Hamlet Protein targeting growth in Asia

Hamlet Protein, a global leader in soy protein specialties for young animals, has announced the hiring of new local staff to support the company's ambition for accelerated growth across the APAC region. Area sales managers, with a long track record in the feed industry, were appointed in Vietnam and Philippines.
 

Glenn Ferriol
Image credit: Hamlet Protein

Glenn Ferriol joined Hamlet Protein as Area Sales Manager for Philippines; Malaysia and Indonesia.

Mr Ferriol is based in Taguig City (Philippines) and brings with him strong experience in the animal nutrition and animal health industry, having worked at various multi-national companies during his career.

Le Minh Quang was appointed Area Sales Manager for Vietnam and Cambodia. Mr Quang resides in HoChiMinh City (Vietnam). He majored in animal husbandry and veterinary and also completed a MBA degree. He has built a network in the industry during his career at leading multi-national companies in animal nutrition and feed additives.
 

Le Minh Quang
Image credit: Hamlet protein

Mr Ferriol said, 'I am thrilled to have joined Hamlet Protein and am ready to support the company towards realising its' growth ambitions in Asia.' Mr Quang added, 'Our markets are changing towards more sustainable production and AGP free diets. I am convinced that Hamlet Protein can really make an impact in Asia and happy to become part of that journey.'

Population growth, urbanisation and income growth are drivers for accelerated growth of the feed industry in Asia. Even as several countries have been challenged by African Swine Fever in 2019, but still the future looks bright for the animal feed industry in Asia, with a CAGR of around five percent in the next five years.

Hamlet Protein CEO Erik Visser concluded, 'In the past two years we have invested in our own sales organisation in China, headquartered in Qingdao, and can clearly see the impact of being close to our customers with talented industry professionals that fully understand the challenges of the local market. We feel strongly about the potential for our solutions in Asia and will focus on swine and poultry. Adding local managers in the Asian key markets, supported by regional and global technical experts, will most certainly allow us to realise further growth in the region. '

Hamlet Protein produces soy-based protein ingredients for young piglet, poultry and cattle feed at two production plants in Denmark and the US. Hamlet Protein services customers around the world through a network of own sales offices and distributors.

For more information visit the Hamlet Protein website, HERE.

The Aquaculturists

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Reducing the carbon footprint of ocean-derived food production and shifting diets

by Dr Thierry Chopin

In my October 2019 column, I reported that we (19 researchers and policy analysts) published the report “The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action” for the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (HLPSOE). Our publication was endorsed by the panel’s 14 serving heads of state and government members at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York, on September 23rd, 2019.
 

We believe that, through five opportunities for action, the Ocean could be a substantial solution to climate change. It could deliver up to 21 percent (11.82 GtCO2e/year) of the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cuts needed by 2050 to keep global temperature rises below 1.5°C.

In my November 2019 column, I developed one of the opportunities for action that should be of interest to the readers of International Aquafeed and the aquaculture sector: investing in nature-based actions and seaweed farming.

In this column, I will look at the potential mitigation impact of reducing the carbon footprint of ocean-derived food production (wild capture fisheries and aquaculture) and the potential reductions from shifting diets to include more low-carbon sources of ocean-based proteins, if those seafood options can be provided on a sustainable basis.

Reducing emissions from wild capture fisheriesDifferent types of food, harvested and produced in different places by different means, can vary by more than an order of magnitude in the total greenhouse gas (GHGs) they emit across their full life cycle.

It is estimated that global wild capture fisheries account for roughly four percent of global food system production emissions.

Reductions in emissions from wild-capture fisheries can be achieved in ways ranging from technological advances in engine efficiency or hull design to changes in skipper behaviour, such as speed reductions and willingness to fish in poor conditions. However, while technological changes, such as gear design and engine retrofits, have been demonstrated to influence fuel-use rates in individual vessels, the effects of such changes at the fleet level are unclear and can be overshadowed by variation in stock abundances or structural changes to the fisheries.

Read more, HERE.

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Ottevanger Milling Engineers company profile

Ottevanger Milling Engineers is a leading European company in the design and manufacture of equipment and complete installations for the grain-processing and mixed-feed industries.

Food producers throughout the world use these installations to produce food for people and animals. In modern, well-equipped plants in Aalten and Moerkapelle (The Netherlands) Ottevanger's specialists use the latest technologies to design and manufacture a comprehensive range of products.

Computer-controlled plants – anywhere in the world – are provided with on-line technical support from these plants. In its design of any installation Ottevanger takes into account the strictest environmental regulations and safety requirements.

There are, for example, always adequate facilities for air purification as well as sound and heat insulation. A lot of attention is also devoted to hygiene through the use of stainless steel and special coatings.

Thanks to its expert knowledge and expertise, amassed throughout its over one hundred years' experience, Ottevanger is the ideal partner for the implementation of your project.

Visit the Ottevanger website, HERE.

The Aquaculturists

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