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EmslandTHE MAGAZINE FOR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES
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Preface 3 Highlights 45th Emsland Group Symposium 5“Emsland Innovation Germany“ opening soon 5New Emsland Group webinar 6New, highly concentrated nozzle adhesive Emcol KM30 Jet successfully introduced to the market 6Seed Potatoes: The basis for a successful crop 7
National 8Employee Suggestion System gains momentum 8Additional steps for Work Health and Safety 9Results of the 2014 Works Council Election in Emlichheim 9“Energy Scouts“ apprentice project 10Current certifications as part of IMS 10
Content overview – emsland news – issue 2014Current status of ERP system implementation 11Quality that pays off - TQM 12 International 13Starches registered as utility patents to improve fibrous material coating compounds 13Emsland Group trade fair appearances in 2014 14Opening Emsland Asia Food Innovation in Bangkok, Thailand 15 People 16New faces at Emsland Group 16Future day 2014 for girls and boys 17Anniversaries 2014 18 Emsland Group Worldwide 19 Imprint 19
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two facts are sufficient to account for the extreme marginal conditions in the current fiscal year 2013/14. Last fall saw the smallest potato harvest in Europe for decades, and, from the end of May 2014 in the Wietzendorf factory, we will be processing residual quantities of this crop into starch! This has by necessity been reflected in our activities on the market. Right from interim allocations to the final, current spurt to meet our budget.
A good pricing discipline has allowed the price of potato starch to peak above that of grain starch by as much as € 250. It is now a matter of continuing to stabilize the price at this level.
It remains to be seen what effect the heterogeneous solutions adopted by individual countries will have with regard to their decoupling from subsidies. The fact is that the Emsland Group, together with the two other German starch potato processors, has the worst position in Europe.
The difference of approx. € 100/t potato starch has forced us to endure significant losses of market share in non-sensitive applications and markets.
Which makes it all the more important for us to vitalize our expanded innovation center as soon as possible, so that we may implement customer innovations with the very highest levels of value-added.
The strategy for the next five years has been fixed, and it is now a question of implementation. The path must be clearly delineated to allow us to mobilize all the forces available to us.
The movement to high-quality potato products is also placing intense demands on our company. In the wake of € 40 million spent in the year 2014/15, the next four years will see a total outlay of € 80 million for the restructuring of the Group. The main focus is on the new Emsland-Food plant in Emlich-heim, which will start producing potato flakes as soon as the fall of 2014. But resources for improving cost structure and quality are also flowing into all the other plants, as well as into the further development of the sites in accordance with our corporate strategy.
The objective is to stabilize the Group’s EBIT at today´s level whilst increasing remuneration from potatoes to ensure long-term supplies of the raw material.
To do this we need our new ERP program, which must of course be fully functional. Significant progress is already discernible, and, with the go-live at the Hagenow site on 01.06.2014, all the factories will be on stream. As of the new
fiscal year 2014/15 we will be posting only in the new ERP program. We will devote the first half of the new business year to comprehensive optimization; in the second half of the year we will begin to integrate raw material supplies into the system.
We thank you for your past support and patience and would like to ask you for further input to make our processes more efficient.
The customer is at the heart of our business development; all divisions have their key accounts firmly in mind and dedicate their work to the success of our customers.
A prerequisite for this is the efficient and competitive manu- facture of high-quality products. Security of supply and high-performance logistics are also basic requirements for a business partnership in today’s world. We will only get ahead of the competition if our group of companies can work together with all the participants in the supply chain to provide a better service to our customers.
We need to align our organization and subordinate our thinking and actions to this goal!
We must find ways of compensating for the competitive disadvantage in starch; this will require us to reduce our costs. On the other hand, the dehydrated and pea-based product fields offer abundant potential for an increase in Group sales to over € 600 million in the medium-term!
Help us seize this great opportunity and make further progress under the banner of this vision: “Emsland Group - on the way to becoming a customer-oriented solution developer.“
We are, as always, grateful for suggestions arising from the following news.
Dear business partners and co-workers,
PREFACE
Hubert [email protected]
Michael [email protected]
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Illustration 2: Concept of the entrance area of the new “Emsland Innovation Germany“ Center
Illustration 1: Concept of the lounge area of the new “Emsland Innovation Germany“ Center
Illustration 3: Concept of the exterior area of the new “Emsland Innovation Germany“ Center
dairy products divisions on the food application side as well as paper sack adhesives, glass fiber sizings, building additives and process water treatments on the technical specialties side will also be the subject of presentations.
As in previous years, exciting workshops will be held alongside the presentations at the company’s headquarters in Emlichheim.
The already legendary golf tournament, which takes place under the name of “Emsland Open 2014“, will once again be a special highlight this year.
Each evening will finish with a relaxing barbecue and interes-ting discussions.
The Emsland Group looks forward to welcoming its guests and hosting a productive symposium from June 10th – 12th, 2014.
