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Koelnmesse GmbH ended fiscal 2019 with record sales of over € 400 m (+ 12% over the comparable year 2017)) and an annual net profit of over € 30 m. SG SP

After more than 15 years as Vice-President Corporate Communications at Barry Callebaut, Gaby Tschofen has expressed the desire to hand over her responsibilities to the next generation as of February 1, 2020. Her successor will be Christiaan Prins, currently Head of External Affairs at Barry Callebaut. SG SP

After a long and successful career with Barry Callebaut, of which nearly 16 years on the Executive Committee, Massimo Garavaglia, President EMEA, will leave Barry Callebaut effective April 30, 2020. SG SP

Following the successful recycling certification of its Propafilm Strata SL high barrier film earlier this year by Interseroh, an independent German recycling and consulting company, Innovia Films decided to extend the testing programme across all its uncoated, acrylic coated and EVOH barrier range of films. SP

Michel Picandet has been appointed Executive Vice President and Head of Tomra Food. SP

The Barry Callebaut Group increased its sales volume by 8.2% to 585,620 tonnes during the first three months of fiscal year 2019/20 (ended on November 30, 2019). SG SP

Mondelez International has patented a new sugar reduction ingredient specifically for chocolate, which it claims can cut sugar by up to 50 %. SP

This year, the ingredients specialist Bösch Boden Spies will be exhibiting for the first time at Biofach in Nuremberg/Germany, the world’s leading trade fair for organic food (booth 6-381). SP

Nestlé has announced an investment of up to CHF 2 bn Swiss francs to pioneer the shift from virgin plastics to food-grade recycled plastics and accelerate the development of innovative sustainable packaging solutions. SP

Syntegon Technology is the new name among the market leaders in the processing and packaging industry. SG SP

In the first three quarters (1 March to 30 November 2019) of the current 2019/20 fiscal year, Südzucker AG posted group consolidated revenues of € 5.028 (previous year: 5.192) bn. SG SP

In the financial year 2019, Lindt & Sprüngli achieved very solid sales growth, gained substantial market shares and once again grew faster than the overall chocolate market. SG

Mondelez International has launched its Cadbury energy bar in new packaging made from 100 % recyclable sustainably sourced paper that will be trialled and tested exclusively in New Zealand. SP

Raisio Group is targeting the expansion of its international oat business, with investments of EUR 8 m funnelled into increasing capacity at the company’s oat mill in Nokia/Finland. SP

ADM has acquired Yerbalatina Phytoactives, a Brazilian plant-based extracts and ingredients manufacturer. SP