Dear readers,
The animal nutrition industry left the months of May and June behind with a busy event schedule. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the events which were able to be held only virtually for a while started to be held live/in-person again as of the spring months. In this way, industry representatives, who have been meeting with their business partners only in virtual environments for a long time, experienced the excitement of meeting face to face again and had the opportunity to share the innovations they developed.
Among all these events, one of the most interesting and remarkable events was the “3rd Networking Days” organized by Bühler Group. The reason why I saw Bühler’s event as remarkable was, of course, the several partnerships it launched. Bühler Group, one of the leading global powers in food and feed industries as in many other sectors, seemed to focus on new collaborations in the global market rather than innovations in processing technologies this year. It seems that Bühler will continue its growth in the global market with new partnerships in the coming years.
There is another remarkable point in the new partnerships that Bühler Group has launched at this year’s Networking Days or announced in recent years, which gives us clues about how the future will be shaped.
Alternative proteins, cultured meat and insect technologies… These are the hottest fields in which Bühler has recently invested. While the world is talking about climate change, global warming, rising population, increasing food demand, limited resources and sustainability; the areas in which Bühler invest are not a coincidence, of course. These investments are made for alternative solutions that are frequently mentioned for all the problems on our agenda.
Each of these areas is very new for our world, but, due to their limited production volumes and high costs, they are not large enough to meet the needs of the real world and to radically change the food sources of humans and animals. However, many companies such as Bühler continue to invest in these areas. I am one of those who wonder how all these will affect the livestock and animal nutrition sectors. We will discuss these issues in detail in the autumn issues of our magazine and we will see together how the industry will give us clues.
Hope to see you in the next issue…
Enjoy reading…
