Accelerate Magazine of the AHK Australien: The Future of Food by German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Accelerate

— magazine of the AHK Australien

THE FUTURE OF FOOD

2022

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Welcome to the 2022 issue of Accelerate – magazine of the AHK Australien www .germany.org.au

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A message from AHK Australien’s Executive Director

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Dear Reader, Thank you for your continuous support and interest in the work of AHK Australien. This year we could already achieve some great milestones with our Growth Summit setting the scene in Sydney in March. We have welcomed new staff and farewelled others, and are excited to look into a bright future together. As you might have heard, I have taken over the role of Executive Director of AHK Australien from Christoph von Spesshardt in July. Christoph has accepted the position of Executive Director at IHK Stade in Northern Germany and has left Australian shores this month. On this note I want to thank Christoph for his commitment to AHK Australien and his leadership in the past two years. The team spirit and capability of this wonderful team is truly notable and I am excited to guide AHK Australien to further growth and success. AHK Australien is in great shape with our four industry Clusters, Energy, Health, Food & Beverage, and Mining & Resources, gaining some great momentum within the Australian market. Especially through the work in the Energy Cluster, we could position ourselves as market

experts in green hydrogen and founded the GermanAustralian Hydrogen Alliance last year. Our Mining & Resources Cluster has also achieved great success within the critical minerals space, and we can announce that only recently, we founded the GermanAustralian Critical Minerals Alliance. The Health Cluster welcomed BioNTech’s COO at our Growth Summit in March and our Food & Beverage Cluster demonstrated the power of collaboration with digital innovators and food manufacturers at the Growth Summit. The Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the European Union is still an ongoing negotiation and at a recent event held in Melbourne, we could welcome Australia’s Chief Negotiator on stage. Our Horizontal Streams, Digitalisation, Decarbonisation, Talent and Enabling Services are

also gaining momentum through the exceptional work of our Customer Success Team and upcoming events. Lastly, I want to thank everyone who already provided such a warm welcome to me. It was wonderful to see many of you at our Cocktail Reception in Sydney to farewell Christoph von Spesshardt and celebrate the new chapter of AHK Australien. I look forward to meeting many more of you in the near future. With best regards,

DR GABRIELE ROSE Executive Director gabriele.rose @germany.org.au

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Open Borders and Free Trade Negotiations Progress Growth Summit Recap Changes at AHK Australien Health Cluster Update Energy Cluster News Customer Success AHK Statistics

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AHK Australien News

The Food & Beverage Industry Overview and Member Articles (

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Food & Beverage Industry Overview: The Quest to feed a growing planet

Case Study of Digitalisation with Siemens

Tackling Food Loss

Partner organisations (

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Germany Trade & Invest Who we are and what we do

Industry Insights to the Food & Beverage Market Meatless Goes Mainstream

Meatless on More and More German Menus

by Bayer

New Protein Roadmap by CSIRO

Commercial Kitchen with Metz Tiles

Opportunities in New South Wales by Investment NSW

Beef Alternatives by Merck

Membership profiles & offers (

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US Food Delivery Service DoorDash enters German Market

Member4member offers

Industry Overview

New members

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AHK Australien news

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Governmental Affairs

Open Borders and Free Trade Negotiations Progress By Dr Michael Zettinig, German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce

The full opening of Australia’s borders to business travellers plus progress in the FTA negotiations are very positive developments, but challenges remain.

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15 November to participate in the AsiaPacific Conference of German Business (APK), the largest CEO-level conference of German business in the region. The conference will discuss key international topics such as sustainability, supply chains and geopolitical developments. Confirmed speakers include German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Dr Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Please contact me to express interest in participating in the Delegation, and I will provide you with the details. Another positive development is the continuation of the Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations. The 12th formal negotiation round took place in February, and both sides reported progress in several fields afterwards. However, the next formal negotiation round is not scheduled to take place before September; therefore, a conclusion of the negotiations in the calendar year 2022 is very unlikely. I think a conclusion in the first half of 2023 is well possible and would be a very positive development. Please read the short Australian report about the 12th negotiation round here. In regard to Australia’s federal election, the Chamber is following its permanent tradition to work with every Australian government and to engage both sides of politics during our Canberra Delegations; therefore, the Chamber is never supporting any particular party during election campaigns. The next Canberra Delegation is planned for the second half of 2022. Please contact me for

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Governmental Affairs

Compared with the last edition of Accelerate, the world has changed dramatically – both in positive as well as negative ways. On the positive side, there is the full reopening of Australia’s external and domestic borders for all travellers, including short-term business visitors. We have already had the pleasure of welcoming several German visitors keen to start or extend business operations in Australia through our GermanAustralian Chamber offices in Sydney and Melbourne. This development also has a positive impact on staff retention as visits to German expats are again easily possible. As you can see, the increased flight prices indicate the demand for travel between Australia and Germany is obviously there. I am also personally happy about the development as this means that the process to get travel exemptions for essential travel by companies in the German-Australian business community is no longer necessary as the process was sometimes slow and required a lot of documentation with uncertain outcomes. As we are seeing with our member events and the German-Australian Growth Summit, members of the German-Australian business community are happy to come together in person again and follow a careful “living with Covid” approach. For this reason, we have also decided to organise our first international Chamber delegation since 2019 in November 2022. The Australian delegation will go to Singapore from 12-

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details and keep an eye out for the announcements in our AHK Insider newsletter. Besides those positive developments, there are also significant negative policy/geopolitical developments. The most important of those is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting spikes in energy prices and global economic uncertainty. This has also resulted in several institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund, downgrading their global growth expectations and could negatively affect on the willingness of German and Australian businesses to invest

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in new markets. One upside of this development is even greater German and European interest in Australian energy supplies, including LNG and hydrogen. We continue our close engagement with the relevant industry and government stakeholders in the field, including through the GermanAustralian Energy Partnership and my position as Co-Chair of the GermanAustralian Hydrogen Working Group. Another negative development is the ongoing global disruption and price increases of supply chains. This has multiple reasons, including China’s lockdowns and increased demand for

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goods. Please get in touch with our logistics members to discuss your individual needs. In regards to critical minerals and minerals for batteries, we are seeing increased interest in reliable Australian supply from the German industry. We are supporting this through our initiatives, including the Competence Centre for Mining & Resources (CCMR). The Chamber continues to work closely with the German and Australian governments to address issues and topics of relevance for the bilateral business community. Both governments are planning to hold another German-Australian Joint Economic Committee meeting in the second half of the year. This initiative is a good opportunity to directly address business issues with both governments. Please get in touch if you have questions or feedback about the FTA update, the Singapore APK Delegation, the Joint Economic Committee or our other Governmental Affairs activities. We regularly host events to update our members on key political changes. Keep an eye out at our Events Calendar or contact Dr Michael Zettinig for updates.

At a recent event on the EU-AU Free Trade Agreement held in Melbourne, partnering with Global Victoria. We were pleased to have had Chief Negotiator for Australia, Alison Burrows, as a key speaker at the event.

