May 28 - Ohly is pleased to announce the opening of its new Food application centre and sales office in Shanghai. This follows previous press releases regarding Ohly's commitment to China, namely the building of a yeast extract plant in Acheng, Harbin.
The application centre will offer support in Food application work and to our sales organisation in China and Asia and will work in close collaboration with customers. In addition it is going to develop and provide new savoury ingredient solutions to the changing market demands. Capabilities include a sensory lab, processing room, sample storage and preparation area, all run by well experienced staff.
The application centre in Shanghai is Ohly’s third worldwide and it will work in close co-operation with our Research and application centres in Boyceville, Wisconsin, US and in Hamburg, Germany.
With the application centre in Shanghai and the upcoming plant in Acheng, Ohly is now geographically closer to its Asian customers thus improving local services. It will enable Ohly to offer products and services that better meet local customer demands.
Though acting globally in sales and having three production sites in the US and Germany, Ohly previously had no base in China. ‘It is an exciting time for all of us and we are confident that we can offer interesting solutions to the local food and fermentation industries’, said Rainer Huettermann, Global Sales Director of Ohly.
The Yeast Extracts plant in Acheng, Harbin is expired to be on stream end of 2009 and will be equipped with the latest technology. The plant will produce upwards of 15,000 tonnes of Yeast Extracts for the food and fermentation markets.