OFI July/August 2023

CONTENTS

IN THIS ISSUE – JULY/AUGUST 2023  FEATURES NEWS & EVENTS

Oilseeds

22 Breeding for the future

A new kind of plant breeding which selects traits for long-term heritability will allow the development of resilient crops able to withstand an unpredictable environment caused by climate change

Middle East

28 Egypt: Import dependent Egypt is uniquely positioned at the crossroads of Africa, Europe and the Middle East but has been hard hit by the Russia-Ukraine war due to its heavy dependence on wheat and edible oil imports

Deep Frying

34 Advances in industrial frying

Today’s snack food manufacturers and industrial fryers must address concerns about sustainability, energy efficiency and carbon emissions

Shipping, Transport & Logistics

36 Constantza: key hub

The port of Constantza is Romania’s largest port and is now in the spotlight as an alternative export route for Ukrainian grains and oilseeds

Plant, Equipment & Technology

39 OFI 2023 annual guide

Oils & Fats International features a global selection of plant and equipment suppliers to the oils and fats industry, with an A-Z listing plus a company activities guide

55 Global round-up of news

Comment

2 Russia targets Ukrainian exports

Ukraine/Russia News

4 Port infrastructure under attack

News

6 Cargill urged to do more to combat deforestation

Biofuel News

10 TotalEnergies to expand processing of wastes

Renewable News

12 LDC to add glycerine refining in Indonesia

Transport News

14 LDC opens new Argentine grain, oilseed warehouse

Biotech News

16 EU considers lifting ban on gene edited plants

Diary of Events

17 International events listing

International Market Review

18 Soya and canola prices rallying Statistics

56 World statistical data

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Russia targets Ukrainian exports

Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) and its subsequent attacks on Ukraine’s Black Sea and Danube ports has raised the stakes, not only in its ongoing war with Ukraine, but in global grain and oilseed supply.

With Russia having threatened to pull out of the BSGI dozens of times, it was perhaps unexpected that it actually carried through with its threat. The export pact had become increasingly ineffective due to the slow inspection rate of vessels heading to and from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. The country’s Danube ports had taken on a more crucial role as a result and were considered safe because of their location bordering NATO but the drone attacks on the Danube ports of Reni and Izmail have put paid to this idea and Ukraine’s export options are now being squeezed.

The Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) has said it can increase exports by 1-1.5M tonnes/month to third countries via ports in the Baltic states (Klaipeda and others), Germany (Rostock, Hamburg), the Netherlands (Rotterdam), Croatia (Rijeka), Italy (Trieste) and Slovenia (Koper).

These routes are more complex due to factors such as limited capacity at borders and different railway gauges, with higher logistics costs coming at a time when world oilseed and vegetable oil prices are lower than last year.

The UGA has called on the European Commission to introduce subsidies for European carriers and ports to meet these increased costs of around €30-40/tonne and has also proposed transferring sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary control from checkpoints on the border with Ukraine to the destination country. It says the expected volume of Ukrainian grain and oilseeds in the 2023/24 marketing year is about 45M tonnes, along with 9-10M tonnes of oil and meal.

Will these vital supplies reach the world?

Russian president Vladimir Putin told the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum on 27 July that he could supply Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic and Eritrea with up to 50,000 tonnes of free grain each in the coming three or four months. However, UN secretary general António Guterres said a “handful of donations to some countries” would not correct the dramatic impact the end of the deal would have, the Guardian reported.

The United Nation’s FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index jumped 12% in July from June, the first increase after seven months of consecutive declines, with international sunflower oil prices rising by more than 15% underpinned by renewed uncertainties surrounding the exportable supplies out of the Black Sea region.

With insurers and vessel owners reluctant to operate in a war zone, an uncertain market and the threat to Ukraine’s grain and oilseed industries and farmers, the road ahead for the country and some of the world’s poorest import-dependent nations is unclear.

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Russia attacks export facilities

Russia has launched drone strikes on Ukraine’s Danube ports of Reni and Izmail destroying grain silos and storage capacity as well as stock intended for loading, AgriCensus reported on 24 July.

The Danube is now Ukraine’s main export route for grains and oilseeds since Russia’s 17 July withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI), which had facilitated the safe passage of some 33M tonnes of grain and foodstuffs from Ukraine since it first came into effect in July 2022.

Video posted on social media showed large explosions in Reni port on 23 July, some 5km from the border with Romania, the Guardian wrote on 24 July. Ukraine’s defence ministry also reported a grain silo being damaged at Izmail port following a drone attack on 2 August.

The drone attacks follow a rise in Russian strikes on infrastructure associated with Ukrainian grain exports since Russia's withdrawal from the BSGI, with the Black Sea ports of Pivdennyi, Odessa and Chornomorsk sustaining damage that would take at least a year to fully repair, according to Ukraine Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solskyi.

A significant portion of the infrastructure at the Port of Chornomorsk had been knocked out and 60,000 tonnes of grain

IN BRIEF

RUSSIA: The government is working on amendments to its export policy that would allow a temporary reduction or the elimination of export taxes to countries it regards as “friendly”, AgriCensus reported on 18 July.

If the amendment was approved, export taxes for grains and vegetable oils, along with other commodities Russia typically exports, could be lowered for “friendly countries” from current official levels or removed for a period of up to six months, AgriCensus reported from Russian local media outlet RBC, which quoted a government document.

Russia’s main export destinations for agricultural products in 2022/23 were to Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, AgriCensus wrote.

destroyed, World Grain reported the minister as saying.

Reuters reported Ukrainian officials as saying that Moscow had hit 26 port facilities, five civilian vessels and 180,000 tonnes of grain in nine days of strikes since quitting the grain deal.

Vessel risk

Insurance companies were unlikely to risk covering vessels transiting the Black Sea following Russia’s withdrawal from the BSGI, AgriCensus wrote on 21 July.

“Now that the Russian authorities have declared that any vessel sailing to Ukrainian ports will be treated as a military threat, it is unlikely that underwriters will want to cover that risk,” a spokesperson at the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) said in an e-mail. “Similarly, it is unlikely that owners/charterers will be willing to put their vessels and crew in danger.”

Russia’s Ministry of Defence issued a statement on its website that effective midnight Moscow time on 20 July, any shipping identified as heading towards a Ukrainian port would be regarded as “potential carriers of military cargo” and considered “on the side of the Kyiv regime.”

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence also declared that effective midnight local time on

21 July, all vessels in the Black Sea heading to Russia and Russian-occupied Ukrainian ports would be treated as potentially carrying military cargo, with all the associated risks.

The Ukrainian Grain Association said on 24 July that the country could increase exports by 1-1.5M tonnes/month to third countries via ports in the Baltic states (Klaipeda and others), Germany (Rostock, Hamburg), the Netherlands (Rotterdam), Croatia (Rijeka), Italy (Trieste) and Slovenia (Koper). It called on the European Commission to introduce subsidies of around €30-40/tonne for carriers and ports to meet the increased costs of these alternative routes.

Ukraine still faces grain import restrictions imposed by five EU member states – Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia – to protect farmers from falling prices due to increased Ukrainian imports (see story below).

Meanwhile, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to reopen talks on the BSGI. Moscow is demanding that obstacles to its exports – such as restrictions on payments, logistics and insurance – be removed before it will re-join the BSGI.

Poland to maintain Ukrainian grain imports ban but aid transit

transit of grains from Ukraine, but grain will not be able to enter Poland,” Telus was quoted as telling the country’s Independent Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Farmers and the National Union of Farmers.

On 23 July, the European Commission said the bloc would wait for the outcome of the current harvest before deciding on an appeal made by five member states to extend a temporary import ban on Ukrainian agricultural products beyond 15 September, AgriCensus wrote. The temporary ban on Ukrainian imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower into Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia was introduced in May until 15 September.

Poland's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Robert Telus has told farmers in the country that grain imports from Ukraine would not be allowed to enter the country after 15 September, AgriCensus reported on 4 August.

“We will do everything to help Ukraine in the

Over the last four months, Poland had exported more than 4.5M tonnes of cereal, easing some fears about mounting stock levels built up from last year’s harvest, the report said.

Transit volumes of Ukrainian grain had also increased from 114,000 tonnes in February to 262,000 tonnes in June, said Telus, who proposed facilitating transport of Ukrainian and Polish grains to seaports in Lithuania and Latvia.

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AFRICA: Italian oil and gas company Eni has announced it would be investing in farming projects in several African countries to increase its production of biofuel feedstocks by one-fifth by 2025, Reuters reported on 1 June.

“Our goal is to cover 20% of (our) biofuel production with feedstock coming from our agri-business by 2025,” Eni Energy Evolution CEO Giuseppe Ricci told Reuters

In February, Eni announced it was aiming to increase its biofuel production from its current level of 1.1M tonnes/year to more than 3M tonnes/year by 2025 and more than 5M tonnes by 2030.

Around 700,000 farmers were expected to be involved in Eni’s farming activities by 2026, under deals signed with Angola, Benin, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Vietnam, Reuters wrote.

Feasibility studies are also being conducted in Italy and Kazakhstan.

BRAZIL: Construction work has begun on Grupo Potencial’s new soyabean crushing plant in Paraná state, Biofuels Digest wrote on 3 July. The first phase of the work would involve an investment of US$349M to expand production.

The crushing plant would be built at Grupo Potencial’s industrial complex in Lapa, next to the company’s biodiesel plant, which was the largest in Brazil and the third largest in the world, Biofuels Digest wrote.

With a soyabean processing capacity of around 1.15M tonnes/year from 2025, the new plant was due to be operational 18 months after the start of construction, and would include a rail terminal to connect the plant to the Port of Paranaguá.

Cargill urged to do more to combat deforestation

Global agribusiness giant Cargill has been urged to do more to fight deforestation and protect human rights by environmental group Stand.earth, AP News reported on 14 June.

The group handed Cargill a report claiming it was not following through on commitments to help end such practices and also took out full page advertisements highlighting its report in the New York Times and Minneapolis Star Tribune

“The destruction of the natural world is driven by agribusiness and agribusiness is driven by Cargill,” Stand.earth executive director Todd Paglia was quoted as saying at a news conference in Minnesota, where Cargill is based.

In response, Cargill said the group had “grossly mis-characterised” the company’s efforts.

“At Cargill, we have an unwavering commitment to protect the human rights of those who work in our operations, supply chains and communities, and work tirelessly to eliminate deforestation and conversion in South America,” Cargill said in a statement. “We do not source soy[abeans] from farmers who clear land illegally

and have controls in place to prevent non-compliant product from entering our supply chains.”

The Stand.earth report stated that 500,000km² of forest had been destroyed through human activity from 2015 to 2020, primarily due to the expansion of agriculture in South America, Central America and parts of Africa, AP News wrote.

Although Cargill had promised to end deforestation practices for products in its supply chain, Stand.earth said the company had invested in ports and other infrastructure in South America that would lead to the removal of forests for land to grow soyabeans.

The Stand.earth report also claimed Cargill had not followed through on its commitments, first in 2001 and again in 2010, to end or at least reduce forced child labour in the cocoa industry, AP News wrote. It cited a US Department of Labor-funded study that found the number of children harvesting cocoa in the Ivory Coast and Ghana and the prevalence of hazardous child labour in both those countries had increased.

'Greenwashing' lawsuit against KLM

small quantities of biofuels, ClientEarth wrote.

The district court’s decision came after KLM informed the judge that it had dropped its ‘Fly Responsibly’ advertisements, which were challenged by the lawsuit.

A landmark greenwashing lawsuit against leading airline KLM has been granted permission to proceed to a full hearing by a Dutch court, environmental law charity ClientEarth reported on 7 June.

The lawsuit – the first of its kind to challenge airline industry greenwashing –claimed that KLM’s climate advertisements and carbon offset marketing breached EU consumer law standards by creating a false impression that its flights did not contrib-

ute to the worsening climate emergency.

The District Court of Amsterdam had granted permission for Dutch campaign groups Fossielvrij and Reclame Fossielvrij to bring the claim, following a hearing in April, ClientEarth wrote.

Fossielvrij’s claim said that KLM’s marketing misled customers into thinking they could reduce their flight’s impact by supporting reforestation projects or the airline’s costs of purchasing

“But KLM continues to greenwash its growth ambition through other climate messages ... as long as the biggest polluters continue to lull us to sleep through their slick marketing campaigns, climate action will not happen,” Hiske Arts, campaigner at Fossielvrij, was quoted as saying.

The lawsuit also challenged KLM’s claim that the company was “creating a more sustainable future” due to its net zero target by 2050, which the campaigners claimed was contrary to its plans for continued business growth.

“KLM’s climate publicity push extends far beyond a single campaign," Johnny White, a lawyer from ClientEarth, said.

"This is not an isolated incident in the airline industry."

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EU imports significantly less palm oil

EU palm oil imports in 2022/23 fell significantly compared to the previous year, with Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands showing the largest decline, according to a 19 July report by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Plants and Protein (UFOP).

From July 2022 until the end of June 2023, the EU27 imported just under 4M tonnes of palm oil, around 934,000 tonnes or 19% less than the previous year.

Spain was the EU’s leading importer, purchasing 1.229M tonnes – up around 4% compared to 2021/22 – followed by

Europe buys US soya for oil re-export

Importers working for EU member states have purchased US soyabeans to crush and export oil back to the USA, trade sources said in a 9 June AgriCensus report.

The sources confirmed the trade or said the unusual market move was “highly possible”.

In a flash sales update, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported old crop soyabean sales of 165,000 tonnes to Spain on 6 June, with market participants believing they were in-house deals aiming to re-export soyabean oil to the USA after the beans were crushed in Europe, the report said.

Large companies could be taking advantage of idle crushing capacity in Europe and high demand from the US biofuels sector to make this cross-border flow economically viable despite the high freight costs involved, the report said.

On 9 June, the USDA announced another round of old crop US soyabean sales, with 197,000 tonnes sold to unknown destinations.

The unusual cross-border trade dynamic could be an ongoing trend, AgriCensus said.

“Depending on tariffs and the certification process, this could be a frequent thing in 2023/24,” Eduardo Vanin, the head of analysis at Brazil’s brokerage Agrinvest, told the news agency.

the Netherlands with 1.172M tonnes, down by around 19% against the previous year’s total of 1.4M tonnes. Italy's imports fell around 38% to 803,000 tonnes in 2022/23; while Belgian imports were down 42% to 100,000 tonnes.

In contrast, Germany imported significantly more palm oil in 2022/23, purchasing 359,000 tonnes – up just less than a quarter compared to the previous year.

UFOP said the downward trend was mainly due to the declining use of palm oil as a feedstock in biodiesel and hydrotreat-

ed vegetable oil (HVO) production.

UFOP said EU member states were required to phase out the crediting of palm oil-based biofuels towards national blending mandates or greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction quotas no later than 2030.

In Germany, such crediting had already been disallowed since January 2023 although imports for the processing of exports was still possible. Other member states – including Austria, Belgium, France, Italy and Sweden – had also excluded the crediting of palm oil-based biofuels.

CHINA: Chinese soyabean imports are expected to increase due to the country’s rising demand for soyabean meal and soyabean oil, according to a 5 July report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

In the Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report, the USDA increased its forecast for soyabean imports in China to 98M tonnes in 2022/23 and 98.5M tonnes in 2023/24.

“The end of COVID-related restrictions, lower prices following a record soyabean harvest in Brazil, and modest growth in the swine and poultry sectors are expected to increase soyabean meal consumption. Higher subsidies in major soyabean producing regions are expected to modestly increase planted area and production in 2023/24,” the USDA said.

Based on a planted area of 10M ha, China is forecast to produce 19.8M tonnes of soyabeans in 2023/24.

“The forecasted area increase, up 0.2M ha or 2% from the previous year, is mainly driven by government incentives encouraging soyabean planting over corn, intercropping, and use of marginal and less productive lands,” the USDA said.

Despite declining soyabean prices and lower profit margins compared with corn, planted area had increased significantly in the 2022/23 marketing year, the report said.

Minister to be questioned in palm oil corruption case

Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (AGO) was planning to subpoena Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto for questioning as a witness in its investigation into a palm oil corruption case which led to the imprisonment of five people in January this year, Asia News Network reported on 20 July.

