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Mydibel Group, manufacturer of fresh and deep-frozen potato products and dried potato flakes and granules, has invested in the construction of 2 ha of photovoltaic panels - the largest industrial solar field in private hands in Wallonia

ConAgra Foods, Inc., announced that it has acquired TaiMei Potato Industry Limited, a potato processor in Shangdu, Inner Mongolia. The acquisition expands ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston operations in a market that has growing demand for frozen potato products.

Mydibel Group, manufacturer of chilled, frozen and dehydrated potato products, is investing 5,2 million euros in its processing plant in Mouscron, Belgium. A fully-automated potato sorting process is being implemented in a new, state-of-the-art potato grading area.

Early 2014, KMC started operating its new spray tower for its unique spray cooking technology for potato-based starches.

Aviko has acquired a majority interest in a fries factory in the north-east of China, which will be renamed Aviko-Snow Valley. The company plans to expand french fry production and add manufacturing of potato flakes.

Fries, chips and flakes manufacturers in India are concerned over firm prices of potato, which has seen a jump owing to poor crop this year. Companies assure that an increase in retail price was unlikely to take place in the short run.

AVEBE is a partner in the newly founded Protein Competence Center, an initiative of Wageningen UR to join forces of Dutch food companies and knowledge institutes in respect of their research and knowledge of proteins.

According to AKIpress, the Potato Processing Plant that is being constructed in the village of Teploklyuchenka, Ak-Suu district of Issyk-Kul region in Kyrgyzstan is scheduled to start production on 1 December 2014.

Vegit, the agro division of the Rs 950 crore Merino Group which offers ready-to-cook packaged foods, plans to raise capacity of potato flakes facility by 50 per cent to meet growing demand.

De aardappelverwerking bij AVEBE dit seizoen is beëindigd. De kwalietit van de aardappelen was uitstekend en het zetmeelgehalte hoog.

Novozymes announced the launch of a new enzyme solution that helps make starch conversion more efficient.

Western Polymer Corporation (WPC), in partnership with LTWAW, LLC, was recently certified as eligible to receive economic development incentives from the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) for its manufacturing facility in Fort Fairfield.

Daymer Ingredients, a distributor of AVEBE Starches located in the United Kingdom, reports an (upcoming) increase in potato starch prices

AVEBE announces that Dr. Piet Buwalda - R&D AVEBE - will give a presentation titled “Starch - the gelling agent of the future” at StarchWorld conference 2014

Emsland Group has announced that Henk Jaap Meijer will be participating as speaker at CMT's 3rd Starch World 2014 on 17-19 Feb, 2014 to be held at Mandarin Oriental Jakarta, Indonesia.

KMC's Innovative potato-based CheeseMaker solutions enable a quick and cost-effective production of processed cream cheese products

Germany's first straw-fired heating plant will soon be commissioned in Emlichheim. Burning approximately 60,000 metric tons of straw per year, it will supply heat to Emsland-Stärke GmbH, public facilities and private households.

Megabusiness LLC of Danbury, CT is recalling Del Campo Papa seca / DRY POTATO 24x14 oz. because they contain undeclared sulfites.