Celebrating 10 years of Feed Design Lab

On June 14, we celebrated Feed Design Lab’s 10th anniversary with a festive networking event.

What started in 2014 with the mission to be the practical research and education center for innovation and sustainability in the animal feed industry, has grown in 10 years into a widely well known institute with a modern pilot plant, training programs and an active network of 110 partner companies.

For […]

Review: Employees on training at Van Aarsen

On Friday, March 1, the process operators and process technologist from Feed Design Lab visited machine manufacturer Van Aarsen in Panheel. The reason was the comment in the media about Van Aarsen’s simulation training. During this informative day, a simulation of a normal feed factory was offered. E&IA project engineer Marc Peute showed us the design of the factory in terms of software and […]

Edwin Broekman, Rettenmaier Benelux c.v. introduces himselves

Wat is your position at Rettenmaier Benelux?
At Rettenmaier I have the position of Product Manager Feed, Petfood and Aqua.

What does Rettenmaier mean for the animal feed sector?
With Rettenmaier Benelux we bring JRS plant fiber technology here on site.

As a family company we have had our roots since 1878 in Rosenberg, Southern Germany and are now globally active, with around 4000 employees at over […]

On November 7, Feed Design Lab organized the annual Business Meeting exclusively for its partners. This year it was once again a very successful afternoon with 80 participants.

The opening was done by chairman Han Swinkels. This was followed by a presentation by director Trudy van Megen about the milestones of 2023 at Feed Design Lab. Last year, the pilot plant achieved the highest turnover ever in Feed Design Lab’s existence. […]

Report Energy-day may 9, 2023

Report Energy-day december 1, 2022

On December 1, the partner companies were invited to participate in the Energy Day at Feed Design Lab. A day that was all about energy saving in the feed plant. The day was a combination of information exchange regarding energy saving and a challenge day in which the challenges the sector faces in the field of energy […]