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Yeo Keng Joon is Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Luxindo Agrifeeds Pvt. Ltd. The company was the first to introduce complete formulation fish feed in India and is now one of the major players in India that commercializes fish and shrimp feed.
INTERVIEW AQUAFEED: What has been your journey in aquafeeds? How did you get to where you are today? YKJ: In 1988, I was appointed to start the aquaculture business in the Gold Coin group of companies as new business development for a company focused thus far on pig and poultry feeds. Starting with a shrimp feed plant in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, we gradually grew the business with plants in Jurong, Singapore; Bekasi, Indonesia; Medan, Indonesia; Manila, Philippines; and Hatyai, Thailand. It was a joy to be able to build up a team of professionals in all these operations and very satisfying to see the business volume grow by significant leaps and bounds. Breaking new ground into a new industry was an exciting challenge for our young team
with Yeo Keng Joon and many have progressed very well since then. I left the Gold Coin group in 1998 for new challenges, having had the satisfaction that the aquaculture business had matured over the ten years that I was leading it. What is the relationship between Global Group, Singapore and Bharat Luxindo Agrifeeds? YKJ: In 1997, some of the managers in Gold Coin Indonesia left to start an aquaculture business in Medan. I was invited to join them in Global Aquaculture Indonesia which started producing shrimp feed and extruded floating feed for tilapia farming in North Sumatra. The group started its second venture with a shrimp feed plant in Jakarta. In 2006, we were invited
Aquafeed: Advances in Processing & Formulation Vol 13 Issue 2 2021