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Growth Summit 2022

Growth Summit Recap By Johanna Schick, German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce

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Growth Summit 2022

On Thursday, 24 March the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce was excited to hold the second part of Growth Summit 2021. Over 100 attendees gathered in Sydney for a full day of learning and networking. The full day event featured keynote speakers, industry experts and four insightful panels hosted and organised respectively by our dedicated industry clusters: Health, Mining & Resources, Food & Beverage and Energy. Before we dive deeper into what happened on the day, we kindly want to thank our sponsors once more: SAP as our main event sponsor and further sponsors Merck, EcoGraf, Weidmueller, Woodside Energy, LOGWIN AG, B. Braun, and Germany Trade & Invest, and Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre. The morning was moderated by our former Chair of our Board of Directors, Dr Jens Goennemann and opened by our Patron, His Excellency Dr Thomas Fitschen, Ambassador of Germany. In his oration, Dr Fitschen brings attention to the outbreak of war between Ukraine and Russia and the devastating floods Queensland and New South Wales have experienced. Furthermore he calls for a change in how we map out global

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supply chains and the need to grow our readiness for collaborative work, jointly as countries and communities. Next, it was a pleasure to hear from our President, Prof Bronwyn Fox, Chief Scientist at CSIRO on the topics of collaboration on the digitalisation of manufacturing, and Industry 4. “It’s not just important to create a collaborative platforms and the collaborative networks, it’s really important to curate them to make sure they are performing and they really sync.” She further went into the topic of using hydrogen as an alternative energy source. To the question why we don’t hear more about hydrogen fuelled vehicles, she responded: “It’s a chicken and egg problem. We don’t have the refuelling infrastructure which means that the manufacturers are reluctant to make too many vehicles. So we need the

Healthy Humans – a panel on collaboration and precision medicine The opening to our four topical panels made our Health Cluster with their Healthy Humans discussion. The 90 minute time slot was divided in two parts, guided by Hannah Niederbuchner, former Health Cluster Manager, and Dr Gabriele Rose. Sierk Poetting, COO at BioNTech, opened the panel and talked about the development of vaccines for the Covid-19 pandemic and how BioNTech has overcome the challenge of mass manufacturing and timely distribution through BioNTainers. This concept offers small vaccine manufacturing facilities, inside a container, to being distributed to rural areas in Africa, for example, to produce vaccines effectively on the spot and being able to distribute

them in a timely manner to critical communities. Afterwards the panel discussed the importance of collaboration especially within the healthcare sector. Sierk Poetting, Sarah Fardy, ANZ Commercial Marketing Lead at Merck Life Science ANZ, and Trent Munro, Professor at The University of Queensland, formed an expert panel to talk about such important collaboration and the learnings that have come out of the pandemic. “Research is not a luxury. Research is essential for our future survival”, a powerful statement by Prof Trent Munro that summed up this important discussion. Nicholette Conway, Commercialisation Director at 23Strands, opened the second part of the panel highlighting the benefits of precision medicine. Looking at genomic

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cost-effective refuelling infrastructure to make the vehicles more effective.” Before we headed into the first topical panel discussion of the day, we heard a video statement from Dr Andrew Forrest AO, Chairman of Fortescue Future Industries. Dr Andrew Forrest AO calls for further action towards green energy across the globe. “We cannot keep gambling on energy future”, he says. Dr Andrew Forrest highlights the connection between fossil fuels and the war between Russia and Ukraine. His message is clear: We must scale up not only solar but also green hydrogen! “It’s time for freedom energy, it’s time for green hydrogen,” says Dr Andrew Forrest.

Research is not a luxury. Research is essential for our future survival.

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Precious Earth – The future of mining and critical minerals The Precious Earth Panel was hosted by our Mining & Resources Cluster and proudly sponsored by EcoGraf. Amanda Lacaze, CEO & MD of Lynas Rare Earths Ltd, Andrew Spinks, MD of EcoGraf Ltd, and Bill McPhee, Senior Manager at BASF, came together to discuss critical

Watch some of the Highlights of our Growth Summit.

minerals and the future of resources in a 90-minute panel discussion. Andrew Spinks clarifies that carbon is often perceived as negative but “pure carbon in the form of graphite is a beautiful mineral”. Amanda Lacaze highlighted that the “current supply chains are vulnerable for various reasons amongst the minerals.” Having a diverse supply chain is not only crucial in the energy space to create a more sustainable future but also in critical minerals and rare earth. “The unique thing about the Australian geology is that it’s the one place in the world where you have nickel, cobalt, and lithium coming out of the ground roughly in the same geographical region. I think Australia is very well set to be able to provide those critical minerals in a responsible way.”, Bill McPhee sums up. To close the panel, the statement was clear: We can all take a step to a more sustainable future. No need to be overwhelmed if we can’t go all the way yet, but we all have enough resources and capabilities today, to take one step into a more sustainable future.

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data, artificial intelligence and digital health, she shared valuable insights on how Digitalisation has arrived in the health sector and how to take it further. Digitalisation in the health sector and data collection of course opened a discussion on trust with the following panel formed by Nicholette Conway, Sarah Fardy and Prof Trent Munro. Prof Munro said: “Data is going to be the key to the future. So we need to find a way to solve that. Efficacy has almost become a secondary measure and the same with safety. “Those kind of things erode trust very quickly.” So I think it’s a delicate balance. We should never undermine the importance of medical regulation but we need to find better ways to use data quickly and efficiently.” Everyone agreed that we are a patientdriven society in the closing remarks of the panel.

Beautiful Intelligence – Industry 4.0 in Food Manufacturing Straight after lunch we jumped into an insightful discussion on Beautiful Intelligence. The Beautiful Intelligence panel discussed topics on digital collaboration, IIOT (swap IoT for IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), Industry 4.0 and presented a case study of what a successful collaboration can look like. Our Beautiful Intelligence panel

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hosted great experts within the space: Leonie Wong, Senior Account Director at Siemens, Rafael König, MD at Weidmüller Australia, Byron Ross, COO of Graphite Energy and Tim Regitz, Director of Finance and Administration – Controlling/Business Intelligence at Aldi Australia. The panel was brought to you by our Food & Beverage Cluster and proudly sponsored by Weidmüller Australia. The panel shared great insights on how technology increased profitability and efficiency within processes but it was also highlighted in this panel by Rafael König that “we need to work together, not against each other.” Industry 4.0 and digitalisaion can often be overwhelming, in particular for smaller organisations. However, as Leonie Wong said: “Solutions are quite scalable. Digital Transformation can help companies of all sizes really getting benefit and what is so special is that we’re not just helping a large anonymous, faceless, multi-national. We’re helping family-run businesses pay their bills and put food on the table.” More data however is not necessarily better, as Tim Regitz highlighted. It has to fit the purpose. Byron Ross highlights the involvement in data from the start “We have gone from a situation where instrumentation and data had to be carefully considered at the design stage of the project to what I’d like to say now, is that everything is instrumented. It’s much cheaper to collect the information, to store it and then we have to work out what to do with it. That’s a separate problem.”

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“The purpose of automation is not to replace the human, but to allow the human to do greater value into what they’re operating” – a beautiful statement by Leonie Wong to close the panel. “When it comes to digital transformation, everybody’s journey is going to be different, and that’s okay. But it also means that you should think big. You can start small and you can scale fast.” “If there’s anything we can take from this panel, it’s not that we can do something, but that we must do something”, Rafael König states.

Powerful Planet – The journey to Green Hydrogen The Powerful Planet panel, hosted by our Energy Cluster and proudly sponsored by SAP and Woodside Energy, was the last panel discussion of the day at our recent Growth Summit in Sydney. The panel consisted of experts from all across the industry. We were excited to be joined by James Veale, CoFounder at GreenToken by SAP, Andrea Galt, Head of New Energy – Europe at Woodside Energy and Dr Fiona Simon, CEO of the Australian Hydrogen Council. As James Veale gives a brief introduction to hydrogen and its power: “Hydrogen is a colourless, odourless, non-toxic, flammable gas at room temperature. It has the great feature that when you burn it, it’s clean. It doesn’t produce any carbon byproducts. It produces water.” Dr Fiona Simon adds that where we have liquid fuels now, you can use hydrogen as a replacement. However, the ultimate holy

Growth Summit Learnings After four incredible panel discussions, the Growth Summit concluded with a video interview between Robert Hermann, CEO of Germany Trade & Invest, and our own Executive Director, Christoph von Speßhardt. Robert Hermann explained Germany’s position within Biotech, battery manufacturing and Green Hydrogen. It highlighted the importance of both countries, Australia and Germany, to continuously work closely together. Opportunities are endless and as we could see throughout the day, the hunger for collaboration laid within every attendee.

