Hamburg, November 18, 2024 – Biesterfeld, one of the leading international distributors of specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and food additives, has entered into a new partnership with the KIN Food Institute. Effective immediately, the distributor will collaborate with the KIN association, one of Germany's leading institutes in the field of food technology.
Leading Technology Center KIN e.V.
KIN is recognized as a leading technology center in the food industry. The independent institute focuses on the training and education of specialists, advanced production technologies and highly skilled formulation development. The company’s headquarters in Neumünster is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, including a pilot plant and a fully equipped test kitchen for all areas of food technology. Through this partnership, Biesterfeld will be able to contribute its raw material expertise, creating the foundation for joint development of innovative product solutions.
Customers Benefit from New Services
“We are very excited about the collaboration with an institute that is so well-aligned with the needs of the food industry like KIN e.V.”, says Dr. Martin Liebenau, Global Business Director for Technology & Innovation at Biesterfeld. “This partnership allows us to continuously expand our technical expertise in the food sector for our customers. In the future, in collaboration with KIN, we will be able to support our clients even more effectively in recipe development and scaling up production. As a result, we will offer even greater added value to our customers by providing more targeted advice and support throughout the process.”
“Our focus has always been on offering innovations to our customers. Through our collaboration with KIN e.V., we can now support them even more intensively in their R&D activities—a service that is in high demand in the market,” says Bernd Fischer, Business Manager for Nutrition at Biesterfeld. “Key product categories include emulsions, such as dressings, sauces, and much more, as well as the rapidly growing sector of plant-based alternatives.”
About Biesterfeld Spezialchemie
Biesterfeld Spezialchemie is one of the leading international distributors of specialty chemical products, pharma and food ingredients. The company offers extensive market knowledge and tailor-made, application-based technical advice across a diverse product portfolio focusing on the requirements of selected industries, including composites and tooling, personal care and cleaning, healthcare, paints and coatings, adhesives, polyurethane, construction, nutrition, nutraceuticals, and electric, electronic and energy.
Biesterfeld Spezialchemie is a division of the Biesterfeld Group, one of the world's leading distribution and service companies in the field of plastics, rubber and specialty chemicals. Founded in 1906 in Hamburg, Germany, today the group has more than 1100 employees across 50 locations in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa and generates an annual revenue of 1.38 billion EUR (FY 2023). The fully family-owned company operates in the business divisions Biesterfeld Plastic, Biesterfeld Spezialchemie and Biesterfeld Performance Rubber.
About KIN e.V.
The KIN Food Institute (short for Konserventechnisches Institut Neumünster, or more modernly, Competence in Food) is a research and training organization founded in 1965. KIN is a non-profit association with over 290 member companies, making it the largest interdisciplinary network in the German food industry. In 1970 and 1985, KIN developed and introduced the nationally recognized professions of the state-certified Food Technician and Food Technology Specialist, which are now well-established throughout Germany.
Today, KIN remains an educational institution offering two state-recognized qualifications: the state-certified KIN Food Technician and a Bachelor’s degree in Food Science & Management. Each year, the KIN Academy also provides further professional development for several hundred specialists through more than 100 seminars and company training programs. The association is also a shareholder in KIN GmbH, which offers technology consulting, applied research, and operates an accredited testing laboratory. Additionally, KIN has a product development center covering approximately 1,000 square meters.
The central focus of all KIN activities is the safety and preservation of food and animal feed in all dimensions (microbiological, sensory, chemical, physical, and nutritional). With a team of over 50 employees from various scientific and technical disciplines, the KIN Food Institute provides tailored solutions for product development, the implementation of new technologies, and the integration of sustainability strategies.
