Press Release as at 22 July 2010
Seales and Glencore Reach Agreement
North Island stockfeed Company achieves important strategic agreement.
Today Ross Hyland the Managing Director of Waikato’s leading stockfeed Company Seales Ltd announced they had reached agreement with the world’s largest commodity trader Glencore. The agreement will allow Seales to move forward positively around future raw material supplies.
Glencore Australian CEO Chris Brookes has stated that Glencore is pleased to have concluded the agreement with Seales, as Glencore sees Seales as a market leader in the supply of quality nutritional feeds to the NZ dairy industry.
Glencore believes NZ farmers deserve a credible alternative supplier and the combined strength of Glencore’s global network with Seales NZ based manufacturing capacity and local knowledge of the NZ market, will provide NZ farmers with choices over supplementary feed decisions. The rollout of Seales national manufacturing and distribution strategy over the next 12-18 months was also a key factor in Glencore’s support of Seales.
Seales has appointed Mr Tony Moffat to manage this supply chain business with Glencore. Mr Moffat’s previous strategic role withing Seales has been taken over by the appointment of Dr Andrew West, who will be heading up Strategy along with Research and Development.
Mr Hyland says "Seales is working on a number of supply chain initiatives including leasing its first bulk storage facilities at the Port of Tauranga".
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Press Release as at 16th July 2010
Seales enhances the science of animal nutrition
Today Morrinsville based Seales feeds declared that it is accelerating its progress towards becoming New Zealand’s leading, scientifically-based, animal nutrition Company.
Managing Director, Ross Hyland, announced the appointment of Dr Andrew West as General Manager, Strategy and R&D at Seales.
"Dr West joins Seales to help expand the contribution of science and technology to the feeding of ruminant animals - cows, cattle, sheep and deer - in New Zealand. Animal nutrition is a science not an art and it offers the greatest opportunity for both productivity growth and pollution control within pastoral agriculture. I am confident that Seales will play a central role in helping farmers achieve the twin goals of more profit with a lower environmental footprint" said Mr Hyland.
"This is no longer about supplementary feeds" said Mr Hyland, "it is about balanced feeds to promote reproduction, growth, development and lactation, and better manage nitrogen and greenhouse gases on farm."
Dr West decsribed how he is genuinely excited to be joining what in his view is the leader in animal feeds in NZ and is excited by how Seales is growing its contribution of science to animal nutrition.
"It is the firm intention of Seales to work with leading scientists, particularly those at AgResearch and at Massey, Lincoln and Auckland Universities, to progress that science. To do so, we are in the process of appointing an impressive scientific advisory board. Without question, this country will benefit greatly from a serious scientific effort to underpin the nutrition of livestock and it is Seales’ aim to provide the commercial leadership to achieve that" said Dr West.
Dr West will initially work at Seales on a 50% plus time basis and be based at Morrinsville in the Waikato. Dr West begins employment with Seales on the 2nd of August, after a lengthy term as CEO of AgResearch. Seales is happy for Dr West to continue with his current Company Directorships.
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Contacts: Ross Hyland: ph: 021 942 900 OR
Dr Andrew West, PH: 0294 445 487