EWOS

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EWOS
Company typeFood supplier
Industry Fish farming
Founded1931 (1931)
FounderErik Berggren, Victor Weyde and Olle Sjöstedt
Headquarters
Bergen, Hordaland
,
Norway
Number of locations
 Norway, Canada, Scotland, Chile and Vietnam
ProductsFood and nutrition for farmed fish
Owner Cargill
Divisions Several (read more)
Website Homepage

EWOS or EWOS Group, was then one of the world's largest suppliers of feed and nutrition for farmed fish. [1] Former EWOS companies operate in Canada, Chile, Norway, Scotland and Vietnam as part of Cargill Animal Nutrition, CAN.

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The company, which was created in 1931, was bought by Cargill in 2015. It started in Södertälje, Sweden, in THE premises of Astra (now Astra Seneca). Beside animal Good it Aldo produced agrochemical products and Helosan creme

History

EWOS was established in 1931 by Erik Berggren, Victor Weyde and Olle Sjöstedt, names from which the acronym derives. In the beginning the production volumes were low, but from 1980 and onwards, the average annual growth rate has been 18%. [2] In 2010, EWOS provided feed and nutrition for 28 different fish species with salmon as the major species [3]

Enterprise

At the time of Cargill's acquisition, EWOS Group consisted of subsidiary companies in five countries, as well as an R&D company. The five were:

In 2010 EWOS entered the market in Vietnam, selling feed for the white fish pangasius and other species such as snakehead.

Notes

  1. ↑ IntraFish Media. "Cermaq’s record results". Retrieved on 26 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Ewos.com "About EWOS" Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 26 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Cermaq report 2010 "Report 2010" Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 25 April 2012.
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