珍惜行业偶像的遗产

A chemist’s impact on innovations in feed additives
柯恩泽 started his career in the polymer industry, 好好利用他的化学学位. “In the 80s I made the move to the animal nutrition industry and never looked back” according to the man himself. “Kemin asked me to head up their laboratory in Europe, w在这里 I was responsible from everything from quality control to product development in areas such as mold inhibition, oxidation prevention and feed absorption improvement”. After a decade as the Technical Director at Nutriad, Koen found his way to Perstorp in 2011 w在这里 he continued to spearhead innovations and 侦探hnical developments and today works with 80 colleagues at the Innovations department. “I have always loved the combination of creativity and real world applications in this field. It is especially rewarding to see your solutions being used successfully in practice”.

一个充满亮点的职业生涯
Those who are in the know about feed additives are undoubtedly familiar with some of Koen’s work. From formulating new antioxidants and enzymes to flavors he has done and seen it all. When asked to name a few particularly interesting highlights, he names three: “I developed the first non-corrosive mold inhibitor decades ago. 那个项目甚至为我赢得了一个研究奖. It is very satisfying to see this products and all the newer ones copying the concept still doing well today”.

然后切换到他在柏斯托的时间, he continues “the amount of innovations with Perstorp compared to the number of years I have been 在这里 was very high. The second innovation that I am particularly proud of are the tributyrins (glycerol esters of butyric acid). It is the latest generation of butyric acid solutions for gut health, 并得到了市场的认可. 看到这种市场接受度是最值得的。”.

Butyric acid wasn’t the only ester Koen helped to develop for application in animal nutrition. He played a part in developing the esters of propionic acid for long lasting grain preservation and lead the development of ProPhorce™ Valerins. “Esters of valeric acid are the latest big development I have worked on. It is frontier territory to work on an organic acid molecule that has never been used in animal nutrition before, and to figure out what it does and how it works” he states.

展望未来
When asked about what he thinks the future has in store for the animal nutrition industry, Koen replies “The consolidation of companies will continue as it has since the 80s. Companies that will be successful are the ones that best adapt to the new megatrends such as sustainability and digitalization. But we shouldn’t forget that healthy animals remain at the heart of our business, 这将永远是一个挑战. 看看ASF. 微生物可以迅速适应，我们也应该如此。”.

From a more philosophical perspective Koen recommends us all to get out of our comfort zones: “it is important to be open to new things, communicate with each other and exchange perspectives. Not just within our companies but with other companies as well. As an industry we’ll need to work together to successfully feed a growing world population”.

那么科恩接下来的计划是什么呢? “Go out and explore the finest nature Europe has to offer in our RV” he states.

柏斯托将深深怀念柯恩, the whole team wishes him all the best for his future retirement and we will do our utmost to treasure the heritage from such an industry icon. To Koen: we are forever grateful for your hard work, innovative thinking and for all the knowledge you have shared with us during the years. 我们祝你一切顺利!