Tessenderlo Group, Brussels, on Jan. 3 announced that its Akiolis business unit (Bio-valorization segment) has acquired the real estate and production assets of the former Spanish rendering company Promed 202, Ribera d’Ondara, Lleida, Spain.
The plant specializes in the rendering of pork and poultry, and is located in one of the densest regions for pork and poultry farms in Spain. Tessenderlo said the acquisition will expand the activities of Akiolis on the Iberian Peninsula and strengthen its position in the European rendering market. Akiolis intends to resume operations in the course of the first quarter of 2023 under the name Akiolis Iberia.
Akiolis, with its headquarters in Le Mans, France, specializes in rendering activities and the production of high-value proteins and fats derived from animal byproducts. The industrial processes of Akiolis allow the valorization of its ingredients in markets such as the organic fertilization, pet food and animal nutrition, aqua feed and oleo chemistry, gelatins, cement plants, and energy sectors. In France, Akiolis currently has 12 production plants, with one of those in Violleau for organic fertilizers.
Tessenderlo said the transaction will have no material impact on its results.