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ADM has agreed to acquire Sojaprotein – a European provider of high-value soy ingredients – to expand its plant protein production capacity and customer base. SP

KDV USA, a part of Russian KDV Group, has acquired the company Liberty Orchards, based in Cashmere, WA. The company, founded in 1920 by Armenian immigrants Mark Balaban and Armen Tertsagian, is famous for its brand Aplets & Cotlets, a strongly flavoured variation on a fruit candy known as “Turkish Delight”. SG

French food ingredients supplier Azelis has acquired Quimdis, a French distributor of food ingredients and specialty chemicals for other sectors. SP

After a challenging previous financial year, Chocoladenfabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, Kilchberg, has announced a positive organic sales increase of +17.4% to CHF 1.8 bn in the first half of 2021. SG

Givaudan Group’s flavour business was impacted during the first six months of the year, as its foodservice segment struggled with Covid-19 pandemic outcomes. SP

Mosca tops the list of winners in the “Germany’s Best – Sustainability” category of Focus Money’s prestigious awards for German companies. SP

Tereos has inked a strategic sourcing agreement with Swiss flavour house Firmenich for stevia extracts. SP

Unique perspectives and innovative solutions await website visitors in a close-up 360° virtual tour of strapping specialist Mosca’s visions of future of end-of-the-line packaging. SP

Live, in-person technology in action for the first time in 18 months is just one of the many features of the only comprehensive packaging and processing trade show in the world this year: Pack Expo Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging Expo (27 to 29 September). SP

TNA Solutions, global food processing and packaging solutions provide, has announced the appointment of Magdy El Dessouky as General Manager for North Africa. SP

The 19 companies reporting their grinding volumes to the European Cocoa Association (ECA) in Brussels increased their output by 13.6% to 356,854 tonnes cocoa beans in the second quarter of 2021. SG SP

The Barry Callebaut Group announced the opening of its third factory in Russia, in the special economic zone of Kaliningrad region, at the Baltic Sea. SG SP

The Hershey Company has sold premium company Scharffen Berger and announced that it will also divest Dagoba Organic Chocolate. SG

For many months now, the Covid pandemic has had the world firmly under control and has prevented valuable encounters with customers, partners and prospective parties for the second year. SP

Schumacher Packaging Group, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of corrugated and solid board packaging solutions, is expanding its corrugated board plant in Greven/Germany, in the immediate vicinity of Münster-Osnabrück Airport, into a next-generation “multi-mega plant”. SG SP