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Ingredion launches business
for start-ups

Rademaker names
new co-CEOs
Jeroen van Blokland has stepped down as CEO of Rademaker,
Culemborg, The Netherlands. Gerard Muermans, former commercial director, and Roland Kals, former technical director, will
assume the role of co-CEOs and oversee operational management
activities for the company and its subsidiaries.
Mr. van Blokland will continue to act as the owner of Rademaker
and chairman of the board of Racu BV. He will remain closely involved with the organization, focusing on business development,
real estate projects and the planning of long-term policies.
Each with 10 years of experience at Rademaker, the co-CEOs will
focus on different areas within the organization. Mr. Muermans will
manage the external and commercial side of the business while Mr.
Kals will oversee the internal organization, technical issues and R&D.
In the new management structure, Mr. Muermans and Mr. Kals
will be supported by the existing board of directors. The company
believes the new organizational structure will provide the familyowned business with the tools and personnel it needs to handle
operational management, strategic development and growth plans.

Bunge acquires Minsa Corp.
Bunge North America, St. Louis, purchased Minsa Corp., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Grupo Minsa, Mexico City. The acquisition
includes corn flour mills in Red Oak, IA, and Muleshoe, TX.
Todd Bastean, president, Bunge North America, said the purchase enables Bunge to serve the growing demand for tortillas,
tortilla chips and other foods. Corn masa, the primary ingredient for these products, is a growth category in packaged food
and foodservice channels with sales projected to steadily increase,
according to the company.
The acquisition creates scale in Bunge's masa milling capacity
and allows the company to produce specialty products such as
organic and non-GMO masa.
"With additional locations throughout the US, we will be better
able to provide customers with a high-quality, reliable supply of
products nationwide," said Daniel Maldonado, managing director.

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Ingredion, Inc., Westchester, IL, is launching Ingredion for
Emerging Business, a US initiative designed to help emerging food
and beverage companies grow efficiently. The initiative will provide entrepreneurs with the resources needed to expand their businesses or get them off the ground.
Ingredion for Emerging Business will advise start-ups on scaling up production, developing new on-trend items and providing
ingredient solutions. It also will offer an e-commerce platform that
showcases a wide range of ingredients that can be purchased online.
"We understand that entrepreneurs wear many hats and want
to draw on partner resources and capabilities to find the right
ingredients, solve product and formulation challenges and get to
market faster," said Evan Hyman, Ingredion's director of Emerging
Business. "Ingredion has the expertise to address many challenges
start-ups face and can provide customer and market insights to
help emerging businesses develop and bring trend-setting products to market."

Middleby Food Processing
Group names new president
Mark Salman has been named president of the
Middleby Food Processing Group, Elgin, IL. Mr.
Salman will oversee the operations, engineering,
sales and marketing of the company's 15 brands. The
Middleby Food Processing Group includes compaSalman
nies within the industrial processing, baking, packaging and specialty industries.
Mr. Salman joined the Middleby Bakery Group, Plano, TX, as
president in 2015. He played a significant role in opening the company's Bakery Innovation Center at its headquarters and another
innovation center in India.
"Mark has proven his effective leadership through the successful
and swift expansion of the Middleby Bakery Group, the opening
of several innovation centers, and through the new technologies
he has delivered to the market," said Selim Bassoul, chairman and
CEO, The Middleby Corp.
Mr. Salman has more than 30 years of domestic and worldwide
leadership experience in the bakery manufacturing industry,
which include new management, product development and
project design.

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