“Solutions are quite scalable. Digital Transformation can help companies of all sizes really getting benefit and what is so special is that we’re not just helping a large anonymous, faceless, multinational. We’re helping family-run businesses pay their bills and put food on the table.”

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grail is renewable hydrogen, or green hydrogen, as Andrea Galt mentions. Our dedicated time to the Powerful Planet discussion also included a little topical excursion to space. We were delighted to have exceptional speakers on the topic of hydrogen in space: Dr Florian Klumpp, MD at Fichtner Australia and New Zealand, Professor Wojciech Lipinski, Independent Researcher and Dr Jehan Kanga, Founder and CEO of Rux Energy. “Australia has the key ingredients”, Dr Fiona Simon said concluding the panel. Now it depends on us and the government where the country positions itself in the global market.

Internal Structure at AHK Australien

Changes at AHK Australien By Johanna Schick, GermanAustralian Chamber of Industry and Commerce

2022 is a year of changes at AHK Australien. As we are moving back to in-person events and

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member site visits and several in-person delegations, we have also undergone some internal changes.

Christoph von Spesshardt and Dr Gabriele Rose in Berlin

SONIA TURRILLO Events Manager based in Sydney

JOHANNA SCHICK Marketing Strategist based in Melbourne

DR GABRIELE ROSE Executive Director based in Sydney

DINAH FELLER Events Manager based in Sydney

SINA SCHRAMMEK Customer Success Consultant based in Melbourne

BETTINA SCHELS Cluster Manager – Health based in Brisbane

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We want to welcome our new staff who joined AHK Australien in 2022

We are so excited to have such great talent joining the chamber and can already see results of their commitment to nurture German-Australian bilateral relations.

You might have noticed already that as of July, AHK Australien has a new Executive Director DR GABRIELE ROSE Executive Director

This however means that we farewell CHRISTOPH VON SPESSHARDT Executive Director

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Internal Structure at AHK Australien

As with new beginnings, there are also chapters ending. We have had to farewell some staff and wish them all the best in their future endeavours TINA TOMS Head of Melbourne Office and Head of Customer Success

HANNAH NIEDERBUCHNER Cluster Manager – Health

New Chair of Board of Directors REBECCA LEE Managing Director of Merck Life Sciences in Australia and New Zealand

Additionally, three new Board Members were also appointed RAFAEL KOENIG Managing Director of Weidmueller Australia

HANNO BLANKENSTEIN CEO and Founder of Unleash live

By welcoming new members of the board, we had to also farewell JENS GOENNEMANN, Managing Director of Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre

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ROSANNE JESSOP Managing Director of Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre and Board member

DR WOLFGANG BABECK Partner at Buse and European Counsel at Hall & Wilcox

Dr Gabriele Rose is looking forward to exciting times ahead: “I look forward to my new responsibilities within these geopolitical volatile times. Australia and Germany are closer to each other than a look on the map makes us believe. We are connected not just through common values but also longstanding, resilient economic relations, which we will expand and strengthen further.” At our Annual General Meeting held in May, we have also welcomed a new Chair of the Board of Directors, Rebecca Lee, Managing Director of Merck Life Sciences in Australia and New Zealand. Congratulations, Rebecca, on your new appointment. We are very honoured to have you as our Chair.

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Outgoing Executive Director Christoph von Spesshardt, who will conclude his term to take up the role of CEO of IHK Stade in Germany, concludes: “It is my absolute pleasure to pass the baton for the leadership of AHK Australien and our wonderful team on to Dr Gabi Rose. She already is an integral, much-revered part of the team, and her incredible track record of spearheading innovation in various industries will be a valuable asset to the AHK. In my future capacity as CEO of IHK Stade, I look forward to exploring how we can foster many exciting projects in Energy, Health, Mining and Resources, and Food and Beverages. Finally, I wish Gabi and my beloved AHK team all the success in the World. As we say in Germany, ‘You always meet twice in life’, and I look forward to it.”

Thank you to everyone for your commitment to the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in the past and present. We are very fortunate to work with a pool of dedicated and talented people.

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Internal Structure at AHK Australien Our AHK Australien Team after a successful Growth Summit in Sydney

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Health Cluster

Health Cluster Update By Bettina Schels, GermanAustralian Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Sharing Expertise for the Benefit of the GermanAustralian Health Industry Healthcare is one of the most promising industries in Australia and in Germany. Hence, it might be no surprise that our AHK dedicated a specific cluster to this vibrant sector, with the key objective of fostering Health Business in Australia and Germany. After its virtual launch of the cluster during the pandemic times last year, topics in focus so far have included AI in Health, Precision Medicine and the Development of Vaccination. Now that the pandemic-related restrictions have been lifted and face-to-face encounters are possible again, the cluster’s next focus will be on sharing expertise and community building. Among other formats, exciting Health Tech Safaris are on the agenda, where members open their physical doors to other members and provide real insights. 28

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The sharing of knowledge requires trust. This level of trust is what we want to enable through the targeted exchange, thus contribute to an increase in knowledge.

ABOUT THE HEALTH TECH SAFARI

By bus, participants visit three to four cluster members or those who want to become one. A group of 15 to max. 20 members each have the unique opportunity to get to know the selected companies up close and personally and to gain a deeper understanding of the solutions they offer. The tour ends with a concluding discussion with all partners and a get-together.

Health Cluster image source: www.de-hub.de image source: www.de-hub.de

Exciting Health Tech Safaris are on the agenda, where members open their physical doors to other members and provide real insights.

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Health Cluster image source: www.de-hub.de

Sharing expertise is not limited to within the group of cluster members however. That’s why contacts with research institutions and start-ups are another important component of the cluster’s portfolio. Initial talks with universities and innovation hubs have shown how open and interested they are in exchanging ideas with members. Australia has an excellent landscape of hubs in the health sector, and Germany is also in an excellent position in this area. Our cluster will therefore drive forward networking opportunities between the healthcare industry 30

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research institutions and start-ups in Germany and Australia. For this reason it is very helpful that our AHK has just taken on the role of ambassador in Australia for the Digital Hub Initiative. Digital Hub Initiative was founded in 2017 and brings together twelve Digital Hubs located throughout Germany to connect start-ups with SMEs, Corporates and Academia. If you want to join our AHK Health Cluster, please feel free to reach out to Bettina Schels, Cluster Manager – Health.

Compound annual growth rate 1990-91 to 2020-21 Information, media and telecommunications

Health Cluster

GROWTH IN REAL GROSS VALUE ADDED BY INDUSTRY

5.0 Professional, scientific and technical services

4.8

Healthcare and social assistance 4. 5 Financial and insurance services 4. 3 Mining 4.1 Retail trade 3. 5 Wholesale trade 3.4 Construction 3. 3 Administrative and support services 3. 2 Arts and recreation services

2.9

Rental, hiring and real estate services

Services

2.9

Goods1

Public administration and safety 2. 8 Transport, postal and warehousing 2.6 Ownership and dwellings 2 2.4 Education and training 2. 2 Accommodation and food services 2. 2 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2.0 Other services 2.0 Electricity, gas, water and waste services 1. 2 Manufacturing 0.6

3.0%

All-industries average growth per annum

3.3% Services

2.4% Goods

Not classified as a good or service 1 Goods comprise agriculture, forestry and fishing, manufacturing and mining. 2 Ownership of dwellings is not classified as a good or service. Sources: B enchmark Report released by Austrade: https:// www.austrade.gov. au/benchmarkreport/resilienteconomy

