AB Enzymes and BioSun FFI Confirm Partnership for Eastern USA

The new sales and distribution structure will support AB Enzymes’ strategic initiative to further strengthen its presence in the region. It will also, as previously announced, contribute to AB Enzymes’ plans for accelerated growth and superior customer service in North America.

Nov 4 2010 --- AB Enzymes and BioSun FFI have signed an agreement that makes BioSun FFI the sole distributor and agent in the Eastern USA for fruit juice enzymes.

The new sales and distribution structure will support AB Enzymes’ strategic initiative to further strengthen its presence in the region. It will also, as previously announced, contribute to AB Enzymes’ plans for accelerated growth and superior customer service in North America.

Joerg Koehler, Regional Sales Director said “We have a long business relationship with BioSun FFI, one of the top players in the fruit juice industry in the Eastern USA. BioSun FFI, set up in 1996, is well known for offering great customer service and products by applying over 30 years of fruit processing and enzyme knowledge to create solutions that meet their customers’ key challenges. We believe this is a good fit with the AB Enzymes philosophy”.

Mark Messersmith, COO & Technical Director of BioSun FFI added ”We were looking for a strategic partner who was a reliable, stable and basic manufacturer of enzymes who also had a mission to provide exceptional customer service with a wide variety of products and applications that would complement the vast application skills BioSun FFI exhibits. AB Enzymes fitted this spec perfectly”.

AB Enzymes is one of the world's oldest and best known enzyme companies, and is part of the ABF Ingredients group of companies. It offers enzymes for industrial applications worldwide with products ranging from food enzymes for bakery and beverages to enzymes for animal feed, textile technology and the pulp and paper industry.

ABF Ingredients is a division of Associated British Foods that focuses on high value ingredients for both food and non-food areas and comprises a range of ingredient companies which include AB Enzymes, ABITEC, Ohly and PGP International.