The first unofficial opening ceremony of “Emsland Innovati-on Germany“ will be held on June 10th, 2014 as part of this year’s Symposium. Our worldwide agencies and representa-tives will get to take the first look at the new Innovation Cen-ter at this event. The official opening is planned to coincide with the company’s “Open House“ in September 2014. All employees in the group, individuals responsible for external companies, and our worldwide representatives as well as the citizens of Emlichheim are welcomed to attend.
The following excerpts will provide a hint as to what’s in store:
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5th Emsland Group Symposium
On June 10th, 2014, it’s that time of year again! The Emsland Group invites its agencies and representative offices world-wide to participate in a three-day information exchange. This will be the fifth time that representatives from all countries in the Group from the areas of food innovation and technical specialities will gather together to discuss future projects and strategic directions. This year, the symposium will be held at the “Denkfabrik“ conference center at the Riverside Hotel in Nordhorn. Situated directly on the lake Vechtesee, the hotel with its adjoining restaurant can not only accommodate a large number of guests but also offers spectacular views and great food. The conference rooms also provide the perfect setting for a professional event.
In addition to new Clean Label solutions and innovative dehydrated potato and pea products, the experts from Emsland Group will also be presenting several new product ideas from the areas of fibres and proteins. The latest product innovations from the coatings, soups & sauces, snacks and
The Emsland Group continues to build on innovation. The group is making a clear statement in this direction with the construction of an Innovation Center that will be opening soon in Emlichheim, Germany. “Emsland Innovation Germany“ will be the new hub for innovative developments. The building will offer more than 1,000 m2 of space for two technical centers for nutrition (212 and 118 m2), a warehouse for auxiliary materials (52 m2), a walk-in freezer and a walk-in refrigerator (each 12 m2), new office and conference rooms, and a modern showroom.
“Emsland Innovation Germany“ opening soon
After the successful live webinar on the topic “Clean Label - Trends and Solutions“, which provided extensive insight into new Empure® Clean Label starches, Emsland Group has another topic in the works. Dr. Karl Ludwig Woll is already planning to talk about a new generation of dehydrated potato and pea products on June 3rd, 2014. These are special flakes that are produced without the addition of additives, using a newly developed and patented physical production process. Dr. Woll’s pre-sentation will primarily elaborate on the properties and applications of this innovative potato and pea dehydrate from our Embalance® line.
Listeners can register in advance via the link below, just as for the previous webinar: tinyurl.com/la2e25c
A few aspects in advance: • As a Clean Label thickening and texturing agent, Em-
balance® can be used in baked goods as well as in meat, snack or potato products, among other things.
• Embalance® has excellent water absorption properties
New Emsland Group webinar: How to improve food products by a new generation of dehydrates
and is low in undesirable by-products such as sugar, asparagine and glycoalkaloids.
• Embalance® can be offered with high fiber as well as low calorie content and bulk weight.
• In addition to the food industry, the premium pet food segment is another very interesting market for this promising new product line.
Emsland Group and Business Review Webinars personally invite you to the next webinar:How to improve food products by a new generation of
dehydrates.
Date: June 3rd time: 3pm London / 10am New York
Interested parties are also welcome to catch up on the video or slide show of the previous webinar on the topic of Clean Label. Simply register at the following link and you will soon receive the desired presentations: tinyurl.com/q2kctlk
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The development of faster and faster machines in recent years along with the use of special paper (lowest paper densities, highly porous paper types) and the latest nozzle application systems have led to a steady increase in the requirements placed on paper bag adhesives. As the market leader in this area, the Emsland Group decided to take this challenge head on. Based on our decades of experience, state-of-the-art develop-ment and production systems, and our close cooperation with leading machine and paper bag manufacturers, we were able to develop custom solutions for any set of needs.
After extensive testing and trials on-site at our customers pre-mises, the Emsland Group experts introduced a market-ready, highly concentrated paper bag adhesive that can be used with both all newer generation Windmöller & Hölscher (so-called
New, highly concentrated nozzle adhesive Emcol KM30 Jet successfully intro-duced to the market
digital pasting) machines and older generation machines. This nozzle adhesive will be marketed as Emcol KM30 Jet.
Our adhesive has already been successfully tested by renow-ned paper bag manufacturers in Germany and Italy and fea-tures numerous positive properties:• Good solubility• High solids content• Short structure• Good rheology for the nozzles• Economical / cost-efficient With this new product the Emsland Group is continuing to expand its comprehensive product line for paper bag adhesives and can guarantee customers the ideal solution for any type of machine.
Photo: Result of older machines Photo: Digital Pasting AD 8330
Crop year 2014 is the second year in a row that members and raw material suppliers of the Emsland Group have been offered the opportunity to purchase seed potatoes directly from the Emsland Group’s raw material department. In order to meet the increasing demand on the producer side, Mr. Jan Speulman has been put in charge of planning, sales and consulting. He receives support from Mr. Christian Tieben, who is managing logistics, processing and invoicing. This is meant to ensure that the right amount of the right varieties at the correct stage of cultivation and sorting size are shipped to our raw material suppliers: both in 1,250 kg big bags and as bulk loading.
