Jack Davis the former President and CEO of Ventura Foods passed away on June 24. The 84 year old was iconic and legendary in his time to our industry. On a personal note, according to Andy Seagren, “Jack was a great leader and a big champion of the veg oils industry as a whole and of the NIOP in particular. I am grateful to have known him and to have had the opportunity to work with him!” Several others have…
Fidelis New Energy Expands its Clean Energy Logistics, Feedstock & Commercial Capabilities NEWS PROVIDED BY Fidelis New Energy, LLC Mar 24, 2022, 17:58 ET SHARE THIS ARTICLE Fidelis New Energy adds three industry veterans from downstream and renewable industry majors HOUSTON, March 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Fidelis New Energy, LLC (“Fidelis”), a leading developer, investor, and operator of climate impact infrastructure, announced the addition of three industry veterans to lead its logistics, feedstock procurement, trading, and origination activities through the appointment of Greg…
Here are the details. We have a record crowd of 360 registered and 30 new member companies.
The NIOP Technical Committee recently met and invited the President of ISEO, Kailee Tkacz Buller and Tom Tiffany, ADM & ISEO Technical Committee Chairman,m to join and share the latest they’ve been working on. President Buller provided a regulatory and legislative update. Her Powerpoint Presentation is available here. One of the resources she reported on was the development of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS) Resources Toolkit. ISEO is sharing…
American Commodities Brokerage Company is proud to announce our newest member of the team, Mr. Daniel Keefe Effective September 27, 2021 and JUST IN TIME for the AFOA Conference in Nashville, Amcom is pleased to welcome Dan to our team. Dan has experience in the Fats and Oils market in his career having worked at Tomen America (Chickasha) handling cottonseed oil, CBI Global (Cooperative Business International) who administered US government AID programs and cash trading in specialty grains and export…
American Commodities Brokerage Company and Flat Earth Risk Management, LLC are pleased to announce their partnership This new partnership will provide comprehensive expertise ranging from cash markets, risk management and market analytics to crop supply/demand and weather. Our combined proficiency will offer our clients the ability to manage their operating margin risks in commodity markets under one company and team. Our newfound collaboration will empower our clients in both decision making and resource management in all commodity cycles, and especially…
NIOP wants to help its members . . . when looking for new employees or when you have a job to be posted and shared. Help us “name” this new feature. Submit suggestions to leigh@niop.org Also, note: our first job opportunity has been posted on the website. Thank you Conagra for using your NIOP membership!
Congratulations to the following 2021 NIOP Albert F. Mogerley Scholarship Winners: Anna Bunger, Abigail Gilbert, Kimberly Oliver and Ashton Rath. Read more about each winner at https://niop.org/scholarship-fund/ Anna Bunger Abigail Gilbert Kimberly Oliver Ashton Rath
NIOP’s May 20th Board of Directors meeting marked the end of board service for a very dedicated individual – Claude Jones. NIOP President Glenn Ginalick shared the following comments from an email exchange with Jones as he acknowledged that the May board meeting would be his last. The old saying that all good things come to end is appropriate. My first NIOP meeting was in the early 1970’s when Walter Johann from Procter and Gamble took this newbie in…