Investigators were currently seeking to hold three palm oil private companies criminally liable for misconduct in obtaining export permits, Asia News Network wrote from a Jakarta Post report.

Last year, the AGO arrested former Trade Ministry international trade director general Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana and three company executives on allegations they were colluding to obtain crude palm oil (CPO) export permits despite not meeting domestic market obligation (DMO) requirements. Economist Lin Che Wei was also arrested on charges of helping the three

executives obtain the export permits illegally.

All five were sentenced to prison in January for conspiring to secure CPO export permits through illegal means from January 2021 to March 2022. The Supreme Court, which later increased their prison sentences to between five and eight years, found their crime had resulted in Rp6.4tr (US$426.5M) in state losses.

In June, the AGO named three palm oil corporate groups – Wilmar Group (the parent company of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia), Musim Mas Group and Permata Hijau Group – as suspects in the case after finding indications that the three imprisoned executives had acted on behalf of these companies. It confiscated some of the companies' assets in Medan, North Sumatra, including 14,687ha of land, 56 ships, a helicopter, a business jet and some US$598M worth of cash in rupiah and foreign currencies.

Bunge and Chevron buy Argentine seed firm

a high oil content. Traditionally used for paint and soap production, the oil is also used in human and animal nutrition and in biofuel production.

According to its website, Chacraservicios currently has its own plant for the extraction of camelina oil in Pigue and a seed processing and storage plant in Pergamino, Buenos Aires province.

Global agribusiness giant Bunge and US multinational energy corporation Chevron have acquired Argentine seed firm Chacraservicios from Italian energy company Adamant

Group for an undisclosed sum.

Founded in 2003, Chacraservicios – later bought by the Adamant Group in 2019 – cultivates Camelina sativa (pictured), a cover crop with

“Investing in this new oilseed crop is another step towards our goal of expanding lower carbon intensity feedstocks to help meet growrenewable fuels demand,” Bunge said on 5 July.

Bunge said it would provide Chacraservicios with toll crushing tolling services.

Argentina ramps up soya imports from Brazil and Paraguay

Argentina imported 3M tonnes of soyabeans from neighbouring Brazil and Paraguay in the first four months of this year, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The increase in Argentine imports came against a backdrop of a severe drought in the South American country, with forecast soyabean production reduced by a further 2M tonnes in June to 25M tonnes, the

lowest level in more than two decades, the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade report said.

While soyabean production in Argentina was forecast down 43% compared to 2021/22, crushing was only projected to be 23% lower, mainly due to strong demand from Argentine crushers.

“Monthly crush[ing] has been slower than past years, but crushers have been

able to procure soyabeans due to “soy dollar” exchange rate policies that incentivised farmer selling earlier in the year and strong imports of soyabeans over the past few months,” the USDA said.

According to data from the Argentina National Institute of Statistics, increased volumes brought Argentina’s total October-September imports to a record 8.7M tonnes.

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EU: Investigative reporting platform the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), has reported on multiple alleged cases of fraudulent sales of mislabelled biofuels in northern Europe.

In one alleged case, Bosnian company Sistem Ecologica had reportedly sold US soyabean biodiesel mislabelled as next-generation fuel made of used cooking oil (UCO), the OCCRP said on 4 July.

According to Bosnian investigators quoted in the report, Sistem Ecologica had supplied 17 companies in nine EU member states –including biofuels dealers who had also reportedly been selling fraudulent UCO in the Netherlands and the UK – over several years.

FRANCE: French President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech made on 16 June that a third French bio-refinery would be built in Pardies as part of a series of investments to decarbonise aviation by French start-up company Elyse Energy, with partners Avril, Axens, Bionext and IFP Investissements, S&P Global wrote.

The plant would have a total capacity of 110,000 tonnes/year of biofuels including 75,000 tonnes/ year of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and 35,000 tonnes/year of bio-naphtha, according to the report.

TotalEnergies to expand processing of wastes

Global energy firm TotalEnergies has approved a plan to further expand processing of renewable feedstocks at its La Mède biorefinery near Marseille, France, Oil&Gas Journal wrote on 3 July.

During the plant’s first major scheduled shutdown scheduled for next year, the company would be conducting a US$76M upgrade to enable increased processing of waste feedstocks, including used cooking oils (UCO) and animal fats, TotalEnergies was quoted as saying in late June.

The upgrade continued the company’s ongoing transformation of the La Mède site, Bernard Pinatel, managing director of TotalEnergies’ Refining-Chemicals division, said. Started in 2015, US$370M was invested to convert the site’s former 153,000 bpd conventional refinery into France’s first biorefinery, which was commissioned in 2019, Oil&Gas Journal wrote.

According to the TotalEnergies’ website, the La

Mède biorefinery produces 500,000 tonnes/year of renewable diesel from a range of feedstocks, including rapeseed and other vegetable oils, as well as waste feedstocks such as UCO and animal fats.

Since 1 January, TotalEnergies had stopped processing palm oil and palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD), and the company said the La Mède biorefinery’s updated 650,000 tonnes/year feedstock supply plan from the start of the year would include a maximum of 450,000 tonnes/year of vegetable oils of all kinds (excluding palm oil), with a minimum 25% of feedstock resources to come from waste and residues (excluding PFAD).

On 7 June, TotalEnergies also announced it would double production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its Grandpuits site in Normandy, increasing production capacity there to 285,000 tonnes/year, almost double the capacity in 2020.

High costs slow US renewable diesel sector

The US renewable diesel sector is slowing due to surging commodity and labour costs, according to an 8 June Bloomberg report.

Against this backdrop, global agribusiness giant Cargill was quoted as saying it had suspended plans to build a giant soyabean processing plant in Hayti, Missouri, due to “shifting market dynamics.”

Multinational energy giant Exxon Mobil Corp had also cancelled a deal to buy renewable diesel from biofuel developer Global Clean Energy Holdings (GCEH), which said it was facing delays, Bloomberg wrote.

“Processors continue to be frustrated by delays, which include shortages of skilled construction labour, the availability of steel and unexpected cost increases brought on by supply chain issues,” said John Jansen, vice president of marketing at United Soybean Board.

Global biofuel investment totalled US$5.9bn last year, said Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Singapore imports record volume of Chinese UCO feedstocks

Chinese exports of used cooking oil (UCO) to Singapore have jumped to a record level, likely due to increased demand from Neste’s recently expanded renewable fuel refinery in the country, industry sources were quoted as saying in a 22 June Bloomberg report.

Neste’s Singapore refinery had a production capacity of 1.3M tonnes/year, including 1M tonnes/year of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the Finnish renewable fuels producer’s website said.

According to Chinese customs data,

Singapore imported 48,832 tonnes of UCO from China in May – an 18% increase compared to April and almost double the volume recorded in the same period the previous year. Total Chinese UCO exports in May was 151,428 tonnes – a 9% increase compared to the previous month. Shipments to the USA increased by 46%, with sales to Singapore and the USA accounting for more than 70% of Chinese exports, and most of the remainder going to Europe. Most of the UCO exports to Singapore and

the USA would have been used to produce renewable diesel, the report said.

China exported a record 1.58M tonnes of UCO last year and its sales of methyl ester – a biodiesel feedstock made from UCO –to Europe had also surged, amid claims the fuel could have been mixed with cheaper feedstocks and mislabelled to qualify for EU incentives, Bloomberg wrote. EU biodiesel producers had halted or curbed production as a result, said the European Waste-Based & Advanced Biofuels Association.

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LDC to add glcyerine refining in Indonesia

Global agribusiness giant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is set to add glycerine refining capabilities to its complex in Lampung, Indonesia, as part of an expansion of the facilities.

The expansion of the plant was part of the group’s strategic plans to expand downstream and diversify revenue through value-added products, LDC said on 14 July.

Against a backdrop of growing global demand for refined glycerine – with Indonesia expected to be a production hub – the company said the new facilities in Lampung would complement its

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ESTONIA: Biotechnology start-up ÄIO has teamed up with wood processing company Fibenol to produce high-value microbial oils.

Fibenol converts wood residues into lignin and two types of sugar, while ÄIO is focused on developing alternatives to animal fats and palm oil.

Traditionally, C6 sugars – such as glucose – were consumed by most microbes, while hemicellulose-derived C5 sugars – such as xylose –could be challenging to use, Fibenol said.

However, by using ÄIO’s technology, Fibenol could now convert C5 sugars into high-value nutrient-rich oils and fatty acids for the oleochemical industry to make food, feed and cosmetics ingredients, Fibenol project manager Karl Peebo said on 18 May.

existing glycerine refining activities in the USA (Claypool, Indiana) and Germany (Wittenberg), completing the group’s LDC’s glycerine offering to cover all major feedstocks.

As well as strengthening the group’s position in the Indonesian market, LDC head of South & Southeast Asia Rubens Marques said the development “also further reinforces our capacity to process, package and distribute value-added products that respond to evolving market and consumer trends, including growing demand for healthy, plant-based foods and ingredients”.

Construction work was expected to begin later this year and the new plant would be equipped to manufacture USP grade glycerine and offer various food grade packaging options, LDC said.

The expansion also included the addition of edible oil packaging capabilities.

LDC said on its website that the production of glycerine was an important part of its rapeseed, soyabean and palm oil operations, through which it produced three types of glycerine – crude, yellow and refined – with a host of applications in the food, personal care, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

Oleon opens new plant in Belgium

Leading European oleochemicals producer Oleon has opened a new enzymatic esterification plant in Oelegem, near Antwerp (pictured).

Part of the French agro-industrial group Avril, Oleon produces a range of oleochemical products including fatty acids, glycerine, esters, dimers, technical oils and biodiesel.

Oleon said on 15 June that enzymatic esterification reduced working temperature during processing while improving product quality.

“This will enable us to greatly reduce CO₂ emissions from the production of enzymatic esters for the food and cosmetics industries, amongst other sectors, while … producing significantly less waste,” said Jeroen Dirckx, Oleon managing director, derivatives.

A total of €17.4M (US$19M) had been invest-

ed in the project, including €13.3M (US$14.5M) in European subsidies.

With its location along the Albert Canal, the plant is directly connected to the Port of Antwerp.

Meanwhile, the Kerfoot Group – acquired by Avril in 2015 – announced on 22 June that it would begin its

transition to the Oleon brand, set to be completed by first quarter 2024.

The UK firm produces natural and organic oils for the food, personal care, pharmaceutical, animal care and industrial sectors, exporting some 100,000 tonnes/year of product to over 40 countries from its four sites in Yorkshire.

Solvay announces plan to split into two separate companies

Belgian chemical company Solvay has announced plans on 20 June to split into two independent publicly traded companies.

The division was expected to be completed in December pending customary conditions. Solvay would be the new name of EssentialCo, supplying essential products in housing, health, nutrition and mobility such as soda ash, peroxides, silica, and similar products.

Syensqo would be the new name of

SpecialityCo, which would include highly innovative businesses including speciality polymers, composites, technology solutions, oil and gas, as well as growth platforms in batteries, green hydrogen, thermoplastic composites, renewable materials and biotechnology, the company said. The businesses with Syensqo generated sales of around €7.9bn (US$8.6bn) last year.

Products currently offered by Solvay include oil dispersion formulations based

on vegetable oil for crop protection and a personal care range based on natural feedstocks. The company’s Naternal brand of bio-based biodegradable polymers – derived from guar and other natural feedstocks – has been developed for hair and skin care solutions.

Solvay said it was working on bio-mimetic cosmetic ingredients, sustainable solutions for crop protection and bio-based polymers, along with other products.

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USA: Grain terminal operator EGT has invested more than US$200M to improve handling capabilities at its Port of Longview facility in Washington, including tripling soyabean meal storage capacity, World Grain wrote on 11 July.

The terminal – with a throughput capacity of about 9M tonnes/year – handled wheat, corn, soyabeans, soyabean meal, and dried distiller’s grains and the works were due for completion in second quarter 2025.

EGT is a joint venture between global agribusiness giant Bunge; Pan Ocean America, an affiliate of Harim, an integrated Korean company that operates agri-trading and logistics business; and farmer-owned co-operative Agtegra.

NIGERIA: Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food and the Lagos Free Zone Company – a venture of Singapore’s Tolaram Group – have agreed to work together on a grain terminal project at Nigeria’s Lekki deep seaport, World Grain reported on 27June.

The co-operation aimed to create the necessary infrastructure to ensure uninterrupted supply of Ukrainian agricultural products to Nigeria and the African continent.

The US$1.5bn Lekki Deep Sea Port was operational but still partly under construction, the report said.

LDC opens new Argentine grain, oilseed warehouse

Global agribusiness giant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has opened its first grains and oilseeds warehouse in northwestern Argentina, World Grain reported on 7 July.

The new site in Río del Valle, Salta province, would be able to receive and condition different grains and oilseeds throughout the year. With a capacity of 2,000 tonnes in silos and an additional 70,000 tonnes in silo bags, it was expected to streamline logistics through its rail connection to the Belgrano Norte line, facilitating transport to agro-industrial and port complexes in Gran Rosario, Santa Fe province, World Grain wrote.

“This acquisition represents an important milestone for LDC’s growth strategy in Argentina, especially in the north, where investments began in 2021 with the expansion works and rail network construction for our Campo Largo warehouse

in Chaco province,” LDC warehouse manager for South and West Latam, Daniel Giuliano, was quoted as saying at the time of the November 2022 purchase.

“The new Río del Valle warehouse will allow us to originate in a region with enormous potential to produce large volumes of corn and high-quality soyabeans in terms of protein and lipid content.”

Active in Argentina for more than 120 years, the Netherlands-based company operates two agro-industrial facilities in General Lagos and Timbúes and a port complex in Bahía Blanca, according to the report.

It also has commercial offices, grains and oilseeds warehouses and a cotton ginning plant in 24 locations across the country’s main agricultural regions.

New Bulgarian terminal at Varna port

Buildcom Group – Bulgaria’s largest privately-held sunflower oil producer and leading grain trader – will be co-financing a new grain storage and transportation terminal at the Black Sea port of Varna (pictured), World Grain reported on 28 June.

Due to become operational in the second quarter of 2026, the new terminal would comprise a quay, silo and other storage facilities alongside a new railway and road access.

“The new terminal will provide local grain producers with … access to liquid international markets,” said Julian Stefanov, CEO of Logistic Centre Varna EAD, part of the Buildcom

group. “It will be an important gateway for Bulgarian grain exports and will increase the country’s competitiveness in maritime transportation.”

The terminal was co-financed with a US$54.6M loan from a European Investment Bank (EIB) EIB – the long-term financing institution of the EU.

Depth restrictions at Panama Canal due to shallow water

The Panama Canal Authority has tightened restrictions on ships using the waterway – one of the world’s busiest trade routes linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans – due to shallow water levels caused by drought conditions, Reuters reported on 22 June.

The measure follows a series of depth restrictions in the 80km canal since the beginning of the year due to drought, which authorities had hoped would ease by the start of the Central American

country’s rainy season.

Introduced on 25 June, the new restrictions limited neo-Panamax container ships to a depth limit of 43.5ft (13.3m) – compared to the maximum draft of 44ft (13.4m) – which meant they must either carry less cargo or reduce their weight, Reuters wrote.

Panamax ships, which use the canal’s older locks and in which the majority of oilseeds are carried, were also expected to

face tighter rules, the port administration told clients in an advisory seen by Reuters El Niño weather patterns had brought a severe drought along the Pacific coast, the report said.

Port administrator Ricaurte Vasquez said the flow of ships through the canal had continued as expected to date. However, the flow could be affected by levels of rainfall and higher route costs due to the new limits, he added.

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USA: The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has approved German chemical giant Bayer’s short-stature genetically modified (GM) corn for use in the USA, World Grain reports.

“This plant may be safely grown and bred in the United States,” the USDA said in a notice on 6 June.

Bayer CropScience modified the corn plant to reduce gibberellic acid, a plant growth hormone, to produce shorter plants and reduce the likelihood of lodging (stem buckling), the 6 June World Grain report said.

APHIS ruled that the GM plant, which is about a third the size of current varieties, was “unlikely to pose an increased plant pest risk compared to other cultivated corn plants”.

