Koch Nitrogen Fertilizer Holding Inc. has finalized the purchase of Simplot Canada Ltd., which includes a fertilizer complex in Brandon, Manitoba, along with associated product distribution terminals in Watson and Tuxford, Saskatchewan, and Oak Bluff, Manitoba (GM Aug. 21, p. 1). These assets will be operated under the Koch Fertilizer Canada Ltd. name.
Bob Rader, a 25-year Koch company employee, has been named managing director for Koch Fertilizer Canada and will relocate to Brandon. Rader was most recently managing director for market development and strategic planning for Koch Nitrogen.
“We are excited about this acquisition and will begin to position the business to meet the ever-changing global market,” said Steve Packebush, Koch Nitrogen Fertilizer president. “Now that the acquisition is complete, we can begin identifying ways to improve efficiencies and enhance reliability to better meet the needs of customers in Western Canada and the northern United States.”
With this acquisition, Koch Nitrogen Co. and its affiliates manufacture, market, and distribute more than 7 million mt of fertilizer annually.