Goodhope has entered into a Sale Purchase Agreement for the sale of Arani Agro Oil Industries Ltd (“Arani”) to AAK AB (“AAK”). Arani, a specialty oils and fats processor, was acquired by Goodhope in 2011 and is located in the Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh, India. AAK, a Sweden based company, is a market leader in high-value specialty oils and fats.
For more information, please read our Press Release Arani Purchase by AAK.
Premium participated at Gulfoods manufacturing 2016 which was held at the Dubai World Trade Centre. With over 35,000 visitors and 1,500 exhibitors this is one of biggest events for the food manufacturing industry. Premium had a stall in the ingredients section and had nearly 500 visitors to the stall during the 3 day exhibition. During this event, both existing and prospective customers were able to sample chocolates and biscuits made using Premium's range of specialty fats.
The Gulfood Manufacturing Exhibition, the world's largest annual trade show for the food and hospitality industry held from October 27th to 29th was hugely successful with participants from around the world.
The Gulfood Manufacturing Exhibition which just ended (November 9-11) was a spin-off from the hugely successful Gulfood event, the world's largest annual trade show for the food and hospitality industry.
The Exhibition is broadly categorized into three segments - Ingredients Middle East, Propack Middle East and Food Logistics Middle East. This year Premium Group participated at this event showcasing its range of specialty fats and refined oils with an impressive stall at the Dubai World Trade Center. The Premium stall was located in the Ingredients Section and had visits from a considerable number of both existing and potential customers. Attending this event allows us to interact with many of our stakeholders’ under-one-roof. Most of our competitors like IOI, Wilmar, Cargill and IFFCO were well represented with stalls located in the same section.
There were 24 official country pavilions spread across the show-floor and the Gulfood Manufacturing Exhibition was organized as the global food industry’s largest-ever Hosted Buyer Program, an initiative designed to highlight the region’s rapidly expanding F&B manufacturing and production infrastructure to influential buyers from countries including Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Iran and Nigeria amongst others.
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ulfood Manufacturing is the only event in the Middle East and African region that brings together the machinery, ingredients, packaging and logistics industry with the boardroom, finance and procurement heads, the owners and investors together with their plant production, research, development and engineering teams.
Premium Vegetable Oils Sdn Bhd together with Premium Fats Sdn Bhd have been certified as meeting the requirements of the RSPO Supply Chain Certification System of November 2009.
Gulfood, the world's largest annual trade show for the food and hospitality industry was a record event this year as representatives from more than 3,800 companies participated in 110 international pavilions. Exhibitors from around the world looking to do business in the fast-growing Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, occupied the more than one million square feet of dedicated exhibition space.
‘Ingredients Middle East’ is the only event in the region to address the growing food manufacturing and processing sector. Leading companies from around the world, who cultivate, extract, process or supply raw materials and ingredients used in the manufacturing of finished food products were present. Ingredients Middle East was hosted alongside Gulfood 2012, offering access to both events.
Premium Vegetable Oils Sdn Bhd and Premium Fats Sdn Bhd in Malaysia and Arani Agro Oil Industries Ltd in India which were a part of the Premium Nutrients Berhard (PNB) Group were acquired by Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd on 7th July 2011. With this acquisition, Goodhope has also secured all intellectual property rights including the Premiun Nutrients brand name. Henceforth, the former owners of Premium Nutrients will have no dealings with these three companies and the Premium Nutrients brand name.