NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2022 83 At FELASA 2022 (France), SAFE® Complete Care Competence surprised with breaking news: The leading company welcomes a new member. SDS Diets is now part of the Competence Center for Lab Animal Science of SAFE®. SDS Diets, former part of the family-owned UK company Dietex, is one of the largest suppliers of laboratory animal diets in Europe and the only dedicated manufacturer in the UK. For more than a quarter of a century, SDS Diets has been manufacturing precisely formulated and controlled diets, leading the way in accurate feeding for laboratory species. Alongside SAFE® Complete Care Competence, Europe’s No. 1 in feed and bedding, SDS Diets will in future be managed under one manufacturer’s roof. Therefore, the laboratory animal science community profits from the synergetic expertise and leadership in premium laboratory animal diets. In near future, the well-known SDS diets will be manufactured at SAFE® Plant for Diets & Custom Diets in France. The transition of the diets production from the SDS manufacturing site to SAFE® in France will take place in steps over a two-year period. All incoming orders and the order backlog will be processed by the SAFE® team with immediate effect to ensure the best possible changeover for the customers, short delivery times and reliable product availability. SAFE® welcomes SDS Diets SAFE® Complete Care Competence announced that SDS Diets, one of Europe’s largest suppliers of laboratory animal diets, is now part of the Competence Center for Lab Animal Science of SAFE®. Viserion Milling, LLC, a newly formed subsidiary of Viserion International Holdco, LLC announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Western Milling, LLC, a diversified California-based agribusiness, from Kruse Western, Inc. Viserion International and its subsidiaries are backed by Pinnacle Asset Management, L.P., a New York-based alternative asset management firm focused on global commodities markets. With a legacy dating back to 1935, Western Milling is one of the oldest and largest industrial providers of mixed grain cattle feed products to the dairy industry in California—which accounts for approximately 20% of all U.S. dairy output—and operates large-scale fertilizer transportation and grain merchandising businesses with a fleet of natural gas-powered trucks. Beyond mixed cattle feed, Western Milling provides a full suite of customizable animal nutrition products including complete feeds, blended vitamin-rich feeds, pelleted feeds for both poultry and branded pet foods, rolled grains, supplements, and other grain commodities including millrun, molasses, rice bran, and whey. The primary facilities being acquired by Viserion are located in Visalia (headquarters), Hanford and Famoso, California; Hereford, Texas; and Buckeye, Arizona. Viserion Milling acquires Western Milling Viserion Milling, a newly formed subsidiary of Viserion International, announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Western Milling, a California-based dairy cattle feed supplier.
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