As the plant was shorter than a typical corn stalk, it could better withstand strong winds that damaged crops and also made it easier for farmers to apply chemicals during growing season, the USDA added.

Bayer was reported as saying it still needed approval from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and importing countries before it could launch the corn in the USA, something it hoped to do in the next few years.

Bayer estimated that sales of short-stature corn in North America could reach €1bn (US$1.07bn), World Grain wrote.

EU considers lifting ban on gene edited plants

The European Commission (EC) has proposed updating European Union (EU) rules to exclude gene editing techniques from its rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Science Business wrote on 6 July.

Under the proposal, EU rules on GMOs would not apply to plants developed using techniques such as CRISPR, so long as modifications were comparable to those that could be achieved using conventional breeding.

“The EU risks being excluded ... from the technological developments and economic, social and environmental benefits these new technologies can potentially generate if its GMO framework is not adapted to new genomic techniques [NGTs],” the report said.

According to the report, the proposal separates NGT plants into two categories.

Category I covers plants that are comparable to those that are conventionally bred, but where gene editing (GE) would speed up the process and be more precise. This should accelerate the development of crop plants that were more resilient and pest resistant, produced higher yields and required less pesticides, the report said. The EC has proposed limiting the number of modifications in this category to 20.

Category II covered plants with more than 20 modifications obtained through the use of NGTs, which would continue to fall under GMO rules.

Scientists had been calling for change for years saying that evidence had shown that GE could safely make agriculture more efficient, Science Business wrote, but the proposal was likely to be opposed by environmental groups preferring the blanket GMO ban to be retained.

Ultra-high protein GM soya set for launch

US food technology company

Benson Hill is set to launch a range of genetically modified (GM) ultra-high protein soyabeans in 2025, Reuters reported on 7 June.

The new soyabean had a 45%-50% protein content –up from 36%-39% – and was currently produced on just 0.2% of the 35.4M ha devoted to the crop in the USA, the report said.

Benson Hill was expecting to launch a GM herbicide-tolerant variety in 2025, aimed at supplying the US poultry sector and Chilean salmon farms, Benson Hill’s director of grower innovation Kyle Smith was quoted as saying.

Benson Hill CEO Matt Crisp said the company was

to

Bayer reaches New York settlement over Roundup advertising

German chemical firm Bayer CropScience has reached a US$6.9M settlement with the New York attorney general’s office over claims about the safety of its weedkiller products, AP News reported on 15 June.

The focus of the lawsuit was on advertising by Monsanto, acquired by Bayer in 2018, claiming its Roundup herbicide “won’t harm anything but weeds”, AP News wrote.

These claims breached a previous

settlement reached between New York state and Monsanto two decades earlier, in which Monsanto had agreed to stop making claims about the safety of Roundup products containing glyphosate.

“Pesticides can cause serious harm to the health of our environment and pose a deadly threat to wildlife, including pollinators and other species vital to agriculture,” New York Attorney General Letitia James was quoted as saying.

Bayer noted that the state’s legal claim focused on advertising practices, not on health risks to humans, AP News wrote. The company has paid out billions of dollars to settle lawsuits claiming Roundup caused cancer. Although the US Environmental Protection Agency had ruled in 2020 that the herbicide did not pose a health risk to people, a California federal appeals court ordered the agency to re-examine the ruling last year.

Calyxt says seedless hemp offered improved yields and quality

partnering with European soyabean processor Denofa and US-based Riverence Holdings

help scale up demand for soyabeans in the aquaculture sector.

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Benson Hill is developing GM ultra-high protein soyabeans to supply the aquaculture sector

26 August 2023

PORAM Annual Dinner

Grand Ballroom, One World Hotel, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia https://poram.org.my/events-2023

3-8 September 2023

FOSFA Introductory Course + FOSFA Advanced Course University of Greenwich, London, UK www.fosfa.org/education

4-6 September 2023

Fastmarkets Biofuels and Feedstocks Europe 2023 Hilton, Rotterdam www.fastmarkets.com/agriculture/ biofuels-feedstocks-europe

14 September 2023

19th International Black Sea Grain & Oil Intercontinental Hotel, Kyiv, Ukraine (+ Online) https://ukragroconsult.com/en/ conference/black-sea-grain-and-oil-2023

17-20 September 2023

Euro Fed Lipid Congress & Expo Poznań Congress Centre, Poland https://veranstaltungen.gdch.de/tms/ frontend/index.cfm?l=11215&sp_id=2

24-27 September 2023

16th International Rapeseed Congress Sydney, Australia www.irc2023sydney.com

28-30 September 2023

Globoil India 2023

Westin Mumbai Powai Lake, Mumbai, India https://globoilindia.com

4-6 October 2023

13th Palmex Indonesia 2023 Medan, Indonesia http://palmoilexpo.com

9-11 October 2023

Algae Biomass Summit Madison, Wisconsin, USA www.eaba-association.org/en/events/ algae-biomass-summit-2023

11-13 October 2023

Argus Biofuels Europe Conference London, UK (+ Online) www.argusmedia.com/en/ conferences-events-listing/biofuels

Be part of the 2nd East Malaysia Palm & Lauric Oils Conference & Exhibition (emPOC2023) organised by Bursa Malaysia Derivatives. This event will be held from 4-5 September 2023 at the Imperial Hotel, Kuching, Malaysia.

For over 30 years, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives’ flagship POC event has served as an annual gathering of key decision makers and leading thinkers in the global edible oils industry. In addition to the established POC conference in Kuala Lumpur, Bursa Malaysia launched emPOC in Sabah for the first time in 2022, in response to the growing significance of the crude palm oil supply market in the East Malaysia region. Following the success of the inaugural emPOC, Bursa Malaysia is pleased to host this year’s event in Sarawak.

emPOC2023 provides opportunities for participants to network and receive updates on topics surrounding the supply and demand of palm and major edible oils, latest developments in deforestation regulation and the industry’s progress towards achieving net zero emission targets.

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bursa Malaysia Berhad, which provides, operates and maintains a futures and options exchange. The exchange offers the world’s most liquid Crude Palm Oil Futures (FCPO) contract, consolidating Malaysia’s position as the global centre for palm oil price discovery.

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23-24 October 2023

The Future of Oilseeds: Prospects for Plant-Based Proteins? Frankfurt, Germany www.dgfett.de/meetings/aktuell

23-25 October 2023

International Fish Meal and Fish Oil Organisation (IFFO) Annual Conference Cape Town, South Africa www.iffo.com/annual-conference-2023

24-25 October 2023

Future of Biofuels 2023

Copenhagen, Denmark https://fortesmedia.com/ future-of-biofuels-2023,4,en,2,1,27.html

24-27 October 2023

North American Renderers Association Annual Convention

Ritz Carlton, Naples, Florida, USA https://nara.org/about-us/events

7-9 November 2023

International Palm Oil Congress & Exhibition (PIPOC) 2023

Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia http://pipoc.mpob.gov.my

9 November 2023

FOSFA Annual Dinner Geneva, Switzlerland

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10 November 2023

PORAM Annual Forum

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13-15 November 2023

AAOCS Lipid Conference Australia

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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20-22 November 2023

Roundtable on Responsible Palm Oil (RSPO) Annual Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT2023)

Hotel Mulia Senayan Jakarta

Indonesia

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Soya & canola prices now

With traders concerned about the effect of El Niño on palm oil supply and drought impacting US and Argentine soyabean output, vegetable oil prices which fell steeply in April and May are now rallying in some markets

John Buckley

After another steep drop in prices in April and May, some of the bulk vegetable oil markets have been staging a partial recovery mid-year (see Figure 1, right).

The rally was led by soya and canola, with the market looking at weather and/or planting developments in North America and Australia and their expected contributions to total oil supply growth in the coming 2023/24 season.

The war in Ukraine also continued to impact forward supply assumptions for sunflowerseed and rapeseed from the region. However, palm oil prices are weaker amid a mixed supply/demand outlook.

El Niño impact on palm oil

For Asian palm oil producers, the key factor in the months ahead will be the impact of an El Niño event, often a precursor to drier, sometimes hotter-thannormal weather in the world’s largest vegetable oil producing region.

‘Water stress’ was already reported to be affecting Malaysia’s top palm oil producing state, Sabah, increasing the impact of reduced fertiliser use and labour shortages on maintenance over the past three years.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board warned that El Niño could reduce production by 1-3M tonnes next year, with some observers predicting that mid-year output might be down, rather than up seasonally.

On the other hand, other analysts think that the recent, post-COVID return of migrant workers should have some offsetting impact from the second half of this year onwards.

Not surprisingly, palm oil prices have been extremely erratic recently on the Bursa Malaysia futures market (see Figure 2, above), first plunging to near two-year lows as major importers like China and

India turned to cheaper soft oils, with India’s monthly palm oil imports reaching a 27-month low. In addition, the EU confirmed its intention to move against imports linked to deforestation.

However, the mood change turned bullish in June, as traders began to fret about the El Niño effect. At the same time, India jumped back into palm oil, bringing in almost 50% more in June as prices fell.

Restraint was offered by Indonesia continuing to export similar quantities to last year, reducing the amount its producers had to conserve for domestic customers in relation to exports, and cutting its reference price. However, the top producer’s input looked a little more bullish as the month progressed amid news it would accelerate its replanting scheme and was progressing on its programme to expand its palm biodiesel mix. Like Malaysia, which earlier suffered from too much rain and flooding, Indonesia is currently seen as vulnerable

to drier conditions that may emanate from an emerging El Niño system.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is forecasting a sharp slowdown in Indonesian production growth – up 1M tonnes in the 2023/24 season ending 30 September, compared with a 4M tonne increase estimated for 2022/23.

Indonesian exports are forecast to be static at 28.4M tonnes next season after an estimated 6M+ tonne rise in 2022/23. Malaysian 2023/24 production is projected to rise by a mere 400,000 tonnes to 19M tonnes in 2023/24, with exports up by 800,000 tonnes to total 16.6M tonnes.

Among the leading palm oil importers, China’s demand is estimated to have soared back post-COVID to 6.6M tonnes from 4.4M tonnes in 2021/22 but is not seen growing more than 300,000 tonnes in 2023/24. European demand – seen down by some 100,000-200,000 tonnes – does not yet seem to have suffered much from EU plans to curb imports

Figure: John Buckley

Figure 1: USDA monthly price averages for crude vegetable oils/refined palm (US$/tonne)

Figure: John Buckley

Figure 2: Bursa Malaysia palm oil prices (US$ equivalent)

rallying

resulting from deforestation.

Overall, import demand, especially in price-sensitive countries, is likely to continue to fluctuate depending on how successfully palm oil can maintain its traditional discount to competing soft oils.

Weather boosts soya

Weather risk lifted soyabean prices off lows reached in May when they briefly touched the US$12.70/bushel level, with soyabean oil falling towards US$0.45/lb. Recently, soyabeans exceeded US$16/ bushel and oil US$0.67/lb, although both have lost some ground since.

Attention has been riveted on Argentina’s crop estimates, continuing to shrink amid severe drought. The USDA recently cut its forecast for Argentine soyabean production to 25M tonnes, with some private analysts estimating levels as low as 20M tonnes. This compares with last season’s 44M tonnes and the previous two years’ range of 46-48M tonnes. Fortunately for consumers, the shortfall still does not quite match the 25.5M tonne increase estimated for Brazil’s record 2022/23 harvest, now seen around 156M tonnes and already making in-roads into the export market share of its largest competitor, the USA.

The USA, meanwhile, has been having its own weather issues, with the USDA recently estimating that 70% of the Corn Belt, where most soya is grown, to be under some form of drought.

The weather outlook is improving with some recent rains and a wetter forecast for much of July, keeping the USDA’s 52 bushel/acre yield forecast for this year on track, up 5% from 2022. However, the harvest area is now expected to decline by over 4%, lopping 5.7M tonnes off earlier crop forecasts which, at around 117M tonnes, show only marginal gain from last year’s low 116.4M tonnes.

The USDA is bullish on next year’s Latin American soyabean crop prospects, seeing a further 7M tonne increase in Brazil and a massive 23M tonne revival in Argentina. However, these estimates are speculative at this early stage of the year, with planting still several months away.

Growth in global soyabean crushing – which stalled in the past season amid US and Argentine crop shortfalls – is expected to jump in the coming season from 312M tonnes to 330 tonnes, with gains in China (+4M tonnes), the USA (+2.1M tonnes), Brazil (+2.75M

tonnes) and Argentina (+6.25M tonnes). Prospective larger supply gains would land the global soya market with a massive 19M tonne stock rise to a new record of 121M tonnes.

Forward futures markets reflect this looser supply outlook, with soyabean prices dropping back to a low US$13/ bushel for the first half 2024, and soyabean oil to the upper US$0.50/lb.

Rapeseed/canola outlooks

Rapeseed/canola futures prices hit 2.5 year lows in June as the market continued to reflect the past season’s much larger supply and trade/official expectations

of a repeat in 2023/24. Expectations that other oils would remain in adequate supply also contributed to physical crude canola oil in May trading at its lowest monthly average since July 2020 (see Figure 3, following page).

A more recent firmer trend has been partly due to the rally in soyabean oil prices. Some crop issues have also emerged for rapeseed itself. Based on a larger sown area and expected better yields, the markets were initially looking at a rise in European output to perhaps 21M tonnes from last year’s 19.54M tonnes (which was itself more than 2M tonnes more than in 2021).

More recently, observers have been trimming yield assumption after a long hot, dry spell in Western Europe’s key canola states. In early July, French analyst Strategie Grains cut its total EU crop estimate from 20.4M tonnes to 19.8M tonnes, with USDA projections of around 20.2M tonnes.

Global production is already expected to decline from its record 2023 peak as Australia’s crop shrank back from last year’s record of 8.3M tonnes. That remarkably high figure was achieved due to a combination of a larger sown area and high yields which, in an El Niño year, analysts think is unlikely to be matched. The current USDA forecast for Australian canola production is 4.9M tonnes.

Canada’s canola crop forecast has been fluctuating amid the onset of very dry weather, first in the subsidiary province of Alberta and latterly in top-producing Saskatchewan state.

Statistics Canada recently estimated that the country’s canola planted area had risen 3.2% year-on-year to 8.9M ha (22.08M acres) and the USDA is still projecting a 20.3M tonne crop against last year’s 19M tonnes. Canadian crush has also risen by a steep 16.3% with the past season’s crop recovery and strong demand for the oil from expanding biodiesel production, both trends expected to continue in 2023/24.

Black Sea canola suppliers had been forecast to produce less rapeseed in 2023 based mainly on slightly lower sown areas. However, Ukraine recently rebutted forecasts of a crop fall from 3.5M tonnes to 3.2M tonnes, actually forecasting an increase to 3.7M tonnes based on better than expected yield prospects. That emboldened the USDA to raise its own forecast to 4M tonnes.

Russian production, meanwhile, is seen contracting from 4M tonnes to 3.7M tonnes. However accurate these forecasts

prove, the main issue may remain how much oilseed/oil gets crushed/exported from a still war-torn region. With the United Nations-brokered Black Sea ‘safepassage’ export corridor closed at least for the time being, the trade will likely remain cautious about assuming supply as normal, especially amid the recent signs of political instability within Russia.

Amid the outlook for minimal/negative canola supply growth in 2023/24, the EU (Paris) and Canadian (Winnipeg) futures markets are suggesting that rapeseed prices will be fairly similar to those offered now, possibly a shade firmer through the coming year.

Larger EU sunflowerseed crop?

Sunflower oil prices have declined significantly with larger-than-expected supplies and the overall weaker trend in other soft oil and palm oil prices.

Yet even amid the uncertainty generated by the Black Sea conflict, regional farmers seem to be sowing larger areas. Russian planting is seen up by 400,000ha to 9.5M ha and Ukraine sowing higher by more than 500,000ha total 5.7M ha. Western European farmers are again expected to have sown a larger

than usual area of around 5.2M ha as well.

The EU is also hoping for a rebound in yields that dropped by almost a quarter to a low average of 1.79 tonnes/ ha during last year’s hot dry summer in some key member states. The current USDA forecast is for a jump back to 2.21 tonnes/ha, which could land the bloc with a bumper 11.5M tonne crop, compared with last year’s crop of 9.29M tonnes and 2021’s total of 10.29M tonnes.

