October 20, 2009

Nutreco has completed the sale of its majority shareholding in Integra, Czech Republic, to Hendrix Genetics which owned already 34 percent in Integra.

Integra is a layer pullet and hatchery business and was part of Nutreco's subsidiary Trouw Nutrition Biofaktory, the premix and specialty feed company acquired in the Czech Republic in 2008. The company has 80 employees and owns two hatcheries in the Czech Republic's Zabcice and Osek. Integra's related parent stock and rearing farms have a total annual capacity of 12 million layer day-old chicks.     

The sale of Integra is in line with Nutreco's strategy to focus on further growth of its global market positions in feed specialties and fish feed and to strengthen its leading compound feed market positions in Canada, the Netherlands and Spain.

Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed. Nutreco employs almost 9,300 people in 30 countries, with sales in 80 countries.

Hendrix Genetics B.V. is a global multi-species animal genetics company. The company has around 1,000 employees with a further 500 working in joint ventures.