EMSLANDMAGAZINE FOR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES I EDITION 2013
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Food Innovation Center - Germany 8Advanced Food Training in Emlichheim 6Emsland Group expands its clean label position 4
Emsland Group at the Food Ingredients Trade Fairs 13 7
Discover the local flavor - the new recipe for success from the “Mecklenburger Küche”
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Dear business partners and employees!Foreword 3
Highlights
Emsland Group expands its clean label position 4
Decisive steps in the Emcheese-Mor® project 5
Embalance® - The next potato generation 5
Advanced Food Training in Emlichheim 6
Discover the local flavor - the new recipe for success fromthe “Mecklenburger Küche” 7
National
Food Innovation Center - Germany 8
Information seminar in honor of the new plant entrance 8
Extensive segment support within the food research and
development department 9
New team members in the sectors of food research and
development department and occupational safety 10
Solam and Jäckering in wheat starch partnership 10
Structural changes, personnel improvements 11
Sales and marketing portal for building applications 11
Successful presentation by the Emsland Group at the Sewage Sludge Conference in Fulda 12
Implementation of the ERP systems in the Emlichheimund Wietzendorf plants 12
International
New office opened in Bangkok 12
Emsland Group at the Food-Ingredients-Trade-Fairs 13
People
Insights for young people in the world of working life 14
Anniversaries and Farewells 15
Contents Foreword
This past fiscal year 2012/13 was, as expected, a great challenge for all those
involved.
A relatively good though heterogeneous potato harvest by European stan-
dards formed a strong basis for business development up to the end of 2012.
With the expectation of a very large grain harvest, potato starch escaped the
massive price pressure at the start of 2013 and fell temporarily. With firm
price discipline and supported by considerably changed growing conditions
for potatoes up to the summer of 2013, we succeeded in concluding the fis-
cal year 2012/2013 satisfactorily. This is all the more remarkable considering
the fact that the Emsland Group paid the highest historical price for starch
potatoes.
The floods in southern Germany destroyed up to 50% of the potato crop
there, while in Central Europe the ongoing drought will cost an average
of up to 25% of the crop. In Germany as a whole, the year’s potato crop is
expected to be the smallest in decades (approx. 9.5 million tons).
This is all reflected in a fixed potato price and will drive demand to a peak
level until the next harvest.
What does this mean for the Emsland Group?
We must make consistent efforts to direct the available potatoes to the
areas that will allow for the greatest added value. In this context the proces-
sing of potato flakes and granules takes first priority. The ‚Food Innovations’
and ‚Technical Specialties‘ units have carried out extensive analyses and
fixed their key segments for the coming years.
We are currently in the process of identifying suitable resources and will
draft a new strategy for the group at the start of 2014.
Our goal here is a clear, continued focus on key customers and the develop-
ment of those partnerships. We hope this will also allow us to mobilize new
potential in order to be able to demonstrate innovative product solutions
for our clients.
In terms of investment, we have tackled the final expansion of the
Cloppenburg Plant and will be installing the last drum in the summer of
2014. With 92,000 tons of production capacity for potato flakes, there is
nothing to match it anywhere in the world.
In order to continue in our new direction, we began to produce potato flakes
in Emlichheim in October 2013. The plant will be set up completely in line
with food standards and in the coming years we will be considering the
possibility of installing new receiving technology that allows for separate
parallel processing of starch and industry potatoes. The new plant access
road and tarehouse have already been implemented accordingly.
The straw power plant has already delivered its first steam to the plant in
Emlichheim and is currently being further optimized.
Emsland Food has been growing since 1st July 2013. Since that date, the
former MKV has operated under the name Emsland Food, Hagenow Plant.
The project centre LEH and the energy management department of the old
MKV have remained at the same location.
The introduction of the new ERP program INFOR-BLENDING didn’t go exact-
ly as planned. Despite the long preparation period, the go-live at the site in
Emlichheim from 1st May 2013 brought massive problems with it. These have
since been identified and dealt with for the most part.
Over months, the nerves of our clients and also everyone involved in the
supply chain were badly strained. We need to change this promptly. We are
confident that all the desired functions will be implemented before the end
of the fiscal year 2013/14 so that process optimization can begin.
The management considers that the company is in a good market position.
Strong demand for high quality potato and pea products puts us in a position
to achieve our planned profits even with reduced quantities.
We should therefore also be able to pay a competitive potato price, so that
we can also contractually secure raw materials for our clients for the coming
years. The content of the following news report is meant to give you an idea
of the status of the group’s development.
As always, please submit any suggestions to the undersigned.
Hubert Eilting Michael Schonert
[email protected] [email protected]
Emsland-Stärke GmbHA company of Emsland Group
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After the recipes provided by our American
partner Allied Blending & Ingredients had been
tested to check their conformity with European
food law, there was the urgent task for our
colleagues from research and development and
purchasing department to find alternatives to
some of the ingredients which were permitted in
the EU yet delivered the same function in the mix-
ture. This demanding task is now just about to be
completed. Alongside this, the mixing system at
the Kyritz facility was modified in such a way that
these mixtures can now be produced there too.