Seed potatoes are a spring business for which the months of March and April account for about 90 % of total volume. This is a very dynamic season, both exciting and hectic at the same time, in which there is a constant need to reconcile supply and demand. Every year brings new challenges.
Seed potato propagation is either being carried out by the Emsland Group itself or contracted out to VO companies in Germany and the Netherlands. The highest quality seed potatoes are grown in the north, especially in clay soils in coastal regions. The subsequent stages of growth are handled more in the interior, although here too by propa-gation farms that specialize in healthy growing conditions.
Selecting the right variety is an important matter when it comes to cultivation. On the one hand, we at the Emsland Group impose special requirements on the quality of raw material (percentage of starch and reduced sugar content). On the other hand, producers too have certain expectations that the varieties they use on their farms and fields must meet.
Variety characteristics such as resistance to nematodes, cancer, Phytophthora infestans and viruses play as importantly a role as storability, stability, safeness, and resistance to drought.
Seed Potatoes: the basis for a successful crop
The Emsland Group has set up test plots for observation, harvesting and evaluation in all growing regions in order to find out which characteristics the varieties yield in practice. Exclusivity agreements for certain varieties have been made with some potato breeders in the Netherlands and in Germany.
Our variety guidebook “Starch Potato Varieties for 2013“ provides producers with comprehensive information about each variety.
The experts at the Emsland Group are constantly on the lookout for new and interesting varieties, but at the same time these varieties must meet ever higher requirements. This is certainly not always so easy, considering that breeders need about 10 years to bring a new variety onto the market. We therefore already need to know today what will be in demand 10 years from now. This requires correspondingly foresighted planning. In addition to this research, we are also producing mini-tubers in greenhouses at the highest level. They need another five to seven years of propagation generations on the field, however, before they are ready for our producers. Producing what is in demand thus plays an important role.
Our order forms give raw material suppliers the opportunity to decide on their seed potato shipments for the next crop years. This in turn allows us to provide the propagation planning.
Although the Emsland Group seed potato supply depart-ment is effectively still under construction, demand and development are already looking quite satisfactory!
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Photo: Products from the fieldPhoto: On the spot Photo: Variety guidebook
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The Emsland Group can look back on very positive develop-ment in the Employee Suggestion Program. The financial year 2012/13 saw an almost 600 % increase in the number of suggestions submitted relative to the previous year. In the current financial year, too many effective sugges-tions have been submitted throughout the Group on how to optimize the processes in the company, for example the suggestion of June 2013 at the Emlichheim facility submitted by Mr. Jürgen Velsink in the area of the wastewater treatment plant. As a result of his suggestion to switch the pH value adjustment vapor condensate in the pea working season from hydrated lime to chalk, an irritant substance was replaced with an unmarked substance. This reduced lime scale in the liner pond, leading to a reduction in the amount of cleaning work for his colleagues. This and many other creative suggestions are already leading to considerable savings and improvements in working conditions and environmental protection, which have been duly rewarded.
However, the responsible persons still see great potential in the administrative area, such as management or research and
Employee Suggestion System gains momentum
development. In particular, there are numerous opportunities to benefit from the Employee Suggestion System in the optimization of processes and with regard to the means of communication.
For all future optimization ideas relating to your own area of work or also other facilities, you can find appropriate idea cards on the Intranet or request them from the responsible persons for the individual facilities (see below).
The Employee Suggestion System is a basic pillar of sustainable corporate development. It increases our competitiveness and thus helps to secure our jobs.
For the future, too, we hope to benefit from the creative potential of all the employees in our organization (not only that of the managers and experts) and thus further develop the subject of the Employee Suggestion System.
Photo: Jürgen Velsink in front of the liner pond Chart: Employee Suggestion Program within the Group (Effective: March 2014)
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Organisation employee suggestion Program („BVw“) (as of 01.04.2014)
BVW-Contact: Contact details
Group: Mr. Schulte Tel. 0 59 43 / 81-221 [email protected]: Mr. Schulte Tel. 0 59 43 / 81-221 [email protected]: Mrs. Tapken Tel. 0 44 71 / 177-282 [email protected]: Mr. Grube Tel. 03 39 71 / 68-156 [email protected]: Mr. Fischer Tel. 0 38 83 / 735-258 [email protected]: Mr. Schweiger Tel. 0 51 96 / 98 80-35 [email protected]: Mr. Wollschläger Tel. 0 58 31 / 28-251 [email protected]: Mr. Ballmann Tel. 0 59 43 / 81-626 [email protected]
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In this photo, from left to right: Tanja Veldboer, Berthold Reiners, Peter Bergau, Frieda Eckerlin, Ulla Barth, Herbert Körting, Berthold Lammers, Jürgen Weggebakker and Armin Harms-Ensink
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The topic of work health and safety has become more and more important at the Emsland Group in recent years and is now firmly anchored in the Group’s IMS (Integrated Manage-ment System). A new safety engineer, Ms. Katrin Neumann, was hired in 2013 to provide an additional impetus to further drive this topic forward. The key tasks in this are preventing work accidents, reducing health risks on the job and preventing job-related illnesses.
