Five years and more than $30 million in the making, global food, feed, and nutraceutical ingredient innovator Kemin Industries threw open the doors of its new, 94,000 square foot worldwide company headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. The structure will serve as the lynchpin completing the company’s a five-year, $125.5 million overall investment in Kemin Des Moines facilities
More than 600 community leaders, employees, and other attendees were on hand for the official grand-opening ceremony on August 29. They were treated to a tour the new facility southeast of the city center, in advance of the scheduled January, 2018, move from its previous headquarters nearby. The new site will house the company’s 500-plus employees—one quarter of its total global workforce, serving customers in 120 countries.