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Since January 2021, Philipp Losinger has been working as Vice President of Subsidiary Operations in the Corporate Sales & Marketing division at Multivac. SP

In November 2020, after an intense exchange with the industry, Koelnmesse had to cancel ProSweets Cologne 2021 with deep regret due to the Corona pandemic. SG SP

Vienna-headquartered Cardbox Packaging has announced that the company has received an official pronouncement of winning the WorldStar Packaging Award 2021 in the Food category. The awarded packaging is Cuckoo Ice Cream cup which attracts mostly by its material innovations based on environment-friendly packaging solutions. SG SP

Symrise AG, Holzminden, makes changes to its Executive Board effective 1 April 2021. Heinrich Schaper, Executive Board member and responsible for the Flavor segment, will be retiring and leaving the Company on 31 March 2021. SG SP

The Dettingen/Erms-based packaging machine specialist Hugo Beck Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG has appointed Timo Kollmann as managing director, following the retirement of company owner Dieter Beck after almost 30 years. SP

Confectionery sales in the German retail sector enjoyed pronounced growth in the crisis year 2020. According to the current Nielsen confectionery monitor, total revenues rose by 6.3% up to € 15.2 bn with increased sales volume of 6.4% up to 1.858 m tonnes (basis: grocery retail + drug stores; last accumulated year YTD – week up to Jan 3rd, 2021). SG

Essen, Germany-based company Brenntag AG, the global market leader in chemical and ingredients distribution, has signed an agreement to acquire the majority of Zhongbai Xingye Food Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd, starting with a 67% stake valued at an Enterprise Value of about € 90 m. SG SP

Symrise has revealed its sales figures for the financial year 2020, in which organic sales grew by 2.7 %. SG SP

On 1 February 2021, Südpack will acquire LPF Flexible Packaging B.V. (LPF) from the Clondalkin Group. The company, located in Grootegast, the Netherlands, is a leading manufacturer of high barrier films for sensitive products. SG SP

Plant-based, healthy and sustainable ingredients drive food innovation in Europe. By bringing science, technology, food corporates and start-ups together, Food-Valley Wageningen/The Netherlands is already today the backbone of food innovation in Europe. SG SP

The Barry Callebaut Group reported – against a high prior-year comparison base – resilient sales volume of 560,354 tonnes, which corresponds to a decline of 4.3% during the first three months of fiscal year 2020/21 (ended November 30, 2020). SG SP

The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) in partnership with the French institution Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) has announced that the second edition of the International Symposium on Cocoa Research (ISCR) will be taking place on 27-29 September 2021 in Montpellier/France. SG SP

German retail confectionery sales in 2020 far outstripped the level of the preceding year. SG

Global tropical fruit processor Frutco and plant-based ingredient supplier Fooditive have teamed up to fight food waste with a new sweetener line in Europe based on banana peels. SP

Swiss biotech company Evolva has launched L-arabinose, a natural “sugar blocker” used in food and beverages. SP