In terms of sales, the Emsland Group has already
supplied potential customers with sample goods
imported from the USA for that sole purpose.
There have been various trial production runs with
customers which indicate that this product range
can be successfully launched on the market. With
this type of product, testing the mixture out at
customers’ plants and, if needed, adjusting the
mixture or the process parameters, form an
essential part of our sales activity. Only by doing
so can we achieve mutual success.
At this point we would once again like to extend
my thanks to all those involved for their tireless
work!
Decisive steps in the Emcheese-Mor® project
ack in the last edition of our Emsland
News, the report on a new ready-mix for
producing cheeses caused a real sensation.
The Emsland Group has further advanced the
project in terms of sales and research and de-
velopment in particular and has now taken
the critical preparatory steps towards market
launch.
Since the start of the project, two new cookers
have been bought for the research laboratory in
order to test the functions of the starch mixtures
and to further develop the Emcheese-Mor® blends.
Emsland Group expands its clean label position
he trend for label-friendly products continues
to grow and is playing an increasingly important
role in the purchase decisions of consumers. Due
to the growing demand for food that is free of
additives, the Emsland Group has worked inten-
sively on the development of functional native
starches with application-friendly properties.
Now clean label starches and potato flakes that
are produced solely using a physical process have
already been marketed successfully.
In the food industry, our Empure® products are
used in many foodstuffs in which they have a
positive effect on a variety of functions such as
thickening behavior, texture as well as stability
tolerance and process tolerance. This guarantees
an excellent appearance of food.
The requirements of such food industry products
on the supplier industry are growing steadily.
For example, the research and development
department of the Emsland Group is already facing
such challenges as stable storage under a range
of conditions, such as refrigerated and frozen
storage, and products containing salt and acids
with corresponding process-tolerant stabilities.
Using the expertise of the existing Empure®
product range, after a research period that lasted
a year, we succeeded in developing our Empure®
KS 110 as well as Empure® KS 120.
These more stable clean label starches meet the
above-mentioned requirements and can be used
in foods that need a heating process during
production and are then for example stored in cold
or refrigerated conditions (such as sauces for
ready meals, semi-preserved foods or else seaso-
ning dressings). The products Empure® KS 110
and Empure® KS 120 are medium or high-
viscosity cooking starches with a short, creamy,
glossy texture, a neutral taste and full-bodied
feeling in the mouth. On top of that they have
excellent viscosity and storage stability in acidic
or salty solutions as well as a reduced tendency
to retrograde or undergo syneresis under cooling
conditions. Both Empure® KS 110 and Empure®
KS 120 can be used as excellent binding and
thickening agents in soups and sauces, semi-
preserved foods, mayonnaise, ketchup, liquid
products as well as in snacks and catering
systems.
Furthermore we have also developed the cold-
swelling starches Empure® KJEL 110 and Empure®
KJEL 120 that allow our customers to make ex-
tended use of our clean label Empure® products
in cold-processed, acidic or salty but also pasteu-
rized liquid foods with increased storage stability.
The use of Empure® KJEL 120 causes a subsequent
delayed thickening in acidic fruit fillings or milk-
based products such as ready-made puddings
as well as good stability for storage in cooling
conditions.
The effectiveness of the newly-developed Empure®
products varies depending on the requirements on
the selected ingredients.
Other innovations in this field are our clean label
potato flakes Empure® KF 1300 and Empure®
KF 1700, which can be used in gnocchi, snacks
or other potato-based products as well as our
Empure® B clean label batter mixture.
Furthermore, the Emsland Group is currently
working on developing clean label potato
granules.
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Binding and thickening agent as well as texturing agent Short, pasty, glossy solutions Easy to disperse Special products for adding to boiling/hot liquids Special products for good storage stability, even under cooling conditions Good shear, acid, salt and heat stability Special products for adding to vitality treatments Retail service, catering, industry
The advantages of our clean label range at a glance:
It has thus been possible to develop a clean label version of almost all products in the food industry.
Embalance® - The next potato generation
A s a leading manufacturer of potato
flakes and granules, the Emsland Group is
stepping up its research and development
activities more and more in this field.
Our latest innovation in the field of dried food
products, so-called dehydrates, are the products
in the Embalance® range. These are special potato
flakes that are produced using a newly-developed
and patented physical production process without
the use of additives.
The products are low in unwanted by-products
such as sugar, asparagine and glykoalkaloids and
some of them have a high dietary fiber content
and low calorific content.
Alongside the production of potato-based “health
and clean label products”, the developed process
has already been used successfully for the pro-
duction of dehydrated peas. So, for the first time,
low-sugar and low-fat pea flakes, which are rich
in dietary fiber and have great potential for a
range of other interesting uses, are also available
to our customers.
Initial application and production tests in the
snack industry have now confirmed that it is
possible to control the expansion behavior and
the sugar and asparagine content in extruded
food products using potato-based Embalance®
products. This enables the production of largely
acrylamide-reduced and thus healthier foodstuffs.