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Energy Cluster

Energy Cluster News – Freedom Energy to Pave the Way into a Better Geopolitical Environment By Florence Lindhaus, German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce

The Russian war is jumpstarting the bilateral green hydrogen industry, building on many a positive development in both countries

It doesn’t, therefore, come as a surprise that the first MoUs are emerging between Australian company Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and German energy company E.ON or German chemical company Covestro and German-French aviation company Airbus for the offtake of green hydrogen. Andrew Forrest has coined the fitting term “Freedom Energy” for renewable Sadly, the Russian war in the Ukraine energy from non-authoritarian paints dependence on petrostates in a very grim light. How many wars could be countries, and Germany is certainly prevented – past, present, and future – if gearing up to import those by massively investing in new gas terminals and energy was not something we dig but something we harvest? And even better: pipelines. In light of the war in the Ukraine, the German government something we deal very carefully with? committed to 80% renewable power Renewable energy is the name of the (some 600 terawatt-hours) in the mix by game, and green hydrogen is giving it 2030 and almost 100% green electricity a time and space option. Australia has by 2035, a substantial proportion of it to the potential to produce 27 times more be collected from offshore wind. energy than it needs (ANU) and has all Australia is also ramping up in the the infrastructure in place to ship some of it as green hydrogen to countries that offshore sector, with Victoria making haven’t got the same renewable energy bold announcements not only to cover large amounts of its energy demand resources, such as Germany.

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OFFSHORE WIND GERMANY VS VICTORIA

30GW

2030

40GW

2035

70GW

2045

9GW 2GW

2032

4GW

2035

of Australia’s landmass just using solar can cover

10x the German energy demand

2040

through offshore wind, but also partnering with neighbouring NSW to create the Hume Hydrogen Freeway with at least four hydrogen refueling stations and 25 hydrogen-powered long-haul heavy freight vehicles. The governments of both countries have committed to a research funding programme, HyGate, that had the Energy Cluster involved in facilitating a number of matches between academia and industry. A German delegation, including the Federal Minister for Research, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, packed their bags to

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Green hydrogen gives renewable energy a time and space option (– store the energy for longer periods of time or move it across the seas).

all the way to covering the land with solar panels and storing energy in underground shafts. Another area where both countries can benefit from each other’s expertise is energy efficiency; partnering with the EEC and the Australia-Germany Energy Partnership, a delegation to Germany is underway, a study is in the works, and an event involving a State minister is scheduled. German companies have a lot to contribute with insulation, heat pumps, efficient heating etc. but can also learn from Australia and its NABERS standard. At our Growth Summit (March 24, ICC Sydney), we were privileged to have Dr Fiona Simon, AHC, James Veale, Green Token SAP, and Andrea Galt, Woodside Energy, debate what it takes for hydrogen to take off while a popup Space panel discussed novel and emission-free propulsion of spacecraft. The key takeaway was the urge Australia seems to be missing in the energy transition and the incredible potential these two countries have for crosspollination. There was, however, an element of cross-pollination and a lot of admiration for Australian heavy industry – the likes of explosives company Orica or aluminum smelters like Boyne and Alumina – in our Gladstone delegation trip, where over 30 members of the AHK had a first-hand look at the world’s fourth largest coal exporting terminal, heavy industry hub and “hydrogen capital of the world”, as it is gearing up to be. Timing tied in with the GEA expo at the end of April for maximum benefit, and meals were sponsored by TIQ and SMA (many thanks!) – the latter being shared on a fancy dinner cruise. ACCELERATE

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fly to Australia. Many visits, as well as a reception the night before the AHC Conference in Adelaide on May 30, were scheduled. The cluster also facilitated a delegation of German bioenergy companies seeking to speak to Australian counterparts to bolster this sector that is very important in Germany but still nascent in Australia. Bioenergy, wind, solar, hydrogen, and batteries are all facets of the same game, as we can see in Australia; not only Mike Cannon-Brookes was offering to replace AGL’s Lidell coal plant with renewable energy, leveraging its existing transmission network and customer base, but coal mines and coal plants across the country are developing new ideas to utilise existing assets, ranging from waste food or noxious weeds to biochar, biomethane, or hydrogen,

AHK Streams

Customer Success – Australia is Open for Business Again and AHK is Tackling New Topics that Matter to all our Members By Andrew Donni, German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Australia is open for business again with the steady return of overseas travellers, here for both leisure and business. Although the broad adoption of virtual meetings has meant connecting with each other has been quicker and easier than ever before, the last few years have also highlighted just how irreplaceable and important in-person meetings can be. To learn more about our upcoming events, see our Events Calendar. For more information about how your company can get involved, reach out to us at customer.success@germany.org.au

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industries and companies of any size. These “horizontal streams”, named as such due to their cross-cutting nature, reflect the modern-day challenges that industry must confront. Excitingly, it will also allow us as a Chamber to showcase the innovative solutions many of our members have to these problems.

DIGITALISATION

DECARBONISATION

TALENT

The fourth industrial revolution and the Internet of Things have well and truly arrived. No longer the prerogative of large industry players, digitalisation is now more approachable and more achievable for companies of any size. Germany stands as a powerhouse for advanced manufacturing, and automation has helped it remain competitive on global markets whilst still producing highquality goods. In 2022 AHK will explore trends and innovations whilst connecting our audiences with champions in the digitalization space.

The world is moving towards a net-zero reality, and the business community is stepping up to the challenge. The time for talk has shifted to a call for action, and AHK wants to help companies, both large and small, find practical solutions to understanding and addressing their climate footprint. AHK wants to leverage its extensive network of experts in the realm of decarbonisation and share ways in which member companies are working to reduce and eliminate their carbon footprint.

Closed borders and the changing culture of work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have meant that employers face an entirely different employment market in 2022 than they did two years ago. Working arrangements are more flexible than ever and companies are needing to establish hybrid work environments for teams around the globe. Navigate this new reality with help from our experienced members and their insights to help you attract and retain valued employees.

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Bringing people and companies together is at the heart of what AHK Australien does as an organisation, and so we couldn’t be more excited to welcome everyone back. In 2022 AHK Australien is bringing its members a range of engagement opportunities and events based on broad-reaching topics that apply to all

AHK Statistics so far as of June 2022

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25 2

New members

Industry initiatives launched

25 12 2 ~350 In person Events

Online Events

Delegations

consulting inquiries answered

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are the new PREMIUM PARTNERS in the folder named PLATINUM PARTNERS?

We thank all our Platinum Partners for their support.

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Platinum Partners 2022

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Title story & member articles

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Food & Beverage Cluster

The Quest to Feed a Growing Planet By Mathias Suter, German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce

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Food & Beverage Cluster

With a rapidly growing global population, producing enough food to feed everyone is becoming ever more challenging. As if this challenge wasn’t enough, we are forced to achieve it whilst also solving the climate crisis. According to the United Nations’ 2019 World Population Prospects Report (WPP) we are set to experience major shifts in global population growth. The global population is expected to grow from 7.7 billion in 2019 to 8.9 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion by 2050. At the same time, the population centres around the world will shift, too. The WPP forecasts that India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous country, and African nations such as Nigeria will grow at faster rates than other regions1 . This growing population will need to be fed, raising questions about how we can create more effective, productive food systems globally.

The Climate Challenge For many years now, specialists have warned about climate change and global warming, and there is considerable action being undertaken to achieve a net-zero emission economy in many countries around the world. 1 World Population Prospects 2019: https://

population.un.org/wpp/Publications/Files/ WPP2019_Highlights.pdf

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One of the main contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions, however, is the food industry. According to a joint study between the UN Food & Agriculture Organization and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre released in 2021, food systems contribute about one-third of global emissions 2 . In Australia, emissions from agriculture alone amount to 13% of the total greenhouse gas emissions, making it the fourth-largest contributor3 . Knowing the above leads to the question: How can we feed the rapidly growing population sustainably whilst reducing the climate impact of the Food & Beverage Industry at the same time?

