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Evonik Will Add Dairy Methionine

by Michael McCoy
August 18, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 33

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The U.S. is responsible for about 13% of global milk production, Evonik says.
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The U.S. is responsible for about 13% of global milk production, Evonik says.

Evonik Industries is building a plant in Mobile, Ala., to make Mepron, a form of the amino acid methionine used in dairy cow nutrition. A special coating protects the amino acid from undesired degradation in cows’ first stomachs, Evonik says. The plant is set for completion in the second half of 2015 at a cost that the German firm puts in the low-double-digit million-euro range. Evonik already makes methionine at the Mobile site.

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