FDBusiness.com

Barentz International, an international leader in the distribution of high-quality ingredients headquartered in The Netherlands, has announced a strategic partnership with Deltagen Group, a specialized food ingredients distributor with local presence in Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The two companies will work together in Latin America and The Caribbean region, expanding both companies’ presence in the region and serving existing and new customers in the food and beverage industries.

“Barentz has a diverse product portfolio and a history within ingredients distribution of over six decades, that add high value to our business in the region,” says Jaap Luursema, CEO of Deltagen Group. “The strategic partnership represents our common belief in offering high quality products and service to our customers. We are positive about leveraging our existing customer relationships to benefit from this partnership to its full potential.”

“Barentz is steadily growing its services into new high potential markets world-wide and our partnership with Deltagen Group is a very important step for us to enter into the Latin American region,” says Hidde van der Wal, CEO of Barentz International. “Deltagen’s well-established network is of great value to Barentz, and we bring them new products of high interest in this market, both from our long-established supplier network and from our own production plants in the USA and Europe.”