CARTHAGE, Mo. - TelAve -- Stratum Nutrition^®, (a business of ESM Technologies), is pleased to announce a new partnership with Maxim Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm. Through an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares previously owned by Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, Maxim Partners has assumed majority ownership of Stratum Nutrition and will operate in partnership with ESM Holdings, LLC who retains the remaining shares.

Micah Osborne, CEO at Stratum Nutrition, said, "We are very excited to have Maxim join our team. The team at Maxim shares our values and is committed to growing our ability to supply our customers with high quality ingredients."

"We are thrilled to be partnering with Stratum Nutrition and further intensifying our efforts within the Nutrition sector," said Gregg Wilson, Founder & Managing Partner at Maxim Partners. "We believe Stratum is uniquely positioned to grow as they continue to invest in manufacturing and R&D, but also as we work together to assume an acquisitive role within the ingredients sector. Micah and the Stratum team have demonstrated incredible character, determination, and knowledge of the industry, and we look forward to sharing in the next stage of this journey."

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Together, Maxim Partners and Stratum Nutrition will capitalize on the strengths of both companies to expand Stratum's product portfolio, both organically and inorganically, and to invest in manufacturing to better serve Stratum's global customer base (manufacturers and marketers of supplements, foods, and beverages).

Stratum is the global leader in eggshell membrane science and technology for joint health support. For more information about NEM® and other ingredients, please visit www.stratumnutrition.com.

Maxim Partners' mission is to enrich lives through innovation in education and wellness. We do this by partnering with entrepreneurial leaders seeking additional resources to achieve their goals. For more information about a potential partnership, please visit https://www.maximpartnersllc.com/.

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Stratum Nutrition^®, a business of ESM Technologies, LLC, sustainably provides world-class nutrition ingredient solutions to nutritional product formulators for human and pet health. Stratum offers a portfolio of research-supported, branded ingredients that are progressive, safe and effective, including NEM^® brand eggshell membrane, ESC^® brand eggshell calcium, Ahiflower^® plant-based omegas-3,6,9, Curcumin 95, curQplus™, LBiome™ Lactobacillus LB postbiotic, NatAxtin^TM astaxanthin, as well as oral health probiotics, BLIS K12^® and BLIS M18^®. These trusted ingredients are relied upon by consumers internationally. Visit www.stratumnutrition.com for more information.