Viterra buys 21st Century Grain Processing

21st Century processes oats, wheat, and custom-coated grains at two plants in Central US, an oat mill at South Sioux City, Nebraska and a wheat milling plant near Dawn, Texas. Ingredients supplier Viterra has operations across North America, Australia, China, Italy, Japan. Singapore, Switzerland and New Zealand. Karl Gerrand, Viterra's senior vice-president, processing said: " This is an ideal acquisition for Viterra that complements our existing industrial oat business, and further diversifies our product offering with the addition of 21st Century's value-added whole grain ingredients .” The acquisition reinforces Viterra's mission to leverage its expertise and existing core capabilities to supply its value-added processing operations, said the company. 21st Century's US processing facilities will benefit from Viterra's existing oat milling operations and grain origination network in Canada, according to the company.

Viterra buys 21st Century Grain Processing

Canadian food producer Viterra has acquired US company 21st Century Grain Processing for an undisclosed sum.

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