Dear friends of the European Candy Kettle Club, we are honoured to inform you that Mr. Daniel Bloch, CEO and chairman of the board at Chocolats Camille Bloch SA, Switzerland, has received the 2024 European Candy Kettle Award. The awardceremony took place at the Hotel Bellevue Palace in Bern on 18th of October. Chocolats Camille…

German sweets seminar specialist D&F Sweets announced their new managing director Dr. Anne Sauer. Sauer has a great experience in the food industry working for companies like Unilever, Döhler and Prinsen Berning. D&F Sweets is happy to have Anne on board as she brings unwavering passion for research and new product development into the company.…

On September 2, 2023, Professor Horst-Dieter Tscheuschner celebrates his 90th birthday. He can look back on many decades of successful work in food science, with a focus on grain processing and confectionery production as well as the further development and application of food rheology. His research activities were always directed to a better understanding of…

Carl Brandt, Inc. announces that effective July 1, 2023, Stanley Mazepa will assume the position of Managing Director/President of Carl Brandt, Inc. in Fairfield, CT, USA. With the support of Brandt Zwieback-Schokoladen GmbH + Co. KG, he succeeds Susanne Settineri, who, together with her father, accompanied the founding of the American company and was largely…

The founder of the packaging machine manufacturer Gerhard Schubert GmbH, Crailsheim, Gerhard Schubert passed away on 4th of July 2023 at the age of 84. Schubert was a defining figure for the whole industry and an extraordinary personality. Gerhard Schubert founded his company in 1966. Thinking different To this day, his visionary ideas of a…

German ingredients specialist Beneo appointed Niels E. Hower into their Board of directors. Hower will be responsible for the plant-based proteins division. Hower holds an MBA in economics and brings over 25 years of experience in retail and life science sectors into Beneo. Hower comes from Fresenius Kabi. Besides that he was involved in the…

On the occasion of the general meeting of the VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association held on 20 June in Frankfurt, a new board was elected. It consists of the 21 board members of in total six specialist departments and is elected for a period of three years. For the Confectionery Machinery Department, Markus…

US snacks and confections maker PIM Brands announced new members to its Executive Leadership Team, appointing Philip Davis as PIM’s new Chief Supply Chain Officer and Matthew Prail as PIM’s Chief Human Resources Officer. These strategic hires signify PIM Brands’ commitment to effectively managing its ever-expanding operations both domestically and abroad. In his role as…

Archer Danaiels Midland (ADM) appointment Dr. Nuria Miquel as senior vice president and chief science officer, effective August 1.  “Innovation is a foundation of ADM’s culture and strategy, and I am proud to ask Nuria to lead our efforts as we expand the horizons of food, fuel, feed, and industrial and consumer products made from…