Work instructions are a major part of work safety. The Instructions Manager was revised as a tool to ensure that operational processes run smoothly. The following topics were added in January 2014:
• Working with ladders and stepladders• Working with cranes• Forklift operators • Healthy backs (particularly of interest for those who work
in front of computer screens)
These instructions are meant to teach behaviors that are important for work health and safety.
Following previous Works Council elections in 2010, voters were once again asked to cast their ballots on March 4th and 5th, 2014. During those two days, nine representatives were elected to form the Works Council in Emlichheim. A total of 83 % of the 387 eligible voters exercised their right to vote. Each voter was asked to cast a minimum of one and a maximum of nine votes, and the average number of votes per person was 5.2. During a previous constitutive meeting, Mr. Berthold Reiners was elected as chairman and Mr. Berthold Lammers was elected as vice chairman.
Additional steps for Work Health and Safety
Results of the 2014 Works Council Election in Emlichheim
Furthermore, Mr. Derici, an occupational healthcare profes-sional from AMZ Nordhorn, began serving as our Company Medical Officer in January 2014. He also contributes his expertise towards optimizing our work safety measures. Several employee discussions on “computer desk jobs“ were held in early March 2014. All of the participants responded very positively to the opportunity to participate in health consultation talks with the company physician. These talks are meant to promote awareness so that workers can practice healthier work habits.
In addition to the Group-wide training programs (such as the in-house Dräger training on “clearance measurements and working with the Dräger equipment“) and projects (such as “TIL-Transfer for innovative solutions“ on the topic of future-oriented personnel policies in the food industry), the Group is asking EVERYONE to help improve work safety - so that WE can all stay healthy while at work!
The other plants are also due to hold elections this year, but not all sites have held their Works Council elections yet.
On behalf of the management as well as the newly elected Works Council, we thank you for the high voter turnout. Special thanks goes to the Election Board, which did an excellent job in carrying out this election.
The Works Council will represent the interests of Emsland Group employees, making it an important committee within the corporation.
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The IHK Osnabrück - Emsland - Grafschaft Bentheim Chamber of Industry and Commerce has successfully initiated the “Energy Scouts“ project in the region. The opening event at the chamber of commerce served as a platform for 35 apprentices from ten companies in the region to gather information about the fundamentals of energy technolo-gy and uncover the potential to save energy. Three apprentices from Emsland-Stärke GmbH are also taking part. By the end of the year, they will have developed and implemented their own operational energy-saving projects. Once the project has been completed, they will have the opportunity to present their results in the nationwide “Energy Scouts“ closing event in Berlin.
The “Energy Scouts“ are part of the “Energy Transition Initia-tive for Small- and Medium-sized Companies“ that has been organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) and the Federal Ministries for the Environment and Economics. “More than 15 IHKs throughout Germany are going to start
“Energy Scouts“ apprentice project
“Energy Scout“ projects this year,“ explains IHK spokesperson Juliane Hünefeld-Linkermann. She is very impressed by the project: “The apprentices learn to come to grips with the situati-on within the company, as well as recognize and implement the potential to save energy.“ In doing so, they will also motivate other employees to handle resources more carefully.As part of the opening event, speakers Norman Lentzsch from the Wirtschaftsvereinigung der Grafschaft Bentheim e. V. trade association and Carsten Mücke of Mücke Energieberatung gave examples of where to find significant potential to save energy in business. The next step will involve the apprentices carrying out interviews at their respective companies and gathering data about energy consumption. In June, lecturers will be fielding questions in a Q&A session as part of a practical afternoon held at the Career and Service Center of the Osnabrück Trade Association (BUS GmbH). The operational projects in which the apprentices develop concrete suggestions for saving energy will follow this event.
Energy Scouts: The photo shows the organizers alongside our three participants, Melissa Hagemann, Hannah Thies and Julia Dening
Certificate: Environmental Manage-ment System after DIN EN ISO 14001
In 2013 the Emsland Group once again received a number of comprehensive certifications as part of the group-wide implementation of IMS (Integrated Management System).
IFS Food / IFS Broker certification was acquired for the site in Hagenow in April 2014 with the integration of Mecklenburger Kartoffelveredlung into the Emsland Group.
All starch and food plants were able to re-certify according to the BRC standard in 2013.
Kosher and halal certifications were also acquired. The plant in Wietzendorf has been halal certified since 2013. The plant in Hagenow underwent a review for its current kosher certification and will apply to expand its kosher certification to all of its products in the next certification step.
The goal of establishing a matrix system as part of the environ-
Current certifications as part of IMS mental management certification was reached in 2012. The site in Wittingen is now also DIN EN ISO 14001 certified. The plant in Kyritz is expected to receive its certification this year. There will also be an Ethical Trade audit for the Emlichheim and Hagenow sites.
