Turnover: 226 million EUR (2022)
Country: France
The METabolic EXplorer Group is a European leader in the production of functional ingredients by industrial fermentation.
Its products derived from renewable materials are used in animal nutrition, in the formulation of cosmetics and specialty products, and as intermediates in the synthesis of biomaterials.
More than 450 employees
The Amiens plant, close to the beet fields needed for fermentation, has a capacity of 100,000 tonnes
In France, the production of feed for farm animals reaches some 20 million tonnes a year. Feed is a mixture of cereals, corn and wheat, as well as proteins, soy and amino acids, essential for livestock growth.
The animal nutrition sector employs around 12,000 people and generates sales of 8.8 billion euros
News
Metabolic in safeguard proceedings, its two plants in receivership 13/03/2024
- Bpifrance holds nearly 26% of MetEx's capital.
- The price of sugar has almost doubled since the pre-COVID period.
- MetEx employs 450 people.
- MetEx's sales have fallen from €226.5 million in 2022 to €132.4 million in 2023.
- Sales of MetEx commodity products, such as lysine, fell from €138 million to €35.2 million in one year.
- Sales of MetEx specialty products rose by almost 10% in 2023, reaching 97.2 million euros.
Studies mentioning this company
The Farm Animal Feed Market - France
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