Processing
PTG sets up shop in Scotland
Norway-based refrigeration specialist PTG is setting up a UK arm to serve the seafood industry. The company has appointed Julian Ramsey as General Manager for the new company, PTG UK. PTG’s main markets in Scotland will be in the marine and industrial sectors, with solutions including RSW (refrigerated sea water) systems for ships, heat pumps,…
Read MoreThistle Seafoods buys Dawnfresh’s Uddingston plant
Thistle Seafoods has agreed a deal to acquire the Dawnfresh fish processing facility at Uddingston, near Glasgow as a going concern. In September 2021 Dawnfresh announced plans to close the Uddingston plant and consolidate processing in its Arbroath site on the east coast of Scotland, but in February this year the company was placed into…
Read MoreSeafish pledges to help industry face new challenges
International trade challenges and labour and skills issues could hamper the UK seafood industry’s ability to thrive if not tackled correctly. That’s the warning from Seafish, the public body set up to promote the UK’s seafood industry, which has set out the five main challenges facing the sector, and how it intends to tackle them,…
Read MoreSt James Smokehouse profits up
Thanks to some impressive cost savings, St James Smokehouse was able to increase its profits during 2020, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic. The Annan-based company has just published its accounts for the full year 2020, the most recent period for which detailed figures are available, which show pre-tax profits of £1.581m against 1.405m…
Read MoreMarel ties up Wenger takeover
Processing multinational Marel has completed its acquisition of US processing solutions business Wenger. The deal, announced in April, prices Wenger at US $540m (£433m). It has now been approved by shareholders and has passed US anti-trust tests. Wenger produces equipment for processing pet food, plant-based proteins, and aqua feed. It will form a new business…
Read MoreVega’s processing plant gets GSA certification
Vega Salmon’s processing plant has been certified to the Global Seafood Alliance’s Seafood Processing Standard (SPS). It is the first seafood processing plant in Germany to earn the distinction. Although the company is headquartered in Kolding, Denmark, Vega Salmon’s processing plant is located just across the border in Handewitt, Germany, and its Atlantic salmon is…
Read MoreHawesta processing facility set to close
Thai Union’s German subsidiary Rügen Fisch AG is to close its processing plant in Lübeck, transferring operations to Sassnitz, where the rest of the Rügen Fisch processing is based. The plant in Lübeck, the second-largest city on Germany’s Baltic coast, is currently run by Rügen’s subsidiary Hawesta, which produces a variety of canned fish including…
Read MoreArnarlax plans 80,000 tonne processing plant in Iceland
Icelandic fish farming company Arnarlax has announced plans to build a new hi-tech salmon processing factory in the country’s Westfjords region. The plant will be one of the largest in Iceland, eventually able to process up to 80,000 tonnes a year. A start date has yet to be agreed, but the company, has signed a…
Read MoreProcessing equipment group Marel acquires Wenger
International fish and meat processing equipment manufacturer Marel has taken over US-based Wenger, a US-based business leader in extrusion systems for producing pet food, aquafeed, and food for consumers. The move extends the Iceland-based Marel’s reach into the pet feed, plant-based food and aquafeed sectors. It will form the basis for a new business segment,…
Read MoreNolan takes on wider processing role at Mowi
Mowi has appointed Scott Nolan to the newly created position of Operations Director, Processing and Sales (UK and Ireland). Nolan (pictured) is currently Processing Director for Mowi Scotland Ltd. In his new position, he will report jointly to Ben Hadfield (COO Farming, Scotland, Ireland & the Faroes) and Andreas Soraa (MD, RMT). Mowi said the new…
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