Livestock rendering and feed processing firm Sanimax has pared back its U.S. operations by selling its plants and businesses in two states
Sanimax, formed from the merger of major processors from Guelph, Ont., Montreal and Green Bay, Wisc. in 2005, announced Monday it will sell its rendering, grease collection and trap servicing business in Indiana and Ohio and some of its collection routes in Pennsylvania and Michigan to Texas-based rival Darling International.
The deal includes Sanimax’s processing facilities at Cleveland and at Kendallville, Ind., about 40 km north of Fort Wayne. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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“We are pleased to have the opportunity to add these businesses to our portfolio,” Darling CEO Randall Stuewe said in a release. “The addition of these processing locations and routes will help us fill out our national footprint and better serve our customers.”
Darling bills itself as the largest publicly-traded food-processing byproducts recycling firm in the U.S., while Sanimax has dubbed itself “North America’s leading BioReturn company.”
Sanimax’s operations in Canada include the collection of animal and meat byproducts, hides and skins and used cooking oil, as well as food ingredient, feed, grain and leather processing. It operates plants and sales offices in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba.
The company also owns interest in joint processing ventures BHJ Canada at Bolton, Ont. and APC Nutrition in Calgary.
Sanimax’s similar operations in the U.S. are based mainly around facilities in Wisconsin and Minnesota, plus a biodiesel plant at De Forest, Wisc. It also runs leather processing facilities at Durant, Okla. and Guanajuato, Mexico.