The audit will review the following key areas:• Working conditions • Wages and working hours • Health and safety • Environment • Management / business practices
These certifications guarantee that the Group will continue to offer first-class quality in its products and services at all production sites within the Group.
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Current status of ERP system implementation
With a scheduled switch-over of the systems in the Kyritz and Golßen starch plants, the beginning of 2014 was all about ERP introduction. Following extensive and gradual preparations, as well as integration tests in which the go-live experiences from Emlichheim and Wietzendorf were also included, the modern Infor-systems were implemented successfully. In March and April 2014, the go-live continued with the food plants at the sites in Cloppenburg and Wittingen. At the same time as the switchover at the Cloppenburg plant, the accounting department at Emsland Food was also completely switched over. This makes the accounting department the first department to completely switch over. However, until all of the plants switch over, many bookings still need to be made manually.
The next challenges are also already in the starting blocks. The switchover of the Hagenow plant is planned for June 1st. What sets this apart is the deliveries to food retailers. What’s more, the switchover of raw materials procurement and the launch of the new food line in Emlichheim mean we are faced with two further major challenges.
As there is a lack of time, many elements have been postponed until an optimization phase in fall 2014. Following the last go-live, it must once again be considered which measures are required for efficient working with Blending.
Separate to the future optimization, users can already solve many problems themselves. It is often helpful here for them to exchange tips between each other. However, the key staff, key users and coordinators remain on hand to answer any questions. With continuous training courses and system optimizations, we continue to see this large project as a positive milestone in the history of the Emsland Group.
Go-live WittingenOn Monday, March 31st, 2014, the ERP team set off for Wittingen to assist with the go-live on site. Prior to this, the inventory takeover had already begun and was successfully completed in the afternoon. All interfaces were launched and were waiting to be fed with data. On the Tuesday morning at 6am, the first members of the production and logistics team were on site to initiate the production and stock control in Blending with their Wittingen colleagues. A little later, the other ERP team members came to assist in the lab and in loading.
The team members discovered optimal conditions: there was a large, well-equipped room for the team, catering was provided, and even the sun cooperated, treating the team to a pleasant 20 degrees. But the best and most important were the employees in Wittingen, who set to work with excellent training and motivation - which makes a go-live a sheer joy.
There were minor problems here and there, but it was possible to resolve them very quickly. The support from Infor and Emsland IT also provided the foundation for a good launch.
We would like to offer our express thanks to all our colleagues in Wittingen and the ERP team for their excellent, friendly collaboration!
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TQM (Total Quality Management) stands for “optimizing the quality of a company’s products and services in all functional areas and at all levels with the cooperation of every employee.“ This is certainly not an easy task for a company as large and internationally active as the Emsland Group. The complex pro-cess steps and natural variations in the growth process of raw materials especially present a particular challenge in this area.
The Emsland Group has compiled a project team that will systematically address the problematic nature of this task and tackle this challenge head on. The aim of the Six Sigma DMAIC process*, which provides a number of methods and tools, is to establish another basis in addition to the already existing CIP activities to achieve fundamental and sustained process improvements. The DMAIC process helps us to fulfill a variety of project objectives:• Meeting market and customer requirements• Reducing the number of complaints• Improving customer satisfaction / enhancing customer
loyalty• Improving adherence to schedules and deadlines• Improving the product quality• Reducing production cost due to less reworking• Implementing / establishing a new, universal under-
standing of quality in the organization• Improving the flow of information and transparency
Quality that pays off - tQM
and that’s just to name a few. TQM puts the customer at the center of everything that happens - a situation that will come to reflect the relationship between the company and its customers more and more often in the future.
In line with the Emsland Group’s future strategy, the im-plementation of the TQM program is moving “away from specification – and towards process stability”. We are no longer satisfied with keeping within the specification limits - we are simultaneously striving for high process reliability with minimum variations within these limits. This is a situation that will generate a great deal of interest, both within the company and with our customers. In the end, this will require the support of the entire workforce not just the project team.
Those responsible are already working on a specific customer inquiry which requires a sustainable use of methods and tools in day-to-day business.
It is certainly going to take some time to set out the require-ments and develop the foundations; however, for the Emsland Group, quality before quantity will pay off in the long run.
Photo: TQM-Team (f.l.t.r.: Jonas Witt, Heinrich Reinink, Martina Herrmann, Christian Kemper, Michael Schulte, Holger Thun, Udo Brandis, Klaas Wijnholds) – not in the picture: Silke Heuer
Illustration: The 5 phases of standardization and structuring of projects
*DMAIC: Define – Measure – Analyze – Improve – Control
Define Measure Analyze Improve Control(Define the Problem) (Measure the Problem) (Find the Solution) (Supervise the Execution)(Analyze the Cause)
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The surfaces of products made from fibrous materials such as wood, cellulose, plastic, textiles, or fiberglass are routinely coated in order to improve their optical, haptic, or functional properties. The materials used for this coating are often made up of pigment dispersions with additives consisting of one or more binding agents and other functional additives such as rheology agents or optical brighteners.
