Adisseo

A global company

Continue to feed more and better

Feeding the planet in a high-quality, affordable, safe and sustainable way

Adisseo contributes

to the sustainable growth of the planet

Adisseo is committed

to a fair balance of the value we are creating between our customers, employees and shareholders.

Adisseo delivers

innovative products and services to the feed and food industry

A worldwide leader in animal nutrition

Adisseo is among the world leaders in animal nutrition with a turnover of 2.04 billion euros in 2022 and over 4,200 customers.

Our mission is to feed the planet in a high-quality, affordable, safe and sustainable way.

In 2006, we joined the Bluestar Group faciliting our access to the Chinese market, the world’s largest growth market.

Continue to feed more and better

Feeding the planet in a high-quality, affordable, safe and sustainable way

Adisseo contributes

to the sustainable growth of the planet

Adisseo is committed

to a fair balance of the value we are creating between our customers, employees and shareholders.

Adisseo delivers

innovative products and services to the feed and food industry

A worldwide leader in animal nutrition

Adisseo is among the world leaders in animal nutrition with a turnover of 2.04 billion euros in 2022 and over 4,200 customers.

Our mission is to feed the planet in a high-quality, affordable, safe and sustainable way.

In 2006, we joined the Bluestar Group faciliting our access to the Chinese market, the world’s largest growth market.

Adisseo markets around the world

Over 2650 employees around the world

ADISSEO IN THE WORLD

We innovate, manufacture and market around the world.

Our group has over 2,650 employees across all continents.

Exports constitute over 95 % of our sales.

Asia’s highly promising market which represented 10% of our sales in 2013, represents 24% of our sales in 2022.

ADISSEO IN THE WORLD

We innovate, manufacture and market around the world.

Our group has over 2,650 employees across all continents.

Exports constitute over 95 % of our sales.

Asia’s highly promising market which represented 10% of our sales in 2013, represents 24% of our sales in 2022.

Adisseo markets around the world

Over 2650 employees around the world

1939

The company Alimentation Equilibrée is founded in Commentry, France by Marcel Lingot, a young graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique, who was passionate about nutrition and was able to successfully synthesise methionine.
1971

The company is acquired by Rhone-Poulenc, becoming its animal feed Division.
It is then able to acquire solid scientific expertise which remains its trademark to this day.
2002

Acquired by the investment fund CVC and renamed Adisseo, the company regains its independence and adopts rigorous business standards.
It streamlines its nutrition research activities by consolidating them in Commentry, France at the CERN (Centre for Expertise and Research on Nutrition).
2006

Adisseo joins BlueStar, the leading Chinese company in new chemical materials and specialty chemicals. Through this alliance, it gains strategic support and secures the ideal launching pad to take on the Asian market.
CINAbio, the biotechnology research and development centre in Toulouse, France is created in the same year.
2013

Launch of the methionine unit in Nanjing, China.
Its full integration makes this site unique.
It includes all intermediate stages of methionine production onsite and has a surface area equivalent to 15 football fields.
2015

Adisseo is the first international company to be listed on the Shanghai stock exchange.
2016

Launch of two new specialty products : Rovabio Advance, first feedase on the market to improve digestibility and Alterion, a probiotic that limits the use of antibiotics in animal feed.
2017

Construction of a new production unit in Burgos (Spain). This new facility is dedicated to the production of Rhodimet ADRY +, a new form of methionine powder, obtained from liquid methionine, launched on the market in 2018.
2018

Announcement of the project to build a second production unit in Nanjing, China. This new plant has an expected annual capacity of 180 Ktonnes/year of liquid methionine in order to meet customer needs and Adisseo’s sustainable growth objectives.Adisseo acquires NUTRIAD, global producer of feed additives.
2020

Creation of Calysseo, a join-venture with Calysta

Acquisition of FRAmelco
2021

Creation of SinoChem, merge between SinoChem and ChemChina
2022

Start up of a new 180Kt capacity methionine plant in Nanjing

Start up of Feedkind facility in China

KEY DATES

The company Alimentation Equilibrée is founded in Commentry, France by Marcel Lingot, a young graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique, who was passionate about nutrition and was able to successfully synthesise methionine.
The company is acquired by Rhone-Poulenc, becoming its animal feed Division.
It is then able to acquire solid scientific expertise which remains its trademark to this day.
Acquired by the investment fund CVC and renamed Adisseo, the company regains its independence and adopts rigorous business standards.
It streamlines its nutrition research activities by consolidating them in Commentry, France at the CERN (Centre for Expertise and Research on Nutrition).
Adisseo joins BlueStar, the leading Chinese company in new chemical materials and specialty chemicals. Through this alliance, it gains strategic support and secures the ideal launching pad to take on the Asian market.
CINAbio, the biotechnology research and development centre in Toulouse, France is created in the same year.
Launch of the methionine unit in Nanjing, China.
Its full integration makes this site unique.
It includes all intermediate stages of methionine production onsite and has a surface area equivalent to 15 football fields.
Adisseo is the first international company to be listed on the Shanghai stock exchange.
Launch of two new specialty products : Rovabio Advance, first feedase on the market to improve digestibility and Alterion, a probiotic that limits the use of antibiotics in animal feed.
Construction of a new production unit in Burgos (Spain). This new facility is dedicated to the production of Rhodimet ADRY +, a new form of methionine powder, obtained from liquid methionine, launched on the market in 2018.
Announcement of the project to build a second production unit in Nanjing, China. This new plant has an expected annual capacity of 180 Ktonnes/year of liquid methionine in order to meet customer needs and Adisseo’s sustainable growth objectives.Adisseo acquires NUTRIAD, global producer of feed additives.
Creation of Calysseo, a join-venture with Calysta

Acquisition of FRAmelco
Creation of SinoChem, merge between SinoChem and ChemChina
Start up of a new 180Kt capacity methionine plant in Nanjing

Start up of Feedkind facility in China

Comité exécutif

Dr Zhigang HAO

Chief Executive Officer & Chairman

Frédéric Jacquin

Deputy President & Chief Operating Officer

Sebastian MARTEN

Executive Director of the Specialty Strategic Business Unit

Hervé Alexandre

SBU Methionine Executive Director

Virginie Cayatte

Executive Vice-President Finance

Frank Chmitelin

Executive Vice President Strategy, Sustainable Development and Safety

Bruno Michienzi

Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing

Marc Proto

Global Competitiveness & Vitamins Executive Vice President

Jean-François Rous

Executive Vice-President Innovation

Fabien Siguier

Executive Vice-President Human Resources and Transformation

Gary Wang

Executive Vice President China

ADISSEO AT A GLANCE

More than

2,04

turnover Mds €
3

Business Units
19

plants
8

research centers
2

industrial platforms
more than

4200

customers
more than

290

researchers
more than

2650

employees
on 5 continents

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