Furthermore, Embalance® has excellent water
absorption behavior and can be used for example
as a binding and texturing agent.
In addition to the food industry, the segment
of premium pet food is also sure to be a very
interesting market for this promising new product
range.
Mr. Christian Kemper (Manager Sales and
Marketing Food) and Dr. Karl Ludwig Woll
(Senior Project Manager) would be happy to
support you, if further information’s on
Embalance® are required.
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nce again, numerous participants from all over the world took part
in this years’ third Advanced Food Training, which took place in Emlichheim
between 22nd April and 24th April 2013.
The goal remained the same: to provide agencies with a basic knowledge
about new product developments and their theoretical and practical
applications. This improved understanding of the product has proven to
be an essential component on the market, as well as for
customer service representatives’ professionalism.
After Mr. Kemper greeted participants with a
warm welcome, he held the first presentation
about current market conditions and the
future focus of the Emsland Group. The first
product-specific presentations followed,
topics included the use of tapioca starch in
yogurt (especially with Emden® TVH-15) and
the new innovation cooperation Emcheese-
Mor®, amongst others.
Participants, like in previous years, were able to gain knowledge by
participating in practical workshops held by sales managers and research
and development specialists. This helped make the theoretical parts more
tangible and gave them a direct reference to build on.
During the first workshop, participants became very excited regarding
tapioca starch in yogurt and the “all-in-one” solution Emcheese-Mor®, as
well as its effect on the final products.
The second day also featured an exciting program with presentations on
Embalance® K1000 and new clean label products (incl. Empure®-range).
These presentations included many examples of application and product
advantages. In the afternoon, additional presentations were given, which
incorporated practical examples for participants. This allowed interested
participants to become more familiar and hands-on with the products.
The application managers saved the icing on the cake
for the third and final day of the Advanced Food
Training. In addition to new amylopectin
products, alternatives for guar and gelatin
were presented as part of the confectionery
division. In subsequent workshops, partici-
pants could try the product innovation
to be convinced of it in terms of taste.
At the end of this successful training, a
two-hour information exchange was held
about market information and its fields of
application. Furthermore, the organizer of the
Emsland Group received very positive feedback on this year’s
Advanced Food Training 2013.
Advanced Food Training in Emlichheim
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The products for retail and food service will
be marketed for the group under the well-
known name “Mecklenburger Kartoffelveredlung
GmbH” from Hagenow. The team under
sales manager Jörg Elvers with key account
managers Jörg Jakob and Michael Greve will
still be available at the former address, offering
the accustomed standard of professionalism
for trade partners in Germany and Europe.
The most important guarantee for successful pro-
ducts in the future is the quality of the potato itself.
This raw foodstuff comes from the farmers in the
region around the plant. The previous potato sup-
pliers have exchanged their old supplier contracts
with Mecklenburger Kartoffelveredlung for com-
bined shares/trade rights in the Emsland Group,
are still strongly connected to the company, and
in the future will continue to deliver the gold from
the ground in Hagenow as contractual partners.
The best of this valuable harvest will be included
in the delicious potato products that have been
refined with great flair for more than 40 years and
have been developed to perfection. Besides the
private label business, which is the production of
private brands for the retail market and in which
the sales organization is the market leader
in Germany (according to own sources) and
serves important markets in Europe as well, a
further focus will be the expansion of the
“Mecklenburger Küche” brand. The brand is well-
known and has been popular with customers
for many years due to its consistent and authentic
flavor. To further expand the popularity and tie in
to the success of recent years, a new chapter in
branding will be opened. The brand will be accom-
panied in the future by the slogan “Where taste is
right at home!” This slogan underscores the thin-
king that a bit of home can be created no matter
where you are. Today’s customer is looking for
not only taste, but an emotional moment as well.
Doing something good for yourself and savoring
the moment are the main communication points
going forward for the “Mecklenburger Küche”
brand. The newly redesigned packaging, which
will visually convey the new brand philosophy,
is accompanied by a range of new products,
which have been developed jointly by the
employees in the product development depart-
ment in Emlichheim under Martina Herrmann
and the colleagues from Hagenow.
The first public presentation of the new brand
presence as well as the new products took place
at ANUGA, the world’s largest food trade show,
in Cologne. Every two years, almost 7,000 exhibi-
tors from around the globe travel there to present
their products. Contact persons and decision-
makers from both the German and international
retail sectors were guests at the Mecklenburger
Kartoffelveredlung booth during the trade fair
and experienced the premiere of the new taste
of the region. The ideas, the new design, and
the product innovations were positively received
by all. The implementation of the new concept
is planned for the first half of 2014. Twenty
products will be outfitted with the new look,
and new promotional items will be presented
to retailers.
An initial impression of the new design and
the new philosophy is already available online.
Visitors to www.entdecke-den-landgenuss.de
can get a glimpse into the future of the
“Mecklenburger Küche” brand. On the retail
side, the first products with the new design
will be available in stores at the start of 2014.
