Scales Corp and Alliance Group to create petfood joint venture

Scales Corp and Alliance Group to create petfood joint venture
Rebecca Howard
By Rebecca Howard March 8 (BusinessDesk) - Agribusiness group Scales Corp said Alliance Group will pay $15 million for a 50 percent stake in its Meateor  business and operations, creating a petfood joint venture.   "This venture is about developing New Zealand as the premier supplier of petfood proteins. We think the venture provides a number of benefits to the entire New Zealand petfood-supply industry, including as an avenue for the industry to improve scale," said managing director Andy Borland. The joint venture "extends Alliance's...