AAK Opens Sales Office in China

AAK glad to strengthen presence in China with a dedicated sales office, to be able to supply existing and potential customers with oils and fats solutions by developing the good contacts already established in the Chinese market.

3/1/2011 --- AAK the world's leading manufacturer of value-added, vegetable oil solutions – expands operations into China.

The opening of our Chinese office is a natural step in realizing our new programme, "AAK Acceleration", according to which we want to be present worldwide locally to service our customers and operate in the market in order to grow and strengthen our strong innovation platform in collaboration with our customers.

"We are glad to strengthen AAK's presence in China with a dedicated sales office, as we want to be able to supply existing and potential customers with our oils and fats solutions by developing the good contacts already established in the Chinese market. Our customers in the food ingredients, the chocolate and confectionery, and the cosmetics industries value AAK as a strong and long-term business partner and we want to grow our business based on this foundation", says Torben Friis Lange, Vice President AarhusKarlshamn AB and President of AAK, Chocolate and Confectionery Fats business area.

AAK’s product range – based on natural raw materials
AAK's products are derived from natural and nutritious raw materials such as palm kernel, rape seed and exotic oils (shea kernel, illipe, sal and mango) and our customers represent a wide range of industries. Our high value-added vegetable oils are used as cocoa butter alternatives in compounds for coating and moulding and in confectionery fillings. For the food industry, we supply pumpable baking fats and release agents for bakery products as well as fats for dairy products like butterblends, whipped cream, ice cream and cheese. We also supply marinades/salad dressings and frying oils.

AAK's highly skilled New Product Development team has formulated a very successful product that mimics the composition of mother's milk InFat to ensure good digestion for infants. For the cosmetics industry, we offer beauty and personal care ingredients for skin and hair products. AAK possesses 140 years of experience in fats and oil solutions and our dedicated quality assurance policies ensure the highest confidence in a stable composition of fatty acids in our products along with a minimized risk in any food safety issue.