"EWOS and Cargill are by no means a dividend machine. The group is not out to drain local communities dry where we have activities.
"On the contrary, the American owners are re-investing 80 percent of net earnings in growth of existing or new activities,” Einar Wathne, president of Cargill aqua nutrition, told IntraFish.
Norway in America
The Cargill group, which includes the Aqua division, is a global giant. It is the United States’ largest privately held company, measured in sales.
Cargill’s head office is situated in “the Norwegian part” of the United States, in a suburb of Minneapolis in Minnesota State.