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Evonik commissions production complex in Singapore
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Antonio Garza de Yta
Let ’s start building bridges together!
sually, before I start writing a column, I always spend a good amount of time thinking about the subject at hand. I can tell you that for 18 years I have imagined what I could write as a thank you note in the hypothetical case that the dream of becoming president of my beloved World Aquaculture Society (WAS) became true. I believe that, during those 18 years, I imagined the most eloquent phrases and paragraphs that ever came out of my mind. But today, now that one of the most important goals of my professional career has come true, I can only think of one thing to say: Thank you! This has been an amazing journey, in which the best part is still yet to come, but during these very pleasant moments there are a couple I would like to highlight. Firstly when, as a student, I worked as a project assistant during the shrimp sessions in New Orleans. I remember watching my academic heroes give their talks and marvelling at how many things I still had to learn. During the different WAS conferences, I met a lot of invaluable friends and colleagues and was able to expand my personal and professional horizons. As a professional, I participated as a user on both the congress and the exhibit sides and testified how useful the WAS network of professionals really is; undoubtedly the best in the world. When I was elected president of the Latina American and Caribbean Chapter (LACC), I could team up with magnificent people and create LACQUA, which this year will reach its seventh edition and that is the only event of the society which is not only in English, but multilingual (Spanish, Portuguese and English); which considerably increased the participation of producers and decision makers in the region. I have always envisioned WAS as the platform where academia, producers, decision makers, service providers and NGOs meet; I think we are on the right track to achieve this goal. Also, during this period we were able to translate our magazine to Spanish for our membership. Today, I would like to increase the number of languages in which we distribute our information; especially in the Asia Pacific region. As a Director for the Society, I have had the honour to represent WAS during the Committee of Fisheries and the Subcommittee of Aquaculture of FAO. As you know, I have always pushed to increase the synergy of both organisations for the benefit of the sector. I hope we can crystalise this goal during 2021 where we are planning to organise in parallel the Subcommittee of Aquaculture and our Global Conference. I am really looking forward to this event as it is not only going to be the one with the highest impact in the history of aquaculture, but it would also be organised in my beloved Mexico. Cancun 2021; the place where we all must place our sights. Finally, I just would like to recognise my friend Wendy Sealey, who I am sure will have the opportunity to lead WAS in the short term, and thank all my family who have always supported all the plans in my life, although some of them were extremely unorthodox. Especially, my eternal love to my wife and son for being the engine that inspires me day by day. And to all the members of the aquaculture community, members of WAS or not, to the ones that believed in this project or did not, I promise I would keep fighting tirelessly for aquaculture. Please become a part of WAS and provide us with ideas. I promise all of them will be analysed. And again: Thank you! Antonio Garza de Yta, Ph.D in Aquaculture from Auburn University, President of Aquaculture Global Consulting, Director World Aquaculture Society and creator of the Certification for Aquaculture Professional (CAP) Program. He is currently Rector, Universidad Tecnológica del Mar de Tamaulipas Bicentenario. 8 | July 2019 - International Aquafeed
ollowing the scheduled two-year construction period, Evonik officially commissioned its second complex for the production of MetAMINO (DL-Methionine) and strategically important precursors in Singapore. Officiating the opening ceremony as guest-of-honour was Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Heng Swee Keat. Christian Kullmann, Chairman of the Executive Board of Evonik, said, “Our methionine complex on Jurong Island, which we commissioned in late 2014 has been a real success story. Now, we want to continue the success story with this second plant.” Each plant has an annual production capacity of 150,000 metric tonnes of DL-Methionine, elevating Evonik’s annual global capacity to approximately 730,000 metric tonnes. The new complex has been modelled on the successful existing plant and has been constructed right next to it. Kullman added, “Synergies from the infrastructure that we set up in 2014, the complete backward integration of both plants into the precursor products, and the joint operation of the entire complex will bring about significant structural efficiency gains,” added Kullmann. In total, Evonik has invested more than half a billion euros and created more than 100 jobs in the new complex.
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