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Ocean Nutrition Canada

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Type
  
Subsidiary

Headquarters
  
Dartmouth, Canada

Founded
  
1997, Bedford, Canada

Parent organization
  
DSM

Key people
  
Martin Jamieson CEO

Founder
  
John Risley

Number of employees
  
3,000 (2005)


Industry
  
Food, Dietary Supplements

Products
  
Fish Oil Capsules Meg-3 Brand Microcapsules

Website
  
www.ocean-nutrition.com

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Ocean Nutrition Canada is a manufacturer of Omega-3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) nutritional supplements under the MEG-3 brand.

Contents

They are headquartered in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Facilities

Ocean Nutrition Canada operates four facilities:

  • A research and development facility as well as a microencapsulation plant in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
  • An oil processing and refinement plant in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia.
  • An oil processing and refinement plant in Piura, Peru.
  • An oil processing and microencapsulation plant at Arcadia, Wisconsin.
  • The company specializes in the microencapsulation of fish oil, and markets this ingredient as Meg-3.

    History

    The company began in 1997 with four employees and has grown to over 300 employees worldwide.

    On 18 May 2012, Royal DSM from The Netherlands announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Clearwater Fine Foods and funds managed by Richardson Capital to acquire Ocean Nutrition Canada for a total enterprise value of CAD 540 million. The deal was completed in July.

    References

    Ocean Nutrition Canada Wikipedia