Discover the local flavor - the new recipe for success from the “Mecklenburger Küche”
As of summer 2013, Mecklenburger Kartoffelveredlung
GmbH in Hagenow is 100% integrated into the Emsland
Group. This integration was the logical result of the close
and successful business relationship that has connected
both companies for many years. The production division in
Hagenow was renamed Emsland Food, Hagenow Plant on July
1st , 2013, and is now one of the group’s three locations
for food products. Distribution for the globally active
industry will be organized via the international distribution
network for the Emsland Group and managed from
Emlichheim.
ANUGA 2013
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s already announced in the latest
Emsland News, within the framework of the
strategic realignment of the Emsland Group,
the segments in the food research and
development department have been assigned
to the responsibilities of the employees.
The organization of the food research and
development team shall be managed by
Martina Herrmann (stand-in H. Lambers) in a
supervising capacity, so that all projects and
tasks in application technology shall be
coordinated both internally and externally.
The responsible application managers can
thereby focus on their own area.
As part of the segmentation, food recipes are
being developed for the entire Emsland Group.
Furthermore, data-sheets are being issued on
new products and new developments presented
to customers through the world in collaboration
with our agencies and intensively supported.
The segmentation has already achieved initial
successes here. For example, a variety of recipes
were developed, often in close collaboration with
potential customers, and sometimes also even
prepared for market launch.
As part of the development of new products,
the research and development department, the
food product manager, the respective innovation
group as well as sales management will cooperate
closely within the Emsland Group. For example,
new products are being developed based on
various starches, potato flakes and granules,
proteins, fibres as well as mixed products for
industry and also for food retailing with regards
to Mecklenburger Kartoffelveredlung in line with
the newly-aligned strategy.
In addition to providing customers with profes-
sional advice on application technology issues
as well as supporting students, interns and
trainees in practical work and (specialist)
academic papers, work is being concentrated
on project planning and implementation.
Application technological requests can directly
answer by the application managers or rather
Ms. Herrmann. Continuous consultation between
the department manager and the respective
segment supervisors takes place at regular food
meetings.
Food R&D manager Martina Herrmann [email protected]
Snacks Mareen Vette [email protected]
Coatings Daniela Bongartz [email protected]
Potato products / bakery Hilka Mittelstädt [email protected]
Dairy / cheese Ansgar Balzer [email protected]
Soups & sauces Heidrun Lambers [email protected]
Confectionary / Project-related Nataliya Atanasova [email protected]
Animal nutrition Heinrich Zweers [email protected]
Product manager Sabine Ramaker-Stam [email protected]
Current segment & application managers and responsibility:
Embalance® Snacks, potato products, pasta, animal nutrition
Stabilized clean label starches Soups & sauces, dairy products
Clean label granules Snacks, potato products
Emcheese-Mor® Dairy products
Non-pre-cooked French fries Coatings
Modified amylopectin starch All segments
The application managers look forward to the tasks ahead of them and successful collaboration
and hope that this will allow customer to benefit from the specialist know-how of the Emsland Group’s
research and development department in the field of starches, proteins, fibers, flakes and in future too.
Current projects in food application technology:
Extensive segment support within the food research and development department
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Under a clear sky, roughly 250 agriculturists
gathered at the Neuerostraße facility entrance
around 9 o’clock in the morning. On the
company’s grounds, the guests – consisting
mostly of Emsland Group shareholders – had
the opportunity to survey a good portion of the
newly constructed facility. In addition to the new-
ly built facility entrance, the visitors surveyed
the sampletaker and the weighing station with its
entrance and exiting scales No. 3 and 4.
Sandwiches and both warm and cold drinks were
then served in an elaborately set-up tent, before
Mr. Eilting, managing director of Emsland Group,
officially welcomed the guests. He praised the
great interest shown by the visitors and provided
them with some background info on the new fa-
cility entrance. Mr. Schonert, managing director
of Emsland Group, also talked about the logic and
purpose of the new entrance, the construction of
which is based on the advantages of fulfilling
highly qualified food industry standards. In addi-
tion, Mr. Schonert went into further detail about
current market developments as well as the fu-
ture orientation of the Emsland Group. One of
the goals has to do specifically with the field of
dehydrates, in which the company is striving to
double the current amounts. The most important
aspect of it all is and shall remain the raw material
suppliers.
After Mr. Wesselink, the director purchasing raw
material, discussed the campaign’s current situa-
tion in more detail and Mr. Bergmann of Endeco
Company explained the features of the facility
and the facility entrance itself, the visitors were
taken on a tour. Divided into four groups, the
first group began its tour by visiting the samp-
ling process. A special feature of the sampler,
which is equipped with complex EDP systems, is
the possibility to conduct both weighing and sam-
pling measures while sampling on both scales.
The second group was informed about the need
for transponders and reflectors on their delivery
vehicles. To demonstrate this, the Emsland Group
team had prepared a sample delivery vehicle
equipped with the respective transponders and
reflectors. While the third group was busy visiting
the tarehouse and the vehicle weighbridge, the
remaining participants were in the tent being set
up with a myriad of transponders and reflectors.
