l O o KING BACK WI th ... A R M A N D B A R R Managing Director of NEALIA ANIMAL NUTRITION EN v IRONMEN tA l commitment A member of the new VALORALIM 1 recycling chain, NEALIA also remains committed to sourcing 100% of its soya from deforestation-free zones in 2025. These initiatives are in line with VIVESCIAs LINK programme. 1. An organisation created this year devoted to collecting and recycling empty animal feed packaging. K E Y F I G U R E S 430,000 tonnes of animal feed distributed in 2023-2024 41 % growth in anaerobic digestion sales in 2023-2024 250,000 tonnes per year: the production capacity of the new platform in Pauvres A l OCA l SOYB e AN value chain This new value chain has been developed in partnership with the VIVESCIA Cooperative and Avril group. The construction of the soybean processing plant on ALIANEs plant in Rethel (eastern France) began in October 2023. It was commissioned in June 2024, and it processes non-GMO local grain and organic grain in equal parts. NEALIA posted very good EBITDA in 2023-2024... Yes it did, and that was down to close oversight of costs and very precise margin management. Last year the livestock industry benefited from good yields of forage crops, along with falling raw material prices. But this impacted demand for dry and moist compound feed among livestock producers. Against this backdrop, we leveraged our expertise in nutrition, formulation, and recovery and reuse of wet coproducts to support our core vocation advising and creating value for livestock farmers. Also, because weve diversified our activities in animal nutrition, anaerobic digestion, and insect farming, we're now less vulnerable to the fluctuations in prices and volumes that affect our longstanding operations. What are your plans for 2024-2025? With our new platform in Pauvres, in Ardennes, now able to produce wet compound feed, well keep developing our capacity to support anaerobic digestion plants and to supply feed substrates for insects, within the scope of our partnership with Agronutris. The tests carried out this year have been very successful. NEALIA's project teams are fully focused on optimising nutritional intake at the different stages of larval growth. Were also planning to build new poultry production facilities in partnership with leveurs de la Champagne . Calling all potential applicants! 21 VI V e S c I A I N D U S T r I e S S H A r e H O l D e r S N e W S l e T T e r 2 0 2 3