Following its end-of-year board meeting, the International Association of Plant Bakers (AIBI) hosted its traditional Bread Initiative symposium at its Grand Place headquarters, in Brussels. Its members and partners joined the event themed ‘Keeping bread on the table’.
The biggest organizations in the industry joined their efforts to formulate a shared vision regarding the essential role of bread
Lesaffre acquired a majority stake in Biorigin (a business unit of Zilor), a multinational company producing yeast derivative products, to enhance the supply of yeast derivatives for savory ingredients. As a result of the deal, Lesaffre will become the controlling shareholder of Biorigin, with 70% of its total corporate capital, while Zilor will remain a shareholder with 30%.
Lesaffre finalized the acquisition of dsm-firmenich’s yeast extract business today, October 2. Lesaffre’s Business Unit Biospringer, specializing in natural origin solutions from yeast fermentation, will integrate dsm-firmenich’s yeast derivatives processing technologies and products. The team of 46 dsm-firmenich employees working on yeast extracts, will also join.
Lesaffre hosted an event at the Lesaffre Campus, where over 25 companies, including startups, were invited to brainstorm and explore a collaboration aiming at harnessing the power of carbon capture and utilization (CCU) in the food industry.
Lesaffre named Ulrich Irgens as General Manager of its business unit dedicated to nutrition and human health, Gnosis by Lesaffre. In this capacity, Ulrich Irgens has joined the Group’s Executive Committee.
The 38th AIBI Congress brought the baking industry together this year for the moment’s most important topics, decision-making meetings and long-awaited reunions. The International Association of Plant Bakers organized this year’s event with the theme ‘21st Century Breeze over the Bakery’, and a picturesque location to match it: the city of Hamburg.
At the 38th AIBI Congress, Jean-Manuel Lévêque was appointed as the association’s new president, as the two-year mandate of the previous leader, Georg Heberer (Germany) came to an end. Lévêque returns to the leadership of AIBI – he was previously its President from 2015 to 2017.
Associations from Slovakia and Poland joined the International Association of Plant Bakers. The Board also approved the membership application from UBA (Ukrainian Bakers Association).
Georg Heberer has been President of AIBI since 2022. In an interview with baking+biscuit international, he talks about the development
Lesaffre and Qair, an independent renewable energy company, signed an 18-year contract for the direct purchase of renewable electricity (CPPA) from an agrivoltaic plant – a synergy between agricultural production and photovoltaic energy.
Lesaffre officially opened a new plant in Indonesia dedicated to the production of compressed and dry yeast, on February 29. From this new plant, built on a 9.8 ha land in Malang Regency, East Java, Lesaffre will supply baking yeast in Indonesia and ASEAN countries.
