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After the first half of 2023, Novozymes sees overall stability in a volatile environment and delivers 3% organic sales growth. Following destocking and lower consumer demand, the organic full-year sales growth outlook is narrowed slightly from 4-7% to 4-6%. Growth is expected to be driven mainly by pricing.

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Driving excellence and business impact Our oils and fats customers in the Asia-Pacific region know they can expect more from Novozymes. For nearly two decades our regional center of excellence has played a key role in helping us meet – and exceed – their expectations. Now the center is set to grow to keep pace with the growth of the industry. The expansion will ensure the center can keep driving business impact together with our customers.

In 2019, Novozymes opened its new Innovation Campus near Copenhagen, Denmark, hosting 800 employees with the ambition to create a global hub for biotechnology research. The Innovation Campus builds on Novozymes’ world-leading expertise in enzymes and microbes, and provides the experts, technologies and equipment to help unlock business opportunities throughout a number of different industries, including oils & fats.

Even though your processing equipment looks clean, it might not be. Relying exclusively on traditional chemistry to remove organic soils can result in sub-optimal hygiene and reduce key operational efficiencies.

Every food and beverage processing plant operator wants to clean equipment as efficiently as possible.  But not everyone knows these fundamental facts about cleaning processing equipment. Do you?

With the introduction of enzymatic Pre-Splitting technology, fatty acid producers can expect up to 30% energy savings, achieve a higher degree of splitting, increase capacity and save up to 30% water usage in the thermal fat splitting process. 

Latin American livestock production improves economies, creates employment and supports food security in the region. The sector is forecasted to grow, but soybean market volatility and climate change could put this growth at risk. Latin American producers are looking for ways to get more from soybean meal and make their production more sustainable. The feed enzymes we develop with our partner DSM help on both fronts.

A produção animal na América Latina promove o crescimento da economia, gera empregos e apoia a segurança alimentar na região. A expectativa é de que o setor cresça, no entanto a volatilidade do mercado de soja e as mudanças climáticas podem por em risco esse crescimento. Os produtores da América Latina estão buscando maneiras de aproveitar ao máximo o farelo de soja e tornar sua produção mais sustentável. As enzimas que desenvolvemos em parceria com a DSM ajudam nessas duas frentes.

La producción animal en Latinoamérica hace crecer la economía, crea empleos, y apoya la seguridad alimentaria en la región. Se espera que el sector crezca, sin embargo, la volatilidad del mercado de la soja y el cambio climático pueden poner en riesgo este crecimiento. Los productores de Latinoamérica están buscando maneras de sacarle el máximo provecho a la harina de soja y hacer su producción más sostenible. Las enzimas que desarrollamos en conjunto con DSM ayudan en ambos frentes.

The 2023 recipient of Novozymes Award on Excellence in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering is professor Sang Yup Lee from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), a thought leader in the engineering of bacteria for production of sustainable chemicals.