Potato News from Denmark

May 08, 2012

Decision support system can help reduce the use of pesticides in Danish potato production

The decision support system “Blight Management” (“Skimmelstyring”) could in the future give Danish potato growers more effective control of potato late blight and reduce the use of fungicides.

February 12, 2012

FORMIT en EKKO komen met nieuwe generatie schilmachines

FORMIT is actief in de ontwikkeling, productie en marketing van schilmachines sinds 1980 en hebben met de jaren een internationaal klantenbestand opgebouwd. EKKO werd opgericht in 1979 en is sindsdien een van de toonaangevende bedrijven in Europa voor ...

February 06, 2012

KMC expectations of the potato starch market for 2012

Chief Commercial Officer Bjarne Larsen of Potato Starch manufacturer KMC gives his expectations for the 2012 potato starch market. The 2011/2012 potato starch production year started with totally empty carry-over stocks due to the poor harvest last ye...

November 15, 2011

Danish Starch manufacturer KMC presents strong results

At KMC’s annual general meeting on 11 November 2011 Chairman Martin Arvad was very pleased to present a historically strong result. The result represented a highly positive development compared to last year’s result. After several years of investment ...

October 04, 2011

Potato waste could provide 'new generation' of food ingredients

A new extraction method promises to deliver large-scale extraction of potato fibres rich in the are especially rich in the pectin rhamnogalacturonan I, could help to produce new ingredients and functional hydrocolloids, say researchers. Writing in Foo...

October 01, 2011

Denmark institutes fat tax

Denmark is to introduce one of the world’s first-ever “fat taxes,” in a pioneering move to slim the country’s waistlines and combat heart disease. From this Saturday, the price of a pack of butter will soar by 50 cents, a bag of potato chips by 12 cen...

September 13, 2011

Danish Potato grower organisation fined for price fixing

A Danish potato growers organisation (Dansk Kartoffelproducent-forening) was fined for fixing the price of potatoes. In 2009 the Danish potato grower organisation called a meeting and asked its members to leave the potatoes in the ground. The Potato...

July 12, 2011

Palletising of Chips and Snacks at KiMs A/S

KiMs is one of Denmark’s largest manufacturers of chips and snacks. DAN-Palletiser has helped to pave the way for palletising 25 pallets per hour at the state of art manufacturing facility at Søndersø. KiMs has an annual turnover of more than 66 mill....

Starch Potato Field in Denmark (Courtesy KMC)

June 05, 2011

KMC expects 'below normal' potato starch availability to continue after harvest 2011

Mid May Danish Potato Starch Manufacturer KMC (KartoffelMelCentralen) offered their view on the potato starch supply based on the upcoming potato harvest.

April 04, 2011

Denemarken wil verzadigd vet in voeding belasten

Het Deense parlement heeft een heffing goedgekeurd op verzadigd vet in bepaalde levensmiddelen.

January 19, 2011

Peel waste of organic potatoes turned into a food ingredient

Biomass is a good Danish resource, and, in contrast to North Sea oil, it never runs out, if we use it sustainably. That does Leif Jensen, owner of Jensen's Organic in Gørløse, Denmark.

January 06, 2011

Not enough Potato Starch in 2011: KMC

For all potato starch producers 2011 will be a year in which it will prove impossible to meet the total demand from the customers. Also KMC’s customers will experience the consequences of the extreme weather, but everything possible will be done to m...

September 08, 2010

Nicolai Hansen new CEO at KMC

Potato starch manufacturer KMC announces that its board of directors has named Nicolai Hansen to serve as the company's Chief Executive Officer.

August 29, 2010

KMC: EU Potato Starch Shortage in 2010/2011? Market expectations August 2010

Danish Potato Starch manufacturer KMC provided earlier this month the following market outlook on the global potato starch sector. The outlook contains a stark warning: there may be a shortage of EU potato starch ahead:

July 13, 2010

KMC's Michael Jensen (CEO) says farewell

KMC's board of directors announced today that Michael Jensen, CEO has resigned his position with immediate effect.A resignation agreement has therefore been made and part of this agreement is that neither party states the reasons for termination of the...

April 09, 2010

KMC CEO Michael Jensen: interview on potato starch challenges

For 17 years Danish company KMC had Uffe Andreasen as its CEO and he transformed the company from a raw material supplier to the food industry to dedicated partner and supplier of functional solutions worldwide. Late last year Michael Jensen took ove...

January 28, 2010

Novozymes among world’s 100 most sustainable companies

Once again this year Novozymes has been named in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. The ranking was announced today in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum.The listing of the top 100 most sustainable corporations in t...

September 22, 2009

Michael Jensen to succeed Uffe Andreasen as CEO of KMC

KMC has appointed a new CEO, Michael Jensen, to succeed current CEO, Uffe Andreasen who announced his plans to retire the post earlier this year. Michael Jensen takes over the position starting September 21, 2009

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