adisseo, one of the world's leading experts in animal feed, and fermentalg, an industrial biotechnology company that specializes in the production of compounds and molecules derived from microalgae, announced a new partnership on february 11, 2014. the two groups have decided to combine their respective expertise in the joint development of new generations of proteins for animal feed.
"today's animal feed industry is faced with the dual dilemma of a sharp increase in demand for proteins and the constant depletion in marine resources,” said pierre calleja, fermentalg’s founder, chairman and ceo.
“thanks to their unique metabolism, which draws on the best of both animals and plants, microalgae have a similar nutritional profile and value to fishmeal, making them a sustainable answer to this global challenge,” calleja said.
commenting on the new partnership with adisseo, calleja added, "we are delighted to be able to work with a global leader like adisseo in rolling out our groundbreaking technology for the industrial production of microalgae across new and major markets of animal feed as we have already done in the human nutrition market."
“fermentalg clearly has the vision, expertise, resources and original technology needed to quickly bring the groundbreaking project to market,” said jean-marc dublanc, ceo of adisseo. “the technological partnership is a perfect illustration of adisseo's outward-looking and client-oriented sustainable innovation strategy."