In its first earnings statement since the conclusion of its long-standing intellectual property battle with its krill competitors, Neptune CFO Andre Godin said the company is coming to the end of the of a difficult period.
Swiss nutra and pharma ingredient player Bioseutica has sold 85% of its KD Pharma high-end omega-3 business to German equity firm Capiton. Serious expansion is planned.
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources has secured “new and firm orders amounting to US$25M for calendar year 2013” for its krill oil, driven by strong demand from Asia.
BASF is increasing its annual capacity of the chemical intermediate
propionic acid - a major component in the production of vitamin E -
at two of its sites.
Japanese CoQ10 maker Kaneka has started shipping product made in
its new facility in Japan, easing restricted supplies of the
supplement that continues to be popular around the world.
Consumption of vitamins and minerals in China is growing, thanks to
immense economic growth and the emergence of a new consumer
culture. There may be opportunities for foreign companies to export
to the country to make up for a shortfall...
The rapid growth in the use of the natural antioxidant CoQ10 in the
cosmetics and supplement industry has prompted the Japanese
corporation Kaneka to build a new plant in the US and to establish
an American subsidiary to service the...