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Novus International, Inc., headquartered in metro St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., is an animal health and nutrition company.〔http://www.stltoday.com/pr/business/PR05050910482578〕 It serves customers ranging from animal nutritionists to veterinarians, to individual animal owners.〔http://www.agrimarketing.com/show_story.php?id=45952〕 Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.), and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. and operates in over 90 countries.〔 Novus's products include amino acids, organic trace minerals, feed preservatives, and various nutrition and health products.〔 ==History== Early 1950s – Monsanto begins metabolism studies and the development of methionine hydroxy analogue (MHA feed supplement) production begins at Monsanto's Everett, Massachusetts location. 1954 – MHA project moves to Monsanto's St. Louis research center and gets additional support. 1959 – SANTOQUIN is the first feed additive approved by the FDA. 1979 – ALIMET introduced.〔 First sale of ALIMET feed supplement to ConAgra Foods in El Dorado, Arkansas. 1991 – Mitsui & Co. and Nippon Soda acquire Monsanto's MHA and ALIMET businesses and form Novus International, Inc.〔〔http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/09/business/company-news-monsanto-to-sell-feed-unit-lines.html〕〔http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archives/September2009/groundup.html〕 1992 – Novus enters into contractual joint venture with Monsanto for SANTOQUIN feed preservative. 1993 – Novus Research Center completed and occupied at Missouri Research Park in St. Charles, Missouri. Novus begins managing customer inventories and automated order for bulk ALIMET and SANTOQUIN customers. 1996 – Novus launches ALIMET for dairy.〔 2003 – Novus completes purchase of SANTOQUIN and AGRADO from Solutia. Novus launches aquaculture business. 2007 –Novus hosts the first Sustainability Round-table discussion in St. Louis, Missouri. Arenus, a division of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC (a Novus International Company) is formed. Arenus is dedicated to producing equine nutrition products as well as nutrition products for the canine market. Novus signs an exclusive worldwide agreement with Martek Biosciences Corporation to market and distribute Martek's DHA Gold in all poultry and swine feed and enrichment applications. 2008 – Novus completes global headquarters in Missouri Research Park, St. Charles, Missouri. 2011 – Novus celebrates 20th Anniversary and opening of MINTREX production facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Novus International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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