PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2013

BEVERAGES / INGREDIENTS 63 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 09/13 www.petpla.net 175 years - a long history The company was set up in Erfurt in 1838 by Lorenz Döhler as a spice mill selling spices and spice mixtures throughout Germany. From 1924 onwards strong brands of baking ingredients such as “Backfein“ (“Fine Baking“) and “Backstolz“ (“Baker’s Pride“) as well as the “Döhler-Pudding“ were developed. In 1948, following expropriation of the business, the Gemmer family moved over to West Germany and set up operations in Frankfurt and Bad Wildungen. Flavourings and baking agents along with flavourings for the confectionery and spirits industries were its first products in the West. From 1952 onwards raw materials, flavourings and additives on a fruit base grew into a new production sector for the rapidly growing soft drinks industry. Since 1957 the company’s head office has been in Darm- stadt. With the acquisition of the Belgian firm Citrusco in 1982, Döhler took its first steps on to the international stage. The years from 1990 onwards saw the subsequent establishment of subsidiaries in Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic. In 1995 Döhler acquired Euro-Citrus, a Dutch manu- facturer of fruit juice concentrates with an international operation.1996 was the year when the production location Döhler China was established; in 1997 the company added Brazil to its portfolio (a joint venture with orange juice concentrate manufacturer Fischer, today Döhler América Latina). Since 2001 there have been numerous take-overs, plant openings world- wide such as the acquisition of Dinter, a producer of fruit juice in Neuen- kirchen (Altes Land), Alko in Roggel/The Netherlands (now called Döhler Roggel B.V.), Jahnke with production sites in Poland and Ukraine, Bon- juice in Schwalmtal/Germany and the fruit juice producer Sanchuan in Rizaho/China. Döhler made a continuously investment in modern produc- tion sites such as the biggest facility in Oosterhout/The Netherlands, new and extended plants in Pune/India, Limeira/Brazil, Shanghai, Denizli and Karaman in Turkey as well as the commissioning of a production facility for cereal & malt extracts in Neuss/Germany. In 2011/2012 a state-of-the-art flavour plant was built in Darmstadt. The latest investments are the integra- tion of King Bee, a leading producer of cereal ingredients in Jinshan/China and the acquisition of the juice and flavour business of Delro in Cairo/Egypt. Headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, Döhler today boasts 23 produc- tion and 24 application centres, 50 sales offices and sales activities in over 130 countries and more than 3,000 employees, including 350 in R&D. Today the company produces and provides technology-based natural ingredients, ingredient systems and integrated solutions for the food and beverage industry. The product portfolio ranges from flavours and emulsions, natural colours and health ingredients, compounds, fruit preparations, to alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage bases, dairy bases, malt and cereal bases, sweetening systems to fruit and vegetable juices, purees, concentrates and blends. www.doehler.com Scan & Measure Oxygen Ingress & Transmission Rates www.PreSens.de/ Fibox4 Fibox 4 Stand-alone fiber optic oxygen transmitter Visit Us at Drinktec: Hall B3, Booth 406