The event, which was the first of four events in
two days, came to a conclusion with plenty of
cake and coffee to keep the visitors up to strength.
In total, approximately 1,000 agriculturists and
shareholders attended the two-day event and
were able to get a thorough idea about how their
raw materials will be delivered in the future.
Information seminar in honor of the new plant entrance
n Thursday and Friday, the 15th and
16th of August 2013, an information seminar
held by the Emsland Group took place right at
the new facility entrance to the head offices
in Emlichheim.
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msland Group started preparations for a new Food Innovation
Centerin Germany. From our head office in Emlichheim we will provide
our customers state-of-the-art facilities where they can collaborate
with skilled food technologists, materials scientists, experts in rheology
and trained staff to develop ways to improve their products.
Potato, Pea, PerfectionOur history is in Germany and our roots connected to potatoes. About
10 yearsago we added peas as second raw material and closed the gap
between successive potato production campaigns.
Starch, Flakes, GranulesStarting from starches we widened our scope and added flakes and granules
to our product portfolio. Based on these ingredients we continuously
strengthened our position as the leading global supplier of ingredients for
potato based snack-pellets and snacks. We now have a strong base from
which we will further innovate with fibers, proteins, Empure® clean label
starches and Embalance® our new generation dehydrated potato - and
pea products.
Food Innovation Center - Germany
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Draft Food Innovation Center, Labor frontview
Germany, Thailand, Asia….The support you need and expect … facilitated from Germany. The global
food market shows sustainable growth especially in Asia. Facilitated from
the Food Innovation Center our regional food teams in Asia, North Ame-
rica and South America will further develop, strengthen and widen our
scope with opportunities pampered from local cultures. This is why we
invest and believe in this important next step for shared, global innovations
together with customers from all over the world. From the second half
of 2014, when our Food Innovation Center will be ready, we hope to
welcome you in Germany or support you at home with help from
our local staff in the regions.
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he Emsland Group always endeavors to add
motivated and professional employees to its
existing team. In this edition we would like to
present to you two new colleagues from the
fields of research and development food as
well as occupational safety.
The Emsland Group’s innovation team in the
field of foodstuffs is reinforced by Jakob Woltjes.
Jakob gained his initial experience in the field
of starches back in 1978 when he supervised
research and development for the segments
of snacks, dairy products and pasta for a Dutch
starch producer. During his career as an appli-
cations specialist and later as a market
development manager for the segments of
snacks, dairy products and confectionery he
gained comprehensive experience in product
development, market launches and uses for
new starches. He contributed to the shaping
of trends such as gelatin substitutes. After a
brief foray into the field of adhesives he
returned to his roots to work as a senior product
developer in the field of confectionery. As of
the start of 2013, Jakob Woltjes, as he puts it
himself, has been back in the field he enjoys
the most: starches combined with foodstuffs.
With the Emsland Group.
Katrin Neumann will be operating in the Emsland
Group team as a safety engineer. Over the last few
years she has been responsible for 21 branches
as a central safety engineer/ QM-representative.
Here her work predominantly involved setting up
and maintaining the occupational safety system,
conducting industrial safety committee mee-
tings, in-house training, issuing risk assessments,
maintaining the hazardous substance register as
well as operating and work instructions. She was
also involved in organizing occupational medical
check-ups, accident prevention and preparing and
guiding external audits. To her, the topic of occu-
pational safety primarily concerns the people who
work at the Emsland Group. The core task of her
work will be to plan and implement processes and
to monitor these processes in order to ultimately
answer the question “Who does what, when, how
and by what means and how can we improve the
process?”
However, she says, it is also clear that in order to
improve occupational safety, this is a question WE
must all ask ourselves.
We hope that other colleagues also arriving on
the team this year as well as Ms. Neumann and
Mr. Woltjes can successfully support the Emsland
Group and feel at home in their new environment.
We look forward to successful teamwork!
New team members in the sectors of food research and development department and occupational safety
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Jakob Woltjes
Katrin Neumann
he companies Jäckering Mühlen- und Nährmittelwerke GmbH and
Solam GmbH with effect from 1 August 2013 started a cooperation in the
domains development, production and sales & distribution of modified wheat
starch mixtures for the paper industry. Solam GmbH will be supplied with
25,000 t/a native wheat starch by Jäckering in future.
The company Jäckering Mühlen- und Nährmittelwerke GmbH is a globally
active enterprise with core competences in the following sectors: production
of wheat starch and wheat gluten as well as mechanical engineering. The
company Solam GmbH is a joint venture of the companies Emsland Group,
Emlichheim and Lyckeby, Kristianstad/Sweden.
The new partners were focusing on serving the paper industry with
modified wheat starches in various degrees of cationisation and blends.
These products have a wide variety within paper and packaging applications.
The Solam GmbH aimed to offer starch users a wide range of products.
