ADM Opens Early Nutrition Aquafeed Facility in Tianjin, China

ADM has inaugurated its Tianjin Early Nutrition Aqua Feed Facility in China, the company's second production site worldwide dedicated to aquaculture hatchery and nursery feeds, following an existing facility in Belgium. The plant is now operational and will serve customers in China as well as other Asia-Pacific markets.

The facility has an annual design capacity of approximately 5,000 metric tons and is capable of producing products across a particle size range from 50 microns to 3 millimeters to meet the feeding requirements of fish and shrimp during early growth stages. ADM states the plant uses cold micro-extrusion and marumerization processes to produce water-stable microparticles intended to maintain nutrient integrity.

The inauguration was attended by ADM leaders including Gerald Wilflingseder, president, Animal Nutrition, APAC; Peggy Quan, president, ADM China; Helen Hu, president, Nutrition, APAC; Eric Carfi, general manager, Animal Nutrition, China; and Marc Campet, technical sales director, Animal Nutrition, APAC. Representatives from the Tianjin Municipal Government, the Binhai New Area Government and the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Administrative Commission also attended, along with customers from China, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Eric Carfi described the strategic rationale for the investment. "The Tianjin facility enables us to produce specialized hatchery and nursery feeds closer to customers in China and across APAC, while further improving regional supply efficiency," he said, adding that "Innovation in advanced nutrition is one of the pillars of our growth strategy."

The Tianjin site will manufacture a range of specialized hatchery feeds including the MeM and MeM Prime product lines. According to ADM, the MeM range is primarily used during the late larval and nursery stages and uses a cold micro-extrusion process with different particle sizes for different growth stages.

ADM says the new facility strengthens coordination between its APAC R&D resources, Chinese production and market applications. Marc Campet noted that "The Vietnam R&D center provides research and trial support, while the Tianjin facility carries out local production of hatchery feeds."

The company describes its aquaculture hatchery and nursery nutrition expertise as spanning 25 years, with its business in this field covering more than 60 countries and regions. Beyond hatchery feeds, ADM states it also supplies specialty feeds, feed ingredients, feed additives, probiotics, premixes and related technical support for later grow-out stages, extending its portfolio across the aquaculture production cycle.

The opening comes against a backdrop of continued growth in Chinese aquaculture. According to data cited by ADM from China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the country's aquaculture output exceeded 63 million metric tons in 2025, up 4.38% year over year.