BioMar’s aquafeed production facility in Wuxi, China, will be expanded to encompass two lines, doubling capacity and serving new customer segments. The plant will be able to produce specialty products for primary growth stages as well as for new high-end species.
Today, the Wuxi production facility in China mainly serves farmers within high-end species such as trout, salmon, sturgeon, largemouth bass, turbot and yellow croaker. As the new line will bring new technological opportunities to the facility, it opens to produce advanced nursery feed as well as feed for new species such as Japanese eel, grouper and mandarin fish.
BioMar has been present in China since 2016, working together with the joint venture partner Tongwei. While the production facility in Wuxi was built as a greenfield, enabling a core BioMar manufacturing setup, the production facility in Zhuhai (Haiwei) was acquired into the joint venture from Tongwei as it was successful serving the high-end species such as seabass and snakehead, targeted by the joint venture. Today, the two production facilities have a joint capacity of 200,000 metric tons, which with the increasing market interest in the product portfolio is about to limit the growth opportunities of the company.
“In recent years, we have developed a substantial business presence in China, where we collaborate with customers to introduce innovative feed solutions grounded in BioMar’s research and global experience with high-value species and sustainable aquaculture nutrition,” said Carlos Diaz, CEO, BioMar Group. “Our goal is to elevate this success by expanding the production capacity in Wuxi with 50,000 tons, while integrating advanced technological capabilities into our production facility.”
The expansion with a new line in China is a part of the overall BioMar growth strategy, expanding into new markets in close collaboration with customers and business partners. During the past decade, the company has built up business and production capacity in new geographies such as China, Ecuador, Australia, Iceland and Vietnam, and expanded into new business areas such as intelligent feeding technologies.
The new line in Wuxi is expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2027.
