IRVING, Texas, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling International Inc. (NYSE: DAR) today announced that it has completed the purchase of a river terminal and storage facility located on the Mississippi River in Muscatine, Iowa from CK Processing Company and River Terminal Corporation. Specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Darling International Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Randall Stuewe said, "The river terminal and storage facility will provide us the opportunity for future growth along with providing logistical support for our Midwest facilities to supply feedstock to our Diamond Green Diesel JV in Norco, LA."

Financial Advisory Partners, LLC acted as financial advisors to CK Processing Company and River Terminal Corporation in the transaction.

Darling International Inc. is the largest and only publicly traded provider of rendering and bakery waste recycling solutions to the nation's food industry. The company recycles beef, pork and poultry waste streams into useable ingredients such as tallow, feed-grade fats, meat and bone meal, poultry meal and hides. The company also recovers and converts used cooking oil and commercial bakery waste into valuable feed and fuel ingredients. These products are primarily sold to agricultural, pet food, leather, oleo-chemical and bio-diesel manufacturers around the world. In addition, the company provides grease trap collection services and sells used cooking oil collection equipment to restaurants.

For additional information, visit the company's web site at http://www.darlingii.com.

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SOURCE Darling International Inc.