DES MOINES, Iowa — Kemin Industries has broken ground for a new manufacturing facility in Southeast Des Moines. The state-of-the-art facility focuses on the company's production of encapsulated amino acids used in livestock feed to increase animal production and efficiency.
The roughly $17 million project is the company's most recent development in its worldwide expansion plan. First announced in 2010, the plan called for an investment of approximately $40 million and committed to adding 98 jobs. Since that time, the company has surpassed its commitment, adding approximately 140 full-time jobs. In September, it increased its. . .