Cal-Maine Foods Acquires ISE America Inc. for $110M
July 2, 2024
Cal-Maine Foods Inc. has acquired virtually all assets of Galena, Maryland–based ISE America Inc. for approximately $110 million in cash. The deal adds ISE’s commercial shell-egg production and processing capacity (about 4.7 million laying hens, including 1 million cage-free), feed mills, roughly 4,000 acres, pullets, inventories and an egg-products breaking facility, expanding Cal‑Maine’s footprint into the Northeast and Mid‑Atlantic.
- Buyers
- Cal-Maine Foods Inc.
- Targets
- ISE America Inc.
- Sellers
- ISE America Inc. and certain affiliates
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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