Global biotechnology company producing 500+ specialty ingredients for animal nutrition, agriculture, food and other markets, with 3,000+ employees in over 90 countries.
Kemin Industries is a global biotechnology company that develops and manufactures more than 500 specialty ingredients. Its products serve animal nutrition and health, aquaculture, crop technologies, food technologies, human nutrition and health, pet food, textiles and biofuels. The company operates in over 90 countries, with manufacturing facilities across the globe, and employs more than 3,000 people worldwide.
Founded in 1961 by R.W. and Mary Nelson as Chemical Industries, the business began with feed additives for the U.S. Midwest agriculture market. That founding product line remains part of a broader portfolio built around molecular-level innovation and work in biotechnology, feed additive science, specialty ingredient development, agricultural science, food science and nutrition science.
Kemin is family-owned-and-operated. It describes itself as compelled by curiosity, with a focus on transforming quality of life for people, pets and the planet, and on serving customers both now and in the future. The company notes that its science is present in many everyday products.