The partnership commenced in August 2013 and should expand and make
the portfolio more flexible for both companies’ benefit.
Solam and Jäckering in wheat starch partnership
T During the expert training for the building
applications (such as tile adhesives and rendering
mortars) last spring, the attendants expressed
their need for a web based sales and marketing
portal. A sales and marketing porta is a digital
salesman’s toolbox. It contains all information
that is needed to support and convince our
prospects or customers. Since July 2013 the web
based sales and marketing portal for building is
live. It contains many types of information such
as presentations, interesting articles, newsletters,
key account reports, product information and
product selectors. Besides the members of
the portal can have discussions within the
building specialist forum on many building
related topics. Today the portal is used only by
the people who attended the expert training.
Of course anybody who wants to contribute to
the business success of the building applications
is welcome to join.
Mr. TT Lim played an important role in this
initiative. Without his support and enthusiasm,
the portal would never have been realised.
Sales and marketing portal for building applications
here is always a lot going on at the Emsland Group. In order to provide
the best possible service as well as the best products to our customers,
both our employees and our internal structures must adapt to changing
conditions as best they can. For example, in order to be able to process
internal and external inquiries with regard to product documents and
questionnaires even faster and in a more targeted manner, we set up a
product document department at the beginning of 2013.
The product document department is primarily responsible for the mainte-
nance and management of existing product documentation and for creating
new product documentation (except for product data sheets).
The product document department operates centrally, serving all factories
belonging to the Emsland Group as well as all areas of application.
Mr. Mirco Wiedenhöfft will manage this new department in future.
Mr. Wiedenhöfft is a graduate engineer who joined the Emsland Group
team in January 2013. Chemistry laboratory assistants Mr. Marcel Biehl and
Ms. Melanie Thys are also available as contacts within the department.
There have also been developments in other group departments. For instance,
Mr. Jan Berg from the Technical Specialties research and development team
has successfully completed his master’s exam for industrial technicians in
the field of chemistry and is now a certified Master of Industrial Chemistry in
the Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
In addition, Ms. Heidrun Lambers and Ms. Daniela Bongartz have completed
a correspondence course in project management; in their new capacity as
state-certified project managers they are ensuring the success of all research
and development tasks that need to be undertaken with regard to food.
One of the reasons why the Emsland Group is among the best in its field is
our courage to change and our constant desire to bring about improvements.
Structural changes, personnel improvements
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• Customer requests and questionnaires • Declarations of conformity (with regard to compliance with current EU regulations)• Declaration recommendations (with regard to the names under which Emsland Group products are sold, as required by food standards legislation)• Certificates (BRC, halal, kosher etc.)• External analyses (nutrients, heavy metals, pesticides, etc.)
In addition, it provides amongst others the following documentation oranswers in response to external inquiries:
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In addition to the developments within
the Emsland Group, our external commu-
nications still remains strong in which it
plays a big part in probably the most im-
portant trade fairs in the food ingredients
industry. Therefore, the Emsland Group
is represented in both this year’s Food
Ingredients in Europe and Asia.
Food Ingredients Asia ran from 11th – 13th Sep-
tember 2013 in Bangkok. The growing interest for
high-quality food ingredients in the Asian market
has led to the fairs’ continual growth. Hundreds
of exhibitors from all over the world were able
to present new and innovative products at the
fair. The Emsland Group was of course present
as Germany’s largest potato starch producer. This
year’s focus was starch products used in snacks,
noodles, backed goods and coatings, developed
especially for the Asian market. The fair provided
the perfect opportunity to establish important
relationships with existing and potential custo-
mers as well as with our local agencies.
This year’s Food Ingredients Europe, the most
important event in the industry worldwide, will
be held in Frankfurt. From 19th to 21st November
2013, approximately 26,000 trade visitors from
154 countries will be able to experience the
future of the food industry. The Emsland Group
has secured a leading position as an exhibitor.
The professional team will consist of application
specialists, sales managers and agencies but also
our management board who will offer expert
advice to numerous visitors.
This year the area of focus will be the snack seg-
ment. In recent years, the Emsland Group has been
able to establish itself as a leading global provider
of potato-based snack pellets.
Additional highlights will be:
Embalance® physically treated, dehydrated
potatoes are low in sugar and asparagine
resulting in acrylamide reduction.
Empure® clean label starches and flakes allow
‘natural’ and ‘healthy lifestyle’ positioning of
snacks, soups, sauces and mashed potatoes.
Emcheese-Mor® casein-free “all-in-one”
blends for imitation - and processed
cheese allow manufacturers producing
vegan analogues, addition of vegetable
oils, maintain production capacity at high
level during periods of decreased milk
supply and cost reduction.
The Emsland Group’s booth will be E21 in Hall 8
sovisitors can come and enjoy the many
features such as a Meet & Eat Point, TV and
PowerPoint presentations as well as a touch
screen, which is certain to catch the eye of
any visitor! Furthermore guests can make a
remaining memory of their visit via our
‚Say Cheese‘ photo lounge.
