Danisco Has High Genencor Expectations

Danisco has said that its goal for the recently acquired Genencor business is to become the leading global supplier within the ingredients area including enzymes for food, feed and industrial applications.

The overall integration of Genencor's organisation in Danisco following the takeover in April is on track, the company has said. The acquisition provides Danisco with an opportunity to build an even stronger R&D organization to tackle the current and new product opportunities in the food and feed arena as well as within industrial biotechnology. A combination of the current capabilities of Danisco with the technology organisations of Genencor will increase Danisco’s competitiveness in this fast moving field and speed up the development of new products.

Based on a 'Centre of Excellence' concept, Danisco will build an organisation that combines the strong application focus in Brabrand and the food enzyme discovery capabilities of the Danisco Biosciences group with the protein engineering, protein production and process sciences capabilities of the Genencor Leiden and Palo Alto groups.

'Through joint efforts to meet the new targets in the food and feed arena and to leverage capabilities in the industrial biotechnology, we're committed to accelerating product development to deliver new innovative products to the marketplace and take our place as the leader in this industry,' says Leif Kjærgaard, Senior Vice President, Innovation and Technology.
The Centre of Excellence approach, focusing on our food and feed discovery capabilities in Copenhagen and Brabrand and our industrial enzymes capabilities in Leiden and Palo Alto, necessitates elimination of positions at the R&D locations as well as a refocusing of efforts.