Florent Simonneau

I am very pleased to announce our partnership with Avantium and LVMH to accelerate the industrial production of PEF (polyethylene furanoate), a 100% renewable high-performance polymer, and marketed by Avantium under the brand 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐟®. Sustainability is at the heart of TEREOS development strategy: we are decarbonizing our production chain and providing solutions with bio-based materials to our industrial partners, enabling them to replace fossil inputs in their products. This strategic alliance builds on the complementarity of our expertise, allowing us to cover the entire PEF value chain: Tereos is a leader in fructose production - the raw material for PEF, derived from wheat processing - Avantium, an expert in innovative technology, and LVMH, a pioneer in the use of bio-based packaging. This milestone is a major step towards our ambition for regenerative agriculture and sustainable industry accross our value chains. It is also essential for the development of the bio-based plastics sector in Europe. I would like to warmly thank all Tereos’ teams who made this partnership a reality. Special thanks to Aalst’s team.

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Great news from France! 🇫🇷 The French government is boosting its local plant-based food production with a major €12M investment towards ‘Protein Sovereignty’ across 10 projects. This funding is part of the ministry’s National Strategy for Plant Proteins, an initiative to create more local products and rely less on imported proteins. Consumer demand for plant-based foods is booming in France. Sales grew by 9% in 2024, reaching a massive €537M, which makes France Europe's third-largest market. Chilled meat alternatives saw an even bigger jump, with 15.5% growth. Research also suggests that the French have reduced their animal-based meat consumption in the last two decades. In fact, the government’s new projects align with the 35% of French residents who rate legumes and pulses among the richest sources of protein, and the two-thirds who now eat foods like lentils and beans weekly. Let’s hope France continues to invest in plant-based proteins and meet the growing demand for local, nutritious, and sustainable food! 🌱 📖 Read more about France’s investment in plant-based production: https://hubs.ly/Q03BVlsr0 #ProVeg #SustainableFuture #PlantBasedProtein

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🎯 Strategic momentum for our Professional Beverage Activity in China 🇨🇳 To strengthen our position in a fast-growing segment, Groupe SEB acquired a majority stake in Tasty this April, a rising Chinese company specializing in maintenance services for professional coffee machines. ☕ Founded in 2021, Tasty has quickly established itself as a key player in the market, offering a full range of services: regular maintenance, urgent repairs, consumables and spare parts supply, as well as second-hand machine resale. The company serves major coffee and tea chains across China, with expert teams deployed in key regions. 📢 “This acquisition, combined with our future Shaoxing hub, will strengthen our service capabilities and enable us to offer a more integrated solution to our professional coffee clients,” says Xin JIN, VP China SEB Professional Beverage. A decisive step forward in expanding our Professional Beverage presence in a strategic market. 📈 #GroupeSEB #ProfessionalBeverage #CoffeeBusiness #StrategicGrowth #Innovation #China

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🎉 Funding news 🎉 To build more resilient food systems and support protein diversification, infrastructure that can turn locally produced crops into tasty, affordable foods is essential. Newly announced funding from the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food seeks to do just that – investing €11.7 million to support protein sovereignty and expand the production of plant-protein ingredients using locally grown crops. The funding is distributed to ten winning projects through the Ministry’s “Territorial Legume Sector Projects” call – a mechanism aiming to support collective projects committed to the development of national production of plant proteins. The announced support is part of France’s National Strategy for Plant Proteins, launched in 2020, aiming to reduce the country’s dependence on imported protein crops and ingredients. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dP-Z37Ru #France #PlantProteins #PlantBased

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We are pleased to announce that, in collaboration with Aéroport de Paris (ADP) and the French trade union of fresh fruit and vegetable importers (CSIF), we have worked closely with French Customs to streamline phytosanitary inspections. Phytosanitary inspections are official controls carried out to ensure that imported plants and plant products comply with health and safety standards, preventing the introduction and spread of harmful pests, diseases, or chemical residues. These inspections are essential for safeguarding both consumers and local agriculture. As a result of this joint effort, the Massy laboratory — France’s national reference laboratory for pesticide residue testing — is now fully equipped for pesticide analysis, having installed a new spectrometer. This advanced device identifies and measures trace levels of chemical residues on produce, ensuring compliance with EU safety regulations. By enabling faster and more accurate analysis, the spectrometer has reduced the time required for phytosanitary inspections in Paris by 24 hours. This significant improvement in processing times benefits the entire fresh produce import chain and has a particularly strong impact on our operational efficiency — especially for green bean shipments from Kenya. At Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, we remain dedicated to enhancing the reliability, speed, and quality of our cold chain services to better support our customers and the global fresh produce trade. #AFKLMPCargo #HeretoConnect #partnership #efficiency

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🔔 Sustell™: MiXscience and dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health Join Forces for More Sustainable Farming 🔔   We are pleased to announce the collaboration between Sustell™ and MiXscience, Avril’s innovation and expertise-driven animal nutrition company.   Sustell™ is an industry leading solution for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the livestock sector. Developed by dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health over several years in conjunction with partners and stakeholders, Sustell™ provides a scalable, end-to-end ISO assured environmental assessment of the animal value chain from feed to farm to processed products allowing to understand the details of current footprint while being able to run scenarios to determine where and how to improve. Sustell™ is compliant with international standards and sector-specific methodologies (FAO LEAP, EU PEF, IPCC…).   The use of Sustell will enable MiXscience to reliably, credibly, conveniently and accurately characterize the environmental impacts of the products it develops and nutritional strategies it designs, those of its feed millers’ clients, and even the entire value chain.   💬 Nathalie Couvreur – Head of CSR, and Matthieu CHATILLON – Director of Innovation at MiXscience : “This collaboration will help accelerate the transition toward more responsible, sustainable, and profitable agriculture. Sustell™ enhances our environmental impacts measurement strategy, initiated in 2019 with MatriCIEL®, and more recently through predictive tools for nutritional and carbon efficiency in livestock, such as ADN, Megaplan, and Icownic. Sustell™ marks a key milestone in our ambition to decarbonize livestock farming.”   #Sustell #Mixscience #DSM #Avril #LCA #SustainableAgriculture #Decarbonization #Transparency #Innovation #ResponsibleFarming

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NeoFarm Raises €30M to Scale Robotic Organic Farms Across Europe French startup NeoFarm has raised €30 million in Series B funding to accelerate the deployment of its robotic, regenerative vegetable farms across Europe. The round was co-led by ADEME Investissement and Eurazeo Smart City, which together contributed nearly €20 million, with participation from Bpifrance, Cléry, and the Karl Leitzgen family office. Founded in 2018, NeoFarm develops automated farms rooted in agroecology, combining robotics and farm management software to increase efficiency while reducing environmental impact. The company holds three patents for its proprietary robotics technology. In its official announcement, NeoFarm emphasized its long-term vision: “Our ambition is to reconcile agricultural performance, environmental respect, farmer well-being, and food sovereignty. Thanks to the support of our investors and partners, we will launch our first large-scale farm in 2025 and aim to deploy more than 25 farms by 2030.” Article in the first comment 👇 Join the network at network.igrownews.com

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