DSM Opens Premix Sites in South America

KAISERAUGST, SwitzerlandDSM opened two new premix sites in South America, expanding its investments in Colombia and Ecuador. The new sites in Tocancipá, Colombia, and Amaguaña, Ecuador, offer high levels of product quality, reliability and traceability, accompanied by state-of-the art safety and sustainability standards, according to Rick Greubel, president human nutrition and health, DSM Nutritional Products.

The inauguration of the Tocancipá facility in Colombia, which will serve both the human nutrition and health, and the animal nutrition and health sectors, comes hard on the heels of a number of important milestones for the company. These include the opening of DSMs fifth premix plant in China, the opening of the companys animal nutrition and health premix plant in India, its acquisition of Fatrom Furajeri Additivi (a premix manufacturer in Romania), and the opening of the animal nutrition and health premix facility in Tatarstan (in a joint venture with Tatenergo JSC).

"DSMs continuing investments in Latin America demonstrate our strong commitment to serve this important market," said Antonio Ruy Freire, president animal nutrition and health. "Our modern premix facilities, with their capacity to create highly specific blends of vitamins and minerals, support the development of the low-cost, high-protein products that consumers are asking for."

DSMs personal care unit is also present in Colombia and Ecuador. It supplies raw materials and active ingredients for the Sun Care, Skin Protection and Hair Protection market segments.