ABOUT ALLTECH
Our Story

Alltech is one of the leading animal health company's in the world and the fact that we are privately held gives us a clear competitive advantage in terms of marketing expertise, industrial efficiency, breadth of products and targeted research and development.

Brand Strength
Alltech was founded in 1980 by Dr. Pearse Lyons, a scientist, who envisaged using natural yeast fermentation and natural enzyme technology as the driving force for providing new alternative technologies for the animal feed industry.

From a turnover of one million dollars in the first year of operation with our first branded animal feed product, Yea-Sacc1026®, Alltech has taken commanding positions in the food and feed sector. Today Alltech is growing at a rate of 25% per annum and has a current turnover of $300 million.

Innovation for Customer Satisfaction
At Alltech, successful new product development begins with awareness of customer needs. It is based on marketing expertise, research and development, strong brands and unrivalled experience in nutrition and animal health. To capitalise on our global presence and leading positions in local markets, Alltech has introduced international cross company structures to promote innovative developments and concepts in new geographical areas. In early 1999, in order to meet the growing demands and maintain our competitive advantage, Alltech opened its second Bioscience Centre in Ireland. The Bioscience Centre brings marketing and research and development together in order to enable us to be at the forefront of the quest to develop new, better targeted and more effective novel concepts and solutions to the numerous animal health problems that remain unresolved. A third Bioscience Centre will be opened in Thailand later this year.

The three Centres are home to a new breed of scientist and we give young students unfettered access to technologies and knowledge as they complete their Masters of Science and Doctoral Degrees. Alltech also offers undergraduate students the opportunity to be involved in working with cutting edge organisation under the Science Internship and the Young Animal Scientist Programme (YAS).

Alltech's solutions conform to the core values that Alltech has come to represent...naturally. These solutions conform to the ACE principle in that they are safe for the Animal, the Consumer and the Environment.

A lot has been accomplished over the past 27 years in applied research. We have learned that this is not only about individual solutions but re-imagining the entire industry by embracing new technologies. Natural strategies are reducing environmental impact, replacing chemical additives, making producers more competitive and changing how consumers view and value food animal products.

 

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