Assuming the war in Ukraine does not impact recent forecasts for a 16.5M tonne Russian crop and a 11.8M tonne Ukrainian crop, sunflower oil crushers could enjoy a needed jump in new crop seed input, albeit against a backdrop of smaller carry-in stocks from the 2022/23 marketing year.

In Ukraine, where stocks have been used to keep exports going amid recent smaller harvests, carryover is expected to have fallen from 4.7M tonnes in 2021/22 to 1.37M tonnes last year and just 480,000 tonnes in 2023. This has been the major component in world sunflowerseed stocks falling from 8M tonnes to under 4M tonnes over the same period. Russian and European stocks have also tightened over the past two years.

Ukrainian exports of sunflowerseed are expected to plummet in the coming season from 2.03M tonnes to just 800,000 tonnes to maintain domestic crush at around 12.7M and oil exports at around ‘normal’ levels of about 4.75M tonnes, according to the USDA.

Much depends on how long the Black Sea grain export corridor deal holds up. With Russia pulling out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative as we went to press, traders were hoping sunflowerseed would not be drawn into the broader military conflict, with some of Ukraine’s alternative export outlets developed enough to soften the risk.

If all goes well with crop and geopolitics, Ukraine is projected to supply about 38% of global sunflower oil exports in the new 2023/24 season – similar to the past two years (see Figure 4, above left).

Russia is forecast to account for just over one-third of world supply. Preferred by many in some of the food sector, sunflower oil consumption has been edging up since prices have declined. After reaching a record US$2,570/tonne in March 2022, the Rotterdam benchmark price averaged just US$923/tonne in June this year. Along with cheaper soyabean oil, that has been encouraging big importers like India to switch back to this favoured oil from previously cheaper substitutes like palm oil. ●

John Buckley is OFI’s market correspondent

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Figure 3: EU canola futures – Euronext rapeseed futures prices from April 2021

Figure: John Buckley

Figure 4: World sunflower oil exports forecast 2023/24

Breeding for the future

plant breeding

protection from caterpillars and other insect larva. The crop was so economically and environmentally successful that most of the corn grown in the USA is now Bt corn. According to the US Food and Drug Administration, in 2018, 92% of corn planted in the USA was genetically modified.

climate change

Rebecca Guenard

Armies of caterpillars and worms will annihilate unprotected corn crops but proteins from a naturally occurring bacterium kill the pests. For decades, the bacterium – known as Bacillus thuringiensis or Bt for short – has been a reliable organic pesticide spray.

However, as a spray application, Bt faces challenges. Its proteins decompose in the sun and wash away in the rain, which led researchers to invent a more reliable way to use the bacterium to protect corn.

In the mid-1990s, scientists genetically engineered the DNA of corn plants to include genes from Bt. The genetically modified (GM) plant had built-in

In the decades since the development of GM crops, consumer and environmental groups have voiced concerns about their use. Editing techniques have evolved from inserting foreign DNA with large altered sequences into a plant’s genome to much more precise modifications that alter just a few DNA letters without the need to transplant genes from another species. Now, researchers are considering whether they can develop desirable traits in crops without changing even one letter in the code.

“Classical genetics tools alone cannot help us solve complex problems, like climate change,” says Dragana Miladinović, a plant biologist at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad, Serbia. “Researchers observed that a plant’s response to environmental stresses could be controlled using more modern tools.”

A DNA sequence functions beyond its collection of genes. Whether genes operate or remain dormant depends on the molecules surrounding them.

Researchers see potential in breeding desired traits into plants by manipulating these molecular switches that turn genes off or on while leaving a DNA sequence unaltered (see Figure 1, following page).

Epigenetics

Heredity is not determined solely by the genes coded in DNA. The molecular environment around a gene can also be passed down to offspring as cells multiply through mitosis or meiosis. Researchers currently label this type of heredity, epigenetics.

Pull DNA from any cell within an organism, and they will all contain the exact same genetic code. The instructions to make a complete organism is contained in every cell, but each cell has a unique job within an organism. Epigenetics gives cells their individuality. When a group of cells form the stalk of a plant, for example, the genes that control flowering are silenced within the DNA of those stalk cells, since flowering is meant to occur elsewhere.

A gene is silenced or activated depending on whether transcription molecules can access that stretch of DNA to read it. The ways parts of the code are blocked or exposed varies. A gene may be silenced when a series of enzymes create opposing charges that lead stretches of

A new kind of

that selects for epigenetic traits with long-term heritability will allow the development of crops with the resilience to withstand an unpredictable environment caused by

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DNA to coil tightly around protein spools, called histones. By contrast, loosely wound DNA means an active gene. Acetyl groups astride a gene cause the DNA to be repelled from the histone due to similar charges. Whereas proteins or methyl groups restrict access to genes by physically surrounding them so they cannot be read.

The variety of modifications available to tweak the genetic code gives an organism the versatility to adjust to inputs from the environment. A plant that survives drought could potentially pass along methylation patterns that increase drought tolerance in its offspring. Unlike typical patterns of inheritance, such epigenetic states are fluid. The activity of a gene can be influenced by the experience of a parent and passed on to later generations.

Researchers are in the process of categorising the effects of specific instances of altered epigenetic states in plants and how they contribute to cellular function. Once they understand a plant’s epigenetics, they can use it to breed in traits that have commercial benefits, like increased protein or fatty acid content. Scientists are also hoping this type of breeding will contribute to a sustainable food supply by making plants more robust to changes in climate.

“Agriculture is facing more and more problems. Crops need to produce more with less input from humans, due to regulatory and consumer constraints,” says Miladinović. She is part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary group of scientists from 22 countries gathering and sharing findings on plant gene expression to solve the problem of making future food production adaptable to climate change.

“The application of epigenetics is no different to applying genetics in breeding, you are just using a different mechanism,” she says.

Artificial epigenetics

After observing the methylation changes that occur naturally in plants, researchers were interested in the effects of inducing epigenetic changes in the laboratory. They have since determined that epigenetic alterations can be performed in a number of ways, including abiotic stress, tissue culture, RNA-based methods and grafting.

Abiotic stress in plants generally includes drought, heat, cold and salinity. The exact mechanism for how abiotic stress affects the epigenome is not yet completely clear. Experiments show that even the application of phytohormones associated with these kinds of stresses modify the plant epigenome and lead to lasting

Physical and environmental threats to crops leave a memory in plants through changes in the epigenome

Source: Mladenov V et al, International Journal of Molecular Science, 22, 13, 7118, 2021

variation. Collectively, studies show that plants do not exhibit the same response to a particular stress. Each plant responds with different methylation effects. More research is needed to identify the genome-wide epigenetic changes that result from exposure to abiotic stress or the phytohormones it causes in order to determine its most beneficial manipulation.

Plant regeneration and propagation were once believed to produce a plant identical to the donor; however, researchers discovered that during tissue culture, cells could erase some of their epigenetic markers. They observed that the hormones used in the growing medium can lead to a regenerated plant with unique epigenetic profiles. A complete assessment of these changes still needs to be explored.

Bacterial and fungal pathogens may also affect a plant’s epigenome. Pathogens transfer RNA to their host to silence the host’s defence genes. It is possible that pathogen RNA could also disrupt the host’s DNA methylation, but so far no one has reported this type of experimentallyinduced epigenetic alteration in plants.

Grafting the shoot of one plant onto another rooted plant originated as a means of harnessing the robustness of that plant and passing it on to the shoot. In grafting studies on a variety of plant species, researchers have determined that the technique also alters DNA methylation of the shoot. The graftinduced epigenetic changes remain intact even after pollination and the formation of progeny. Some researchers see grafting as the optimal way to manipulate the epigenome of a crop.

Of course, scientists have methods to directly alter the places within the

genome where the epigenetic instructions are written. In contrast to the methods mentioned above, which affect the global genome, gene-specific insertions and deletions that control DNA methylation or histone interaction would be a more precise way to conduct epigenetic breeding. Although potentially effective, such human-guided gene-editing methods are not accepted in many countries.

Finally, researchers have experimented with externally applying RNA molecules to instruct specific genes to make epigenetic changes. They found that spraying foliage or soaking roots with RNA that promotes methylation triggered an increase in DNA methylation. More research is needed to improve RNA delivery, but the researchers are hopeful this type of fine-tuned epigenetic breeding would fall outside of current gene editing regulations.

Lasting change

The range of examples given above show the complexity of options available when considering how best to use epigenetics in agriculture. For instance, some chemicals applied to seedlings are taken up by cells and incorporated into their DNA as they replicate. However, the epigenome is typically restored to its original state when chemical treatment is removed, rendering this method impractical for crop applications. To harness the epigenome, researchers must identify changes that transmit across generations.

In experiments performed on the model plant species Arabidopsis (rockcress), they found that the plant carried an epigenetic memory from its ancestors. Over three generations, in accordance with a moderate ambient temperature increase, the plant produced less of an u

Figure 1: Effect of physical and enviornmental threats on plant memory

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RNA involved in silencing a gene. After three generations, the effect’s strength declined. The researchers observed more enduring epigenetic memory associated with pathogen or UV light-induced stress. Such abiotic stressors may even induce heritable changes leading to more environmentally-robust phenotypes.

Taking epigenetic knowledge from the laboratory to the field is the next step in realising the potential of this breeding strategy. The epigenomes of critical staple crops like rice, corn, wheat and barley have been picked over in recent years to identify epigenetic memory markers on stress-responsive genes that could be useful. Oilseed crops that have been investigated include rapeseed and, to a lesser extent, soyabeans.

Since rapeseed is a recently domesticated hybrid crop, it has yet to develop extensive genetic diversity. Less diversity in rapeseed DNA provides an opportunity for greater influence from epigenetic changes. Studies on DNA methylation of rapeseed genes indicate a sensitivity to heat and salinity. Overall, it seems that rapeseed genotypes with less methylation also have higher stress tolerance. Hence, crop varieties with this epigenetic profile could be agriculturally more resilient.

Researchers identified the epigenetic component that determines how efficiently a rapeseed plant uses energy. The way the plant uses energy predicts its vigour and yield. Artificial selection of the plants with this desired epigenetic trait became heritable upon self-fertilisation. Furthermore, hybrids from parental lines selected for high energy use efficiencies had a 5% yield increase.

“According to data available so far, recurrent selection seems to be the best tool for introducing epigenetic traits in crops,” says Miladinović. She cautions that, aside from rapeseed, most of this research has been carried out on model plants and not yet applied to crops. “As the genome becomes more complex, it is more difficult to control some things,” she says. This challenge has not deterred a few entrepreneurs.

Commercialisation

According to Forbes, the overall epigenetics market will grow to US$35bn by 2028. Most of that value will likely come from diagnostic and treatment products for human health, but crop enhancement firms are also gaining traction.

Last year, a start-up company called Sound Agriculture, established in California in 2013, announced it had secured US$45M in funding to support two new

platforms for creating climate-resilient crops. The first focuses on adjusting a soil’s microbiome to increase a crop’s nutrient uptake efficiency. The second is aimed at developing specific heritable traits through altered plant epigenetics.

On-demand breeding, as it is called, accelerates plant trait development 10 times faster than gene editing, according to the company’s website. The firm hopes to identify and optimise traits that make plants more resilient in relation to climate change, diseases and reduced chemical use. They are also considering traits that optimise nutrition, appearance, and flavour.

Sound Agriculture claims that breeders can progress from concept to a plantlet with a new trait in 15 days, compared to the 150 days needed for gene editing.

A similar company was founded by plant biologist Sally Mackenzie, currently at Pennsylvania State University, USA. Mackenzie discovered that a plant protein, known as MSH1, encodes for processes that determine DNA binding and recombination suppression.

She says evidence indicates MSH1 is environmentally adaptive, so breeders can direct how a plant adjusts to its environment by targeting methylation on the gene that encodes MSH1.

In Nebraska, where Mackenzie was previously a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Epicrop Technologies was set up in 2013. After receiving funding from TechAccel, the company launched platforms to use epigenetics

to improve two crops – strawberries and canola. It hopes to improve the strawberry’s disease resistance and environmental range, while its research efforts for canola focus on yield.

The future of epigenomic breeding has many exciting prospects, according to Miladinović. The involvement of a variety of scientists using a range of tools means a quicker pace of discovery. A combination of epigenetics, genomics, and other omics tools with high-throughput analytics tools and artificial intelligence allows more data to be gathered and evaluated faster.

Miladinović says that since the concept for epigenetic breeding is still unproven in some crops, there is no way to know if desired traits will be heritable over many generations of a plant. “We still need to go case by case, crop by crop, and trait by trait,” she says. Even with classical breeding, there are some traits that are easier to maintain than others. She says researchers will have to be careful to first identify traits with potential for heritable change.

One limitation of epigenetics is made obvious by the earlier example of Bt corn. Scientists cannot add or remove any information from a plant’s genetic code. This means that incorporating the gene from a natural pesticide into a crop plant is off-limits in the epigenetic breeding playbook. If a gene responsible for some self-protective measure to ward off pests is not already present in the genome, there is no epigenetic course of action to address such a threat.

Another issue is that a plant epigenetically bred to resist heat may be left vulnerable if exposed to flooding. Miladinović says epigenetics is not going to produce crop varieties that can be planted everywhere. More likely, the discipline will assist with the new trend of agroecology, where crops are specialised for specific regions. “Farmers will not grow the same variety for different countries around the world, like they do now with seeds from a big corporation,” she says. Instead, farmers will select crops with one or two traits best suited for their agroecological area.

“We have discovered something beyond the classical genetics alphabet,” says Miladinović. “We have the potential to create a plant genotype that is really adaptive to a certain climate or a certain soil. This new breeding tool opens new ways to explore genetic diversity so we can assure stability of crops production as it faces environmental change.”

Rebecca Guenard is the associate editor of Inform at AOCS. Reprinted from INFORM pg. 8-11, February 2022, Vol 33 (2) copyright © 2023, with permission granted by AOCS

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Epigenetics will aid the development of crops specialised for specific regions

Egypt: Import dependent

the only countries, along with China, that continued growing during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Lamyaa El-Enany, regional manager of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) in Egypt. The country posted an economic growth rate of 4.4% in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022/23, she wrote in a report on 31 January.

oil imports

With a population of around 110M inhabitants that is growing at a rate of 2%/year, Egypt has a large consumer base and is uniquely positioned at the crossroads between Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

The country – through the stateowned Suez Canal Authority (SCA)owns, operates and maintains the Suez Canal, the waterway which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez, dividing Africa and Asia. The 193.3km canal is a key global trade route between Europe and Asia, with some 20% of international container trade, 10% of seaborne business and 18,000 ships passing through each year.

Egypt has been one of most robust economies in the Arab region and one of

However, the country was hard hit after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, which sent wheat and vegetable oil prices spiralling, piling pressure on Cairo’s foreign currency reserves.

“The fragile state of Egypt’s food security stems from the agricultural sector’s inability to produce enough cereal grains, especially wheat, and oilseeds to meet even half of the country’s domestic demand,” Professor Michaël Tanchum, a non-resident fellow with the Middle East Institute (MEI)’s Economics and Energy Programme, wrote last year.

“Cairo relies on large volumes of heavily subsidised imports to ensure sufficient and affordable supplies of bread and vegetable oil for citizens. Securing those supplies has led Egypt to become a top importer of wheat and among the world’s top 10 importers of sunflower oil.”

wheat came from Russia and Ukraine, along with 73% of its sunflower oil.

With costs driven up by the war and rising global energy prices, official inflation in Egypt hit 21.9% in December and food prices rose 37.9% year-on-year, piling pressure on households, according to a 13 February Aljazeera report.

Last year, Egypt devalued its currency twice, with a pledge in October to adopt a flexible exchange-rate policy which eventually helped the country clinch a US$3bn loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Aljazeera wrote.

Agriculture

Agriculture has traditionally been a key driver of economic activity in Egypt, accounting for 28.8% of GDP in 1974 but falling to 11.5% (US$28.3bn) in fiscal year 2020/21, due to industrialisation and diversification, according to a 2022 Oxford Business Group report.

