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April 11th 2024 Tereos and Futerro team up to produce bioplastic from wheat-based dextrose. Futerro, a Belgian pioneer and leader in the production of lactic acid, lactide and polylactic acid – PLA – and Tereos, a cooperative group active in … Continue reading →

April 05th 2024 3 Killed, 1 injured in blast at cassava starch factory. The explosion happened around midnight Thursday due to an electrical short circuit in the facility’s packaging room. Three people were killed in a blast at a cassava … Continue reading →

March 19th 2024 Unilever seeks Kenyan partner in new corn starch production venture. British multinational fast-moving consumer goods company, Unilever Plc has moved to revive a local corn starch production venture as part of its localisation strategy aimed at cutting … Continue reading →

March 18th 2024 Serbia’s Almex invests 3.5 mln euro in Jabuka starch factory. Serbia company Almex invested 3.5 million euro in the automation of production at its Jabuka starch factory in the central city of Pancevo, the economy ministry said. … Continue reading →

March 12th 2024 Tony Starch, a division of Rodenburg, is realising a pilot plant to test and produce DAS. Rodenburg Tony Starch is hiring. For example a starch specialist. See: https://rodenburg.com/jobs/starch-chemist-tony-starch/ . Source: https://rodenburg.com/divisions/tony-starch/

March 05th 2024 Ingredion gets grant for system and method for recycling sodium sulfate in starch process. Ingredion has patented a system for treating process water from starch processing by recycling a concentrated sodium sulfate solution. The system includes a … Continue reading →

February 06th 2024 Starch Events 2024. 12th Starch Value Chain AsiaFebruary 27-29 2024Vientiane, LaosSource: https://www.cmtevents.com/aboutevent.aspx?ev=240204& 75th Starch ConventionApril 09-10 2024Detmold, GermanySource: https://www.agfdt.de/termin/starch-convention-2024.html Starch Expo 2024June 19-21 2024Shanghai, ChinaSource: https://www.clocate.com/starch-expo/33098/ 7th EU Starch Value Chain EuropeOctober 2024Location to be determinedSource: https://www.clocate.com/eu-starch-value-chain/96238/

January 18th 2024 Turkey’s Tosmur pours EUR 75 mln to double starch production capacity in Romania. Turkish group Tosmur, which opened a starch factory in eastern Romania at Medgidia in 2022, will invest another EUR 75 million (including a EUR … Continue reading →

December 13th 2023 Starch from oil palm trunks for food and non-food applications to reduce oil palm footprint. Oil palms appear not only to be a source of palm oil, they can also contain large amounts of other valuable substances, … Continue reading →

November 15th 2023 Biodegradable super absorbent polymer made from starch. A scientist here says he has developed an inexpensive, biodegradable super absorbent polymer (SAP) derived from starch that could help resolve the growing environmental problem concerning disposable diapers. The starch … Continue reading →