Three Main Pillars for the Future of Food In the next few paragraphs, we’ll have a look at three major approaches to address the problem, and we’ll investigate how and where the German and Australian industries can contribute to the solution. First, we’ll look at the approach of using R&D in agriculture to become more productive, resistant to climate change and reduce waste. In a second step, we investigate the manufacturing industry, in particular 2 Greenhouse gas emissions in food systems:

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1086822 3 Food-related emissions in Australia:

https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/ from-farm-to-plate-to-the-atmospherereducing-your-food-related-emissions/?at b=DSA01b&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3v6SBhCsARIs ACyrRAkBZw3u-aVp4SZK3Dg34ddAZeYC2OuyuQKyVdq0KqayOaN0zJdXlfQaArjZEALw_ wcB

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how automation will drive productivity and cost-efficiency. And lastly, we’ll dive into the world of alternative proteins to find out if there are ways to produce food quicker and with a smaller footprint.

Digital Farmhand, an agricultural robot developed by Professor Salah Sukkarieh and team from Australian Centre for Field Robotics, the University of Sydney.

R&D and Agriculture Over the last few years, the effects of climate change have been felt strongly across the globe, but particularly in Australia, with drought, bush fires and once in a thousand-year floods hitting the eastern seaboard predominantly . The agriculture sector has been hit hard by those events, with farmers having to put down large parts of their herds

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during droughts, crops being washed away in the floods, or even whole vintages of wine being tainted by smoke from bush fires. Whilst extreme events like this can’t really be controlled, companies, such as AHK members Bayer, or BASF, work tirelessly to find solutions for some of the more subtle challenges climate change poses. Developments include work on more sustainable, more targeted herbicides and pesticides, or even fertilisers with specific properties aimed at the target crops. The modification of genetic markers can further be helpful in creating crops that display certain traits, such as being more resistant to spoilage or changes in temperature due to weather. Lastly, research also takes place to make existing agricultural processes more environmentally friendly. One such example is the production of Asparagopsis seaweed to be fed to cattle. The use of this seaweed has been shown to dramatically decrease the methane production of cows whilst making them up to 20% more productive. In other words, only 10% of global livestock on that feed would have the same impact as removing 100 million cars from the world’s road4 .

Advanced Manufacturing Once the process on the farm is complete and the produce is grown, the journey of many a food product is only about to start. Ingredients will have to 4 Future Feed: https://www.csiro.au/en/research/

animals/livestock/futurefeed

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travel through factories for stages of refining to be combined into the final product. Just like other industries, the Food & Beverage industry has followed along in modernisation steps over time. One of the most promising developments yet, however, is the advent of Industry 4.0. The automation and digitalisation of food production simultaneously carry the potential for enormous increases in productivity whilst also increasing the energy efficiency in production. A great number of AHK Australien members are active in this space and supply the Australian market with innovative solutions. Leonie Wong from Siemens, a panellist at the F&B panel during the AHK Growth Summit in Sydney earlier in the year, summed the need for automation up well when she said that it wasn’t about replacing humans with machines but freeing up humans from repetitive, low-value tasks, to focus on tasks machines can’t do. In this way, organisations can scale their production in a sustainable way.

Just like other industries, the Food & Beverage industry has followed along in modernisation steps over time.

Traditional agriculture and food production demand extensive land use and whilst new innovative solutions enhance productivity, it is unlikely that a growing population can be fed by existing means only. The majority of land in agricultural use is directly or indirectly used for the production of livestock. Meat is a valuable source of protein; however, if the whole world is to be fed, we will need alternative solutions. Responding to this, the CSIRO, Australia’s national science organisation, has recently released their Future Protein Strategy, a roadmap to guide the development of alternative protein sources. Some of the most promising trends in this area are plantbased proteins, cultured/cultivated meat, insect protein and precision fermentation. Plant-based protein ranges from existing, protein-rich crops to specially developed crops with enhanced traits, such as high protein chickpeas 5 . The space of cultured or cultivated meat is looking at growing actual meat cells in bioreactors, allowing the production of meat without agricultural land-use and without animal suffering. AHK member company Merck is working closely with start-ups in this realm to drive innovation in the sector. Insect protein, as the name

suggests, is a protein found in insects that are bred for that very purpose. Whilst oftentimes regarded as an exotic alternative in western countries, some cultures have been consuming insects and even arachnoids for centuries. Insect protein has an edge thanks to the fact that its production has the lowest per-unit resource requirement of any animal protein source 6 . Lastly, precision fermentation is the process of adapting fermentation processes and modifying yeast strains to achieve desired outcomes. A popular example of this technology is the company Impossible Meats, which has had great success with their plant-based burgers, which get their realistic, meaty taste from the fermentation using genetically modified yeast7.

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Alternative Proteins

The Way Forward Considering the wide variety of trends in the F&B Industry, this space is a powerhouse of opportunity to tackle both the growing global population as well as climate change. German and Australian businesses are at the forefront of creating and driving the trends, but also in creating the technology needed to make those future trends a reality. As Cluster Manager of the Food & Beverage Cluster, I am excited to be a part of this journey for the German-Australian business community, and I look forward to seeing what the future will hold.

5 Ultra-high protein chickpeas: https://www.

foodingredientsfirst.com/news/nucicerpropels-plant-based-innovation-with-ultrahigh-protein-chickpeas.html

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Digitalisation with Siemens

Digitalisation in Craft Brewing

By Milan Bawa, Market Development Manager (Food & Beverage), Siemens Ltd.

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Siemens’ technology at work in WoW’s Melbournebased distillery

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Brewing and German technology go hand in hand. The German Purity Law defined quality of beer back in the 1400s. Now, Siemens’ factory automation can be found in breweries all over the world – from giant breweries in Germany to our burgeoning craft sector in Australia. Regardless of size, the common element is quality.

Top: WoW’s canned beer range

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To achieve the transition towards packaged beer by utilising automation at the core of its process control – a collaborative approach was required.

About us From manufacturing to smart buildings, energy to food and beverages, Siemens’ technology empowers companies of all sizes to transform the everyday. Driven by digitalisation and automation, we provide solutions that allow businesses across the globe to increase their productivity, scale up while maintaining quality, and harness the possibilities of Industry 4.0.

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Each year, the world’s largest industrial trade fair, Hannover Messe, takes place around May – June, showcasing the best in class in technology from around the world. At last year’s exhibition, Cedrik Neike, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO Digital Industries, delivered the keynote highlighting the industrial world is facing urgent challenges that must be mastered quickly and sustainably. The solution to tackling this is to fully exploit data from digitalisation and automation. He highlighted how, when Melbourne shut down due to the pandemic, a small local brewer that had just launched operations that were reliant on delivering kegs to restaurants pivoted using data and digitalisation to switch their brewing process into cans. The result? Reduction in average ferment cycle from 25 to 18 days, helping save time and money.

The journey Wolf of the Willows (WoW), established in 2014, is a proudly independent brewing company located in the Bayside suburb of Mordialloc in Victoria, Australia. Over the past two years, WoW, like many small businesses, has had to adapt and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by pivoting their business operations. Prior to COVID-19, close to 80 per cent of WoW’s revenue was linked to the kegs sold into local pubs and bars. As the pandemic deepened and the lockdowns brought the hospitality industry to a halt, WoW switched their business model towards packaged products, such as canned beer. To achieve the transition towards packaged beer by utilising automation at the core of its process control – a collaborative approach was required. This emerged in the form of Siemens, as a technology specialist; Fermecraft, a specialist in brewing automation; and WoW, a specialist craft brewer.

