BioMar continues to develop its market in China with the upgrading of its Haiwei plant in the south of the country.

Danish feed group BioMar, along with its joint venture partner, the Chinese Tongwei Group, inaugurated a new production line for extruded feed and a new warehouse at the Haiwei facility. The Haiwei factory is located in the Pearl River Delta in an area with a large production of Japanese sea bass and snakehead. Henrik Aarestrup, vice president of emerging markets at BioMar, who attended the inauguration: “The new extruder line is part of an upgrade of the factory where we have replaced older equipment with more efficient technology. It will make us more flexible towards the customers and allow for continued growth. We expect to sell around 60,000 tonnes this year. We have a very strong team headed by our general manager in Haiwei, and they have already more than doubled their sales in the last three years,’ said Aarestrup. He added: “so we still have room for growth with Haiwei.