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Feature Title
Show Review
H
eld at the exhibition grounds
in Hanover, Germany from
November 11-14, EuroTier is
the world’s largest exhibition
for animal husbandry and management,
with over 1700 exhibitors and 170,000
square metres of covered showground.
EuroTier’s saw a 15 percent increase in
exhibitors in November 2008, and has there-
fore had to expand its showground area by
25 percent, compared to previous years.
There was a steady stream of visitors
throughout the four-day event, and never
a shortfall of people to discuss industry-
related matters with, especially as there
was such a vast range of species and inter-
connected services available.
There were around 300 specialist bio-
energy exhibitors at the event. This bought
to my attention how rapidly this industry is
developing in both Europe and globally.
Among many other business sectors, aqua-
culture was represented in force by many of
the leading companies within this field, including
plant and equipment and ingredient and feed.
Aquaculture is continuing to grow at
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by Caroline Wearn, International Aquafeed
tremendous speed worldwide, creating huge
demand for new products and services. As
our waters become over-fished through
increasing demand for seafoods, we have
been forced to seek alternative and more
sustainable methods of farming. Inland fish
farming has been made possible thanks to the
innovative technologies available on the mar-
ket today, for example, recirculating systems,
filtration systems amongst many others.
EuroTier has given us the latest scientific
developments in aquaculture and it was a
great opportunity for me, personally, to
meet with many of the companies and
organisations within this industry. It was
great to meet familiar faces from past
events and to meet regular contributors
to International Aquafeed, such as Amandus
Kahl, Chemoforma, Muench Edelstahl, Sonac
to name but a few. Every company exhibit-
ing had its own unique and individual way of
making visitors to their stand feel welcome,
whether it be a warm smile, an invitation
to take a seat or offerings of snacks and
beverages. There was certainly not much
opportunity to go hungry.
On the first night of exhibition, exhibitors
EuroTier
aquafeed one of their most recent mar-
ket developments; in fact over the past
two years. Despite this being such a new
area for Biomin, they have developed
some truly innovative products. Biomin
plans to make aquafeed a focal point
for 2009, and will be increasing trials for
both new and existing products.
Biomin’s vision is expressed in their
slogan ‘We care for health in animal nutri-
tion’, and their vision is now active in over
100 different countries worldwide. Biomin
only use natural products, and believe this cated exclusively to aquaculture, offering been report upon in our magazine previ-
is the way forward as the ban of antibiotics specific solutions to the industry. ously. The program has been designed
in many European countries is unlikely to “The demand for more sustainable to support the scientific education of
be reversed. The quality of their products solutions is continually increasing as aqua today’s young talents who will become
is the key priority and they are proud to feed producers seek safer and more tomorrow’s animal health nutritionists.
tell their customers that products labelled economical alternatives,” said Florian It is vital to support individuals studying
Biomin, only contain Biomin. Zehner. Its research centre is recognised animal nutrition to insure they have
Biomin have put a huge amount of as state-of-the-art and internationally the knowledge and the know how to
resources into researching and develop- acknowledged and certified. better products for animal health in the
ing nutritional products, and recently Biomin has also recently introduced future, and this program offers excellent
opened a new research centre in the B.R.A.I.N. program (Biomin Research grounds to support this industry.
Bangkok, Thailand. This centre is dedi- And Innovation Network); which has Biomin manufactures many products
The natural way.
were invited to an opening party, which gave
everybody the opportunity to meet other
business sectors as well as direct competitors.
BIOMIN AQUAspecials
It was a relaxed event, with opening speeches,
food and wine and gave individuals the chance
to meet others in a less formal manor.
Specific Action – Effective Solutions
BIOMIN GmbH – Natural
health in animal nutrition
AquaStar - High performance probiotic Mycofix®, the most complete strategy
IAF met with Florian Zehner, marketing strains to enhance gut and pond environment. for counteracting mycotoxins.
coordinator from Biomin GmbH. Its head-
quarters are in Austria and the company has HEPAprotect - an effective solution Biomin® P.E.P. for improving
offices in various locations around the world. to support and protect liver metabolism. digestion & feed conversion.
Their stand was an impressive size and
was very easy to spot as their company Biotronic®, the acid spice for fish feed.
logo towered above the rest. There were
plenty of representatives to talk to, which
meant you were never left waiting - ideal
with so many other exhibitors to see. Every
day they had offerings of traditional German
sausages, and coffee and from 4pm each day
during the event visitors were offered some
of the finest Austrian wine.
Biomin is one of many leading com- For enquiry, please e-mail
panies in the field of animal nutrition and aqua@biomin.net www.aqua.biomin.net
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EuroTier
including premixes of vitamins, trace ele-
ments, amino acids, and growth promoters.
Mr Zehner was keen to discuss a par-
ticular product line called Mycofix. The
Mycofix product line represents specially
developed feed additives that protect
animal health by preventing mycotoxins.
This product consists of three main
strategies:
Absorption - selected blends
of minerals which absorb
mycotoxins
Biotransformation - biological
degradation of less or non-
absorbable mycotoxins by pat-
ented biological components
(specific enzymes produced
by micro-organisms transform
non-absorbable mycotoxins in
to non-toxic metabolite). This
strategy is unique and differen-
tiates Biomin’s product from
similar products available on
the market, from their direct
competitors
Bio protection - guaranteed by
blends of scientifically stud-
ied and carefully selected
plant and algae extracts
that are able to overcome
the negative effects caused
by all mycotoxins through
the support of the immune
system, reducing the risk of
inflammation and protection
against liver damage
The Mycofix product line includes
several different products, and this
selection of products depends on
the target animal group and the
types of mycotoxins present.