The share of arable land has remained at just under 3% of total land area since the early 2000s, while the percentage of agricultural land reached almost 3.9% in 2018. The fertile Nile Delta enables Egypt to grow a wide variety of crops –including cereals, cotton, sugar, fruits and vegetables – but due to its arid climate, Egypt relies on irrigation for much of its agricultural activity.

The Russia-Ukraine war catapulted prices to unsustainable levels for Egypt, increasing the price of wheat by 44% and that of sunflower oil by 32% virtually overnight, he said. It also threatened Egypt’s physical supply since 85% of its u

Total crop production in Egypt has risen markedly in recent years – specifically, by 20% between 2010 and 2020,

Egypt – through its geography and the Suez Canal – is uniquely positioned at the crossroads of Africa, Europe and the Middle East but has been hit hard by the Russia-Ukraine war due to its heavy dependence on wheat and edbile

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according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In 2019, the main crops produced were sugarcane (16.3M tonnes), sugar beet (10.5M tonnes), wheat (9M tonnes), maize (7.5M tonnes) and tomatoes (6.8M tonnes). Other popular crops include rice, potatoes, oranges, onions, grapes and dates.

The Oxford Business Group report says Egypt exports around 350 different agricultural products, such as citrus fruits, potatoes, onions, strawberries, pomegranates, beans, beets, guavas, peppers, mangoes, garlic, grapes and watermelons. In 2020, food exports amounted to 14% of the total value of exports, placing it third within nonpetroleum exports at US$1.8bn.

Oilseeds

In terms of oilseeds, Egypt is forecast to produce 85,000 tonnes of soyabeans in the October 2023/September 2024 marketing year (MY) according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) Oilseeds and Products Annual report on Egypt, published in April.

The soyabean growing season runs from May to August and the crop is mostly planted in middle and upper Egypt, according to the report.

On 22 February, two months before the planting season, the government announced a guaranteed procurement price of US$584/tonne for soyabeans.

“This will encourage many farmers to plant the crop,” the USDA report said.

“Egypt’s actual domestic crushing capacity will reach about 27,000 tonnes/ day, up from 12,000 tonnes/day in 2017/18,” the USDA report says.

“Most crush facilities usually operate at about 40% of their actual capacity. In the last quarter of calendar year 2022, soyabean crush operations went down to less than 20-25% of their actual capacities due to the shortage of imports and inflated prices of soyabeans.”

The USDA said in its Egypt Oilseeds Annual last year that soyabean crush operations in Egypt are dominated by two companies with over 80% of the total volume – SOYVEN and the Alex Seeds Co.

Egypt is also forecast to produce 50,000 tonnes of sunflowerseed in 2023/24, planted throughout the Delta region (northern Egypt) in May. “Planting also occurs in middle and upper Egypt, but usually begins in June,” the USDA said.

The government also announced a guaranteed procurement price on 22 February of US$487/tonne to encourage farmers to plant the crop.

Sunflowerseed imports in 2023/24 were forecast at 40,000 tonnes and consumption at 90,000 tonnes due to increased crushing activity.

“Imported sunflowerseeds are either processed by the private sector to extract sunflower oil or used for food consumption. Domestic sunflowerseeds, in contrast, are mainly crushed by small local crushers, using more primitive methods, close to their production areas in middle and upper Egypt,” the report said.

Subsidy programme

Egypt imports 95% of its vegetable oil needs and offers consumers a highly subsidised blend of sunflower and soyabean oils under the government’s food subsidy programme, according to the MEI report. More than 64M people in Egypt qualify for the subsidy programme, which covers essentials such as bread, sugar and edible oils.

In the July 2022-June 2023 fiscal year, the government allocated US$5.69bn to food subsidies, with some US$3.1bn alone earmarked for the bread subsidy programme, according to the USDA April GAIN report.

The subsidies are delivered as credits on SMART cards, and are redeemable monthly for food staples such as rice, beef

and chicken.

A network of 1,300 state-owned consumer outlets managed by the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade’s (MOSIT) Holding Company for Food Industries (HCFI) accept the SMART cards, as well as 38,000 partnered, private grocery stores.

All SMART card beneficiaries are entitled to 1 litre of blended vegetable oil, the USDA wrote in its April report.

“The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) is the sole government entity responsible for purchases of crude and edible oils. Crude vegetable oil purchases occur through local private crushers or multinationals in tenders. These are refined in governmentaffiliated refineries or on a contract basis with other private-sector companies.”

Vegetable oils

The USDA forecasts consumption of soyabean, sunflower and palm oils for food and industrial use in the 2023/24 MY at some 2.16M tonnes, up 2.8% compared to 2.1M tonnes in the 2022/23 MY.

Soyabean oil production for 2023/24 is projected at 460,000 tonnes, compared with 400,000 tonnes in 2022/23.

Consumption is forecast at about 730,000 tonnes, an increase due to u

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Figure 1: Egypt – Market share of vegetable oils, 2022

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Figure 2: Egypt – Palm oil and derivatives import trend (‘000 tonnes)

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greater amounts being blended and channelled through the country’s subsidy programme.

Imports are projected at 360,000 tonnes in the 2023/24 MY.

Sunflower oil production in 2023/24 is forecast at 40,000 tonnes and consumption at 330,000 tonnes, driven by population increase and anticipated higher usage by urban middle and higherincome consumers. Sunflower oil imports in 2022/23 are forecast at 300,000 tonnes, driven by increased consumption and higher use in blending with soyabean oil for the country’s subsidy programme.

Palm oil is not produced in Egypt, nor are oil palms cultivated. The USDA forecast palm oil consumption in 2023/24 at 1.09M tonnes, attributed to population

growth and more use of palm oil in food production.

“We estimate that 94% of palm oil goes to food production and vegetable shortenings account for 40%,” the USDA wrote in its report. “Restaurants, catering and fast food chains utilise shortening extensively. Production of vegetable ghee accounts for 50% of palm oil use. Margarine accounts for 3% of use, mainly by private bakeries and patisseries.”

Imports of palm oil in 2023/24 are forecast at 1.1M tonnes.

El-Enany of the MPOC writes that palm oil accounts for around 67% of the Egyptian edible oils market, followed by soyabean oil (16%) and sunflower oil (14%), and palm kernel oil (2%) (see Figure 1, previous page).

Palm oil imports have been rising in the past five years (see Figure 2, previous page) and are widely used in products ranging from blended cooking oils, vegetable ghee, cheese, sweets, baked goods, margarine, cereals, detergents and cosmetics. There is also growing uptake of palm oil in the food processing industry.

In an effort to improve Egypt’s competitiveness in local and international markets, the government is planning to develop and merge some edible oil subsidiaries to enhance production capacity, reduce total costs and maximise profits, El-Enany says. “It also plans to establish three new edible oil plants at New Borg Al Arab, Sadat City and Suhag City to replace six old factories.”

Key palm oil exporters

The leading suppliers of bulk palm oil shipments to Egypt are Wilmar International, Singapore, and Malaysia’s Pacific Interlink, both with a 41% share, El-Enany writes (see Figure 3, left). This is followed by PT Synergy Oil Nusantara, Indonesia (9%); AAA Oils and Fats Pte Ltd, Singapore (5%); Nagamas Group, Indonesia (2%); PT Asianagro Agungiaya, Indonesia (1%); and Mewaholeo Industries, Malaysia (1%).

“Most suppliers deliver Indonesian palm oil, which accounts for 77.7% of palm oil imports into Egypt, while Malaysian palm oil represents 22.3%,” El-Enany says.

However, in 2022, exports of Malaysian palm oil and its derivatives to Egypt saw a substantial increase of 37% compared to 2021 (see Table 1, left).

“Malaysian palm oil exports to Egypt have been increasing in the last five years, representing a four-fold increase compared to 2018.” (see Figure 4, left).

She says Malaysia’s exports to Egypt are expected to increase due to strong demand for various food and non-food applications and to fulfil local market needs and satisfy higher demand in neighbouring countries.

“Egypt holds a great opportunity for Malaysian palm oil market expansion.”

Malaysian Palm Oil Council

Direct exports can benefit from favourable palm oil import duties and taxes and there is also a window to collaborate with government-affiliate companies to develop bulk storage facilities to satisfy the needs of the domestic market, as well as for re-export to neighbouring counties, El-Enany says.

“Finally, there is also a need to work closely with the government to put into effect the inclusion of palm olein in the cooking oil blend offered under the food subsidy scheme.” ● Serena

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Source: Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC)

Figure 3: Leading suppliers of palm oil shipments to Egypt

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Figure 4: Malaysian palm oil exports to Egypt, 2018-2022 (tonnes)

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Table 1: Malaysian palm oil exports by products, 2022 versus 2021 (tonnes)

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DEEP FRYING

Today’s snack food manufacturers and industrial fryers must address concerns about sustainability, energy efficiency and carbon emissions

Bobby Kane

Food manufacturers and consumers are increasingly concerned about sustainability, energy and environmental efficiency, as well as reducing water usage and carbon emissions. So how can deep fryers meet these challenges?

Bobby Kane, general manager at Heat and Control, UK, addressed these issues at the 11th International Deep Frying Symposium in Hamburg in March.

At a basic level, frying involves a pan for hot oil, the means to heat the oil, equipment to circulate the oil, a filter to remove particulates from oil, a conveyor to carry product out of the pan, and a hood for controlling the environment inside the fryer, he explained.

“Commercially-manufactured fryers are made from ferrous material – carbon steel and mostly stainless steel,” he said.

Materials that should not be used to make or manufacture a fryer – due to their effect on frying oil – include copper or any of its alloys, aluminium, zinc and unsuitable plastics such as ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW).

The frying process

“In the frying process, uniformity and control are critical,” Kane said, setting out some of the main factors critical for quality frying:

• Maintaining a solid or uniform flow of product feed to the fryer.

• Establishing and maintaining the correct oil level.

• Controlling the flow of product in the fryer.

• Maintaining a uniform cooking time.

• A quality oil inlet jet design to assist in elimination of eddies at the fryer mouth.

Frying oil

The oil used for frying has two functions, Kane explained.

“It serves as medium for transferring heat from a thermal source to the product and it becomes an ingredient of the finished product. People love the taste of oil within a product. By using oil, you drive out 7880% water, creating a different flavour, and that is what the consumer wants.”

The level of oxidation and free fatty acids (FFAs), as well as the oil turnover rate are key components in managing oil

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quality, according to Kane.

“The oil turnover rate is the time (hours) taken to replace all the oil in the fryer and its systems.”

Filtration systems are very important in maintaining oil quality and are either active, in which negative components created by frying are chemically removed; or passive – when fines and particulars are physically removed by mechanical action.

“This is the most commonly used method for potato crisp frying.”

In a full volume oil filtration system, the oil filter is selected based on particle size; particle buoyancy; the volume of particles; the system oil volume; and the filtration cycle rate.

“In most of our systems, we try to put the whole volume of oil at least once every minute through physical filtration,” Kane said. “Fines that are not removed from the fryer can be a major cause of oil degradation.”

Fryer heating

There are essentially two classes of heating systems to heat a fryer.

Direct heating where the heating system is installed inside the fryer.

“This is used less and less within the industry as immersion tubes in the fryer pan below the cooking zone are more difficult to control,” Kane said.

In indirect heating, the heating source is external to the fryer, utilising different

systems to heat the oil.

Gas-fired external heat exchangers use gas combustion to heat the oil. Steam external heat exchangers have a shell & tube heat exchanger using steam as the heating method. Thermal fluid external heat exchangers use an externally-heated thermal fluid to heat the oil.

Market trends

Key trends of today include a focus on health, energy efficiency, sustainability, pollution control, low carbon emissions and energy savings, Kane said.

“All efforts and money are being driven towards how to have carbon neutral energy costs.”

Kane said up to 90% of carbon produced in a plant could be from energy used to heat oil but deep fryers could create positive change with the right equipment and control of their process environment. “Raw potato, for example, is 77-80% moisture.” This was a lot of moisture and, consequently, steam that could be captured to heat oil, thereby reducing energy usage.

“A 3,000kg potato crisp fryer, for example, needs up to 6MW of energy. If we generate this using electricity, the costs can be four times more than using gas.”

A system that compressed steam and created energy to heat thermal fluid could reduce carbon, but at a cost. As an example, a carbon neutral heating system

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could cost five to six times more than the current standard system.

New technology

Multi-stage frying offers cooking at varying temperatures for different products, using recovered energy, according to Kane. It utilises two, three or more fryers in tandem, each with its own heating source (see Figure 1, right).

Advantages include the ability to achieve a final moisture content using a separate fryer where a low finishing temperature of less than 1200C is used to inhibit the formation of acrylamide.

“Considerable temperature profile flexibility provides the ability to produce hard-bite style chips and regular chips on a single system.”

Air frying at home is another growing trend, popular because it uses less oil and heats food evenly and quickly.

On an industrial scale, industrial frying equipment supplier Heat & Control offers an air fry system (AFS), where oil is sprayed on a product before pressurised cooking in an impingement oven.

“Air fryers create food products that have a reduced oil content compared to submersion-fried products,” Kane said. The systems could be sized to meet

production requirements, and worked with standard batter and breading application systems. The AFS system was not suitable for potato crisps as too much surface area was needed for oil spraying, but would work with coated and non-coated products such as chicken breasts, strips, nuggets and other boneless chicken pieces. It could also work for:

• Breaded seafood such as popcorn shrimp

• Breaded vegetables such as onion rings

• Non-breaded products such as baked taquitos and egg rolls

“Although, industrial air-fried products do not taste the same as their traditional fried counterparts, they do match or exceed what is being produced by home air frying systems that are becoming more prevalent in kitchens around the world,” Kane said. “The consumer can now have an off-the-shelf healthy alternative they can purchase at their local market.”

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Constantza: key hub

As Romania's largest port and with grains as its most important cargo, Constantza is a key hub linking Central and Eastern Europe with the Caspian region, Central Asia and the Far East. The port is also in the spotlight as it offers an alternative export route for Ukrainian grains and oilseeds Serena Lim

The Port of Constantza is Romania’s most important port and is located on the country’s western coast on the Black Sea. Romania’s geopolitical position in international grain and oilseed/oils trade

– as an EU member and with its location on the Black Sea – has risen significantly with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year. Russia’s subsequent blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports led to the development of new export routes for Ukraine, including via the Danube River to the Port of Constantza.

Source: Port of Constantza presentation

The port recorded a 69.7% increase in oilseed traffic for 2022, compared with 2021, according to a Constantza press release on 30 January. In total, it handled 1.8M tonnes of oilseeds from Ukraine last year, the port's press office told OFI

This river route is even more important since Russia withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) on 17 July, the deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey to allow the safe passage of agricultural exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.

However, the shipping of grain and oilseeds via the Danube is now under threat with Russia attacking Ukraine's Danube river ports of Reni and Izmail

Table 1: Main cargo types handled at Port of Constantza, 2015-2021

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since it left the BSGI. Reni and Izmail are just across the border from Romania and the attacks have destroyed grain as well as storage infrastructure.

Favourable location

Constantza Port is both a maritime and river port and is located on Romania’s west coast on the Black Sea.

The port is 179 nM (nautical miles) from Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait and 85 nM from the Danube River’s Sulina Branch, which flows east from Tulcea in Romania to reach the Black Sea at the port of Sulina, located north of Constantza.

With a Free Zone status to facilitate foreign trade, Constantza is favourably located at the intersection of trade routes that connect landlocked countries in Central and Eastern Europe with the Transcausus and Caspian Sea regions, as well as Central Asia and the Far East.

Constantza Port offers an alternative to the oceanic route from Chinese ports through the Suez Canal to Central and Eastern Europe, connecting the industrial regions of northern China to Europe, through the emergent markets of the Caspian region.

The port also has a major role in European intermodal transport. It is a key node in the nine corridors which form the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), a network of roads, railways, airports and water infrastructure adopted by the EU in 1996. TEN-T aims to improve primary roads, railways, inland waterways, airports, seaports, inland ports and traffic management systems to provide

integrated and intermodal long-distance, high-speed transport routes.

Constantza is part of the Pan-European Rhine-Danube TEN-T corridor, which provides the main east-west link across continental Europe.

