February 13, 2023

 

Symrise Aqua Feed strengthens sales team in APAC

 

Symrise Aqua Feed has expanded its sales team in APAC by recruiting two experts: Dr. Puttitorn Saengrungruang in Thailand and Denny Sapto in Indonesia.

 

The nominations will help the development of the business unit on strategic markets for all aquaculture species, Symrise said.

 

The past two years have presented considerable challenges to the aquaculture industry. In this environment, the company's aquafeed business unit, within the taste, nutrition and health segment, managed to maintain steady growth in APAC thanks to its adapted strategy and innovation.

 

"One can hardly predict the developments within the very specific industry of aquaculture," said Paul Seguin, Symrise's APAC director. "At the same time, this makes it so exciting. We consider it crucial to work with a manager for each strategic market. This allows us to quickly address our customers' demands while ensuring the sustainable vision we pursue."

 

Symrise's business unit mainly manufactures its products in Thailand, Ecuador, and Costa- Rica. In 2020, Symrise Aqua Feed opened Aqualis, a highly advanced recirculatory aquaculture system (RAS) testing facility that supports the performance demonstration of the products in shrimp, tilapia and Asian seabass, in Thailand. It allows the team to deeper and faster understand the products' modes of action in terms of palatability and nutrition.

  

Dr. Saengrungruang holds a PhD in fisheries and allied aquaculture in water quality from Auburn University (US), an MSc in appropriate technology for resource and environment development from Mahidol University and a BSc in soil science from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology in Ladkrabang, Thailand.

 

Prior to joining Symrise, Dr.Saengrungruang gathered 20 years of experience at the Suan Dusit University as a professor in Environmental Science and Technology specialised in waste management, aquaculture, water quality and pollution control.

 

"I will support existing and prospective clients with services and support beyond their expectation, gain their trust through trial support and promote our Aqualis testing center," said Dr. Saengrungruang. "I will show our customers how we preserve our valuable resources with our sustainable aquaculture approach and with strong confidence in product quality and safety criteria."

 

Denny Sapto graduated as a doctor of veterinary medicine from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Bogor Agricultural University (IPB).

 

Prior to joining Symrise, Sapto worked as a consultant at PT Bima Palma for two years. From 2016 to 2022, he worked with Royal Horse, ADM, as business development manager where he successfully developed the brand and sales.

 

"Joining Symrise Aqua Feed offers me a great opportunity. I find it very interesting and challenging to move out of my comfort zone and to switch from equine to aqua industry," said Sapto. "The aquafeed industry in Indonesia is growing every year especially on freshwater fish and shrimp markets. With the support of the APAC team and the great results of our Aqualis performance measurement center, we will maintain the high standards of our products quality and palatability."

 

- Symrise