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ACHIEVING THE TH

Scalability and flexibility

Speed to market

In order for WoW to transition their production process from kegs to cans and to accommodate for future business growth, a flexible solution was needed. Utilising Siemens technology, such as programmable logic controllers (PLC), humanmachine interfaces (HMI) and the internet of things (IoT), Fermecraft was able to automate the fermentation process for WoW through a purpose-built solution. Although the automation solution was purpose-built, as it is often required for craft brewing, the key criterion of future scalability (going from a small facility to a larger one) and ongoing flexibility (multiproduct batching) were at the core of this solution.

WoW needed to transition their production quickly from kegs to cans. Utilising Fermecraft’s software, which is specifically designed for the brewing industry, in combination with Siemen’s process automation technology, allowed WoW to optimise their brewing processes and production line. In addition, WoW can visualise the whole brewing process in real-time from any location, with rich data insights resulting in improved operational efficiency and reducing unplanned downtime. This resulted in WoW reducing their average ferment cycle from 25 to 18 days. This reduction has been instrumental in enabling WoW to produce beer in cans – allowing the company to tap into new markets.

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Quality and consistency For any brewing and distilling application, managing quality and consistency are the critical factors for an optimal tasting final product. Using Siemens’ cloud – based MindSphere platform, WoW can monitor key elements of the ‘live’ process in real-time from anywhere and make changes remotely. The system also captures the data of each batch for continuous improvement.

Specif ic benefits for WoW are:

Monitoring key aspects of the fermentation process, such as temperatures and volume of ingredients added. Vessel volumes can be monitored from anywhere, improving operational efficiency.

Recording batch characteristics to better plan for future batches and be able to provide consistency.

Condition monitoring of plant performance aspects such as chillers. This enables predictive maintenance and avoids unplanned downtime.

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Food Loss & Waste Solutions with Bayer

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Food Loss & Waste – Agriculture Plays Key Role in Tackling Food Loss By Bayer

By 2050, global agriculture must grow enough food for almost ten billion people while using fewer natural resources. In addition to that, farmers and plant scientists are also reimagining what agriculture can accomplish by helping humanity reduce food loss and waste.

33% of all food produced in the world is lost or wasted every year before people consume it.1

Two Sides of a Similar Challenge Food loss and food waste both represent important opportunities for us to improve how we nourish our growing world, but they aren’t quite the same thing. Food loss typically refers to food that is spilled, spoiled or 1 Source: Food and Agriculture

Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

damaged during growing, storage, processing or distribution. This, of course, includes crops that are lost on the farm due to environmental stress, inefficient machinery, or limitations of technology. Food waste describes when food isn’t consumed, often because it is forgotten or discarded. Though food waste occurs at the retail level in local markets and grocery stores, it’s also a result of consumer behaviour. Regardless of how food loss and waste occur, there are many

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opportunities to improve how we grow, transport, and consume food. Agricultural experts from crop scientists to logistics engineers are working together to pioneer new approaches to make a global impact across the board.

It Starts on the Farm Every seed in a farmer’s field has the potential to grow crops. But if a plant fails, that opportunity is wasted. With challenges like insects, diseases, and

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climate change, farmers need solutions that are specifically developed to withstand these various pressures to have healthy harvests. Digital farming technologies such as soil sensors and satellites are helping to pre-emptively diagnose and treat various threats to crops before they take hold— helping prevent crop loss from the start. In addition, farmers are utilising genetically modified and hybrid seeds, along with chemical and biological

crop protection tools, to protect their crops’ potential.

A better handle on handling There are many steps in the food journey from the farm to consumers. The first is harvesting, which can damage crops if done improperly, reducing growth capacity or shelf life. Similarly, loss can also occur if there are interruptions or mistakes as foods are washed, peeled, sliced,

Breeding food waste out of the equation Bayer is also looking inward to prolong shelf life. Using a combination of traditional breeding techniques, plant breeding innovations (such as genome editing), and biotechnology, our plant scientists are developing new plant varieties that grow and travel better. With greater resistance to pests and diseases, more efficient nutrient absorption, and improved textures, these new varieties better withstand harvest and distribution—so that markets and grocery stores have enough quality food for consumers to choose from. This increased shelf life also gives consumers a larger window in which to enjoy their food before it spoils.

40% of losses in developing countries occur post-harvest and during processing, while 40% of losses in industrialized countries occur at retail or consumer levels.

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or boiled. With improved seed technology and precise harvesting equipment, agriculture is making continuous improvements to help more crops make it off the farm. Farming is also benefiting from reenvisioning the supply chain. Cooling down the temperature in storage silos and in shipping containers helps keep foods fresh and free of pests. Given that roughly 50 per cent of fruits, vegetables, roots, and tubers are lost before reaching consumers, these seemingly small improvements are making a massive positive impact. Additionally, at Bayer, we are addressing food loss well before harvest by applying data analytics and GPS tracking technologies to improve shipping routes to reduce transit times for seed shipments. This not only reduces fuel consumption and carbon emissions but also enables farmers to sow seeds at the perfect moment in the season so they can make the most of their acreage and optimise productivity.

All-around innovation In our efforts to find new ways to farm better, one approach is to help farmers grow better crops. To do so, scientists are researching how to harness the capabilities of genome editing tools

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Everyone can help When it comes to building a better world, the agriculture sector cannot accomplish it alone. Though we are re-imagining ways for farming to do more for people and our planet, everyone shares a stake in reducing food waste. Even something as simple as buying

produce that doesn’t look entirely perfect can make a big difference in our collective ability to nourish ourselves and take better care of our planet. By not taking more than we need, we leave enough for others and reduce the pressure to store excess food beyond their respective shelf lives. When we work together, these small but significant gestures can—and will—make for a better future for all of us.

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Everyone can help when it comes to building a better world. Though we are re-imagining ways for farming to do more for people and our planet, everyone shares a stake in reducing food waste.

such as CRISPR—a technology that can alter the genetic makeup of an organism to improve its characteristics. In agriculture, genome editing has the potential to be used to help plants keep themselves healthy through selfimmunisation against diseases and increase yield. By giving plants the capacity to more efficiently meet their own needs, farmers are able to spend less time on the tractor, use fewer natural resources, and inputs. Beyond the field, this technology also has the potential to allow us to develop produce that doesn’t brown, bruises less, and resists damage during shipment.

About us Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and nutrition. Its products and services are designed to help people and the planet thrive by supporting efforts to master the major challenges presented by a growing and aging global population. Bayer is committed to driving sustainable development and generating a positive impact with its businesses. For further information, visit www.bayer.com.au

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New Protein Roadmap by CSIRO

CSIRO’s New Protein Roadmap and What it Means for the Future of Food in Australia By Michelle Colgrave, Katherine Wynn and Lisa Jarrett

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CSIRO Chief Executive, Dr Larry Marshall, said Australia’s strong history and global reputation in agriculture and food present a big opportunity for future growth.

CSIRO Futures (2022) Protein – A Roadmap for unlocking technology-led growth opportunities for Australia

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Changing Consumer Preferences around Protein Many Australians are changing their preferences around proteins, seeking healthy, sustainable and ethically made products. Australia is already a significant player in the global protein market and has a strong international reputation for being ‘clean and green’, producing premium and safe food products. The Australian protein industry is leveraging this strong track record and responding to changing consumer preferences to create exciting new protein products from diverse sources. While there has been a steady decline in red meat consumption in Australia over the past two decades, the rising middle-class in other countries, such as in Asia, is increasing their meat consumption. Many Australian consumers are also opting for more plant-based and nontraditional proteins. For example, recent ABS data shows that dairy and meat substitutes purchased from Australian supermarkets and other food retailers jumped another 14 per cent in 2020-21, following a similar jump the year before. Consumers are increasingly basing their purchasing decisions not only on price and brand but also on high-value attributes that demonstrate the quality of the food products. There is growing consumer interest and awareness of provenance and traceability, nutritional value, sustainability and environmental credentials.

