Kemin Industries is a privately held, family-owned and operated global nutritional ingredient company headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Dr. Chris Nelson is the President and CEO. Kemin uses applied science to provide products and services that help improve the quality, safety and efficacy of food, feed and health-related products.
As a global company, Kemin strives to improve the quality of life by touching half of the people of the world each day with its products and services. Kemin maintains top-of-the-line manufacturing facilities where over 500 specialty ingredients are made for humans and animals in the global feed and food industries, as well as the health, nutrition and beauty markets. The company provides product solutions and options to customers in more than 120 countries. Kemin has more than 2,000 global employees and operates in 90 countries including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.
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Industries served
- Animal nutrition and health
- Pet food and rendering technologies
- Food technologies, including extending food shelf life
- Human nutrition and health, including dietary ingredients, vitamins
- Personal care
- Biofuel
- Crop technologies
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Company history
Kemin was founded by R.W. and Mary Nelson in 1961. The founders' initial goal was to develop innovative agricultural products and market them throughout the Midwestern United States. These early products, including mold inhibitors and flavors, quickly grew to encompass a full line of ingredients for animal feed that was sold nationwide. By the late 1960s, Kemin was exporting products to distributors in Holland and Spain. Within five years, growing demand for Kemin products justified a European sales and production site, which was established in Herentals, Belgium in 1970.
During the 1980s, Kemin expanded beyond the animal feed industry into the human food industry. The same chemistry used to manufacture mold inhibitors and antimicrobials for animal feed was also effective at inhibiting mold and bacteria in human food. By 1992, Kemin began applying its antioxidant expertise into the pet food industry.
In 1988, a second international headquarters was established in Singapore. In 1994, Kemin opened manufacturing and sales operations in Zhuhai, China. Two years later, Kemin established operations in Chennai, India. Due to expansion, manufacturing later moved to Gummidipundi, two hours outside of Chennai.
The company's first human division -- human nutrition and health -- demerged in 1995 when Kemin introduced FloraGLO® Lutein. With a dedicated team marketing and selling Kemin and FloraGLO to vitamin and dietary supplement manufacturers, Kemin became a market-leader in lutein.
The lutein model was adopted for other markets and Kemin demerged its second division, focused on developing patented molecules for the pharmaceutical industry, in 1997. Shortly thereafter, a new division serving the pet food industry was formed in 2000, and then another division serving the food industry was created in 2004.
In 2004, Kemin purchased a manufacturing facility and administration building in Indaiatuba, Brazil to manage the company's operations in South America. Kemin launched another division to expand into the global personal care industry.
In 2017, Kemin opened a state-of-the-art worldwide headquarters building in Des Moines, Iowa and a manufacturing facility in Lipetsk, Russia.
Global responsibility
Kemin has large-scale charitable partnerships with the World Food Programme and the World Food Prize with the vision to improve global food security.
Kemin supports a variety of charitable organizations in Des Moines, Iowa, USA and communities around the globe, including:
- Youth Emergency Shelter Services (Iowa)
- Habitat for Humanity (Iowa and International)
- Kemin Hope Primary School (China)
Kemin partners with the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council to help promote and support STEM education and economic development across Iowa. Dr. Chris Nelson serves as the STEM Council Co-Chair.
About Kemin
Type: Private Industry: Biotechnology, animal health and nutrition, pet food, human health and nutrition, food safety, personal care, crop technologies. Founded: Des Moines, Iowa, United States, 1961. Key people: Dr. Chris Nelson, President and CEO; Elizabeth A. Nelson, Vice President and General Counsel; R.W. Nelson, Co-Founder; Mary Nelson, Co-Founder.
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