It may be necessary to utilize rheology agents to achieve the material´s desired viscosity, for example, or to control its water release properties. Materials widely used for this purpose inclu-de substances based on cellulose ethers or synthetic polymers.
Starches registered as utility patents to improve fibrous material coating com-pounds
We are now offering our customers an alternative to these product groups in the form of a rheology agent made up entirely of starch (100 % starch based). These starches have recently been registered as utility patents.
The proprietary starch derivatives can be dissolved without being boiled, or even dosed directly, and have a much higher level of biodegradability than conventional cellulose ethers. They exhibit excellent thickening qualities while at the same time increasing the water retention value of the fibrous mate-rial coating compounds.
The Group has two new trade fairs on the agenda for this year. For the first time, Emsland Group will be at the IFT Food Expo, one of the food industry’s biggest events. Some 22,000 visitors are expected to attend this trade fair in New Orleans from June 21st – 24th, 2014 in search of new products, tech-nologies and services.
The Fi Global Summit 2014 is a new event organized by the Food Ingredients Europe Team. An impressive list of participants and a very selective audience are a promising sign that this will be a very high level show. The summit, which is specifically focused on the exchange of future trends and ingredient innovations for the consumers of tomorrow, will be held from September 23rd – 25th, 2014.
Emsland Group trade fair appearances in 2014
The Emsland Group will make a professional appearance at both trade fairs and have various product highlights on hand for interested visitors.
Here is a brief overview of the Emsland Group trade fair plans for the second half of 2014:
IFt Annual Meeting & Food Expo, New orleans, USA June 21st – 24th, 2014, Stand 4155
Fi Global Summit, london, UK September 23rd – 25th, 2014, Stand 8
Fi Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia October 14th – 17th, 2014, Stand U13
Gulfood Manufacturing, Middle East, Dubai November 9th – 11th, 2014
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The Emsland Group has opened a new office to meet the growing demand in Asia and to be able to offer professional on-site service. The heads of the Emsland Group welcomed agencies and partners from different nations to celebrate the opening of the new EAFI in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 2nd, 2014. There were various presentations and talks about the branch’s positioning and focus alongside the official commencement activities. The office will serve as a customer center for tech-nical and distribution/sales matters and provide consultation and support services for customers in the region. With the “one stop shopping” positioning for potato starch, flakes and granules as well as pea and tapioca starch, the innovation focus will be on Asian food product applications. Research
opening Emsland Asia Food Innovation in Bangkok, thailand
and development work will also take place at the new site. One example of the R&D work being done can be found in the new generation of dehydrated potato and pea products in the Embalance® line. These products feature excellent water absorption and are low on unwanted by products like sugar, asparagine and glykoalkaloids, leading to a reduction in the level of acrylamide.
The opening ceremony included dinner and a tour of Bangkok.
Contact persons: Product Manager: Mr. Omer Talha Korkmaz [email protected] & Sales Manager: Ms. Patcharee Tirakom [email protected] Customer Service Specialist: Ms. Charinrat Kittiyanupong [email protected] Customer Service Specialist: Ms. Waranit Pongjaruvat [email protected]
Photo: Opening Emsland Asia Food Innovation
Photo: Presentation Bangkok
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With Mr. Georg Rübenkamp and Mr. Raoul Zimmermann, two important positions are being re-staffed at the Emsland Group location in Emlichheim. Mr. Rübenkamp has been working as head of financial accounting at Emsland Group since May 1st, 2014. After studying at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund with a focus on controlling and marketing, he worked, among other things, as the head of controlling/finance at Ado Gardinenwerke GmbH & Co. KG as well as in commercial management/controlling at DTF Deutsche Textilfabrik GmbH & Co. KG. His extensive experience in the development of cost accounting for production and sales, working with foreign companies and overall responsibility for corporate budgeting give Mr. Rübenkamp all the right qualifications for his new responsibilities.
As head of financial accounting, Mr. Rübenkamp is responsible for the preparation and monitoring of monthly, quarterly, annual and consolidated financial statements. Besides the preparation of monthly reports and the optimization of existing systems, he also plans to cooperate closely with Group departments and companies.
Mr. Rübenkamp is 50 years old, married and has a daughter and a son. They live together in Papenburg.
Mr. Raoul Zimmermann has been responsible for customer service within our Group since the beginning of 2014.
New faces at Emsland Group
He primarily focuses on issues such as the definition and alignment of customer service as well as the formal and operational process. He is available both internally and externally as a contact for issues concerning cooperation and coordination. The development of standards for work optimization and representation of customer service interests are, in addition to sales support, also on his agenda.
After his training as a wholesale and foreign trade merchant and a degree in business administration, Raoul Zimmermann can look back, among other things, on several years of expe-rience in customer service management.