Table 1: Biomin offers many different effective solutions for the
aquaculture industry
Core competence Biomin® Brand
Mycofix Plus
Mycotoxin Risk
Mycofix Select
Management
Mycofix Secure
AquaStar-Hatchery
AquaStar-Growout
Probiotics
AquaStar-PondLife
AquaStar-PondZyme
HepaProtect Aqua (liver protection)
Specials
Aquaboost (nutritional supplement)
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IFFT – global supplier of
environmentally friendly
re-circulation farms
International Fish Farming Technology
(IFFT), based in Germany, is a supplier for
global planning and installation of environ-
mentally friendly re-circulation farms for
inland production of seawater fish.
IFFT aims to provide the technologies
and services required for efficient re-cir-
culation systems to support a highly sus-
tainable and profitable production of sea
fish. Their customer base is both public
and private sector worldwide, installing
closed loop mariculture farms adapted
to specific customer requirements.
In November 2006 scientists from
the Dalhousie University presented an
extensive examination on economical
consequences, concerning the extinction
of wild fish. The results indicated that our
seas would be almost empty by the middle
of the 21st Century, due to over fishing.
There is an increasing demand for
fish worldwide and the industry fears
that our waters are no longer able to
sustain this demand. In fact, FAO believe
fish consumption has doubled in the last
50 years. And we have seen fish prices
triple since 1947.
IFFT’s innovative technologies ena-
bled them to be the first company to
allow inland production of seawater fish.
Production takes place much closer to
the consumer, enabling them to supply
fresher fish to the market.
IFFT offer an environmentally friendly
Closed Loop Mariculture (CLM), giv-
ing their customers an alternative to
conventional fish farming, and under
stable rearing
conditions, they
present a new
perspective for
sustainable and
environmen-
tally friendly fish
farming. The end
product is of
excellent qual-
ity, guaranteeing
high profitability.
As global
demand for
saltwater fish
continues to
spiral, very soon
demand will
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not be satisfied. Farming fish therefore
represents one of the quickest growth
opportunities for the food industry. This
challenge can only be tackled by provid-
ing the necessary technologies, capable
of meeting ecology as well as envi-
ronmental demands, which may arise,
enabling farmers to still have profitable
production.
IFFT aim to increase awareness of
their technologies worldwide and to
seek out sustainable fisheries globally.
The ecologic principles of integrated
aquaculture are by no means a new
concept, but have been in existence for
1000s of years. IFFT’s main concern is to
integrate the idea of ecologic aquacul-
ture in to modern production processes,
such as re-circulation systems.
Aller Aqua – a leading
supplier of fish feed for both
saltwater and fresh water fish
Aller Aqua started in a mill called
Aller Molle. The mill was, untill 1769
owned by the King of Denmark.
hey have been manufacturing fish feed
Caroline Wearn (IAF) with Florian
Zehner from Biomin GmbH
for over 40 years. Aller Aqua believes their
experience has helped them to become
one of the most experienced suppliers of
fish feed for freshwater and saltwater spe-
cies.They guard their reputation throughout
the world and describe themselves as high
quality and extremely trustworthy within
the fish feed industry. Their image is their
strength and the company takes its obliga-
tions to deliver quality products seriously.
Aller Aqua was approached by an
international fish feed manufacturer 40
years ago to establish full factory produc-
tion. This was a result of fish farmers in
Scandinavia wishing to convert from feed-
ing wet fish offal to dry pelletised feed.
Before the extruder era, they were
faced with the challenge of finding a way
to use the grain in which the starch had
been heat treated, and consequently,
more easily digestible for fish. The solu-
tion was discarded bread from the local
bread factories as the flour had been
heat-treated. Pelleting was replaced by
extrusion in 1987, and dry feed has
improved enormously in this time. It
was now possible to produce feed with
higher energy content, leading to the
possibility of producing one kilogram of
fish with less than one kilogram of feed.
As a result of increasingly strict
Danish environmental regulations, fish
farming in Denmark has often lead the
way in innovation and developments in
Europe. Today, Aller Aqua manufactures
highly specialised feed for more than 10
species of fish, and is the largest supplier
of feed for re-circulating aquaculture in
Denmark.
Aller Aqua was part of Aller Molle
up until 1996. They then became an
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independent division and also acquired a
competing company.
Aller Aqua’s products are easily rec-
ognisable all over the world, due to the
elips pellet shape.
The latest production unit added is
a pea protein factory and a fish feed
factory near Berlin.
This is a joint venture with one of International Aquafeed
Europe’s leading starch manufacturers, magazine is a ideal
Emsland-Starke GmbH. Both parties
formed Emsland-Aller Aqua GmbH.
way to gain exposure
However, due to consistent growth for you company
in the Aller Group (fish feed, agricultural For more information
feed and petfood), the owners decided in about how we can help get
2007 to divide the company in order to your products and services
keep sufficient focus on individual areas infront of more potential
of the business. Aller Aqua is today an customers please contact
independent company with a strong and our International Marketing
focused platform for the development Manager, Caroline Wearn
and production of tomorrows fish feed.
Email: carolinew@aquafeed.co.uk
Tel: +44 1242 267706
End of the show
At 18:00 on Friday November 14, 2008,
we saw the last of the visitors empty from
the exhibition halls. Exhibitors sat and waited Not a subscriber?
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elaborate stands. As the show drew to a close knowledge that everyone in
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ing this event had been for all involved. I for to know
one am looking forward to the next EuroTier
in 2010, which I hope will see even bigger To find our more, contact our
increase in exhibitors and visitors involved in Subscription & Circulation
aquafeed than this year. Manager, Tuti Tan
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and well done to the official organisers of Tel: +44 1242 267706
EuroTier. They did an absolutely fantastic or visit our website
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