Patent Co. Becomes Part of RWA Group

Patent Co., a company which produces animal feed, will from now on operate as a member of RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG, an international trade, service and investment group from Austria.

The Austrian company RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG has acquired the Serbian animal feed producer Patent Co. with the seat in Misicevo. Following the approval by of the competent anti-monopoly body, the deal was finalized on January 31, 2022.

RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG is an Austrian stock exchange-listed company with the seat in Korneuburg near Vienna. It is a wholesale and service company of warehouse cooperatives in Austria. At the same time, it is an investment group with more than 40 subsidiaries in Austria and select neighboring East European countries. Through the strategic alliance with BayWa AG, RWA is part of an international group for trade and services. As a successful conglomerate, it is active in five fields of operation, agriculture, energy, home and garden, building materials and technology. RWA currently employs 2,300 workers. In 2021, it realized an income of around EUR 2.7 billion.

Optimal portfolio addition

RWA Group is deeply rooted in Austrian agriculture. With Garant Tiernahrung and Agromed, it is very well positioned in the segment of animal feed and animal feed additives in the Austrian and international markets.

With three production locations in Aschach (Upper Austria), Poechlarn (Lower Austria) and Graz (Styria), Garant is an important market player in the field of animal feed mixes for all animals, including fish.

Agromed is well represented in the world market with animal feed additives.

From now on, the internationally established company for the production of animal feed Patent Co., with the seat in Misicevo, will work synergistically with Garant and Agromed in the sense of further innovations and potentials of growth, as well as the potential expansion of the production and the portfolio.

– By taking over Patent Co., RWA is making an important step toward growth in the key segments of animal feed and animal feed additives. We are convinced that the purchase will lead to a considerable strengthening of the product portfolio and geographic positioning in the sector of animal feed. The future cooperation will thereby raise further the important potentials for innovations, growth and development – says Reinhard Wolf, CEO of RWA.

– Thanks to our outstanding management team that initiates and leads the changes, support from our partners, Abris and to more than 250 dedicated and hardworking team members, we have gained leading position on the local markets and presence on 53 markets round the globe. Becoming the part of RWA, we are creating new opportunities, keep on building our organization, more than ever focused on research, further product development and business development – says Radivoje Perovic, CEO of Patent Co.

About Patent Co.

Patent Co. is an internationally established company in the field of animal feed, with the seat in Misicevo, which sells complete mixes, superconcentrates and premixes in the Balkans. With food additives, they are also successfully represented in the markets of Europe, Asia, North, Central and Latin America. Patent Co. employs around 280 workers and had an income of EUR 64.8 million in 2020.

Patent co. d.o.o. Mišićevo

Patent Co

RWA Group

Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG

BayWa AG

Garant Tiernahrung

Agromed

Abris

Reinhard Wolf

Radivoje Perović

Mišićevo

Korneuburg

Vienna

Aschach

Poechlarn

Graz

Upper Austria

Lower Austria

Styria

animal feed

production of animal feed

animal feed additives

animal feed mixes

complete mixes

superconcentrates

premixes