Darling acquires rendering and grease collection business

The acquisition includes all of Sanimax’s rendering, grease collection and trap servicing business in the states of Indiana and Ohio.

 

In addition, Darling acquired certain of Sanimax’s collection routes in Pennsylvania and the lower part of Michigan.

 

Darling International Inc. chairman and chief executive officer Randall Stuewe said, "We are pleased to have the opportunity to add these businesses to our portfolio.

 

The addition of these processing locations and routes will help us fill out our national footprint and better serve our customers."

 

Darling International Inc. is the largest publicly traded, food processing byproducts recycling company in the US.

 

It recycles used restaurant cooking oil and byproducts from the beef, pork and poultry processing industries into useable products such as tallow, feed-grade fats, meat and bone meal and hides.