German dairy group DMK has appointed Dr Ralf Zink to lead its R&D.

Zink will be responsible for all R&D projects in the field of milk and milk products, cheese, powders and ingredients, and technology packaging development for the firm. He will take up the role with immediate effect.

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Zink succeeds Manfred Feldman, who is entering partial retirement at the end of April after 18 years of service with DMK. Feldman will return to the company on a consultancy basis for “special projects”, the firm said.

Moving to DMK from his own consultancy firm, Functional Solutions, Zink has held positions as head of R&D for Nestle’s dairy research centre in Lausanne and as director of global technology and R&D for Cognis.

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