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Good milling starts with high-quality ingredients

High-quality ingredients are by no means guaranteed. To ensure the best possible ingredients and guarantee consistent supply, it’s essential to carefully select suppliers and work with them in the right way on an ongoing basis. We interviewed Carl IJzerman, Group Manager QA/QC, and Mark Viejou, Global Purchaser Minerals and Trace Elements, to find out how De Heus collaborates with suppliers so that everybody wins.

A modern factory designed to optimize production and product control

De Heus and Koudijs premix animal nutrition is formulated to deliver consistent performance. Customers rely on it. This predictability requires constant attention to quality throughout the production process. Particularly since each premix is tailored to the needs of the customer. The company is flexible with its blends, but not with its standards. The premix animal nutrition factory in Veghel, the Netherlands embodies this philosophy. Nic Langeveld, Manager Premix, and Arianne Schoofs, QA Manager, tell us how the factory is designed and organised so that its output delivers maximum performance consistently.

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Selecting the best performing technical feed additive

Technical additives are an indispensable component of premix animal nutrition, but selecting the ones that deliver maximum efficacy is far from easy. There’s a wide range on offer with a lot of different advice from suppliers. To identify the most effective technical additives, De Heus uses applied research. Wim Wensink, Category Manager Technical Additives Global Premix & Specialties explains how this rigorous, objective approach helps De Heus choose the most effective technical additives so customers can achieve their animal performance goals in the most cost-effective and sustainable way.

Working with a strategic partner to deliver premix innovation

In order to deliver the most innovative solutions as part of its premix animal nutrition strategy, De Heus forms strategic partnerships with key suppliers. The aim is to co-develop innovative new products, tools and service offerings that optimise animal performance and health. One such partner is Phileo by Lesaffre, who has a long history in yeast and now uses beneficial micro-organisms to naturally improve human and animal nutrition. Clara Berger, Strategic Account Manager at Phileo, and Jan Soede, Innovation Manager Premix & Specialties at De Heus, explain how the two companies work together and what the partnership means for customers.

Bringing high-quality premixes to Asia

With a growing agricultural sector, Asia is a region ripe with opportunities for a company like De Heus which aims to be a global premix animal feed supplier. It already has a rapidly expanding feed and specialities business in many countries in Asia like Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia and India. Now the company plans to establish its own premix animal feed production in Vietnam. We talk to Gabor Fluit, CEO Asia, about how De Heus is bringing its deep knowledge and expertise to the Asian markets and what customers can expect.

Producing premixes that work in every mill at every farm

De Heus premixes are designed to work seamlessly in the production processes of both feed mills and farmers. When De Heus acquired a premix animal nutrition factory in Rio Claro, Brazil in 2012, Industrial Manager Alexandre Reis, was instrumental in transforming the existing production lines into a modern, automated facility which produces premixes that are safe and easy to use. He tells us about how the factory was developed and how it meets customer needs on a daily basis.

Your gateway to the Chinese supply market

To ensure the high quality and reliability of its premixes, De Heus sources a large number of ingredients from China. This allows the company to build more sustainable supply chains. Two strategic Chinese partners are Jiangxi Tianxin Pharmaceutical, a high-tech enterprise specialising in vitamin production, and Meihua Group, a global leader in amino acids for the feed industry. Kyle Wang, Deputy General Manager at Jiangxi Tianxin Pharmaceutical and Liang Yubo, Board Director at Meihua Group tell us how they work with De Heus to ensure a solid supply base so that customers remain competitive.

Better results through Koudijs Premix animal nutrition and services in Jordan

Al-Rahba is a local company in Jordan established by partners Mr. Muhammad and Mr. Anwar in 2003. They specialise in raising and marketing poultry as well as producing feed for use on their own farms. When the partners decided to expand their business in 2015, Koudijs played an important role in their growth ambitions.

Identifying the best performing Enzymes for the Asian market

Every year new technical additives are launched offering added value in terms of stability and efficacy. De Heus wants to ensure that customers all over the world benefit from the most innovative, cost-effective technical additives, and enzymes are a key example. But how does the company deal with the sheer volume of new enzymes coming on to the market and identify the best performing products? We talk to Gerry Oude Elferink, Director Poultry Nutrition & Support Asia, and Arno Willemink, Chief Operating Officer Asia, about the selection process and how rigorous testing leads to high-quality premixes that deliver consistent results.