Sarena Lin, president of Cargill Feed & Nutrition, told IntraFish at Aqua Nor the price the US giant paid for Ewos -- €1.35 billion ($1.5 billion) -- pales into insignificance compared to the value the deal will create.
Cargill has been involved in fish feed for around 20 years, with species such as shrimp and tilapia. “We're thrilled to be creating a big global platform to transform the fish farming industry with the acquisition of Ewos,” said Lin.
“Salmon is the most developed species in aquaculture, and we want to use the technology and knowledge of everything from nutrition, processing and farming, and transmit it to other farmed species," she said.
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