Cargo types

Constantza port handles a variety of cargoes, with grains leading by volume (31%), followed by crude oil, oil products, natural and chemical fertilisers, iron ore/ scrap, solid mineral fuels and non-ferrous ores (see Table 1, previous page). Oilseeds account for around 4% of this volumes (see Table 2, following page).

Last year, Romania's maritime ports registered a total traffic of goods of 75.55M tonnes, a 12% increase compared to 67.5M tonnes in 2021 and the highest recorded level ever, according to the port's 30 January press release.

"Grains have the largest share in total cargo traffic this year as well and Constantza port has become the most important in Europe from this point of view, especially in the current context [of the war in Ukraine], with an annual traffic of 24.1M tonnes", said Florin Vizan, general manager of NC MPA SA Constanta.

"Since the beginning of the war, the cargo traffic in relation to Ukraine was 11.85M tonnes, of which 5.4M tonnes was via river traffic and 6.4M tonnes via maritime traffic. The largest quantities of cargo were for the grains, followed by equipment, phosphate, laminate, iron ore and containers.

"Significant traffic increases were registered for oilseeds (+69.7%); iron ores and scrap (+47%); crude oil (+41.7%); chemicals products from coal and tar (+37.7%); raw or processed minerals (+36.8%); oil products (+33.4%); metal products (+28.2%); equipment and machines (+12.4%); and fertilisers (+9.5%)," Vizan added.

Constantza handled a record 68.24M tonnes of freight traffic in 2022, an increase of 11.5% compared with 67.9M tonnes in 2021 (see Table 3, following page). In 2021, the port handled 2.2M tonnes of oilseeds and fats (see Table 3, following page).

"An updated figure for oilseeds traffic from Ukraine is 1.8M tonnes for 2022," the port press office told OFI, adding that the port has the capacity to handle more grains and oilseeds from Ukraine.

"There are no limitations regarding the capacities of the port. The main bottlenecks were the logistics needed to reach Constantza, such as differences in railway gauges, border congestion and the low transit speed to reach us."

"Once grain and oilseeds transport was moved to the inland waterway – the way to transport dry and liquid bulk cargoes is on the Danube river – the quantities handled in the port started to rise."

Facilities

Constantza has a planned total handling capacity of around 100M tonnes/ year, with 38 port operators and 100 forwarding companies located at the port. It has 156 berths, 140 of which are u

SHIPPING, TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS

operational, with a total quay length of 32km and depths ranging from 7-19m, which can accommodate the largest vessels passing through the Suez Canal.

The port has direct connections to road, railway, river and pipeline networks and Ro-Ro terminals that ensure a fast connection with the ports of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

Constantza also has land availability for future expansion and there are several projects in progress to build new facilities for cargo handling and to improve the transport connections between the port and its hinterland, mainly located in the southern part of the port.

"The southern part of the port is dedicated to containers," the port press office told OFI. "Grains and other agri-bulk cargoes reach Constantza mainly on the inland waterway as river transportation is the best way to transit dry and liquid bulk cargoes.

"There are also other projects to improve road access in the northern part of the port, which will improve conditions for all the operators in this part of the port. The rail infrastructure in the port

Grains

Live animals, sugar beet

Wood and cork

Food products, animal feed

Oilseeds, oleaginous fruits, fats

Solid mineral fuels

Crude oil

Oil products

Iron ore, iron and steel waste, furnace slag

Non-ferrous ores and waste

Metal products

is also under modernisation but this project is carried out by the Romanian Railway National Company, which owns and manages the rail infrastructure in Constantza Port."

River links

Constantza is connected to the Danube river via the Danube-Black Sea Canal. The Danube river in Romania runs for 1,050km and the canal is 64.4km long and 90m wide, with a water depth of 7m.

Due to low costs and important cargo volumes that can be carried, the Danube is one of the most advantageous modes of transport and an efficient alternative to congested European rail and road networks. Important cargo quantities are carried by river between Constanza and Central and Eastern European countries such as Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Moldova, Serbia and Slovakia.

In order to handle future growth of river traffic, the Maritime Ports Administration of Constantza has completed a barge terminal to improve sailing conditions and develop facilities to accommodate river vessels in the southern part of the port.

Specialised terminals

The Port of Constantza has a specialised terminal for the import of crude oil and other oil products and for the export of refined oil products, oil derivatives and other liquid chemical products.

Two specialised terminals handle dry bulk (iron and non-ferrous ore, grain, coal and coke); another specialised terminal handles chemical products and fertilisers; and a further two operate bulk cement and construction materials.

Other terminals also offer facilities for container, Ro-Ro, ferry boat, cruise and LPG operations.

Agribulk

Facilities for grain and oilseeds are provided by specialised berths which can accommodate both river and Panamaxtype vessels.

Silos and warehouses supply a total storage capacity of over 1.8M tonnes and all terminals can trans-ship from barge to vessels with floating cranes.

There are agri-bulk operators located at the port, with five grain terminals owned by leading grain/oilseed traders ADM, Ameropa, Cargill, CHS and COFCO.

The most important stevedoring companies that handle agribulk are TTS Operator, North Star Shipping, United Shipping Agency, Silotrans, Chimpex and Socep.

"Last year there were 10 companies operating in oilseeds and vegetable oils," the Constantza press office told OFI "The largest ones are Canopus Star SRL, Comvex SA, Frial SA, North Star Shipping SRL and United Shipping Agency SRL."

Cement, quick lime, prefabricated materials for construction

Raw or processed minerals

Fertilisers (natural and chemical)

Chemical products derived from coal and tar

Other chemical products

Cellulose and paper waste

Equipment, machines

Metal articles

As the traditional partner Eastern and Central European agricultural producers that export their cargoes worldwide and acts a grain hub for Romanian, Serbian and Hungarian crops, Constantza port now also plays a key role in handling Ukrainian grains and oilseeds.

"Ukraine needs maritime ports to export and import goods," the port's press office told OFI. "As long as is needed, we will provide services for the cargoes from Ukraine until these flows can be handled again in Ukrainian ports." ● Serena Lim is the editor of Oils & Fats International

Cereals

Oilseeds, oleaginous fruits, fats

Table 3: Port of Constantza – handling of cereals and oilseeds,

Table 2: Cargo types handled Port of Constantza, first 10 months of 2022

OFI 2023 Plant, Equipment & Technology (PET) Guide

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions

Germany GmbH

Olof-Palme-Straße 35, Frankfurt, Hessen, 60487, Germany

armin.brandner@airliquide.com www.linkedin.com/showcase/air-liquideengineering-construction/ www.engineering.airliquide.com

Amafilter - Filtration Group BV

Hanzeweg 21, Lochem, 7241 CS Lochem, Netherlands

+31 785 125 1747 brunella.stefanelli@filtrationgroup.com www.linkedin.com/showcase/18108837/ admin/feed/posts/ www.amafiltration.com

Anderson International Corp

4545 Boyce Parkway, Stow, Ohio, 44224, USA

+1 216 641 1112 eric.stibora@andersonintl.com www.linkedin.com/company/882839 www.andersonintl.com/

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Via Di Le Prata 148, Calenzano, Florence, 50041, Italy

+39 0554 4870 simona.paoletti@andreottiimpianti.com www.it.linkedin.com/company/andreottiimpianti-s-p-a www.andreottiimpianti.com

Anton Paar GmbH

Anton-Paar-Str. 20, Graz, Styria, 8054, Austria

+43 316 257-0 gerhard.ehmann@anton-paar.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/AntonPaar www.linkedin.com/company/anton-paargmbh www.anton-paar.com

B+B Engineering GmbH

Otto-von-Guericke-Str. 50, Magdeburg, 39104, Germany

+49 391 5054 995 0 v.heiss@b-b-engineering.de www.b-b-engineering.de

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Balaguer Rolls

Polígono Industrial Els Vasalos, 104 Nave, Onil, Alicante, 3430, Spain

+34 9655 64075 julia@balaguer-rolls.com www.linkedin.com/company/fundicionesbalaguer-s.a/ www.balaguer-rolls.com

BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

Parkring 18, Raaba-Grambach, 8074, Austria

+43 316 4009 100 lisa.florian@bdi-holding.com www.linkedin.com/company/bdi--bioenergy-international-ag www.bdi-bioenergy.com/en/start

Besteel Berhad*

Lot 9683 Kawasan Perindustrian Desa Aman Batu 11, Desa Aman, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, 47000, Malaysia

+6012 672 9683 camille@besteelberhad.com www.besteelberhad.com

Binacchi & Co SRL*

Via Gramsci 84, Gazzada Schianno, Varese, 21045, Italy

+39 0332 461 354 margherita.rabolini@binacchi.com www.binacchi.com

Blackmer*

1809 Century Avenue SW, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, USA

+1 616 241 1611 jamie.grabert@deanhouston.com www.blackmer.com

Bruker BioSpin*

Silberstreifen 4, Rheinstetten, 76287, Germany

+49 721 5161 6151

thomas.spengler@bruker.com www.bruker.com

Bruker Optik GmbH

Rudolf-Plank-Str. 27, Ettlingen, 76275, Germany

+49 7243 504 2000

Dagmar.Behmer@bruker.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/bruker

www.linkedin.com/company/98437/ admin/ www.bruker.com/FT-NIR

Buhler AG*

Gupfenstrasse 5, Uzwil, St Gallen, 9240, Switzerland

+41 71 955 1111

marketing.vn@buhlergroup.com

www.buhlergroup.com

Buss ChemTech AG

Hohenrainstrasse 12A, Pratteln, 4133, Switzerland

+41 61 825 6317

thomas.blocher@buss-ct.com

www.linkedin.com/company/busschemtech-ag/ www.buss-ct.com/

Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH

Kaiserstrasse 13-15, Butzbach, 35510, Germany

+49 603 3850

Melanie.Wichmann@sms-vt.com

www.linkedin.com/company/buss-smscanzler-gmbh/mycompany/ www.sms-vt.com

Centrimax – Winkelhorst

Trenntechnik GmbH

Kelvinstrasse 8, Köln, 50996, Germany

+49 2236 393 530 oz@centrimax.de

Twitter: www.twitter.com/centrimax_com www.linkedin.com/company/centrimax www.centrimax.com

Clariant

Arabellastrasse 4a, Munich, 81925, Germany vera.rees@clariant.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/clariant www.linkedin.com/company/clariant www.clariant.com/oilpurification

CMB S.p.A.

Via Appia, Km 55,900, Cisterna di Latina, Latina, 4012, Italy

+39 06 9687 1028 m.sorbello@cmb.it www.cmb.it

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

No 186 Huihe Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214035, China

+86 186 2630 9428 nilihua@cofcoet.com www.cofcoet.com

Cottor Plants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

706 Acme Plaza, Andheri-Kurla Road, Opp. Sangam Talkies, Andheri(E), off IndusInd Bank, Near Chakala Metro Station, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400059, India

+91 22 2826 4201 bharatt@cottor.com

www.linkedin.com/company/cottor-plantsindia-pvt-ltd-/ www.cottor.com

CPM Europe BV

Grote Tocht 100, 1507 CE, Zaandam, Netherlands

+31 756 512 611

catherine.mehaffey@cmmc-group.com www.linkedin.com/company/crown-ironworks-inc/ www.crowniron.com/

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM Waterside Park, Livingstone Road, Hessle, Blaine, East Yorkshire, HU13 OEG, United Kingdom

+44 1482 640099

catherine.mehaffey@cmmc-group.com www.linkedin.com/company/crown-ironworks-inc/ www.europacrown.com/

Crown Global Companies - CPM 9879 Naples St. NE, Blaine, Minnesota, 55449, USA

+1 651 639 8900 catherine.mehaffey@cmmc-group.com www.linkedin.com/company/crown-ironworks-inc/ www.crowniron.com

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM Room 301, 18th Building, Innovation Base HUST Science Park, No. 33 Tang Xum Hu Bei Road, Donghu High-Tech Zone, Wuhan City, Hubei, PR, 430074, China

+86 27 6784 7531

catherine.mehaffey@cmmc-group.com www.linkedin.com/company/crown-ironworks-inc/ www.crowniron.com/

De Smet Engineers & Contractors

Watson & Crick Hill - Building J, Rue Granbonpre 11 - Box 8, Mont-Saint-Guibert, 1435, Belgium

+ 32 1 043 43 00 isabelle.chavanne@Dsengineers.com www.linkedin.com/company/dsec www.dsengineers.com/en/

Desmet NV

Belgicastraat 3, Fountain Plaza Office Park, Building 503, Zaventem, 1930, Belgium

+32 2 716 11 11 ksenia.oreshkova@desmet.com www.linkedin.com/company/desmetballestra/ www.desmet.com/

Desmet Rosedowns Limited Cannon Street, Kingston Upon Hull, HU2 0AD, United Kingdom

+44 1482 329864 julie_mutch@rosedowns.co.uk www.linkedin.com/company/de-smetrosedowns/

www.rosedowns.co.uk/

Dupps Company 548 North Cherry Street, Germantown, Ohio, 45327-0189, USA

+1 937 855 6555 ccooley@advertools.net

www.linkedin.com/company/the-duppscompany www.dupps.com/

ELICA Processing OOD

32 Haralampi Dzhamdzhiev St, Silistra, 7500, Bulgaria

+359 86 820 820

n.pavlov@elica-pro.com

www.bg.linkedin.com/company/elicaprocessing-ood

www.elica-pro.com

EP Minerals

9785 Gateway Drive, Reno, Nevada, 89521, USA

+1 419 438 0971 brumbaughj@ussilica.com

Famsun*

No 1 Huasheng Road, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225127, China +86 514 8777 0799

tiangq@famsungroup.com

www.famsun.com

Farmet

Jiřinková 276, Česká Skalice, 55203, Czech Republic +420 491 450 169 m.stauda@farmet.cz

www.linkedin.com/company/farmet www.farmet.eu

French Oil Mill Machinery Company 1035 W. Greene Street, Piqua, Ohio, 45356, USA

+1 937 773 3420

tflutz@frenchoil.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/frenchoil

www.linkedin.com/company/the-frenchoil-mill-machinery-co./ www.frenchoil.com/

GEA Process Engineering*

Gladsaxevej 305, Soeborg, 2860, Denmark +45 2129 6867

betina.grewal@gea.com www.gea.com

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

Werner-Habig-Straße 1, Oelde, 59302, Germany +49 252 2770

christiane.lohmueller@gea.com

www.linkedin.com/showcase/gea-food/ www.gea.com

GEA Wiegand GmbH* Am Hardtwald 1, Ettlingen, 76275, Germany +49 7243 7050

laura.vasquez@gea.com

www.gea.com

Geelen Counterflow

Windmolenven 43, Haelen, 6081 PJ, the Netherlands

+31 475 592 315 info@geelencounterflow.com www.geelencounterflow.com

GekaKonus GmbH

Siemensstr. 10, Eggenstein-Leop, 76344, Germany

+49 721 943 740 knut.fellbaum@gekakonus.net www.gekakonus.net

Geohellas

8A Pentelis str., Athens, Attica, 175 64, Greece

+30 210 948 5800 ktsintola@geohellas.com www.linkedin.com/company/geohellas/ www.geohellas.com/

Gerstenberg Services A/S

Vibeholmsvej 21, Broendby, 2605, Denmark

+45 3025 9284 mgn@gerstenbergs.com www.gerstenbergs.com

GIG Karasek*

Neusiedlerstrasse 15-19, Gloggnitz, Lower Austria, 2640, Austria

+43 2662 42780 n.plankensteiner@gigkarasek.at www.gigkarasek.com

Haarslev A/S*

Bogensevej 85, Søndersø, 5471, Denmark

+45 6383 1100 frederik.mark@haarslev.com www.haarslev.com

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (Harburg-Freudenberger

Maschinenbau GmbH

Schlachthofstrasse 22, 21079 Hamburg, Germany

+49 407 717 9361 Nora.Grupe@hf-group.com

Twitter: www.youtube.com/channel/ UCkFnIm50GFIkhjARqrGLuXg

www.linkedin.com/showcase/hf-presslipidtech-harburg-freudenbergermaschinenbau-gmbh www.hf-press-lipidtech.com

