Danisco A/S 签定协议收购Sorbial，进一步增加在动物营养及环境可持续发展方面基于微生物的解决方案的投入

    Danisco A/S已经签定协议，收购了一家农业生物科技公司 - Sorbial公司。该公司是法国 Vallée 集团公司下属的一家高度创新性的分公司，其2008年营业额接近100万欧元。该公司主要致力于在动物产品及废物处理方面基于微生物的解决方案的开发，生产及应用。本次收购进一步提高了Danisco为动物产品行业及环境保护领域提供健康、营养解决方案的能力。

    动物营养方面的扩展

    这次收购包括产品研发技术、技术服务及独特的乳酸菌菌株产品，以及因直接喂养的微生物技术而可以进入欧盟主要市场的机会。"这次收购是建立在去年10月宣布的收购Agtech 产品的基础上进行的，"Danisco 动物营养高级副总裁James Laughton评论说。“它进一步巩固了我们在提供健康营养产品方面的领导者地位，因为我们目前能够为欧盟及北美的客户带来令人激动的创新产品。”他补充道。

    强化培养的基础地位

    “收购Sorbial技术是将我们的微生物技术奠定了在乳制品及食品培养的基础地位后，向其他新兴市场进军的战略的延续”， 生物活性及培养部门高级副总裁Doug Willrett补充说，“Sorbial的专业技术及专利菌株将帮助加速我们产品的开发，为动物营养及环境保护提供可持续的解决方案。”

    Danisco的培养部门在2009/2010财年第一季度取得了稳步的增长，收入额为7200万欧元，较上年同期增长13%。

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        Danisco A/S signs agreement to acquire Sorbial further investing in microbial-based solutions for animal nutrition and a sustainable environment

Danisco A/S has signed an agreement to acquire Sorbial, an agricultural biotechnology company. With a turnover close to 1 million euros in 2008, Sorbial is the highly innovative branch of the French group, Vallée. It is dedicated to the development, manufacture and application of microbial-based products for the animal production and waste treatment industries. This acquisition further strengthens Danisco’s capabilities for delivering healthy
nutrition solutions to the animal production industry and protecting the environment.

Expanding in Animal Nutrition
The acquisition includes expertise in R&D and technical services, a product portfolio of unique proprietary strains of Lactobacillus and access to the key EU market for technologies such as Direct Fed Microbials*. “This acquisition builds on the acquisition of Agtech Products that we announced in
October 2008” comments James Laughton, Executive Vice President, Danisco Animal Nutrition. “It further strengthens our aspiration to be the leader in providing healthy nutrition solutions, as we now are able to bring exciting innovations to our customer base in the EU as well as North America” he continues.

Strengthening Cultures leading position
“Acquiring the Sorbial technology is a continuation of our strategy to diversify beyond our leading position in dairy & food cultures to new markets for our microbial technologies, adds Doug Willrett, Executive Vice President – BioActives, Cultures Division, “Sorbial’s expertise and proprietary strains will help accelerate our product development to create sustainable solutions for animal nutrition and environment protection.”

Danisco’s Cultures Division currently experiences a solid growth registering 72 million euros (DKK 537 million) revenue in Q1 2009/10, up 13% Year/Year.