NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2023 7 Alltech, a leading global animal health and nutrition company, celebrated 30 years of operations at its production facility in the Mexican city of Serdán, in a ceremony on Tuesday that included Dr. Mark Lyons, president and CEO of the company, local officials, and Alltech team members. Thirty years ago, Alltech’s research into the benefits of Yucca schidigera extract for animal health, performance, and welfare paved the way for the company to establish a Yucca schidigera processor in the city of Serdán. The place was chosen for its semi-desert climate, where the yucca plant grows naturally. Serdán is located 190 kilometers southeast of Mexico City and has access to one of the most important ports in the country: Veracruz; from which two of its most important technologies are exported: De-Odorase® and Allzyme® SFF. Alltech’s investment in Serdán increased Alltech’s operational footprint and offered new nutritional solutions that improve animal health and production efficiency. However, the resulting partnership between Alltech and the community of Serdán has been even more significant. “The way the community and our company work together is incredible,” said Dr. Mark Lyons. “From the very beginning, we have been linked, as the success of one builds the success of the other.” Alltech and the residents of Serdán have worked together on numerous community engagement projects that support underserved families and vulnerable populations. The collaboration began with supporting a local orphanage, Casa Hogar, and has now grown to 23 active projects. “Serdán has served as a template for Alltech’s community involvement activities all around the world,” Lyons said. “We ask our colleagues in 350 communities around the world to ‘make a difference’ as our founder Dr. Pearse Lyons encouraged us, and Alltech Serdán is the best example of this spirit. This is a place where the culture of Alltech is truly alive.” Read more>> Alltech celebrates three decades of making a difference in the community oil as before, but with an increased engagement in fishery improvement programs to develop more sustainable management and fishing practices, and an increase in the use of fishery by-products as feed ingredients. • We continue to increase our use of alternative ingredients like insect meal and algae oil, for instance, to help expand our raw material basket so we can produce more feeds sustainably, as well as develop better feed packaging solutions that keep many tonnes of plastic out of the environment. • In 2022, sales of functional feeds, which help keep fish healthy, reducing the need for medication like antibiotics, reached their highest level since 2017. We saw a 71% reduction in coldwater antibiotic feed sales since 2017. Read more>>
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