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The Leibniz Institute for New Materials presents nano coatings for heat exchangers. SP

Growth continues at Hamburg’s Stern-Wywiol Gruppe. With an increase of 12 percent, the company made a record 444 million euro in 2016. SP

Rovema opened its new production hall after only 7 months of construction time from planning to finish operation in the new production hall with a capacity of about 1000 square meters . SP

Claus-Peter Witt, Chairman of the Management Board of Uelzena eG in Uelzen, Germany, presented the figures for the 2016 business year. Because of unfavorable market situations, the Uelzena Group was not able to maintain last year’s sales level. It fell by six percent to €526m. SP

The contract manufacturer SternMaid is due to start construction work on a second production plant for powdered foods and food supplements in September. SP

To strengthen its position of leadership in the global dairy protein hydrolysates sector Arla Food Ingredients opens a new, dedicated factory located in Nr. Vium, Denmark. SP

With Remypure Beneo launches the company’s first high per­formance rice starch that qualifies for natu­ral and clean label status worldwide. SP

The partnership between Sus­tain­able Conservation and the Almond Board of California (ABC) marks the first concerted effort to increase groundwater recharge on almond farm­land. SP

Capol, a leader in the development of sustainable coatings and ­glazes for the confectionery industry, is intro­­­ducing two new organic products. SP

This past April Thimm Verpackung started the operation of a new high-tech folding carton production line for processing corrugated board at its location in Northeim, Germany. SP

Cardbox Packaging, manufacturer of folding cartons for the luxury and brand name product sector, is setting up a new development centre for creative PoS packaging concepts at the company’s business location in Pinka­feld, Austria. SP

Lindt & Sprüngli (Australia) Pty. Ltd has opened a new € 45 m purpose-built facility at Marsden Park in Sydney’s west as it expands its operations to capitalize on the chocolate maker’s strong growth in the Australian market. SG

In the first 9 months of fiscal year 2015/16 (ended May 31, 2016), the Barry Callebaut Group, Zürich, grew its sales volume by 4.2% to 1,376,650 tonnes. SG

In 2013 almost 1.5 million tonnes of palm oil were used in Germany, 68% was certified as sustainable. This is according to a Meo Carbon Solutions study commissioned among others by OVID, Germany’s official trade association for the oilseed processing industry. SP

Kotkamills has formed its European sales network for its upcoming folding box-board and barrier board products. SP