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Pfizer acquires Danish food supplements operation
Pfizer has acquired the consumer healthcare business of Danish firm Ferrosan for an undisclosed fee in what the pharma giant says, “is an excellent strategic fit that strengthens our presence...
Analysts: DuPont Danisco buy-out may end in fire sale
Analysts are saying Danisco could be carved up by its new owner DuPont, which they suggest is most interested in the Danish company’s enzymes for biofuels and that the food...
Lonza sees steady sales growth while profits boom
Lonza has revealed full year results showing sales gains that helped to drive strong profit growth, despite the impact of REACH and negative currency exchange rates.
Glanbia confirms outlook despite Irish economic woes
Glanbia has reiterated its strong outlook for full year profits despite the poor performance of its US cheese and Irish consumer businesses.
Lactalis pays €8.28m for stake in Spanish ingredients researcher
The Spanish subsidiary of French dairy giant Lactalis has paid €8.28m for 29.9 per cent of the ingredients research division of Spanish dairy group Ebro Foods, which produces the omega-3...
DuPont’s Danisco buy boosts probiotics and could spur further acquisitions
DuPont’s €4.9bn acquisition of Danish probiotics and sweeteners specialist Danisco this week is vindication of the increasing economic viability of functional foods, according to analysts.
Omega-3 maker acquired by Atrium Innovations
Belgian omega-3 manufacturer Minami Nutrition has been acquired by Canadian supplement company Atrium Innovations for €5m in cash.
DSM’s Greenback formalises €829m Martek tender
Greenback Acquisition Corporation, a wholly-owned Royal DSM subsidiary, has begun the formal tender for Martek Biosciences, which DSM announced it was buying for €829m ($1.087bn) last month.
Chr. Hansen raises revenue forecast after strong first quarter
Danish bioscience firm Chr. Hansen is raising its revenue predictions by 11-13 per cent for 2010/11 after what it describes as “strong growth” in its first quarter from the September...
News in brief
EU approves BASF’s €3bn Cognis acquisition
The European Commission (EC) has approved BASF's acquisition of Cognis, with the takeover is expected to be finalised this month.
UK stock market regulation crucial to food prices, say economists
Regulating food speculation in the City of London is the lynchpin to preventing volatility over food prices, say economists, as parallel measures on both sides of the Atlantic will block...
DSM buys US biotech firm with carotenoid ambitions
DSM has acquired biotech firm Microbia in an undisclosed deal as the company expands its carotenoid operations.
Aker records first ever profit
Norwegian krill supplier Aker BioMarine has turned in its first-ever quarterly profit as European, US and Asian sales for the omega-3 source surged in the first half of 2010.
Nutra krill drives Aker towards profitability
Norwegian krill oil supplier Aker BioMarine expects to turn a profit for the first time in 2011 as its human nutrition business develops outside of the US.
Coke investment may force Innocent to grow up
Coca Cola has upped its stake in healthy smoothie maker, Innocent, to 58 per cent in a non-disclosed move one analyst said followed the gradual erosion of Innocent’s once vibrant...
Glanbia sale could clear way for nutritional acquisitions
Glanbia is expected to make acquisitions in the nutritional ingredients sector if the mooted sale of its Dairy Ireland business goes ahead.
Supplement weakness dampens Cognis nutrition sales
Cognis has reported a 6.8 per cent decline in nutritional and health product revenue for the first 9 months of 2009 as the European market weakens and supplement sales slump.
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Naturex president: acquisition policy remains unchanged
Naturex president and chief executive officer, Jacques Dikansky, tells Shane Starling why in August the French botanicals giant bought Spanish supplier, Natraceutical Group, to double its size for the third...
DSM contracts suspended in China
DSM has said that it intends to look for new partners in China for its nutritional products and anti-infectives, after its contracts with North China Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (NCPC) were...
Naturex merger to double 2009 earnings
Naturex, the French-based botanicals giant that recently acquired the ingredients business of Spanish company, Natraceutical Group, will earn €185m in 2009 – up from its 2008 income of €93.2m, as...
ADM reports 83% profit decline; corn processing division battered
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has reported an 83 percent decline in net earnings for Q4 2009, and in corn processing increased profits from corn-based starches and sweeteners were buried by...
Nutrition division stars as DSM H1 profits plunge
Dutch life sciences giant, DSM, is feeling the effects of the recession with profits sliding 76 per cent, but its Nutrition division has bucked the trend to be the only...
Raisio Q2 results dip but not beyond expectation
Raisio, the Finnish ingredients supplier and owner of the Benecol plant stanol cholesterol-lowering range, reports lower sales and profits for the second quarter of 2009, drops the company said it...
Comment
Economic depression a stimulus for fresh business
The economic recession is biting across the globe, and bleeding casualties litter all industries, but now is not the time to cower. Those willing to spend may provoke a stimulation...
DSM turns record profit ahead of ‘uncertain’ year
“A year of stark contrasts” as DSM board chairman, Feike Sijbesma called it, has seen DSM turn a near €1bn profit but left the Dutch ingredients giant unable to make...
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