DKSH – THE NEW UK FORCE IN NON-GMO LECITHIN

DKSH Great Britain can trace its roots back over 100 years to 1904 when it began as FW Coombe and in the 1960s became SiberHegner Holdings Ltd.  SiberHegner merged with Diethelm Keller Services Asia in May 2007 and DKSH Great Britain was born. Today the DKSH group operates in 35 locations, with more than 22,000 employees worldwide.

DKSH bring their special skills to the food sector focusing upon functional, natural, and healthy ingredients and combined with their unique ability to globally source selected ingredients to bring Cert ID Non-GMO soya lecithin to Europe. To demonstrate their commitment to the UK market DKSH have joined forces with specialist fluid lecithin handling and processing company, IBL Bulk Liquids in Hull, United Kingdom.

IBL Bulk Liquids has a long association with the oilseed processing industry and IBL’s Hull facility comprises of dedicated insulated and heated stainless steel bulk 50Mt silos which means batch identity, Non-GMO integrity and traceability can be maintained. IBL also provides the capability to re-packing and rebottle fluid lecithin into 1000kg IBCs, 200kg steel drums, 25kg and 10kg pails to meet different customer requirements.

Marco Caspani, Managing Director, DKSH Great Britain says ‘We have been very successful opening up other European markets and now turn our attention to the United Kingdom, the biggest in Europe and our association with IBL signals our commitment to this market. A key thing we recognised from the beginning was the importance to ensure our entire supply chain was Cert ID Non-GMO certified including IBL and our soya partners in India and China’.

IBL Director Archie Dempster says ‘We are delighted with our association with DKSH; we are ideally located and equipped with our unique facilities and expertise to meet the growing needs of DKSH and the most demanding UK food clients’.

Richard Werran, Managing Director, Cert ID Europe added ‘The Cert ID Non-GMO standard is recognized and acknowledged by all major retailers and brands to be the leading Non-GMO certification programme worldwide and we are delighted to support DKSH’s initiative and collaboration with IBL to ensure Cert ID Non-GMO lecithin is provided from DKSH’s global producers into the UK market.