# From ‘Miwon’ to Pharmaceutical Ingredients… Daesang Accelerates Shift to High-Value-Added Materials Business - EDAILY

> Daesang is expanding from general-purpose amino acids such as feed lysine into high-purity amino acids for pharmaceuticals and nutrition. The company completed its acquisition of German firm AMINO GmbH and consolidated its results from Q2 2026. AMINO reported a plant utilisation rate of 105%.

- Date: 2026-08-18 · published 2026-08-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18239-from-miwon-to-pharmaceutical-ingredients-daesang-accelerates-shift-to-high
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

The shift away from commodity feed amino acids reflects weak generic amino acid pricing and may reduce long-run commodity lysine supply growth. The direct price impact on feed markets is limited.

## Sources

- en.edaily.co.kr: https://en.edaily.co.kr/news/eda202608185589/

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