The Emsland Group is pleased to welcome poten-
tial and existing customers as well as interested
parties at this year’s Food Ingredients Europe
trade fair!
Emsland Group at the Food Ingredients Trade Fairs
he market for food innovation is growing rapidly. Thus, making it one of the most dynamic and interesting markets of the world today. Growing
populations in emerging countries as well as lifestyle changes in industrialized countries are increasing the demand for innovative products and
solutions in the food industry. The Emsland Group doesn’t just follow this trend; they actively incorporate it into their concept. In recent years, our
group of companies has been focusing more and more on food producers. So much so, that two innovation centers are currently being built for this
purpose. One of which is to be erected at the main plant in Emlichheim, and another is currently being expanded in the million-strong metropolis
of Bangkok.
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Food Ingredients Asia
from 11. – 13. September 2013
in Bangkok.
Successful presentation by the Emsland Group at the Sewage Sludge Conference in Fulda
After three years of intensive preparation,
Labor Day was fittingly celebrated with the live
start of the ERP implementation. Thus, on May
1st, 2013, the Emlichheim plant was converted
to the new ERP system. An eagerly awaited
major step has been taken within a large
project. Since the begining of the year, the
project team has been working under high
pressure in order to enable Go-Live. But also
during the preliminary stages there had al-
ready been extensive analysis of all processes
within the individual plants, extensive training
of user groups, preparation of all master data,
intensive cooperat on with the system pro-
vider and our consultants, to name but a few.
This meant that a tremendous amount of
effort had to be put in from people of all
different sectors to achieve this result. The
rollout was launched in Emlichheim and two
months later in Wietzendorf, thanks, last but
not least, to a dedicated project team. That
the implementation of such a complex pro-
ject, which provides shared data access to all
business-relevant data of various business
units such as production, procurement, sales,
finance and accounting, human resources,
asset management, logistics as well as other
units of the company, would not run without
some glitches was foreseeable before the start.
At no point during the rollout, however, did
we seriously consider the idea of returning
to the old system. An already established and
strengthened team will initially focus on the
Emlichheim location, in order to guarantee a
full functioning ERP system, before expanding
and providing Go-Live to the Kyritz, Golßen
and Hagenow plants. Further improvements
will be made systematically. Coordination
with our management board will proceed at
14-day intervals. The stated goal is to achieve
comfortable and qualitatively sound system
utilization in Emlichheim, in order to then
launch and implement Go-Live in the re-
maining plants without any complications.
Only then can all the resources be used
efficiently for the operational processes, in
turn allowing the control of the business
processes to be optimized. The management
board would like to once again thank all ERP
team members for their extraordinary com-
mitment during the implementation of this
project, as well as the previous users for their
persevering despite all the setbacks.
Implementation of the ERP systems in the Emlichheim
und Wietzendorf plants
The 8th Sewage Sludge Conference took place
from June 4th – 6th, 2013 in Fulda, Germany.
More than 300 participants came to Fulda each
day to this important meeting for experts in the
field. They listened to lectures and visited the
professional exhibition to inform themselves
about the current state of the field and used the
opportunity to exchange ideas and knowledge
with colleagues and speakers. The Emsland Group
took advantage of this platform and opened a
booth at the exhibition for the first time.
The Emsland Group sees great potential in the
areas of flocculation, waste water treatment,
struvite precipitation and harbor sludge, even
beyond the effects of the changing regulations
for the use of polyacrylamides. Our starches could
prove to be an alternative to polyacrylamides.
Positive flocculation tests in the Hamburg harbor,
as well as alternative flocculations in the areas of
manure and biogas plants, indicate that there may
be interesting projects ahead.
We have already developed our first market-ready
product, Emfloc® KC 750, in our professional
research and development laboratories. Other
products are still in the trial phase and are
currently being intensively tested for their
suitability. A product portfolio of various starch
derivatives for use in environmental technology
will be available in the near future.
The 8th Sewage Sludge Conference in Fulda was
overall a successful experience for the Emsland
Group. All of the topics relevant to our enterprise
received very positive responses, we were able to
network extensively and reply to many inquires.
Our experts are available to answer your questions
about environmental technology even after the
conference:
Hans-Dieter Beckmann
Tel.: +49(0)5943/81-172
E-mail: [email protected]
Hermann-Josef Melcher
Tel.: +49(0)5943/81-281
E-mail: [email protected]
The Asian market has long been one of
the most important key markets for the Emsland
Group. The Emsland Group’s innovative products
are used in many food applications and technical
specialties. Many customers have relied on sup-
port and quality from Emlichheim for many years.
The Emsland Group, with its well-established
business connections in Southeast Asia and
successful participation in trade fairs, has kept
up with market developments and is the world-
wide leader in applications for potato products.
In order to continue convincing our customers
of the many advantages of our work in the
region, the Emsland Group has opened an office
in the Technology Park Thailand in Bangkok, in
addition to its etablished office in Singapore.
