M&A Deal Summary

Great Salt Lake Artemia Acquires Ocean Nutrition

On May 19, 2025, Great Salt Lake Artemia acquired consumer products company Ocean Nutrition from Torqx Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Great Salt Lake Artemia’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Great Salt Lake Artemia’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-05-19
Target Ocean Nutrition
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Great Salt Lake Artemia
Sellers(s) Torqx Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Ocean Nutrition

Essen, Belgium
Ocean Nutrition provides fish feed for the marine and freshwater ornamental and hatchery aquaculture sectors. A high-standard factory in Thailand supports it and covers all relevant geographies in Europe and APAC. Ocean Nutrition was founded in 1982 and is based in Essen, Belgium.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Great Salt Lake Artemia

Ogden, Utah, United States

Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

Great Salt Lake Artemia is a producer of artemia in the world. Its products are delivered via a worldwide distribution network, providing the very best on-demand, live feed for shrimp and fish larvae. Great Salt Lake Artemia was founded in 2007 and is based in Ogden, Utah.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Torqx Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2017
PE ASSETS 150M EUR
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Torqx Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in medium-sized companies located in the Benelux. The Firm will consider a variety of investment situations including expansion financings, buy-and-builds, performance improvements, turnarounds, and transformational investments. Broad areas of interest include manufacturing, distribution and services where Torqx can leverage its experience and team. The Firm typically acquires majority positions and partners with entrepreneurs and management teams when pursuing transactions. Torqx Capital Partners was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Bussum, the Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: Belgium M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2025 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-04-14 Folat

Haarlem, Netherlands

Folat is a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of decorated party goods and party accessories in the Benelux. Key customer segments are dedicated to party goods stores, webshops, and large retailers. Folat was founded in 1993 and is based in Haarlem, Netherlands.

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