Business owners in the food and agribusiness sector have a range of business financing options as investors and financiers are becoming increasingly aware of the growth potential of the sector. Increasingly, private equity investors are approaching company founders and owners with a view to assisting in the growth of their businesses. As this is a relatively recent trend, it is useful to reflect on the characteristics of private equity investment and the role it could play in your business. These considerations apply equally wherever your business is positioned in the food and agri value chain: from farming through to processing, distribution and marketing. Read more...
Caremoli Group, headquartered in Milan, Italy with factories in Italy, India and the USA, is continuing its success in the food industry by setting up Caremoli Deutschland in Blankenhain, Germany. Originally a sales office, Caremoli Deutschland will now be responsible for the marketing and later the production of a number of their product groups. Read more...
Urschel Laboratories, Inc. is the world leader in the designing, manufacturing, and selling of precision food cutting equipment including commercial potato chip slicers, cheese shredders, fruit dicers, french fry cutters, meat dicers, peanut butter mills, poultry dicers, lettuce shredders, vegetable cutters and other types of food processing machines.
Read more...German company, CFF, has expanded its range of Sanacel Oat fibre products and developed applications in extruded snack foods catering to consumers who ‘perceive gluten-free to be healthier than wheatbased products,’ comments Sharon Bolel of Sharon Bolel Chemical Marketing (SBCM) which distributes CFF products in South Africa.
Read more...The growth of muesli in South Africa has resulted in a proliferation of different brands and mixtures to appeal to different market segments. Paul Ruiter of Paul’s Muesli started his business making muesli almost by chance. While working in the hotel industry in 1991 as a breakfast supervisor, a particular hotel ran out of muesli pending a director’s visit the following day. Read more...