Since mid-May 2013, this office is where the
newest scientific developments have been
connected with new developments for food ap-
plications from Emlichheim. The focus will be on
noodle products and snack applications.
In addition to the technical support from our
Head Office, three new employees will join
our team. They will be responsible for supporting
our local market partners, investigating new
possibilities, and optimizing existing products.
Ms. Patcharee Tirakom is responsible for marketing
and sales. Ms. Charinrat Kittiyanupong and
Ms. Waranit Pongjaruvat will provide technical
customer service. Mr. Omer Talha Korkmaz will
continue in his coordinating role as product
manager.
The Emsland Group is committed to strategic
development and excellent customer service.
You may contact Mr. Thomas Hübner (THuebner@
emsland-group.de) or Mr. T T Lim (ttlim@emsland-
group.de) with questions or comments.
New office opened in Bangkok
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Insights for young people in the world of working life
2014
Farewells
Anniversaries
Emlichheim
06.04.2013 Gerrit Beckmann
06.09.2013 Annegret Kortmann
02.11.2013 Lutz Märlender
31.12.2012 Johanna Gering
31.01.2013 Renate Stroeve
31.03.2013 Jan Meyerink
31.07.2013 Jan Matten
31.07.2013 Franz Stroeve
Cloppenburg
30.06.2013 Maria Wendeln
Kyritz
31.12.2012 Dieter Malchow
Wittingen
01.01.2013 Karsten Fischer
10th Emlichheim
01.07.2013 Annegret Kortmann
01.08.2013 Christian Brümmer
01.08.2013 Elena Honsel
01.08.2013 Anke Osseforth
01.11.2013 Hans-Dieter Beckmann
25th Emlichheim
13.01.2013 Bernhard Lammers
19.01.2013 Karin Vischer
01.02.2013 Hermann Teunis
21.03.2013 Albert Schipper
22.03.2013 Helmut Klok
01.05.2013 Michael Brinkmann
27.06.2013 Werner Spangemacher
01.07.2013 Jürgen Blümel
05.07.2013 Jürgen Ekelhof
20.07.2013 Ansgar Back
01.08.2013 Matthias Kramer
08.08.2013 Uwe Hildebrand
12.08.2013 Jan Klompmaker
01.09.2013 Jochen Schoo
35th Emlichheim
01.08.2013 Frieda Meppelink
14.09.2013 Alfred Koers
28.09.2013 Hans-Jürgen Engbers
01.10.2013 Gerhard Ettner
05.10.2013 Harald Ettner
11.11.2013 Gesine Hessels
10th Wittingen
01.02.2013 Karl-Heinz Grebe
17.02.2013 Alfred Grundke
01.03.2013 Heiko Seer
17.03.2013 Michael Müller
15.05.2013 Torsten Gablik
01.06.2013 Frank Kandreyer
14.07.2013 Waldemar Herdt
20.10.2013 Sebastian Seidig
35th Wittingen
31.01.2013 Friedrich Hösermann
01.07.2013 Regina Stresing
25th Cloppenburg
15.03.2013 Heinz Büssing
16.03.2013 Thomas Schmidt
28.03.2013 Joachim Frost
01.08.2013 Ewald Dedden
29.08.2013 Ludger Wewer
12.09.2013 Michael Rassel
35th Cloppenburg
14.08.2013 Bettina Funk
10th Kyritz
10.02.2013 Mario Weber
01.08.2013 Steffen Urban
25th Kyritz
11.05.2013 Rüdiger Hanke
35th Kyritz
23.08.2013 Bärbel Klinke
01.09.2013 Olaf Modrack
10th Wietzendorf
01.08.2013 Dirk Hohls
25th Wietzendorf
19.07.2013 Detlef Schubert
Great opportunities!A big thanks goes out to all jubilarians and employees of the Emsland Group. Our common strength is what drives us forward - also in the upcoming
year 2014. We are motivated and excited about the chances and opportunities, that the next year bears for us.
ithin the framework of the nation-wide
“Girls’ Day”, the Emsland Group once again
became involved in the field of the training of
young people.
The Emsland Group offers young people a start
into working life and at the same time a per-
spective in a company which is operating inter-
nationally and oriented towards the future. The
Emsland Group also once again took part in this
year’s nationwide Gilds’ Day, in order to provide
young people with professional perspectives
and an opportunity to take a closer look at the
Emsland Group as a company as well as at the
skilled jobs available there. Apart from a lot of
information about the Group, the pupils were
able to see, on the occasion of the “Girls’ Day”,
with their own eyes at the Emlichheimer head-
quarter the different apprenticeship trades for
which training is provided at the Emsland Group,
such as, for instance, chemical laboratory as-
sistant, industrial clerk, specialist in computer
science, specialist in logistics, etc.
Staff-members of the Emsland Group showed
them around the different departments, explai-
ned the different production sequences and the
operations required for them. After an eventful
day, the “Girls’ Day” ended traditionally with a
joint meal at the new social building.
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Detlef Schubert was honored
on the 19th of July for the 25
years of loyalty to the company.
We are exited about the future!
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