# Evonik to stop production of L-threonine in Kaba, Hungary | Feed Strategy

> Evonik will stop L-threonine amino acid production at its Kaba, Hungary site by the end of April 2018, citing intense competition. The company says ThreAMINO supply to global customers remains assured and the site's 120 employees are affected.

- Date: 2018-04-03 · published 2018-04-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65840-evonik-to-stop-production-of-l-threonine-in-kaba-hungary-feed-strategy
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

Closing a major threonine plant tightens global threonine supply, which should support threonine prices while competitors fill the gap.

## Read by commodity

- METH: neutral
- LYSINE: neutral

## Sources

- feedstrategy.com: https://www.feedstrategy.com/business-markets/feed-production-by-region/article/15439707/evonik-to-stop-production-of-l-threonine-in-kaba-hungary

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