2016 was a busy year for mergers and acquisitions in the poultry, pig and animal feed industries. Here is a review of the more than 100 deals WATTAgNet reported on last year.
Aviagen Turkeys acquiring France’s Le Sayec
Zoetis to sell some animal health brands, manufacturing unit
Pestell Minerals & Ingredients acquires Agri-Feed Products Ltd.
Pancosma & Associates acquires Btech
BRF finalizes acquisition in Qatar
Packaging companies Hamer, Fischbein Americas merge
Alltech completes acquisition of Masterfeeds
Nutreco completes acquisition of Micronutrients
Chr. Hansen to acquire Nutritional Physiology Co.
Dechra takes over Croatian animal health company Genera
Hendrix Genetics acquires minority interest in Vepymo
Marel completes MPS acquisition
CTB Inc. acquiring Serupa, Mafrel parent company
BRF finalizes acquisition of UK’s Universal Meats
Australia’s TasFoods Limited buying Nichols Poultry
Burnbrae Farms acquiring Michael Foods Canada
InVivo NSA acquires Italy’s Agrindustria
Tönnies' planned acquisition of Tican gets approval
European Commission approves Bell AG acquisition of Huber
JBT Corporation acquires Novus X-Ray
Bühler acquires Mill Technology Co.
Intrexon, Darling Ingredients to form joint venture
Steel firm gets more shares of Slovenia poultry company
Finland’s Atria buying poultry company Lagerbergs
Ceva enters India market with Polchem acquisition
Hendrix Genetics acquires Dutch turkey hatchery company
UK pork business Cranswick acquires poultry business
BRF buying Brazil pork company Globosuínos
Hendrix Genetics expands presence in Brazil egg sector
BRF acquiring Argentina pork company Campo Austal
Alltech to acquire Keenan Systems
BRF acquiring frozen food distributor in Oman
Neogen acquires Brazilian animal genomics company
AgriLabs enters vaccine manufacturing business
Camlin Fine Sciences acquires Dresen Quimica
Evonik acquires additives unit from Air Products
InVivo acquires Popular Feedmill Corp.
BRF acquires Argentina’s Alimentos Calchaquí Productos
Brakebush Brothers acquires Wells Food Processing
Ceva acquires French vaccine manufacturer Biovac
Cargill acquiring Five Star Custom Foods
Alltech unit acquires Ranch-Way Feeds
Alltech acquires Coppens International
Partnership brings fatty acid product for swine to US
OSI Group buys former Tyson Foods plant in Chicago
Olymel acquires sausage company La Fernandière
Brazil’s BRF finalizes Al Khan Foodstuff acquisition
Nuscience acquires Uruguayan company Nutral
Merck Animal Health acquiring 93 percent of Vallée
Evonik acquires NOREL’s probiotics business
Nutreco to acquire Advit in South Africa
Royal Agrifirm acquires Paszmark
Royal De Heus to acquire Coops Mengvoeders
Merger of French companies iD Projects, Ecat completed
CP Group enters Sri Lanka poultry sector with acquisition
Land O’Lakes completes acquisition of Ceres
Brazil’s Plasson to acquire layer cage company ATI
OSI Group acquires Dutch company Baho Food
Valley of the Moon acquires Forrest Farms
Post Holdings to acquire National Pasteurized Eggs
BRF to acquire majority of Malaysian further processor
Canadian companies merging to form feed fertilizer giant
European poultry companies enter joint ventures
Neovia to acquire Nutrizon in Brazil
Ranjit Boparan acquires Bernard Matthews
Kent Nutrition Group to acquire Deluxe Feeds
ForFarmers completes acquisition of Vleuten-Steijn
BRF finalizes FFM Further Processing acquisition
Pestell Minerals acquires Jack Thom Distributor
AdvancePierre Foods acquires Allied Specialty Foods
Tyson Foods buys a 5 percent stake in Beyond Meat
Global Egg to purchase Cargill egg facility in Canada
Charoen Pokphand acquiring assets in China, Taiwan, UK
CTB completes acquisition agreement with Cabinplant
Cal-Maine acquires assets of Foodonics International
CTB acquires Dutch hen housing equipment company Volito
Kynetec acquires ag, animal health sectors of Ipsos
Barentz acquires Globe Ingredients
CP Group to acquire Bellisio Foods, expand US presence
Keenan in collaboration talks with Storti
North Central Co-op to vote on merger with Ceres
Southern States selling feed business to Land O’Lakes
Smithfield acquires pork facilities and farms from Hormel
Ceva acquires Hertape and Inova
Pilgrim’s to buy GNP Company from The Maschhoffs
Evonik to acquire METEX’s technology package
Pancosma acquires majority of Chinese additives company
GlobalVetLINK, Micro Technologies team up on software
Vencomatic Group, Jansen Poultry Equipment enter license agreement
CP Group acquires another poultry firm in China
Bayer to acquire Boehringer’s US Cydectin portfolio
Investment firm buys Canadian frozen poultry company
ILC Resources acquires NALC’s Indiana fine grind plant
Wegdam Food takes ownership of Tilly Sabco
Alltech acquires Spanish crop solutions company
OSI Group acquires Flagship Europe
Charoen Pokphand completes Bellisio Foods acquisition
French poultry firm Duc acquired by Plukon
Monsanto shareholders approve Bayer acquisition