HTI-GESAB GmbH

Sauerbruchstraße 11, Ellerau, Schleswig-Holstein, 25479, Germany

+49 410 670 090 a.sievers@hti-ellerau.de www.hti-ellerau.de

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Atasehir Bulvari, Gardenya Plaza 5, Kat:19, Atasehir, Istanbul, 34758, Turkey

+90 216 456 37 03 serkan@hum.com.tr www.linkedin.com/company/hum-oil-&fat-technologies/mycompany www.hum.com.tr/

Hygear

Westervoorstedij, Arnhem, Gelderland, 6827 AV Netherlands +31 889494000 sales@hygear.com www.linkedin.com/company/hygear/ www.hygear.com

INTEC Engineering GmbH

John-Deere-Str. 43, Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg, 76646, Germany +49 7251 93243 0 nicole.merz@intec-energy.de www.linkedin.com/company/intecengineering www.intec-energy.de

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd* No.7-13A-01 Level 13A, Jebsen & Jessen Tower, UOA Business Park (Tower 7), Jalan Pengaturcara U1/51A, Seksyen U1, Shah Alam, Selangor, 40150, Malaysia +603 5030 6363 kingjuan_siew@jjsea.com www.jj-lurgi.com

Keller & Vardarci Industries Ltd* Cinar Sk. No12 Ege Serbest Bolgesi Gaziemir Izmir, Turkey

+90 232 478 4814 gulservardarci@vardarci.com.tr www.keller-vardarci.com

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Hochheimgasse, 20, Wien, Österreich, 1130, Austria +43 676 948 2223 kondor@kemia.at www.kemia.at

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Badenstedter Str. 56, Hannover, Lower Saxony, 30453, Germany

+49 511 2129 0 i.meyer@koerting.de www.linkedin.com/company/kortinghannover-ag www.koerting.de/en/

KROHNE

Ludwig-Krohne-Strasse 5, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, 47058, Germany

+32 487015270

y.farine@krohne.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/krohnegroup

www.linkedin.com/company/krohnegroup/ www.krohne.com/en

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

Plot #7, Mira Co-Op Industrial Estate, Mira Road, Thane, Maharashtra, 401104, India

+91 22 2845 8300

biju@mectech.co.in

www.kumarmetal.com

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

61 Bukit Batok Crescent, #06-03 to #0606 Heng Loong Building, 658078, Singapore

+65 6316 7800

jeannie@lipico.com www.lipico.com

MACFUGE by Servizi Industriali Srl Via Marie Curie, n.19, Ponte Rizzoli, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Bologna, 40064, Italy

+39 051 795 080

commercialoffice@macfuge.com

www.linkedin.com/company/macfuge/ www.macfuge.com

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Industriestrasse 14, Neuss, 41460, Germany

+49 2131 9761-0

l.pitzner@reinartz.de www.reinartz.de

Mavitec BV

Galileistraat 32, Heerhugowaard, 1704 SE, Netherlands

+31 72 5745988

cgonzalez@mavitec.com

www.linkedin.com/company/mavitec-b.v

www.mavitecrendering.com

Maxfry GmbH

Grabenstr. 3, Hagen, NRW, 58095, Germany

+49 233 1396 9711

sven.seifer@maxfry.de

www.linkedin.com/company/maxfrygmbh/

www.maxfry.com

Mectech*

366, Phase – 2, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122 016, India

+91 124 470 0800 raghupathi.rao@mectech.co.in www.mectech.co.in

Muar Ban Lee Group

JR52, Lot 1818 Jalan Raja, Kawasan Perindustrian Bukit Pasir, Muar, Johor, 84300, Malaysia

+606 985 9998 km.chua@mbl.com www.mbl.com

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

No.199, South Ji’An Road, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, 225127, China

+86 514 8784 9111 lule@myande.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/myandelule www.linkedin.com/company/5726029/ admin/ www.myandegroup.com/

Myers Vacuum

1155 Myers Lane, Kittanning, Pennsylvania, 16201, USA

+1 724 545 8331 dmyers@myers-vacuum.com www.myers-vacuum.com/

NATURAL BLEACH SDN BHD

11 Jalan SS18/6, Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, 47500, Malaysia

+601 6777 1618 tech@naturalbleach.com www.naturalbleach.com

Nel Hydrogen

10 Technology Drive, Wallingford, CT, 6942, USA

+1 203 949 8697 cvanname@nelhydrogen.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/nelhydrogen www.linkedin.com/company/nel-hydrogen www.nelhydrogen.com

Niverplast BV

Baruch Spinozastraat 2, Nijverdal, 7442 PD, Netherlands

+31 612 970 238 f.diepman@niverplast.com www.niverplast.com www.niverplast.com

Oil-Dri Corporation of America

410 N Michigan Ave, Suite 400, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

+1 847 544 9491 lily.nemeroff@amlan.com www.linkedin.com/showcase/oil-dri-fluidspurification/?viewAsMember=true www.odcpurification.com/about

oilRoq GmbH*

Pfaennerhoehe 35, Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, 6110, Germany +49 345 68 57 80 71 administration@oilroq.eu www.oilroq.eu

Oiltek*

Lot 6, Jalan Pasaran 23/5 Kaw Miel Phase 10, Shah Alam, Selangor, 40300, Malaysia +603 5542 8288 yong.oiltek@gmail.com www.oiltek.com.my

Olexa

47 Allée d’Irlande, ZAC Artoipole, Feuchy, 62223, France

+32 155 3600 lbeignot@olexapress.com www.linkedin.com/company/olexa/ mycompany/ www.olexapress.com/en/

Oxford Instruments

Halifax Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3SE, United Kingdom +44 1494 442255 kate.shorter@oxinst.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/oxinst www.linkedin.com/showcase/magneticresonance www.nmr.oxinst.com/

Palsgaard

Palsgaardvej 10, Juelsminde, 7130, Denmark +45 7682 7682

pgn@palsgaard.com www.linkedin.com/company/ palsgaardglobal/ www.palsgaard.com/en

Pattyn Packaging Lines*

Hoge Hul 2, Bruges, 8000, Belgium +32 50 450 480 stieven.rogiers@pattyn.com www.pattyn.com

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

Helmkamp 48, Dinxperlo, 7091HR, Netherlands

+31 315 652 803

rick@pmi-group.nl

www.linkedin.com/company/pmi-techeurope-bv/ www.pmi-group.com/

Pope Scientific Inc.

351 N. Dekora Woods Blvd, POB 80018, Saukville, Wisconsin, 53080, USA

+1 262 268 9300

dsegal@popeinc.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/popescientific www.linkedin.com/company/popescientific-inc www.popeinc.com

PQ Corporation

PQ Corporation, P.O.Box 840, Valley Forge, PA, 19482, USA

+1 561 379 8274

John.McNichol@pqcorp.com

www.linkedin.com/mwlite/company/pqcorporation www.pqcorp.com/

PROGLOBAL

Juan Pablo II 6750, Rosario, Santa Fe, 2000, Argentina +54 934 2430 6330 grabois.manuel@proglobal.com www.proglobal.com/

RONO

Ringstraße 6, Selmsdorf, MecklenburgVorpommern, 23923, Germany

+49 388 235 4480

s.nolte@ro-no.de www.ro-no.com

Sepigel

Avenida del Acero 14-16, Azuqueca de Henares, Guadalajara, 19200, Spain

+34 949 01 00 00

javier.aznar@sepiolsa.com

www.linkedin.com/company/sepigel www.sepigel.net

Serac Group*

12 route de Mamers, La Ferté-Bernard, 72400, France

+33 2 43 60 28 28

facheriaux@serac.fr

www.serac-group.com

Sharplex Filters (India) Pvt Ltd

R-664, Rabale MIDC, Navimumbai, India, 400701, India

+91 982 002 9839 sales@sharplexfilters.com www.sharplex.com+

Solex Thermal Science

#250, 4720 106 Ave S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2C 3G5, Canada

+1 866 379 3500 jamie.zachary@solexthermal.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/Solex_Thermal www.linkedin.com/company/solexthermal-science/mycompany www.solexthermal.com/

SPX Flow Technology

13320 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., 28277, USA annamarie.petersen@spxflow.com www.linkedin.com/showcase/spx-flownutrition-health/ www.spxflow.com/

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd*

Neuwiesenstrasse 15, Winterthur, Zürich, 8401, Switzerland

+41 52 262 3722 dorota.zoldosova@sulzer.com www.sulzer.com

T-1 Abraziv doo

Sencanski put 59/b, Ada, 24430, Serbia and Montenegro +381 2485 4585 tamas.toth@t-1.rs www.linkedin.com/company/t-1-ada www.t-1.rs

Taiko Clay Marketing Sdn Bhd

B2-05-01, Block B2, Meritus @ Oasis Corporate Park, No.2 Jalan PJU 1A/2, Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, 47810, Malaysia +603 7660 7716 taikoclaymkt@taikogroup.net www.linkedin.com/company/taiko-claymarketing-sdn-bhd/mycompany/ www.taikoclaymarketing.com/

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Via Domenico Federici 12-14, Cisterna di Latina, 4012, Italy

+39 06 969 6181 veronique.bernardini@technoilogy.it www.linkedin.com/company/technoilogy/ www.technoilogy.it

The Dallas Group of America

374 Route 22, PO Box 489, Whitehouse, NJ, 8888, USA

+1 908 534 7800 sruizdiaz@dallasgrp.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/Magnesol www.linkedin.com/company/dallas-groupof-america

www.dallasgrp.com/

Tolsa S.A.

Nuñez de Balboa, 51, Madrid, 28001, Spain

+34 913 220 100 JulLop@tolsa.com www.linkedin.com/company/tolsa/ www.tolsa.com/

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Plot 75, Sector 3, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122051, India

+91 124 427 3011-14 rabigandhi@uec-india.com www.uec-india.com

Van Mourik Crushing Mills

Boylstraat 34, Ede, 6718 XM, Netherlands

+31 657 96 35 03 e.claeys@vanmourik-group.com www.crushingmills.com/

Veendeep*

N-16/17/18 Additional MIDC, Patalganga, Maharastra, 410207, India

+91 976 931 5463 pmbhandari@veendeep.com www.veendeep.com

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG Bernrieder Str. 10, Niederwinkling, 94559, Germany

+49 9962 9598 0 oliver.stoll@vta-process.de www.linkedin.com/company/vta-process www.vta-process.de/

YKL Engineering Sdn Bhd

Lot 663, Batu 10, Kampung Paya Panjang, Bukit Pasir, Muar, Johor. 84300, W. Malaysia +606 985 9155 mktadmin1@yklgroup.com.my www.welcome.yklgroup.com.my/

* Denotes entries from 2022

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Extraction Equipment & Plants

Oilseed crushing

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Anderson International Corp

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Balaguer Rolls

Buhler AG*

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Cottor Plants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Dupps Company

French Oil Mill Machinery Company

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH)

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Keller & Vardarci Industries Ltd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Mectech*

Muar Ban Lee Group

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

PROGLOBAL

Solex Thermal Science

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

YKL Engineering Sdn Bhd

Cleaning/drying

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Anderson International Corp

CMB S.p.A.

Cottor Plants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

ELICA Processing OOD

EP Minerals

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH)

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Mavitec BV

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL

Solex Thermal Science

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Cracking

Anderson International Corp

Balaguer Rolls

Buhler AG*

CMB S.p.A.

Cottor Plants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Desmet NV

French Oil Mill Machinery Company

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Van Mourik Crushing Mills

Dehulling

Anderson International Corp

CMB S.p.A.

Cottor Plants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

ELICA Processing OOD

Farmet

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Olexa

PROGLOBAL

Solex Thermal Science

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Flaking

Anderson International Corp

Balaguer Rolls

Buhler AG*

CMB S.p.A.

Cottor Plants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

French Oil Mill Machinery Company

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Van Mourik Crushing Mills

Pressing

Anderson International Corp

CMB S.p.A.

Cottor Plants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Dupps Company

Farmet

French Oil Mill Machinery Company

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH)

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Mavitec BV

Muar Ban Lee Group

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

PROGLOBAL

T-1 Abraziv doo TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

YKL Engineering Sdn Bhd

Milling

Anderson International Corp

CMB S.p.A.

Cottor Plants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

ELICA Processing OOD

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Muar Ban Lee Group

Myande Group Co, Ltd.

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Grinding/pelleting

Anderson International Corp

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Buhler AG*

CMB S.p.A.

Cottor Plants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Mavitec BV

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Olexa

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation

Solvent extraction

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Cottor Plants (India) Pvt. Ltd.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH)

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

Mectech*

Muar Ban Lee Group

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Myers Vacuum

Oiltek*

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

Pope Scientific Inc.

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Processing/Refining Equipment & Plants

Degumming

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

Centrimax - Winkelhorst Trenntechnik GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Degumming ... continued

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Famsun*

Farmet

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

MACFUGE by Servizi Industriali Srl

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Winterising

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

Centrimax - Winkelhorst Trenntechnik GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Famsun*

Farmet

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

MACFUGE by Servizi Industriali Srl

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Crystallisation

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Famsun*

GEA Wiegand GmbH*

Gerstenberg Services A/S

GIG Karasek*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

Oxford Instruments

Pope Scientific Inc.

PROGLOBAL

RONO

SPX Flow Technology

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd*

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Oil distillation/fractionation

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Famsun*

GIG Karasek*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

HTI-GESAB GmbH

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

MACFUGE by Servizi Industriali Srl

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Myers Vacuum

Oiltek*

Pope Scientific Inc.

PROGLOBAL

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd*

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Alkali & physical refining

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Famsun*

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

MACFUGE by Servizi Industriali Srl

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Interesterification

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

MACFUGE by Servizi Industriali Srl

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Miscella refining

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany

GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Centrimax - Winkelhorst Trenntechnik GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

MACFUGE by Servizi Industriali Srl

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Deodorisation

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Famsun*

Farmet

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mavitec BV

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Myers Vacuum

Oiltek*

Pope Scientific Inc.

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Bleaching

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

EP Minerals

Famsun*

Farmet

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

NATURAL BLEACH SDN BHD

Oil-Dri Corporation of America

oilRoq GmbH*

Oiltek*

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

PQ Corporation

PROGLOBAL

Taiko Clay Marketing Sdn Bhd

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Tolsa S.A.

Veendeep*

Oil dryers

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

oilRoq GmbH*

Oiltek*

Pope Scientific Inc.

PROGLOBAL

Solex Thermal Science

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Fat splitting

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Famsun*

HTI-GESAB GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

oilRoq GmbH*

Oiltek*

Pope Scientific Inc.

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Fatty acid distillation

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Famsun*

GEA Wiegand GmbH*

GIG Karasek*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Myers Vacuum

Oiltek*

Pope Scientific Inc.

Fatty acid distillation ... continued

PROGLOBAL

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Fish oil/meal

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Centrimax - Winkelhorst Trenntechnik GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Dupps Company

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

Haarslev A/S*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

MACFUGE by Servizi Industriali Srl

Mavitec BV

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

Solex Thermal Science

Veendeep*

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Rendering/fat melting

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Centrimax - Winkelhorst Trenntechnik GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Dupps Company

Famsun*

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

Haarslev A/S*

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH)

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

MACFUGE by Servizi Industriali Srl

Mavitec BV

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

Veendeep*

Hydrogenation Equipment & Plants

Hydrogen generators

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany

GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Hygear

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Nel Hydrogen

Oiltek*

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Hydrogenation systems/plants

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Buss ChemTech AG

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Hygear

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Pope Scientific Inc.

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

End User Processes, Equipment & Plants

Cooking/salad oils

Anton Paar GmbH

Centrimax - Winkelhorst Trenntechnik

GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Farmet

GEA Process Engineering*

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (Harburg-Freudenberger

Maschinenbau GmbH)

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

oilRoq GmbH*

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

Pope Scientific Inc.

Taiko Clay Marketing Sdn Bhd

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Van Mourik Crushing Mills

Veendeep*

Butter

Anton Paar GmbH

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oxford Instruments

Pope Scientific Inc.

