LATEST NEWS
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Senegal targets oil palm revival with Indonesian support
The initiative focuses on rehabilitating traditional oil palm plantations, establishing modern refining capacity, and enhancing local value addition to meet surging national and regional demand for edible oils.
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Solar Industries to acquire South Africa’s Omnia for US$1.36B
For the fertilizer and agricultural sector, the acquisition could create opportunities to combine Omnia’s established crop-nutrition portfolio and African market presence with Solar Industries’ international expansion strategy.
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Senegal’s US$32M project to accelerate peanut processing
The project is expected to help Senegal reduce dependence on imported refined oils, improve oil extraction rates through shorter post harvest intervals, and create a more competitive value chain for smallholder growers.
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Anton Paar’s GlutoPeak measures flour, gluten quality
The instrument measures gluten aggregation behaviour in small flour or gluten samples, providing rapid information to support raw-material acceptance, blending and end-use decisions.
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pladis expands McVitie’s in China, targeting US$1.35B brand
The strategic push supports the consumer goods company’s overarching ambition to transform McVitie’s into a £1 billion global brand by diversifying its portfolio beyond traditional biscuits in high-growth international markets.