January 31, 2011

Germany's EW Nutrition acquires Agrochemica and Humavet

Press Release

With the acquisitions of Agrochemica and Humavet, EW Nutrition has expanded and strengthened its product portfolio in the fields of speciality feed/ feed additives.

With Agrochemica and Humavet Dr. Arndt GmbH, EW Nutrition can optimally supplement the range and know-how in innovative feed additives, enhancing animal health and performance.

Jürgen Montag, Agrochemica - Humavet Group's founder is selling the company due to the fact that he will be retiring. Jürgen Montag said, "I am pleased to have found EW Nutrition, as a strong partner, developing and internationalising Agrochemica and Humavet in our employees' best interest."

"This acquisition is an important milestone in EW Nutrition's future development and provides enormous synergetic potential in Research & Development, production and marketing. I am looking forward to working with our new colleagues for the benefit of our customers," said Jan Wesjohann, managing director of EW Nutrition.

Agrochemica and Humavet are specialists in the production of liquid and paste-like dietary supplementary feeds as well as care-products for farm animals, horses and pets. Besides their own product range, both companies are internationally well-known contract manufacturers, servicing the feed and pharmaceutical industry. It will be business as usual for Agrochemica's and Humavet's clients.

EW Nutrition is a worldwide market leader in the field of the IgY-technology. Besides bioactive egg proteins (Globigen), EW Nutrition focuses its activities on phytobiotic plant extracts (Nutrax), direct-fed microbials, silage inoculants and other innovative technologies for the feed industries. The company delivers to over 40 countries around the world.