Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 47 December 2024

NEWS 102 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE December 2024 Swiss technology group Bühler celebrated its 50th anniversary of establishing business in Japan, marking a half-century of successful partnerships and innovation in the food, feed, and advanced materials sectors. To commemorate this milestone, Bühler K.K., the company’s Japanese subsidiary, hosted an event on November 19, 2024 in Tokyo, bringing together over 100 distinguished customers from diverse industries. The event featured presentations, innovation showcases, and panel-discussions with diverse partners from Japan’s ecosystem. Bühler has been one of the pioneers in serving the Japanese market since the turn of the 20th century, initially supplying automatic flour mills and solutions for the chocolate industry. In 1906, Bühler received its first order for a flour mill in Japan. Following World War II, Bühler's close collaborations with trading houses facilitated steady growth in the region. The 1972 acquisition of Miag GmbH led to the creation of a new organization in Japan to better coordinate and strengthen Bühler's expanding activities. Consequently, Bühler-Miag K.K. was founded in 1974, which soon became Bühler K.K. Today, Bühler K.K. employs 85 dedicated professionals, serving customers throughout Japan. Bühler emphasized that it’s team in Japan has also been playing a key role in creating value by supporting Japanese customers in their international expansion projects. Bühler is one of the leading choices in Japan, with over 95% of chocolate processing companies and 90% of flour milling companies – those that require large-scale equipment – using Bühler's technology. Read more>> Bühler celebrates 50th anniversary of Japanese subsidiary Chicken is one of the most widely consumed meats worldwide, and global food demands have steadily been growing over time, making poultry farming a thriving industry. However, raising chickens for meat has also contributed to global warming, mainly as a result of increased nitrogen excretion and ammonia emissions. Feeding broiler chickens (chickens bred and raised for meat production) a low-protein (LP) diet can be a solution to alleviate the environmental impact of chicken meat production since it has the potential to reduce nitrogen emissions. However, the downside of using an LP diet is that it negatively affects the growth performance of broiler chicks, measured by factors like weight gain and the feed conversion ratio, which is the efficiency with which the chickens convert their feed intake into mass. Studies have shown that to ensure that there is no loss of growth performance, LP diets can be supplemented with amino acids (AAs), which are the building blocks of proteins. However, how AA supplementation helps alleviate the negative effects of an LP diet, is not clearly understood. Read more>> New study explores LP diet supplemented with essential amino acids

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