Aller Aqua buys Egyptian fishfeed producer

Danish fishfeed company Aller Aqua Group has expanded production outside Europe for the first time, by taking a 60% shareholding in ZooControl of Egypt. The newly named Aller Aqua Egypt plans expansion by constructing a second feed plant next to the existing ZooControl mill.

December 22, 2011

Danish fishfeed company Aller Aqua Group has expanded production outside Europe for the first time, by taking a 60% shareholding in ZooControl of Egypt.

The newly named Aller Aqua Egypt plans expansion by constructing a second feed plant next to the existing ZooControl mill. Aller Aqua produces feeds for freshwater fish in Europe, with mills in Germany and Poland as well as in Denmark, but until now has exported products to other markets in the Middle East, Asia and North Africa.

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