subsidiary industry food dietary supplements founded 1997 in bedford nova scotia headquarters dartmouth nova scotia canada key people martin jamieson ceo products fish oil capsules meg 3 brand microcapsules number of employees 3000 2005 slogan wellness through innovation website www.ocean nutrition.com ocean nutrition canada is a manufacturer of omega 3 eicosapentaenoic acid epa docosahexaenoic acid dha nutritional supplements under the meg 3 brand . they are headquartered in dartmouth nova scotia canada . facilities edit ocean nutrition canada operates four facilities a research and development facility as well as a microencapsulation plant in dartmouth nova scotia . an oil processing and refinement plant in mulgrave nova scotia . an oil processing and refinement plant in piura peru . an oil processing and microencapsulation plant at arcadia wisconsin . the company specializes in the microencapsulation of fish oil and markets this ingredient as meg 3 . history edit the company began in 1997 with four employees and has grown to over 300 employees worldwide . 1 on 18 may 2012 royal dsm from the netherlands announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with clearwater fine foods and funds managed by richardson capital to acquire ocean nutrition canada for a total enterprise value of cad 540 million . 2 the deal was completed in july . 3 references edit foot richard 2 november 2011 . ocean nutrition thinks local on a global scale . the globe and mail . retrieved 26 february 2014 . dsm to acquire ocean nutrition canada to expand its nutritional lipids growth platform press release . dsm . 18 may 2012 . retrieved 26 february 2014 . cosgrove colleen . n.s. still has role in market after sale of ocean nutrition . the chronicle herald . retrieved 28 june 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ocean nutrition canada & oldid 723453613 categories food and drink companies of canadahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 04 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view