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CSIRO’s new protein roadmap highlights how science and technology are driving the creation of new protein products, helping producers respond to changing consumer demand while also minimising the environmental impact of production. This means more choice for consumers and growth for Australian producers into the future.

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Traceable Red Meat Products and Locally Produced White Fish Products To provide consumers with assurances around where products come from and how they are produced, the red meat industry is moving to integrated digital integrity systems. These systems track how red meat products have been produced, including traceability and origin of ingredients, nutrition, sustainable packaging, fair trade and organic claims, labour conditions, carbon footprint, water use, animal welfare, chemical residues, and impacts to biodiversity and air quality. Australian consumers also increasingly view seafood as an

“The Australian protein industry is leveraging {its} strong track record and responding to changing consumer preferences to create exciting new protein products from diverse sources.” 66

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important source of healthy, low-fat protein, and they want locally grown, inexpensive, boneless, skinless white flesh fish products such as Murray cod and barramundi. Australia currently relies on imports to meet annual demand, but the Australian aquaculture industry has ambitions to more than quadruple local production by 2030.

Locally Produced Plant-based Products Plant-based food products include breads and pasta, as well as meat and dairy alternatives, and they are made using various plant ingredients (e.g., whole grains, legumes, beans, nuts, and oilseeds). The plant protein industry is still small in Australia; however, it is ramping up rapidly. Many of the products available in Australia are either imported or Australian-made using imported ingredients. As consumer buying habits continue to change and demand for diverse plant-based products grows, it is important to ensure that Australianmade products meet these needs instead of consumers only being able to access imported products.

Brewed Foods, Cultivated Meats and Edible Insects Traditional fermentation uses microbial cells (yeast, fungi) to transform ingredients into ‘brewed foods’ such as yoghurt, bread, cheese, tempeh, and alcoholic beverages. Precision fermentation has emerged as one of the frontrunner tools to create additional

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sources of protein equivalent to those found in nature that would otherwise be too expensive and/or complicated to harvest from their natural sources. These high-value ingredients can enhance consumer products by improving taste, texture, or other functional aspects to accommodate consumer’s preferences and sustainability concerns. Cultivated or cell-based meat involves the creation of animal cellbased proteins using tissue engineering concepts. Cultivated meat is attractive to consumers wanting a product biologically identical to meat but who have concerns about animal welfare or environmental impacts. Lastly, edible insects, such as crickets and mealworms, have been part of cuisines globally for millennia. Insects are also rich in nutrients such as protein,

iron and zinc, and generally, over 80% of the insect is edible. As populations grow and consumer preferences change, the enabling science and technology and the resulting new protein products showcased in the protein roadmap offer consumers more choice, convenience and sustainability.

About us Professor Michelle Colgrave is the Future Protein Mission Leader in CSIRO Agriculture and Food, based at the Queensland Bioscience Precinct in Brisbane, Australia. Dr Katherine Wynn is the Agriculture and Food lead and Lead Economist in CSIRO Futures, based in Melbourne, Australia. Lisa Jarrett is a manager in CSIRO Futures, based in Brisbane, Australia.

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Commercial Kitchen with Metz Tiles

Grit and Glamour – Only Tiles Provide an Aesthetic, Safe, and Durable Commercial Kitchen Floor By Metz Tiles

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Tile thickness is the key to durability, providing extra strength, impact resistance, and, most critically, an increased depth of epoxy grout.

Why Tiles? Tiles are a proven performer and the premium choice for kitchen floors in restaurants, hotels, fast food operations, hospitals, gaols and other institutional providers such as aged care facilities, schools and colleges. Porcelain tiles offer stain resistance, durability, unique aesthetics, and superior slip resistance. When paired with correct installation techniques and specialist fixing materials, tiles provide an extremely hard-wearing floor that can last the test of time.

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A busy commercial kitchen is one of the most demanding work environments. There are many people in relatively small areas, working with and around oily spillages, sharp objects, flames, hot surfaces, boiling liquids and moving heavy items – all while under time pressure. This environment needs a high-performance floor that will provide longterm safety, hygiene, and durability.

Performance Criteria to Consider Slip Resistance Flat abrasive textured surfaces (such as slip-resistant tiles) provide the best long-term slip resistance. Profiled surfaces with volume displacement protuberances can wear in the busiest kitchens within a few years. Metz only recommends flat abrasive P5 (the highest rated) slip resistant products for commercial kitchens. For the last 25+ years, the understanding of long-term slip resistance performance in Australia has developed almost exclusively by utilising the pendulum test results. The pendulum test method is rated on a P scale from P0 (the lowest) to P5 (the highest). The pendulum method has demonstrated greater accuracy, consistency, and precision in providing test results. The pendulum’s ability

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to test floors in-situ (after the floor is installed and in use) has made the pendulum test the preferred testing method. The widespread use of the pendulum test has resulted in the development of a significant knowledge base of product performance in the long term, i.e. after wear and usage. These real-world results can be compared to predictive Accelerated Wear Testing (AWT). AWT estimates the slip resistance performance of a floor over time. This knowledge has enabled suppliers like Metz to develop specialist products that provide outstanding long-term slip resistance, including Metz Sicodur® and Metz MicroGRIP®. Tile Thickness Tile thickness is the key to durability, providing extra strength, impact resistance, and, most critically, an increased depth of epoxy grout. Grout Choice Epoxy grout is mandatory under AS4674:2004 Design, Construction and Fit-out of Food Premises. For kitchens where fried foods predominate as well as where certain types of foods are prepared, premium chemical resistant epoxy grout (such as Metz 5NF) is strongly recommended. For many general kitchen environments, water washable epoxy grout (such as Metz 19) will be appropriate.

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Choice of Installer Metz Project Services can provide a professional, single point of responsibility installation. Unlike most of our competition, Metz is capable of supplying and installing all the materials we manufacture and/or import. This ability means we can either offer a unique supply and installation warranty, or we can offer unsurpassed practical technical support knowing that our own staff are using the material we offer. A history of Quality Metz has offered a unique combination of manufacturing, supply and installation services since 1953. We only import quality European tiles, the majority of which are from Germany and Italy.

About us Metz have been a proudly Australian owned and operated company since 1953. The trusted Metz brand has seen our materials installed in some of the largest manufacturing, food production, commercial kitchen, aquatic, and industrial facilities in the country. Some of our high-profile projects include cultural landmarks like the Sydney Opera House and new Parliament House in Canberra. We also regularly deal with household name brands that all trust us to implement specialist works and supply quality materials.

Previous floors were resinous monolithic (epoxy) flooring, where typical life was around five years. Metz installed a tiled floor during a brief shutdown window. Grout corrosion was noted within months of installation in the area

in front of the chicken cooking ovens. Cooked chickens were removed from the oven and placed on a mobile trolley to be packed. The resulting small amount of “drips” of hot chicken fat from this process was enough to damage the grout

in this location. Since that time, Metz has only supplied our Metz 5NF novolac formulation epoxy grout for locations exposed to hot poultry fats providing a 12+ year life (... and counting)

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CASE STUDY RETAILER OFFERING COOKED CHICKENS

The Brands You Trust, Trust Metz Metz has undoubtedly supplied many more commercial kitchen floor tiles than any other company in Australia. There are thousands of commercial kitchens with tiles supplied or supplied and installed by Metz. Some of the companies we work with are: McDonald’s KFC Woolworths Guzman y Gomez Tetsuya’s Burger Project Rockpool Group Crown Casino Star City Casino

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Opportunities in New South Wales by Investment NSW

NSW: Making Opportunities Happen in Food and Beverage By Investment NSW

With leading research and development capability, diverse climatic zones and a fast-growing manufacturing industry, NSW offers a broad range of delicious, safe, high-quality food and beverage products, together with unparalleled investment opportunities. 72

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NSW is Australia’s largest consumer market, home to a skilled workforce, advanced infrastructure and worldleading technology and innovation. Food and beverage manufacturing employs over 60,000 people in NSW, while 75,000 work in agricultural production and many others in related technology and finance sectors. Over 80% of the state’s landmass is devoted to agriculture.

