Category: Seafood Processing
New quality manager for Samherji. Sunneva Ósk Gudmundsdóttir has been appointed quality manager for land-based fish processing at Samherji. She replaces Elvar Thorarensen, who is retiring for health reasons. Ms. Gudmundsdóttir has a degree in ...
New support for Canada’s fish harvesters. Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has announced up to $469.4 million in new measures to support Canada’s fish harvesters, who are economically impacted by the pandemic but cannot access ...
Thai Union temporarily closes cannery due to coronavirus. Thai Union says it had an employee that tested positive for COVID-19 at its Pioneer Food Cannery in Ghana. A statement said: “The positive test results were ...
MarinTrust becomes member of ISEAL Alliance. MarinTrust, independent business to business certification programme for the marine ingredient value chain, has been accepted as a full member of the ISEAL Alliance, the global membership organisation for ...
Thai Union Records Strong First Quarter – Thai Union Group PCL. reported first quarter sales of THB 31,103 million, an increase of 5.9 percent year-on-year and its best first-quarter sales performance in three years. The growth ...
Lithuanian salmon processor wins recognition. Salmon processing company Viciunai ir Partneriai was recognised by the business risk management group Coface as one of top three most reliable companies in Lithuania. Viciunai ir Partneriai received the ...
Breakthrough in batching and robotic packing for frozen fillets. Valka and the Icelandic company FISK Seafood have signed an agreement for a new batching and automatic packing system for light salted frozen fillets. The system ...
Indian seafood processor partners with Global Tuna Alliance. Indian seafood processor and exporter, Maria Aquacon Pvt Ltd. becomes the latest, and first Indian, partner in the Global Tuna Alliance, an independent group of retailers and tuna ...
Skaginn 3X appoints new sales manager for Russia and Asia. Viktoría Alfreðsdóttir has joined Skaginn 3X sales team as Regional Sales Manager for Russia and Asia, further expanding the company’s sales network. Skaginn 3X recently ...
IFFO RS changes name to MarinTrust – IFFO RS, the IFFO Global Standard for Responsible Supply, has just announced its new name: MarinTrust and unveiled its new logo. The new name conveys the value that MarinTrust brings ...
Support for Scots seafood processors. Financial support for seafood processors to help them through economic pressures related to COVID-19 will be available through a new £10 million scheme. With many seafood businesses fighting for survival, ...
How Technology Could Make Bone-free Fish a Reality By David Bosworth, a senior programme manager at X-ray equipment specialist Cheyney Design Fish is an important part of a healthy diet and today we enjoy a ...
Skaginn 3X boosts sales management team. Fish processing machinery manufacturer Skaginn 3X has announced the addition of two new regional managers to its sales team, Ágúst Ágústsson and Ingvar Vilhjálmsson. Ágúst and Ingvar will both ...
New appointments for Valka New appointments for Valka, the Icelandic fish processing machinery manufacturer has appointed industry veteran Jon Birgir Gunnarsson as Director of sales. He has previously played a big role in the growth ...
Iceland Seafood invests in UK processing. Iceland Seafood International (“Iceland Seafood”) has announced the following: Its plans to merge Iceland Seafood Barraclough Ltd and Havelok Ltd into one legal entity – Iceland Seafood UK Ltd. To ...
Seafood Expo North America postponed – Diversified Communications, producers of Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America, announced that it is postponing the 40th edition of the expo that was scheduled to take place March 15-17, ...
Witness the pace of Marel Innovations in Boston. Live demonstrations of Marel products at Seafood Expo North America in Boston in this year will help visitors get a grip on some of the most innovative fish ...
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