| EWOS | |
| Type: | Food supplier |
| Founder: | Erik Berggren, Victor Weyde and Olle Sjöstedt |
| Location City: | Bergen, Hordaland |
| Location Country: | Norway |
| Locations: | Norway, Canada, Scotland, Chile and Vietnam |
| Industry: | Fish farming |
| Products: | Food and nutrition for farmed fish |
| Owner: | Cargill |
| Divisions: | Several (read more) |
EWOS or EWOS Group, was then one of the world's largest suppliers of feed and nutrition for farmed fish.[1] Former EWOS companies operate in Canada, Chile, Norway, Scotland and Vietnam as part of Cargill Animal Nutrition, CAN.
The company, which was created in 1931, was bought by Cargill in 2015. It started in Södertälje, Sweden, in THE premises of Astra (now Astra Seneca). Beside animal Good it Aldo produced agrochemical products and Helosan creme
EWOS was established in 1931 by Erik Berggren, Victor Weyde and Olle Sjöstedt, names from which the acronym derives. In the beginning the production volumes were low, but from 1980 and onwards, the average annual growth rate has been 18%.[2] In 2010, EWOS provided feed and nutrition for 28 different fish species with salmon as the major species[3]
At the time of Cargill's acquisition, EWOS Group consisted of subsidiary companies in five countries, as well as an R&D company. The five were:
In 2010 EWOS entered the market in Vietnam, selling feed for the white fish pangasius and other species such as snakehead.