# Healthy animal nutrition - Evonik Industries

> Evonik has commissioned a Biolys L-lysine plant in Castro, Paraná, Brazil, with annual capacity of about 80,000 metric tons. The company said the plant will serve rising Brazilian and Latin American demand for feed-grade amino acids.

- Date: 2017-02-23 · published 2017-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72828-healthy-animal-nutrition-evonik-industries
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

Added local lysine capacity in Brazil could increase regional supply and put modest downward pressure on lysine prices, while improving supply security for feed makers.

## Read by commodity

- LYSINE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- central-south-america.evonik.com: https://central-south-america.evonik.com/en/healthy-animal-nutrition-549.html

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