NEW YORK — MidOcean Partners has acquired QualiTech, a manufacturer of plant nutrition, animal nutrition, and food ingredient products and services.

“We are delighted to welcome QualiTech to the MidOcean family,” said Steven Loeffler, principal at MidOcean. “QualiTech’s multiple distinct business lines afford MidOcean an exciting opportunity where we can help the company continue to build upon its rich heritage and scale its exceptional product offerings. QualiTech’s excellence in food ingredients, animal nutrition and plant nutrition, are highly synergistic with MidOcean’s expertise in the food ecosystem.”

QualiTech was founded in 1967 in Chaska, Minn., and produces a variety of savory blends for consumer food products, vitamins and minerals for pet and livestock feed, and specialty nutrition for plants.

“We are incredibly proud of the reputation for quality, service, and satisfaction we have purposefully built at QualiTech over the last 57 years,” said Cory Ploen, owner of QualiTech. “We believe MidOcean’s partnership will have a positive impact on our all of our stakeholders and are excited by the tremendous possibilities in the company’s future."