US-based animal nutrition business, Alltech, has acquired a leading international aquatic feed solutions company in the Netherlands.
Coppens International is now part of the Alltech family of companies, which includes 14 other companies acquired globally since 2011.
The 24-year-old Coppens has a reputation for being an innovative, high-quality aquatic feed producer.
The company’s specialties include temperate and tropical marine and freshwater diets for a variety of juvenile and adult species.
Alltech will enhance the Coppens product range by integrating the US company’s microalgae and protein platforms, offering cutting-edge sustainable technologies for the demanding aquaculture industry.
Alltech already owns one of the world’s largest commercial algae production sites in Kentucky, USA.
Coppens International is one of the most innovative, high-quality aquatic nutrition businesses making a range of aquatic nutrition solutions, with a strong production infrastructure in Europe.
“Coppens International has many qualities we admire in a fish nutrition business: a robust, quality production system, dynamic routes to market and a pioneering spirit for research and development, which, all combined, present us with numerous synergies,” said Alltech founder and president Dr. Pearse Lyons.
Coppens will continue to be headquartered in Helmond, the Netherlands
Alltech has more than tripled its sales in the past four years, with current revenues in excess of $US2 billion.
In April it announced the acquisition of prominent Irish-based feed mixer and stock feed advisory company Keenan, which has a strong market footprint in Australia.
