The U.S. insect-growing startup has raised $3 million to build a facility that will be the largest mealworm production facility for animal feed in North America.
The company signed an exclusive sales contract with Thai Union to distribute through TMAC, part of the Thai Union Group, the feed supplement AQUALA M in Thailand.
What started with a close collaboration in August 2019 has evolved into a joint venture in China and ultimately grew to a global partnership for bulk packaging.
The company, that targets $50 million in new financing sources, will rely on Lighthouse Finance’s to explore capital solutions and pursue business development opportunities.
Piergiorgio Persona was appointed as country manager – Italy to lead the company’s strategic direction in Italy across all species and products.
The solution is a chemical antioxidant in a powdered form, etoxiquin free and specifically designed for use in extruded feed for both the pet and aquaculture industries.
Atlantic salmon fed on a diet where fishmeal was substituted with krill meal during the finishing feeding period had positive effects on health parameters and meat quality.
The 2020 program offers two $2,500 undergraduate scholarships, one $3,000 doctor of veterinary medicine scholarship, one $3,000 master’s program scholarship and one $3,000 doctoral scholarship.
Josien Hermans was appointed as CCO to enforce the commercial strategy and its international expansion.
Tami Smith joined Adifo to use her background in the feed industry to grow the company’s North American business.
Corbion’s omega-3 rich algae feed ingredient, AlgaPrime™ DHA, was selected as an honorable mention in the food category.
The global increase in demand for antibiotic reducing animal feed additives has resulted in the opening of a new factory in Bangkok, Thailand by the feed additive company, FRAmelco.
The new facility, that will receive, store, treat and send loads, has a static capacity of 12,000 tons of products and a relative movement of 100 tons/day.
Borregaard appointed David Hines as technical sales manager of the Americas Feed Additives team. Hines will be responsible for the Southwest U.S.
The company has already sold a majority of its planned high protein production for 2020 and is refining formulations for its aquaculture feed customers using its aquaculture laboratory and testing facility.
The Belgium-based compound feed company, finished the commissioning of its compound feed factory and is now in production. The facility has been approved for handling Category 3 resources.
The new deadline for the investigation of the methionine anti-dumping case against imports of methionine originating in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan by six months is October 10, 2020.
Aker BioMarine, together with South Korean researchers, reported that krill meal supplementation in a low fishmeal diet can increase growth, feed utilization efficiency, diet digestibility and disease resistance of olive flounder.
Zinpro Corporation promoted José Ramón Páez Manrique to Mexico account manager – specialty to lead the company’s expansion in the aquaculture and pet market for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
The company aims at reducing its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 25% and its energy intensity by 15% by 2035.
