural industry have developed a common strategy, which defines answers to foreseeable challenges in the dairy industry.
Data on milk powder will be published by the European Commission, says EMB
When the “We should not export our problems” campaign was launched last year, the issue of fat-filled milk powder being exported to Africa at dumping prices did not figure in any way in data collection and was, therefore, given no consideration by EU policy-makers, according Silvia Däberitz of the European Milk Board (EMB).
Hochwald to buy Almil
Hochwald Foods is seeking permission to buy the majority of Almil, headquartered in Bad Homburg, Germany.
Norseland launches on-the-go cheese snack
UK speciality cheese company, Norseland, has launched a new cheese-bar snack, Amazin Grazin, in response to an increasing trend to snack from the ‘on-the-go generation’, a trend that is set to continue to increase in the 2020s.
Meadow Foods reports on a successful 2019
Meadow Foods, a UK independent dairy and supplier of value added ingredients to the food industry, has reported a pre-tax profit of £25.6m (£22.0m 2018) on a turnover of £456m (£427m 2018) to 31 March 2019, an increase of 16%.