News on Potato Starch from Germany

September 23, 2010

Duitse aardappeloogst naar beneden bijgesteld

De totale Duitse aardappeloogst is t.o.v. de eerder deze maand gedane prognose door het AMI met 300.000 ton naar beneden bijgesteld.

September 19, 2010

Aardappelzetmeelconcern Emsland group betaalt bonus voor teler die quotum levert

Het Duitse Emsland Group heeft in haar laatste nieuwsbrief laten weten dat telers verplicht zijn hun contracten aan de fabriek na te komen.

September 02, 2010

Amadea submission announced at harvest first Amflora starch potatoes

The German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Rainer Brüderle, today helped to start the harvesting of the Amflora potatoes in Zepkow in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Together with BASF’s Chairman Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht an...

September 01, 2010

Starch manufacturers Lyckeby and Emsland Group Announce Joint Venture SOLAM GmbH

Starch manufacturers Lyckeby and Emsland Group have announced an agreement to form a joint venture, named SOLAM GmbH. The joint venture will specialize in the development and marketing of starches for paper and corrugated board. SOLAM will be based in...

August 31, 2010

BASF ha solicitado a la CE autorización para una segunda patata transgénica

El grupo químico alemán BASF ha solicitado a la Comisión Europea (CE) autorización para una segunda patata manipulada genéticamente "Amadea", cinco meses después de haberla logrado para "Amflora"tras años de espera. Con motivo del...

March 03, 2010

Starch manufacturer Emsland Group welcomes approval of Amflora

EMSLAND GROUP welcomes the approval of Amflora by the European Commission. Cultivation of genetic modified crops will be an important prerequisite to secure long term competitiveness for the European potato starch industry.The Amflora registration proc...

March 02, 2010

European Commission approves Amflora starch potato

Today the European Commission approved Amflora, BASF's genetically optimized starch potato, for commercial application in Europe. The potato can now be used for the production of industrial starch."After waiting for more than 13 years, we are de...

December 09, 2009

Alemania cultiva papa que solo tiene amilopectina;útil en alimentación e industria del papel, adhesivos y textil

El principal fabricante alemán de almidón de patata, Emsland Group, ha anunciado que está procesando patatas TILLING, las cuales contienen exclusivamente amilopectina. Las patatas normales contienen un almidón formado por amilopectina y amilosa. La pat...

December 08, 2009

Emsland Stärke processed 100 tonnes amylopectin potatoes this fall

The skin is light brown, the meat luscious and yellow: from the outside alone, this new potato looks like any other. But on the inside, it is different. Its cells produce pure amylopectin, a starch used in the paper, textile and food industries. The ne...

November 02, 2009

German government endorses growing of GM starch potato Amflora

The new German government has endorsed the growing of genetically modified Amflora starch potatoes in its policy on the use of plant biotechonology. A report on the website, www.gmo-safety.eu, says the new coalition government will promote a policy of ...

June 02, 2009

Starch-based flocculation agents of Emsland Group can replace synthetic polymers

In cooperation with scientists of the University of Hamburg and the Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (FNR) Emsland Group conduct successful attempts, where starch-based flocculation agents could replace synthetic polymers for the use in the Hamburge...

May 04, 2009

Germany to allow GMO potato trials

Germany's Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner said on Monday she will allow test cultivation of a potato containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Open air trials of the GMO potato Amflora, developed by German chemicals group BASF presented no t...

March 05, 2009

Avebe present at European Coatings show

AVEBE will be present at the European Coatings Show 2009 in Nürnberg. Avebe invites you to visit their stand at Hall 7, Stand 103.The Exhibition Centre Nürnberg once again becomes the industry’s renowned get-together for high-grade coatings, paints, s...

April 02, 2008

BASF gets permission for GMO potato field trials in Germany

BASF Plant Science, part of German chemicals group BASF, has been given approval to plant GMO potatoes on 30,000 square metres divided among three locations between 2008 and 2012. "The BVL's safety assessment came to the conclusion that the open...

August 02, 2007

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