NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE March 2024 91 BioMar appointed Cedric van den Bossche as vice president for its Asia division, which comprises the business units in Vietnam and China, in order to lead the growth strategy for the Asian markets. Cedric van den Bossche joins BioMar with more than 15 years of experience in animal nutrition and aquaculture fields, as well as building up businesses in the Asian markets, mainly working in general management roles for ADM and NEOVIA in China, Indonesia, and India. As VP for Asia, he will be working out of China, developing the product portfolio and the market strategies for the Asian markets together with the local teams, BioMar stated Furthermore, he will take lead looking into new opportunities for developing BioMar across Asia. “I am truly happy welcoming Cedric as a part of our executive management. We have during the last years built a solid position in the Chinese market, created a strong global market position within the shrimp feed segment, and started the penetration of the Vietnam market. There is huge potential for further growth in Asia and I am sure Cedric is bringing both the right entrepreneurial spirit and the solid management experience we need to accelerate the further growth in the region,” explains Carlos Diaz, CEO of BioMar Group. Read more>> BioMar assigns new vice president for Asia Cedric van den Bossche Ocean Harvest obtains its second patent for OceanFeed™ Ocean Harvest Technology Group Plc, one of the leading researchers, developers and suppliers of proprietary blended seaweed products as functional additives for the global animal feed industry, has been granted a second patent, covering a wide range of claims about the benefits of using its OceanFeed™ product in the diets of a range of animals. The company stated that the patent protects the claims of how Ocean Harvest Technology’s product positively impacts the gut through its proven pre-biotic effect, and that this results in increased body weight and/or improved feed efficiency in a wide range of animals. Mark Williams, CEO of Ocean Harvest Technology, commented: “The granting of this patent is a very important milestone for Ocean Harvest Technology. For a number of years, we have been demonstrating improved performance in production animals from adding OceanFeed™ to their diets including higher growth rates, reduced mortality and improved feed efficiency. The grant of this patent enables us to uniquely make and protect the claims over these performance improvements and how they are achieved, which is through the specific pre-biotic effect our product has in the microbiome of the animals.” Read more>>
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