ADM announced on June 1 the opening of a new premix and feed additives production facility in Apucarana, Paraná, Brazil. The facility covers 7,500 square meters and has an annual capacity of approximately 40,000 tons, with the ability to deliver up to 10 tons per hour. The company said the plant is designed to be one of the most technologically advanced premix operations in Brazil.
The new plant combines advanced automation with traceability processes intended to enhance predictability and reliability across the protein value chain. Raphael Bozola, ADM’s Vice President of Animal Nutrition for South America, said, “Our innovation process is focused on improving our customer’s production performance by reducing losses through higher bioavailability and feed conversion and unlocking more value for our customers through higher productivity, improved yield and cost efficiency.” Bozola added, “More than a capacity increase, the inauguration of this plant symbolizes our strategic decision to grow with control, standardization and operational excellence in a key pillar of our business in Brazil — animal nutrition.”
To support traceability requirements for global market operations, ADM said the Apucarana facility uses systems that enable faster and more precise monitoring of materials and processes. This supports compliance with increasingly stringent standards for quality, safety and process segregation. The company also highlighted that each formulation can be fully mapped using advanced tracking technology.
The facility features individualized silos and a dedicated mixing system aimed at enhancing process robustness as well as consistency between batches. Unlike traditional systems that use shared mixers, ADM’s approach allows segregation between different product lines—particularly important for “clean” lines free from ionophores or those requiring high standards for quality.
Bozola said, “Advancing the level of control delivers additional gains in predictability across the value chain and reinforces the reliability of our customers’ production performance. Our facilities leverage technology in service of consistency and growth. The automation and systems implemented at the new unit are not an end in themselves; they are tools to sustain efficient growth, raise the technical standard of our operations, and prepare the business for the future of animal nutrition: more demanding, more regulated and increasingly data-driven.”
