Alltech opens New Mexico facility

New facility to produce feed additives and support sales

October 20, 2009

More than 150 people joined global animal health company Alltech to celebrate the opening of its new facility in Clovis, New Mexico, Oct 15.

Alltech’s 240-acre site in Clovis includes a sales office, warehouse, laboratory and production facility. The facility will produce Alltech’s Yea-Sacc Farm Pak 2X, a live yeast culture feed additive and Sel-Plex, a selenium yeast product. It will also support sales in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and southwest Kansas, providing a local distribution site for its growing customer base.

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