SPX Flow Technology

Taiko Clay Marketing Sdn Bhd

Van Mourik Crushing Mills

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Shortening/margarine/spreads

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Anton Paar GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Gerstenberg Services A/S

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

oilRoq GmbH*

Oiltek*

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

Palsgaard

Pope Scientific Inc.

RONO

SPX Flow Technology

Taiko Clay Marketing Sdn Bhd

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Sauces & dressings

Anton Paar GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Oxford Instruments

RONO

SPX Flow Technology

Speciality fats/confectionery/ice cream

Anton Paar GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oxford Instruments

Palsgaard

Pope Scientific Inc.

SPX Flow Technology

Taiko Clay Marketing Sdn Bhd

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Vitamin E

Anton Paar GmbH

Buss ChemTech AG

Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Myers Vacuum

Oiltek*

Pope Scientific Inc.

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd*

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Lecithin

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

CPM Europe BV

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Famsun*

Farmet

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

GIG Karasek*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

Olexa

Pope Scientific Inc.

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Oleochemicals

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Anton Paar GmbH

Buss ChemTech AG

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

EP Minerals

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mavitec BV

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oxford Instruments

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

Pope Scientific Inc.

PQ Corporation

Taiko Clay Marketing Sdn Bhd

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Ethoxylation/propoxylation

Binacchi & Co SRL*

Buss ChemTech AG

Oxford Instruments

Detergent production/formulation

Binacchi & Co SRL*

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Myers Vacuum

oilRoq GmbH*

Pope Scientific Inc.

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Soap production/finishing

Anton Paar GmbH

Binacchi & Co SRL*

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Farmet

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Mavitec BV

Oiltek*

Olexa

Pope Scientific Inc.

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Van Mourik Crushing Mills

Sulphonation

Binacchi & Co SRL*

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Personal care

Anton Paar GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Oxford Instruments

Palsgaard

Pope Scientific Inc.

SPX Flow Technology

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Cosmetics

Anton Paar GmbH

B+B Engineering GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Farmet

GIG Karasek*

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (Harburg-Freudenberger

Maschinenbau GmbH)

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Mavitec BV

Myers Vacuum

oilRoq GmbH*

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

Palsgaard

Pope Scientific Inc.

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd*

Van Mourik Crushing Mills

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Pharmaceuticals

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Anton Paar GmbH

B+B Engineering GmbH

Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH

Centrimax - Winkelhorst Trenntechnik GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Farmet

GIG Karasek*

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH)

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Myers Vacuum

Oiltek*

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

Pope Scientific Inc.

SPX Flow Technology

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd*

Glycerine

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Binacchi & Co SRL*

Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

GEA Wiegand GmbH*

GIG Karasek*

HTI-GESAB GmbH

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

Pope Scientific Inc.

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd*

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Fatty acid derivatives

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Anton Paar GmbH

Buss ChemTech AG

Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

GIG Karasek*

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Myers Vacuum

oilRoq GmbH*

Oiltek*

Oxford Instruments

Pope Scientific Inc.

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Biodiesel/methyl ester

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Anton Paar GmbH

Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH

Centrimax - Winkelhorst Trenntechnik GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

Farmet

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

GEA Wiegand GmbH*

GIG Karasek*

HTI-GESAB GmbH

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

Pope Scientific Inc.

PQ Corporation

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd*

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Van Mourik Crushing Mills

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

HVO/renewable diesel/jet fuel

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Anton Paar GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

EP Minerals

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Koerting Hannover GmbH

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oil-Dri Corporation of America

Olexa

Oxford Instruments

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

Pope Scientific Inc.

PQ Corporation

Taiko Clay Marketing Sdn Bhd

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG

Feedstock pre-treatment

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Anton Paar GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

EP Minerals

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mavitec BV

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

PQ Corporation

Solex Thermal Science

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Van Mourik Crushing Mills

Storage & Handling

Pneumatic conveyors

Anderson International Corp

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Buhler AG*

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Belt conveyors

Anderson International Corp

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Buhler AG*

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Dupps Company

ELICA Processing OOD

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Vibratory conveyors

Anderson International Corp

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Slatted conveyors

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Elevators

Anderson International Corp

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Buhler AG*

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

ELICA Processing OOD

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Loading arms/chutes

Desmet NV

PROGLOBAL

Buhler AG*

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Veendeep*

Auger feeders

Buhler AG*

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Dupps Company

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Storage silos

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Buhler AG*

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

ELICA Processing OOD

EP Minerals

Famsun*

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH)

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mavitec BV

Myande Group Co., Ltd

PROGLOBAL

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Storage tanks

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Dupps Company

Famsun*

GIG Karasek*

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH)

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Mavitec BV

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

oilRoq GmbH*

Oiltek*

Pope Scientific Inc.

PROGLOBAL

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Flexitanks

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL

Screens & Filtration

Screens

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mectech*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Nel Hydrogen

Oiltek*

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Centrifuges/decanters

Anderson International Corp

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Centrimax - Winkelhorst Trenntechnik GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Dupps Company

Famsun*

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

MACFUGE by Servizi Industriali Srl

Mavitech BV

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

PROGLOBAL

Sharplex Filters( India) Pvt Ltd

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Vacuum belt/vacuum drum filters

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Membrane filter presses

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Keller & Vardarci Industries Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Oiltek*

Membrane filter presses ... continued

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

PROGLOBAL

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Pressure leaf/tube type filters

Amafilter - Filtration Group BV

Anderson International Corp

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Mectech*

Muar Ban Lee Group

oilRoq GmbH*

Oiltek*

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

PROGLOBAL

Sharplex Filters( India) Pvt Ltd

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Cartridge bag/disposable filter elements

Amafilter - Filtration Group BV

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

PROGLOBAL

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Gravity separators

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Buhler AG*

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

ELICA Processing OOD

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Keller & Vardarci Industries Ltd*

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

PROGLOBAL

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Magnetic separators

Anderson International Corp

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Buhler AG*

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

ELICA Processing OOD

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Keller & Vardarci Industries Ltd*

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

PROGLOBAL

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Membrane separators

Anderson International Corp

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Buhler AG*

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

ELICA Processing OOD

Famsun*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

Keller & Vardarci Industries Ltd*

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

PROGLOBAL

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Processing/Quality Aids

Catalysts

Clariant

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Oxford Instruments

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

The Dallas Group of America

Enzymes

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Oxford Instruments

Activated carbon

CMB S.p.A.

Geohellas

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

Bleaching earths/adsorbents

Clariant

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

EP Minerals

Geohellas

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

NATURAL BLEACH SDN BHD

Oil-Dri Corporation of America

Oxford Instruments

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

PQ Corporation

Sepigel

Taiko Clay Marketing Sdn Bhd

Tolsa S.A.

Filter aids

Clariant

CMB S.p.A.

CPM Europe BV

Crown Europe - Europa Crown - CPM

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

EP Minerals

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

PMI-Tech (Europe) BV

The Dallas Group of America

Antioxidants

Crown Global Companies Asia - CPM

Maxfry GmbH

Other Equipment

Packing equipment

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

Binacchi & Co SRL*

Buhler AG*

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

ELICA Processing OOD

Famsun*

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Niverplast BV

Oiltek*

Pattyn Packaging Lines*

PROGLOBAL

Serac Group*

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Instrumentation

Amafilter - Filtration Group BV

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

Bruker BioSpin*

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

Famsun*

GIG Karasek*

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

KROHNE

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

Oxford Instruments

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Testing & analytical equipment

Amafilter - Filtration Group BV

Bruker Optik GmbH

Desmet NV

ELICA Processing OOD

Famsun*

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oxford Instruments

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Pumps/fluid handling

Amafilter - Filtration Group BV

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

Blackmer*

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

Dupps Company

Famsun*

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

GIG Karasek*

Haarslev A/S*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Vacuum systems/ejectors

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

Famsun*

GEA Process Engineering*

GEA Wiegand GmbH*

GIG Karasek*

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Myers Vacuum

Oiltek*

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Process heating systems

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Famsun*

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

GekaKonus GmbH

Haarslev A/S*

HTI-GESAB GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

INTEC Engineering GmbH

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Koerting Hannover GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

Olexa

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Steam boilers

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

Famsun*

GekaKonus GmbH

HTI-GESAB GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

INTEC Engineering GmbH

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs

GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Thermal oil heaters

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

Famsun*

GekaKonus GmbH

HTI-GESAB GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

INTEC Engineering GmbH

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs

GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Maschinenfabrik Reinartz GmbH & Co KG

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

PROGLOBAL TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

Veendeep*

Heat recovery systems

Andreotti Impianti S.p.A.

B+B Engineering GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

COFCOET (Xi’an) International Engineering Co. Ltd*

Desmet NV

Dupps Company

Famsun*

GekaKonus GmbH

Haarslev A/S*

HTI-GESAB GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

INTEC Engineering GmbH

JJ-Lurgi Engineering Sdn Bhd*

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs

GmbH

Kumar Metal Industries Pvt. Ltd*

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Mavitec BV

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oiltek*

PROGLOBAL

Solex Thermal Science TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Veendeep*

Energy recovery systems

B+B Engineering GmbH

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

GekaKonus GmbH u

COMPANY ACTIVITIES

Energy recovery systems ... continued

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

INTEC Engineering GmbH

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

PROGLOBAL

Solex Thermal Science

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Effluent/waste treatment

Desmet NV

CMB S.p.A.

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

INTEC Engineering GmbH

Kemia Handels und Projektierungs GmbH

MACFUGE by Servizi Industriali Srl

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Oxford Instruments

PROGLOBAL

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

Tolsa S.A.

Spare parts/refurbishing

Amafilter - Filtration Group BV

CMB S.p.A.

Desmet NV

Desmet Rosedowns Limited

GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

HF Press+LipidTech - division of HF GROUP (HarburgFreudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH)

HTI-GESAB GmbH

HUM Oil & Fat Technologies

INTEC Engineering GmbH

LIPICO Technologies Pte Ltd

Muar Ban Lee Group

Myande Group Co., Ltd.

Olexa

PROGLOBAL

RONO

SPX Flow Technology

TECHNOILOGY S.r.l.

United Engineering (Eastern) Corporation LLP

PLANT, EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY

Global round-up of news

Oils & Fats

International reports on some of the latest projects, technology and process news and developments around the world

IN BRIEF

USA: Canadian renewable fuel and feedstock supplier Targray has opened a new biodiesel terminal in Mead – a suburb of Spokane – in Washington, USA.

“The new site is well-positioned to supply high-quality biodiesel fuel and alleviate supply concerns for retailers, distributors, refineries, and fleet operators across the state, which has mandated a biodiesel blending requirement since 2006,” the company said on 22 June.

The Clean Fuel Standard is a state-regulated legislation in Washington requiring fuel suppliers to gradually reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels to 20% below 2017 levels by 2034, as part of a plan to cut state-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 4.3M tonnes/ year by 2038.

Targray said the policy encouraged fuel suppliers to improve efficiencies in their fuel production processes and provided incentives for producing or blending low-carbon fuels.

Canada’s

EcoCeres to invest in new HVO/SAF plant in Johor

Asia-based advanced biorefinery platform EcoCeres is set to invest in a new hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)/ sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant in Malaysia.

The 350,000 tonnes/ year facility in Pasir Gudang, Johor, would serve as a major production hub for HVO, SAF and also bio-naphtha, the company said on 4 June.

EcoCeres said used cooking oil (UCO) and wastewater from palm oil mills (pictured) would be used as feedstocks.

“The facility, to be managed by Malaysian subsidiary EcoCeres Renewable Fuels Sdn Bhd, will leverage EcoCeres’ proprietary technologies to convert low-value feedstocks into high-value sustainable fuels and chemicals,” EcoCeres

co-founder and CEO Philip Siu said.

“It is also a pivotal milestone in our global expansion journey.”

The project was a partnership between EcoCeres, the Johor government and local

communities, the firm said. According to its website, EcoCeres processes biomass wastes into biofuels and biopolymers. In addition to producing HVO and SAF at commercial scale, the company produces cellulosic ethanol.

UK’s Edible Oils invests in Erith and Belvedere sites

Leading UK packaged oils supplier Edible Oils Limited (EOL) has completed an investment programme at its Erith and Belvedere sites in London.

The latest project followed the completion of a £24M (US$31.4M) project at EOL’s Erith site last June, which increased overall production capacity by around 50%.

A 50/50 joint venture between UK food and drink group Princes Ltd and global agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), EOL produces packaged oils for the retail sector, supplying both branded and customer own brand bottled oils and white fats to the UK and mainland European markets.

The Erith site, which supplies over 100M

litres/year of oil, bottles the Crisp ‘n’ Dry, Flora and Mazola brands and also packs rapeseed, sunflower and corn oils for customer own brands.

It forms the hub of EOL’s cooking oil production and is integrated with the nearby refinery complex.

As part of the investment programme at the Belvedere site, four new 60,000 litre oil tanks were installed. The increased storage capacity would enable EOL to offer new products, such as bespoke blends, the company said on 13 July. At the company’s Erith site, the investment programme involved a major upgrade of the company’s employee welfare facilities.

Solex Thermal Science acquires Econotherm

Thermal and bulk materials engineering firm

Solex Thermal Science announced on 12 July that it had acquired UK-based Econotherm Ltd, a leading designer and manufacturer of heat pipes and exchangers for industrial waste heat recovery.

Econotherm focuses on difficult-to-recover heat that includes hot and/or dirty

exhausts in industries such as automotive, metals, construction, food, mining, oil and gas, power generation and pharmaceuticals.

“This acquisition further expands our capacity to help customers reduce the primary energy consumed to produce industrial goods,” said Canada-based Solex, which supplies high-efficiency, indirect

heat exchange technology for the heating, cooling and drying of free-flowing granular materials such as solid granules, pellets, beans, seeds and particles. Solex said it had installed more than 800 advanced heat exchangers in more than 50 countries worldwide with applications in the fertiliser, oilseeds and industrial materials sectors.

Photo: Adobe Stock, AI generated

Prices of selected oils (US$/tonne)

Soyabean

Crude palm

Palm olein

Coconut

Rapeseed

Sunflower

Palm kernel

Average

Index

STATISTICAL NEWS

Rapeseed oil

The Mintec Benchmark Prices (MBP) for rapeseed oil FOB Rotterdam was assessed at €909.50/tonne on 30 June 2023. Prices for rapeseed oil increased over the month as players looked to cover open positions. In addition, concerns over fraudulent green fuel volumes from China caused some players to seek additional volumes of rapeseed oil. The combination of weather concerns and bullish rival oils may see rapeseed oil become an increasingly attractive purchase and add upward price pressure over July, according to market players. Poor early yields from key growing regions – Germany and France – could suggest a significant revision in rapeseed production and a tightening of availability over the coming months. However, limited demand from China could see European players left with significant amounts of rapeseed oil but with very few ready buyers, adding downward pressure to the market.

Soyabean oil

The Mintec Benchmark Prices (MBP) for soyabean oil FCA Netherlands rose by 9.4% month-on-month (m-o-m) as assessed on 5 July. The increase was in line with the price rise in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) futures soyabean oil price (23 July), which surged by 15.5% m-o-m. The increase was due to several factors including previous concerns about the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) biodiesel mandate in early June. However, following the EPA announcement, which was below market expectations, the market reversed slightly. The reversal was, however, short-lived as declining crop conditions in the USA, lower acreage for 2023 US plantings and lower US stocks drove prices upwards. Lower year-on-year planting acreage and stock levels are driving bullish sentiment in the US soyabean market. Weather patterns will remain a watch-point for improvements in crop conditions. Market sources expect soyabean oil imports from China to continue to increase in July, supporting soyabean oil prices.

Castor seed oil

As of 7 July, the castor seed sowing area in India (the world’s top producer) rose significantly by 294% yearon-year to 20,000ha on the back of aggressive sowing in Rajasthan and Gujarat – key producing states. El Niño weather patterns will continue to be a watch point for sowing progress and, consequently, castor oil prices. According to market sources, global castor oil supplies have only recovered slowly this year, following last year’s shortages. Additionally, lower carry-in stocks in major importers – China, Europe and USA – have led to higher demand so far this year.

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Soyabean oil price, FCA Netherlands – €/tonne (Mintec Benchmark Prices)

Indian rupee/kg

Global soyabean supply and demand – million tonne

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