He was head of customer service at Citibank in Nordhorn for five and a half years and served as head of customer service at The Phonehouse Telecom in Münster for 11.5 years.
Mr. Zimmermann (49) is married and lives with his wife in Gronau-Epe. In his private life, he is an enthusiastic traveler, cook and motorcyclist.
We wish all new Group employees a great start, all the support they need and loads of success in fulfilling their responsibilities.
We look forward to working with you!
PeoPle
Photo: Mr. Raoul Zimmermann Photo: Mr. Georg Rübenkamp
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This year’s “Girls’ Day” provided a great number of school-children with an insight into professions which aim to broaden the traditional, gender-specific spectrum of career choices. “Girls’ Day” has been a compulsory career orientation module in schools providing general education since 2001.
At the future day for girls and boys, which took place at the same time, young visitors at Emsland-Stärke GmbH were also able to scale lofty heights. The schoolchildren were treated to a breathtaking view over the county during a visit to the largest potato starch silo in the world.
Apart from a general insight into the business, the boys and girls were able to learn about the various apprenticeship professions that are offered at the main plant in Emlichheim. These include occupations such as laboratory technicians, industrial management assistants, IT specialists and logistics
Future day 2014 for girls and boys
specialists. They were also given a tour of the company’s laboratory, the metalworking shop and the electrical work-shop and were able to try their hands at all kinds of jobs.
As is tradition, a varied and exciting day ended with a meal in the new canteen located in the social building of the Emsland Group.
The Emsland Group is proud to have staged yet another interesting “Girls’ Day”, where girls and boys were able to gain targeted, hands-on experience of technical and technology-related occupations. In doing so, the Emsland Group strengthens an early interest in sound vocational training among young people by offering a way into a professional career and at the same time offering insight into an international, forward-looking company.
Photo: The view from the tallest potato starch silo of the world
Photo: Visitors of the Emsland-Stärke GmbH at the “Future Day for Girls and Boys“
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Anniversaries 2014
EMlICHHEIM
10 YearsGerrit Jan Wesselink 01.04.2014Jan Berg 01.08.2014
25 YearsClaus Kerberin 01.01.2014Jan Koenders 12.01.2014Hans Günter Jansen 27.01.2014Werner Plass 21.02.2014Georg Paul 09.03.2014Jan Joostberends 01.04.2014Manfred Pieper 23.05.2014Ralf Kramer 01.06.2014Heinfred Zittlau 12.06.2014Frauke Berling 30.06.2014Jakobus Baarlink 01.08.2014Jörg Buntrock 07.08.2014Bianca Geers 01.09.2014Heidrun Lambers 01.09.2014Arne Urbaniak 01.10.2014Hermann Beckmann 02.11.2014Dieter Kaalmink 23.11.2014Anke Wilde 05.12.2014Gerhard Vedder 06.12.2014Lambert Stroot 09.12.2014
35 YearsUrsula Barth 01.01.2014Erwin Koenders-Kemken 05.03.2014Hermann Beerlink 07.03.2014Hermann Coordes 12.03.2014Gerhard Veltink 19.03.2014Jan Hermann Brinkmann 26.03.2014Jürgen Märlender 28.03.2014Hans-Jürgen Wilde 02.04.2014Heinrich Plas 02.04.2014Thomas Neumann 09.04.2014Hindrik Jan Makat 02.05.2014Hermann Teunis 11.06.2014Hermann Josef Melcher 01.08.2014Jan Wilhelm Bartels 13.08.2014Herman Alers 20.08.2014Georg Bloemendal 20.08.2014Günter Schoemaker 10.09.2014Heinz-Georg Snieders 24.09.2014Gerrit Jan Klompmaker 01.10.2014Hendrika ten Brink 29.10.2014
HAGENoW
10 YearsAlexander Rieck 08.01.2014Anja Eggert 09.01.2014Stefanie Ebert 01.09.2014Jürgen Weidhass 01.09.2014 Karl-Heinz Lautenbach 01.10.2014
25 YearsJana Dahl 16.07.2014Kathi Sudeck 09.11.2014
35 YearsRudi Pantel 03.04.2014Torsten Gorus 16.07.2014 Bärbel Meyer 16.07.2014
CloPPENBURG