NSW offers a business-friendly environment backed by strong institutional support across: • Industrial and technology precincts • Food safety • Industrial and agricultural production • Innovation across the supply chain • Research and development • Workforce development and skills • Circular economy • Industry advocacy • Business programs and incentives Food production and agricultural technology are major priorities for the NSW Government under its 2040 Economic Blueprint. The NSW Government is positioning Western

Extensive road, rail, sea and air infrastructure supports efficient sector supply chains and fast access to domestic and international markets.

Sydney to become the national capital for advanced manufacturing, with a collaborative research and development centre at the core of the state’s new Western Sydney Aerotropolis. A world-class agribusiness precinct in the Aerotropolis will support production and value-adding of sustainable, high quality, fresh produce and pre-prepared consumer foods, incorporating high-speed supply chain infrastructure associated with the new 24/7 airport. NSW is also developing regional Special Activation Precincts to provide targeted support for worldclass agriculture, freight and logistics and value-adding in areas of particular geographical and infrastructure advantage.

A long-standing reputation for worldleading food safety and regulation. Over AUD$100 million per year invested in agrifood research and development.

Opportunities in New South Wales by Investment NSW

Working with business to promote growth

Advanced research and technology testing capability offers significant opportunities to develop, commercialise and scale solutions.

Supplying consumer Exporting over AUD $5.4 NSW Department of markets in Asia, the Middle billion of agricultural food Primary Industries ranked East, Europe, North and AUD $2.1 billion of in the top 1% of agri America. manufactured food and research organisations beverage products each worldwide. year.

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Better than Beef by Merck Australia and New Zealand

Better than Beef

Illustration sourced from vowfood.com

By Maddy De Gabriele on behalf of Merck Australia and New Zealand

Aussie start-up meets German research to make meat that’s better for the planet, better for your health and better for animals.

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George Peppou, CEO of Australian start-up Vow, doesn’t want to make fake beef or faux chicken. Instead, he’s made international headlines by offering consumers foods that animals can’t make: all ethically sourced, low-carbon

“We take a sample from essentially any animal, then separate out the cells that repair muscle, fat or connective tissues.” These cells then go into a nutrientrich bath to grow into a cut of meat. Vow uses an entirely animal-free solution of salts, sugars and amino acids for this step, which means they don’t rely on any animal-derived products. “From industry studies, we know the media the cells grow in can account for 55% to 95% of the marginal costs for cultured meat,” explains Rebecca Lee, Managing Director at Merck Life Science. “In the past, production at scale meant companies had to use a solution that included cow’s blood. Advancements in the bio-pharma industry mean we can supply animalfree ingredients and greatly reduce the carbon footprint of the final product.” This fine-tuned control over the production and growing environment also means George can choose exactly how the meat develops. Imagine, for

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and authentically delicious. How? By growing meat – identical on a molecular level to the real thing – in a high-tech factory. In fact, George wants to go further than exotic steaks. Why mimic nature, if you can improve on it? “We take the cellular components of meat – proteins, fats and so on – and build for better taste, and more nutritious than meat from animals,” says George. “In ten years, we want millions of people eating Vow products in everything from fine dining to fast food.” George’s dream isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds (although you may be reminded of some classic sci-fi). Instead, he sees it as a necessary solution to one of the most intractable problems of climate change: farmed animals. Food production accounts for a whopping third of human-created greenhouse gas emissions, according to two major studies released in 2021. That figure is disproportionately down to meat farming – especially considering biological emissions. To put it another way, cows collectively expel around 7 gigatonnes of methane into the atmosphere every year. Public awareness of the issues with meat consumption – from carbon emissions, to health, to animal welfare – is high. At the same time, the amount of meat we eat has risen dramatically over the past several decades: global consumption in 2020 was in the order of 350 million tonnes. This is where the lab comes in. Vow makes real meat, explains George, not a vegetarian-friendly substitute.

Food production accounts for a whopping third of human-created greenhouse gas emissions.

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Better than Beef by Merck Australia and New Zealand George Peppou and Tim Noakesmith cofounded Vow in Sydney with a mission: to save the world by inventing better meat.

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Vow is an Australian start-up working to improve the quality of life for people, animals and planetary health by reinventing food from the ground up. They plan to launch their first product for sale in 2023. Merck is the oldest pharmaceutical company in the world and has been active in Australia since 1967. Merck Australia’s world-leading life offerings help create solutions for people across the world, and a sustainable future for generations to come.

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“Sushi and sashimi were illegal in some Western countries until the seventies,” George points out. “I think we just need to get people to take the first bite. Once you taste it, and love it, that’s most of the battle done.” “We have something coming up very soon that is just delicious. I can’t say too much about it, but it’s so flaky and tender that it melts in your mouth, and you get this incredible umami flavour and beautiful layered aromatics.”

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Meatless Goes Mainstream By Germany Trade & Invest

The demand for vegetarian and vegan meat and dairy substitutes in Germany is growing exponentially – in the same way it did for organic products a decade ago. Connoisseurs of the food trade can dig into this exciting market.

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Swiss meatless food start-up Planted produces mouth-watering kebab, pulled pork and chicken dishes from peas, rapeseed oil, water and B12, a key vitamin people conventionally get from animal-based foods. In May 2020, the company opened an office for communication and marketing in the southwestern German town of Konstanz, a mere 72 kilometres from its headquarters in Zurich. Three months later, Planted moved that office a further 802 kilometres to Berlin, increasing its Germany-based workforce from four to ten. Later in the year, German supermarket chain EDEKA introduced planted.chicken products to its outlets in the southwest of the country. As a direct result, the Swiss start-up began looking seriously at the feasibility of setting up a production facility on German soil. “The German market for plant-based food is very competitive due to its sheer size, but if you succeed in Germany, you will succeed anywhere,” says Planted cofounder Pascal Bieri. Read more about the changing eating habits resulting in great business opportunities in the heart of Europe.

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Meatless on More and More German Menus By Germany Trade & Invest

The trend toward veganism and vegetarianism is creating tons of business opportunities for international companies with a presence in Germany. Few industries are as broad as the food & beverage industry, but Germany does well on all fronts: confectionery, convenience, frozen, and chilled foods.

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US Food Delivery Service DoorDash enters German Market By Germany Trade & Invest

Andy Fang is one of the founders of the company, and he was taking the chance to get the lay of the land in the Southern German city, where the US-based firm has just begun its first EU operations. DoorDash has been generating some immense waves in the sector of late, having

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Cyclists delivering food have become an everyday feature of German life, but the young man pedalling around on his DoorDash bike on November 20 in Stuttgart was anything but an ordinary courier. announced a merger with Finnish delivery company Wolt and investing a ninefigure sum in German delivery firm Flink. More and more companies are entering the food delivery sector in Germany, but DoorDash is the market leader in the US, and Fang thinks there’s plenty of room at the heart of Europe.

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Industry Overview By Germany Trade & Invest

Like most business sectors worldwide, the Covid-19 pandemic affected the food and beverages industry in Germany. However, growing national retail sales fully offset the drop in food service sales and exports.

Total food retailing revenue grew significantly by 8.2 per cent, reaching EUR 227 billion in 2020. National and international companies operating in almost every subsegment of the German food and beverage market make more than 170 thousand different food products available to German customers.

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