March 21, 2011

Kemin doubles its production capacity in India

Press Release

Kemin has recently announced an expansion to its manufacturing facility in Gummidipoondi, India, that has the doubled the company's production capacity and added new technologies to its manufacturing portfolio.

To celebrate this event and 50 years of innovation, Kemin held a technical seminar in Chennai that was attended by guests from the animal feed industry.

R.W. Nelson, Chairman, Kemin Industries, Inc., inaugurated the new manufacturing facility while Professor M.S. Swaminathan, Member of Parliament and Chairman of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, expressed his wishes via video message. The new facility will manufacture KemTRACE^® Organic Trace Minerals for poultry, dairy, and aqua, as well as provide additional blending capacity and new research and quality assurance facilities. Altogether, the new facility will have the ability to manufacture 25,000 tonnes of nutritional ingredients for the growing animal agriculture industry.

The technical seminar explored the future of animal protein production, focusing on the technical and economic trends. The program featured Balram Yadav, Managing Director of Godrej Agrovet; John Baker, Head of Asia Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory for Rabobank International; Dr. Clifford Adams, Anozene Nutritional Services; Dr. Christopher E. Nelson, President of Kemin Industries; B Soundarrajan, Managing Director of Suguna Poultry; and Anand Menon, Chief General Manager of KSE Limited.

"Kemin's commitment to provide molecular solutions to customers has been ratified by the plant expansion. The expanded facility will manufacture among other products organic minerals and enable us to meet the growing demand of our customers," said K.P. Philip, President of Kemin AgriFoods India.

Kemin has been serving the Indian subcontinent with high quality products and superior technical service for over a decade. The company first began selling ingredients in 1997 and in 2000, Kemin built a state-of-the-art research facility as well as manufacturing facility in Gumiidipoondi, near Chennai. Kemin introduced novel concepts to the industry in South Asia, including: Antioxidants, bio-surfactants, mold inhibitors, active microbials, and enzymes.

Today, Kemin caters to the needs of the broiler, layer, dairy and aqua industries in South Asia, focusing on animal safety, health and performance.  With a dedicated team of sales, technical service, and marketing staff located in all major regions of South Asia, Kemin is poised to grow and continue to meet the needs of the growing animal production industry.