• Symrise Flavors (Teterboro, N.J.) hired William Antonace as executive vice president of operations and services North America. Also, Symrise GmbH & Co. KG (Holzminden, Germany) acquired the British flavor manufacturer Flavours Direct (Corby, England).

  • Briess Malt & Ingredients Co.'s (Chilton, Wis.) Insta Grains plant completed the Food Products Association (Washington) audit with successful results.

  • Enzymotec (Migdal HaEmeq, Israel) announced it intends to penetrate the functional oils market in Southeast Asia and the western Pacific.

  • Century Foods International (Sparta, Wis.) named Nicole Lemus sales manager.

  • Virginia Dare (Brooklyn, N.Y.) named Anton Angelich group vice president of marketing.

  • Protient Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.) entered a joint venture with the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA, Kansas City, Mo.), using Protient's proprietary technology and expertise to produce value-added whey proteins from DFA's whey supply.

  • D.D. Williamson Ingredients (Louisville, Ky.) expanded its liquid product line for the Asian market.

  • Jerry O. Roland, managing director with SPI Polyols Inc. (New Castle, Del.), passed away on March 3.

  • Chr. Hansen Inc. (Milwaukee) opened its Middle East and Africa headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with Jens Laugesen in charge of the facility's daily operations.

  • Blue California (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) named Mark Sysler vice president of national sales.

  • Petroferm Inc. (Fernandina Beach, Fla.) merged two subsidiaries. Lambent Technologies Corp. will incorporate Hansotech Inc.'s line of waxes and butters.

  • The Ingredient Based Obesity Solutions Conference will be held June 8-9 in Chicago. More information can be found at www.marcusevansbb.com/IBOS. (Also, see this month's “Abstracts” section.)

  • Frutarom USA Inc. (North Bergen, N.J.) appointed Ariel Calmanovici chief financial officer and Karla Markwardt West Coast sales executive.

  • The workshop “Sensory as a Quality Business Tool” will be held June 6-10 at The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. For more information, visit www.newslow.com or call 888-662-7922.

  • The Nano4Food Conference will be held June 20-21 at the Wageningen International Convention Centre in Wageningen, The Netherlands. More information is available at www.nanofood.info.

  • Abresist Corp. (Urbana, Ind.) appointed Luzan & Co. (Torrance, Calif.) as its representative for California.

  • A&B Ingredients (Fairfield, N.J.) named Kiran Krishnan Midwest regional sales manager and Ricardo Rodriguez food scientist.

  • International Specialty Products Inc. (Wayne, N.J.) opened a new food applications center in Shanghai.

  • Carbsense Foods Inc. (Hood River, Ore.) changed its name to Eat Well Be Well Foods Inc. (EWBW).

  • Degussa Food Ingredients (Trostberg, Germany) began producing texturizing blends in its new unit in Shanghai.

  • KGK Synergize Inc. (London, Ont.) and LeciGel LLC entered into a joint venture agreement to protect the intellectual property combining a Sytrinol combination and LeciGel's technology, with the intention to jointly commercialize the resulting technology into the functional food and beverage market.

  • NSF International (Ann Arbor, Mich.) named Larisa Pavlick sales manager.

  • Chef Solutions (Schaumburg, Ill.) hired Michael C. Casula as chief information officer.

  • The U.K. division of Cargill (Cobham, U.K.) announced the intent to acquire the global pectin business of Citrico.

  • Flavors of North America changed its name to FONA International and requests that all correspondence go to its new facility at 1900 Averill Rd.; Geneva, IL 60134. The company also added Michelle Frame as senior scientist, product solutions, with its R&D team.