"This acquisition provides a production platform that will enable us to better serve the expanding worldwide human and animal choline chloride demand and it also adds a direct commercial European presence, which we now deem necessary. In addition to choline nutritional products, we gain access to production and technology for methylamines, metam sodium and other products for various industrial applications. This platform should provide many opportunities for Balchem to leverage its global growth plans," said Dino A. Rossi, President, CEO and chairman of the Board of Directors of Balchem.
In 2006, this Akzo operation realized approximately US$35 million in revenue. This revenue, when added to Balchem's 2006 result and its other acquisition in 2007, raises Balchem revenues on a pro forma basis for 2006 to approximately $175 million from $101 million.