10 YearsTheo Lampe 15.02.2014Helmut von Lewen 01.03.2014Carsten Becker 15.03.2014Norbert Albers 26.04.2014Werner Döring 01.05.2014Albert Behrens 15.06.2014André Mundt 01.08.2014Otto Tönnies 01.09.2014Ronald Wernsing 01.09.2014Andrea Fröhlich 01.12.2014
25 YearsGeorg Dasenbrock 01.02.2014Josef Schrandt 01.11.2014Martin Oltmann 13.11.2014
35 YearsHeinz Rolfes 02.01.2014Josef Schönig 20.02.2014Dieter Brose 02.04.2014
KYRItz
25 YearsEugeniusz Budzinski 01.06.2014Peter Wöhlbrandt 01.08.2014
WIEtzENDoRF
25 YearsCarsten Soltwedel 31.07.2014Peter Inselmann 01.08.2014Carsten Jänchen 04.08.2014Joachim Hillermann 15.08.2014Gerhard Kaniut 05.10.2014
35 YearsWolfgang Ripke 02.04.2014
WIttINGEN
10 YearsDirk Hesse 01.01.2014Thomas Gottschalk 01.01.2014Tobias Denecke 01.08.2014
25 YearsGuido Hotze 04.10.2014
35 YearsWillibald Raabe 03.09.2014
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Emsland Group worldwIdE
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CoMPANIES
EuropeEmsland-Stärke GmbH • Headquarters Emlichheim Emslandstraße 58 • D-49824 EmlichheimTel. +49(0)5943/81-0 • Fax +49(0)5943/81-205
Emsland-Stärke GmbH • Factory Kyritz Pritzwalker Straße 10 • D-16866 KyritzTel. +49(0)33971/68-0 • Fax +49(0)33971/68-105
Emsland-Stärke GmbH • Factory Wietzendorf Klein Amerika • D-29649 WietzendorfTel. +49(0)5196/9880-0 • Fax +49(0)5196/9880-55
Emsland Food GmbH • Factory Wittingen Wunderbütteler Kirchweg 11 • D-29378 WittingenTel. +49(0)5831/280 • Fax +49(0)5831/28239
PARtNERSHIPS
EuropeEmsland-Food-Ingredients GmbH Emslandstraße 58 • D-49824 EmlichheimTel. +49(0)5943/81-0 • Fax +49(0)5943/81-205
Emsland-Aller Aqua GmbH Am Bahnhof 3–4 • D-15938 GolßenTel. +49(0)35452/17138-0 • Fax +49(0)35452/1713851
Healy Chem. UK ltd. Interlink Way West • Bardon Industrial Estate Bardon Hill • Leicestershire LE 671 HH • UK Tel. +44(0)1530/513375 • Fax +44(0)1530/513389
REPRESENtAtIoNS
AsiaEmsland-Stärke Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. 25 International Business Park#02-58 German Center • Singapore 609916Tel. +65(0)6562/8066 • Fax +65(0)6562/8068
Emsland Asia Food Innovation Corp. Co. ltd. Innovation Cluster 1 Building, 131 Thailand Science ParkPaholyothin Road, Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathumtani 12120 ThailandTel. +66(0)2564/7735 • Fax +66(0)2564/7736
Emsland Chensa trading Co. ltd.20A Strength Plaza, Tower 3 Lane 600, Tianshan Road, Shanghai China 200051 Tel. +86 21 6274 8228 • Fax +86 21 6274 9118
Emsland-Stärke GmbHA company of Emsland GroupEmslandstraße 58, D-49824 EmlichheimTel. +49 (0) 59 43/81-0Fax +49 (0) 59 43/81-2 [email protected]
Emsland Food GmbH • Factory Cloppenburg Werner-Eckart-Ring 13 • D-49661 CloppenburgTel. +49(0)4471/1770 • Fax +49(0)4471/177281
Emsland Food GmbH • Factory HagenowDr. Raber Straße 3 • D-19230 HagenowTel. +49(0)3883/735-0 • Fax +49(0)3883/735-135
Mecklenburger Kartoffelveredlung GmbHDr. Raber Straße 3 • D-19230 HagenowTel. +49(0)3883/735-140 • Fax +49(0)3883/735-135
Emsland-Stärke logistics GmbH & Co. KG Rudolf-Diesel-Straße 8 • D-49824 EmlichheimTel. +49(0)5943/81-0 • Fax +49(0)5943/81-620
Sepa srl Via Stilicone 12 • 20154 Mailand • ItalyTel. +39(0)245/499800 • Fax +39(0)245/49949
Emsland Nisasta ve Kimya San. tic. A.S.Kemalpasa Izmir Yolu Üzeri 3. KmKizilüzüm Köyü Mevkii35170 Kemalpasa/Izmir • TurkeyTel. +90(0)232/8771415 • Fax +90(0)232/8771416
Solam GmbHEmslandstraße 58 • D-49824 EmlichheimTel. +49(0)5943/81-301 • Fax +49(0)5943/81-152
North AmericaAnne Tieleman • Emsland America LCC Six Landmark Square • Fourth Floor, Suit 413Stamford, CT 06901 • USATel. +1(0)203/3595-650 • Fax +1(0)203/3595-850Mobile +1(0)609/7212244
South AmericaMarta R. de Quintela • Emsland Latin America S.R.L. Cap. Gral. R. Freire 1215 • (1426) Buenos Aires • Argentina Tel. +54(0)11/4551-4233 • Fax +54(0)11/4551-9827Mobile +54(0)911/44244217
Middle EastEmsland Middle East (DMCC)Reef Tower, JLT, Dubai • Office 09/09 • P.O.Box 115738Dubai • United Arab Emirates • Tel. +971(0) 43507508
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