Press Release
7th of April, 2023
Kersia concludes a JV with Klenzan in China
As a global leader in food safety, Kersia continues its international expansion through concluding a JV with the second largest hygiene pure player within the Chinese Food and Beverage hygiene market, Klenzan. With this important milestone, Kersia continues its ambitious international development plans while strengthening its services to current customers.
Kersia has developed a complete and unique offering in the global food and agricultural hygiene markets and continues its growth on the global market. With this strategic cooperation confirms Kersia’s ambition to become the world leader in food safety from farm to fork. Kersia will have a presence in over in over 120 countries, with a total workforce of 2.200 and a turnover of 550 million euros.
A shared value partnership and synergies opportunities
This new partnership is based on the great potential for synergies between the two entities; both of which have geographical, business, industrial and innovation complementarities. They also share deeply rooted common values that facilitate the combination of their businesses.
Klenzan, based in Shanghai, is a Chinese company that specialises in cleaning and sanitation applications in the food industry by using the most advanced global technologies. Since its inception in 2007, Klenzan has grown to become the second leading chinese food safety pure player with blue- chip customers. The company predominately operates in the Food and Beverage sector with strong expertise in dairy processing and soft drinks and, to a lesser extent, in institutional markets.
With two manufacturing plants in the Shanghai and Beijing areas, Klenzan will be a key element of the Kersia platform in China / Asia, enabling proximity with both regional customers and international accounts.
A winning combination between growing entities with shared values and an entrepreneurial spirit.
The combined group will leverage the significant experience possessed by the current Klenzan management team and count on them to continue driving its development in the market while creating value for current and future customers, with M. Zeng Lei as CEO.
While Klenzan is predominantly focused on Food and Beverage end-markets with strong expertise in dairy processing and beverage, Kersia brings its global expertise in other hygiene end-markets to form a winning combination. The Chinese market is one of the most promising markets with strict food safety measures and rising standards.
This strategic partnership allows Kersia to strengthen its footprint in the Chinese market, with the complementary technologies, expertise and human resources enabling Kersia to accelerate its international development and become the leading player in food safety solutions globally.
Sébastien BOSSARD, CEO of Kersia, said: “We are delighted to welcome Klenzan and its teams to Kersia which will allow us to ensure food safety across the world. In China, food safety demand has increased over the last decade, with the market being driven by higher safety standards. With Klenzan’s R&D and industrial capabilities, we are well-positioned to meet the needs of the Chinese hygiene market and better serve our customers in this region. I thank Zeng Lei and its staff for their trust in us and together, we will continue to create our pathway to a food safe world.”
Zeng Lei, CEO of Klenzan, said: “To better serve our customers in China, we decided to build partnership with Kersia, the global leading institution in food hygiene industry. This partnership will allow us to dive into Kersia global technical platform and provide us the access to the Kersia global network. We believe this will be the new page for Klenzan and our customers in this unique market. More product portfolios, optimized services capabilities, and stronger financial position. With Kersia support, our third factory will start the construction at the end of this year in Shanghai.”
About Kersia
Kersia is a global leader in food safety, providing value-added solutions that prevent animal
and human contamination at all stages of the food chain. The group also offers differentiated
niche solutions to the human health sector. Kersia operates in more than 120 countries.
About Klenzan
Klenzan, one of the leading cleaning-solution providers in China’s food processing industry. With its sizable experienced service personnels, Klenzan has become one of the major players in this industry with nationwide coverage for all important food processing conglomerates.
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