missouri 1991 headquarters st. charles missouri usa website www.novusint.com novus international inc. headquartered in metro st. louis missouri u.s. is an animal health and nutrition company . 1 it serves customers ranging from animal nutritionists to veterinarians to individual animal owners . 2 novus is privately owned by mitsui & co. u.s. and nippon soda co. ltd. and operates in over 90 countries . 1 novus s products include amino acids organic trace minerals feed preservatives and various nutrition and health products . 2 contents 1 history 2 products 3 scholarship programs 4 key people 5 references 6 external links history edit early 1950s monsanto begins metabolism studies and the development of methionine hydroxy analogue mha feed supplement production begins at monsanto s everett massachusetts location . 3 1954 mha project moves to monsanto s st. louis research center and gets additional support . 3 1959 santoquin is the first feed additive approved by the fda . 3 1979 alimet introduced . 2 first sale of alimet feed supplement to conagra foods in el dorado arkansas . 3 1991 mitsui & co. and nippon soda acquire monsanto s mha and alimet businesses and form novus international inc. 2 4 5 1992 novus enters into contractual joint venture with monsanto for santoquin feed preservative . 3 1993 novus research center completed and occupied at missouri research park in st. charles missouri . 3 novus begins managing customer inventories and automated order for bulk alimet and santoquin customers . 6 1996 novus launches alimet for dairy . 3 2003 novus completes purchase of santoquin and agrado from solutia . novus launches aquaculture business . 7 2007 novus hosts the first sustainability round table discussion in st. louis missouri . 3 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 . 3 2008 novus completes global headquarters in missouri research park st. charles missouri . 3 2009 stratum nutrition becomes a division of novus nutrition brands llc a subsidiary of novus international inc. leveraging the novus core competencies in nutritional research and innovation . 8 novus s global headquarters awarded leed platinum certification . 9 novus augments novus graduate scholars program initiated in china enters 5 year agreement with the african women in agricultural research and development award program as the first private sector partner . 3 novus acquires the animal nutrition division of albion laboratories inc. 10 including maac line of chelated trace minerals and investigaciones qu micas y farmac uticas s.a & enamex extending portfolio with feed and food carotenoid pigments essential oils anti caking agents and mold inhibitors . 2010 novus inaugurates a new research facility in montgomery city missouri usa green acres farm . 11 novus joins the sustainable sites initiative to promote sustainable land development and management practices . 3 2011 novus celebrates 20th anniversary and opening of mintrex production facility in little rock arkansas . 12 a new feed ingredient definition for mintrex chelated trace minerals is accepted by aafco . 13 novus and verenium announce strategic partnership to expand enzyme solutions to the animal nutrition market . 14 novus s aims program which reduces the carbon footprint in the animal feed value chain wins the first ever information technology innovation award from the american feed industry association afia . 3 novus international launches c.o.w.s. program to help producers enhance dairy herd well being . 3 2012 sites certifies novus international headquarters one of the first pilot projects to be certified and the first with a 3 star rating . 3 2013 novus ceo thad simons is elected to lead board of international food and agribusiness management association ifama . 15 novus and verenium introduce cibenza phytaverse phytase enzyme . 16 novus launches new customized version of its global corporate website . 17 2014 novus is honored as the 2014 corporate science leadership award recipient . 18 novus celebrates 30 years of alimet production . 19 novus board names fran ois fraudeau as president and ceo . 20 mintrex chelated trace mineral celebrate 10 years in the global trace minerals market . 21 novus announces intent to expand alimet capacity . 22 novus recognized as one of the top ten feed additive brands in china at the saier media user s chose awards . 23 novus launches cibenza phytaverse in south asia . 24 novus launches cibenza dp100 in china . 25 2015 novus secures methylmercaptopropanal mmp plant from union carbide corporation a subsidiary of the dow chemical company in st. charles parish louisiana . 26 novus joins the sustainability consortium . 27 novus receives 2015 internationalization award . 28 novus launches sertify in vitro testing kit for cibenza dp100 . 29 novus receives curuca sustainability award . 30 2016 novus celebrates 25th anniversary . 31 novus launces project horizon at world pork expo . 30 first novus enzyme product cibenza ep150 is registered in the european union . 32 products edit this is a comprehensive list of products offered by novus international inc. 33 the company operates in several industries which include poultry pork dairy beef aquaculture and companion animal . 34 many of the products listed below may be found in more than one industry . acidomatrix feed additive acidomix preservative pre mix activate nutritional feed acid agrado feed ingredient aims automated supply chain management system alimet feed supplement canthacol feed additive cibenza feed additive c.o.w.s programs formycine preservative pre mix maac chelated trace mineral mfp feed supplement mha feed supplement mintrex organic trace mineral next enhance feed additive provenia feed supplement santoquin feed preservative solis anti caking agent surf.ace feed mill processing aid toxiban feed additive xamacol feed additive xarocol feed additive zorien feed additive scholarship programs edit novus operates globally and awards several scholarships to support the research and work of graduate students in the agricultural industry . 35 there are currently programs operating throughout the united states as well as in china india and thailand . key people edit fran ois fraudeau president and ceo since march 2014 36 references edit a b http www.stltoday.com pr business pr05050910482578 a b c d http www.agrimarketing.com show story.php id 45952 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o volume 16 issue 3 . retrieved 2016 06 28 . 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 history . novus 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