ADM Opens Tianjin Aquafeed Facility, Its Second Site Dedicated to Hatchery and Nursery Feeds

ADM has inaugurated its Tianjin Early Nutrition Aqua Feed Facility, expanding the company's local manufacturing footprint in China with a plant focused on specialized feeds for fish and shrimp during hatchery and nursery stages, the company announced on 18 September 2026.

The facility is ADM's second production site globally dedicated to aquaculture hatchery and nursery feeds, following its long-established plant in Belgium, and draws on what the company describes as 25 years of international expertise in early-stage aquaculture nutrition. It has an annual design capacity of approximately 5,000 metric tons and can produce particles ranging in size from 50 microns to 3 millimetres to accommodate the feeding requirements of fish and shrimp across different early growth stages.

Production at the Tianjin site uses cold micro-extrusion and marumerisation technologies to create water-stable micro-particles designed to maintain nutrient integrity during feeding. Products to be manufactured there include the MeM and MeM Prime ranges, which are primarily used during late larval and nursery stages.

Eric Carfi, General Manager, Animal Nutrition, China, at ADM, said the company's approach combines research, production and customer application support: "Hatchery feed is a highly specialized field. The product itself is only one part of the solution; just as important is how we connect R&D, production and customer applications. Innovation in advanced nutrition is one of the pillars of our growth strategy, and by combining ADM's longstanding experience in R&D, formulation and application with this new local manufacturing capability, we can better translate global expertise into products and services that meet the practical needs of customers in China and across APAC."

Marc Campet, Technical Sales Director, Animal Nutrition, APAC, at ADM, outlined how the Tianjin site connects with the company's existing regional research infrastructure: "With the Tianjin facility now operational, ADM has further strengthened coordination among its APAC R&D resources, local production in China and market applications. The Vietnam R&D center provides research and trial support, while the Tianjin facility carries out local production of hatchery feeds."

ADM said its aquaculture hatchery and nursery nutrition business spans more than 60 countries and regions, and that its APAC Aquaculture R&D Center in Vietnam supports formulation development, product validation and application research.

The opening is set against the backdrop of a large and growing Chinese aquaculture sector. 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 on year. ADM said the industry is placing increasing attention on seedstock quality and nutrition management during early life stages as production expands.

Customers from APAC markets including China, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam attended the inauguration, alongside representatives from the Tianjin Municipal Government, the Binhai New Area Government and the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Administrative Commission. ADM leaders present included Gerald Wilflingseder, President, Animal Nutrition, APAC; Peggy Quan, President, ADM China; and Helen Hu, President, Nutrition, APAC.

With the addition of the Tianjin hatchery feed capacity, ADM said its aquaculture nutrition portfolio in China now extends from hatchery and nursery through to grow-out stages, complementing existing offerings that include specialty feeds, feed ingredients, feed additives, probiotics and premixes.