Singapore

Jaska de Bakker new CFO at FrieslandCampina

The Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina has appointed Jaska de Bakker chief financial officer of Royal FrieslandCampina as of 1 January 2018.

Business & trade, Dairy processing

Promising start for cheese exports

Exports of cheese from Britain have increased in the first three months of the year with worldwide sales up 29% to almost £143 million.

Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients

Fonterra reopens Malaysia dairy plant after upgrade

Fonterra has reopened the doors to its milk powder manufacturing plant in Malaysia following a NZD$7 million ($4.8m) investment to boost manufacturing efficiencies and ensure that it continues to meet health and safety and food safety and quality standards.

Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients

Fonterra creates virtual dairy farm experience in Singapore

Delegates at the recent Nizo Protein Dairy Conference in Singapore donned virtual reality headsets to step briefly into the dairy farm virtual world.

Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability

Tea & Coffee World Cup is coming to Singapore

Tea & Coffee World Cup is coming to Singapore for the 2017 show.

Business & trade, Dairy processing, Packaging

German butter exports increase to Iran

Hopes for a new German dairy market in Iran has so far failed to materialise. Iran is extremely difficult overall, from negotiation to payment and insurance arrangements.

Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients

Keeping it in the family

Thai ice cream manufacturer Chomthana is aiming its products at the family market for sales. David Hayes reports.

Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients, Packaging

New business unit, head for Arla Asia

Arla Foods is integrating its markets in China and South East Asia in a new regional market called Business Unit Asia. The regional office will be placed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as of 1 March 2015. As the world’s fastest growing economic region with a raw milk deficit and a total population of 2.3 billion […]

Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients

New COO of Consumer Products Asia at FrieslandCampina

FrieslandCampinais has announced that Piet Hilarides has assumed the role of chief operating officer of its Consumer Products Asia business group. Piet will be based in Singapore where he will assume responsibility for the production and sales of the company’s range of dairy products to consumers in Asia. Piet joined the company in 1994 and […]

Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients

Get ready for trade

Thailand’s dairy industry is preparing to enter a new era with the launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, which plans to accelerate economic and social development across Southeast Asia by removing trade barriers and promoting cross border commerce.

Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability

The duality of dairy

This week’s report from the European Dairy Association gives the industry an overview of where we stand here in Europe. Last year was a year of two halves, from terrible to the profitable, while 2014 so far seems to be a strong one for dairy. Interesting to me in particular was the section on trade and economics for places […]

Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients

Palsgaard’s pilot margarine plant in Singapore

Emulsifier company Palsgaard is in the process of installing a margarine pilot plant at its facilities in Singapore. Haydee Carlos, managing director of Palsgaard Asia-Pacific, explains: “With this new pilot plant we will be able to offer the same service to margarine manufactures in Asia as we currently do in Europe and the Americas. We will help them test […]

Business & trade, Dairy processing