date:Apr 09, 2013
Royal DSM, a global life sciences company, completed the acquisition of So Paulo, Brazil-based Tortuga Companhia Zootcnica Agrria, a nutritional supplements firm that specializes in pasture-raised beef and dairy cattle, for 440 million euros ($572.5 million).
Royal DSM said the acquisition strengthens its position in Brazil and the country's market for nutritional supplements and additives for ruminants. Tortuga also expands DSM's animal nutrition ingredients portfolio with organic trace minera