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Our peopleSamantha Akello – Marketing Officer, Koudijs Uganda
Samantha Akello joined De Heus on 1st October 2024 as Marketing Officer for Koudijs Uganda. She is a skilled marketing and communications professional with a strong foundation in economics. She studied Economics at Makerere University and is currently pursuing a Diploma in Professional and Digital Marketing with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK. With an exceptional background in sustainability, clean energy, the food & beverage industry, and hospitality, Samantha has a deep understanding of influencing consumer behavior and creating meaningful connections.
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Our peopleWillem Hovius - Process operator
On the outside, the De Heus product locations look robust and impressive. The machines in the plant contain hypermodern precision technology and are operated with advanced software. However, there's more to producing nice pellets than technology. You also need skilled personnel. People like Willem Hovius (43), process operator in the Utrecht plant (Netherlands).
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Our peopleMirjana Rakić – Customer Service
With more than 20 years of experience in the animal nutrition industry — all at the same production site in Šabac — Mirjana Rakić has seen the site evolve from Proteinka to De Heus Serbia, following the acquisition in 2015. Today, she plays a key role within the Customer Service team and is widely regarded as one of the most respected and well-liked colleagues across departments.
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SustainabilityPioneering the use of residual flows in animal feed
As part of its sustainability strategy, De Heus aims to increase the use of residual flows, by-products and food waste. By taking the residual nutrients contained in by-products from human food production and incorporating them in our animal feed, we not only conserve scarce resources, we also stimulate circularity. While we use residual flows as ingredients in our compound feed, a significant number of farmers are using increasing volumes of residual flows in liquid feed. Ruud Bens, Product Manager Liquid Feed, tells us what progress De Heus has made in supporting farmers in the use of residual flows in liquid feed and the prospects for the future.
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NewsKoudijs Ukraine celebrates opening state-of-the-art premixes plant
An ultra-modern facility to produce high quality mineral and vitamin mixtures for animal feed was opened at the Koudijs Ukraine enterprise, in the village of Khilchytsia, Zolochiv district, Lviv region. This new facility has a productivity of approximately 20.000 T pa.
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Our peopleLuciano Alvarenga – Ruminants Commercial Manager
Born in Lavras, in the southern region of Minas Gerais, an Animal Scientist with a master’s degree in animal nutrition from the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Luciano Alvarenga grew up immersed in his family’s tradition of cattle farming and coffee cultivation. With a 25-year career in the market, he has gained solid experience working across the Southeast, Midwest, and, more recently, the South of Brazil – building a strong trajectory focused on contributing to animal production and generating value in the field through close relationships with producers and industries, always seeking strategic partnerships.
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NewsReducing the global usage of antibiotics to stop antimicrobial resistance
This week the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling attention to the rise of antimicrobial resistance around the world and the necessity to reduce the usage of antibiotics for healthcare and in livestock and aquaculture production. At De Heus Animal Nutrition we recognise the importance of this issue.
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SustainabilityA surprising source of sustainable ingredients
A third of all food for human consumption in South Africa is never consumed. This food usually ends wasted in landfills. By law, food that has not been sold before its expiration date is no longer suitable for human consumption. This forces bakeries in South Africa to take back any bread that has reached the end of its shelf life in the supermarket. De Heus saw a unique opportunity to use the valuable nutrients of this bread and prevent them from going to waste.
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SustainabilityActive participation within Nevedi
For many years, De Heus has been an active member of the Dutch sector organisation for the animal feed industry, Nevedi. Within this association, clear principles have been formulated regarding a range of social topics that concern the feed industry. Take, for example, sustainability. We endorse these viewpoints and interpret these into concrete measures for us to take:
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SustainabilityDemonstrably raising the logistic efficiency
In everything we think and do, we are demonstrating our awareness of the necessity to handle energy more efficiently. By continuing to invest in new ideas and systems, we succeed in structurally reducing our energy needs. Thereby reducing our environmental footprint even further. We do this in a number of ways, including the following (based on examples in the Netherlands).
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Our sustainability journey
Responsible Feeding
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