Mowi looks to boost Asian sales

SCOTLAND’S largest salmon farmer is looking to expand sales to Asia this year as uncertainty over Brexit raises the prospect of tariffs on European trade. Mowi, formerly Marine Harvest, exported 32 per cent of its volume – out of a total of 47 per cent exports – to Europe in 2017, said head of sales…

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Shareholders say yes to Mowi

AN extraordinary general meeting of Marine Harvest shareholders today approved, as expected, the change of the company’s name to Mowi. The new name will now become effective from January 1, 2019. Shareholders representing 225,055,360 shares, corresponding to 43.61 per cent of the share capital, were at the meeting in Bergen or represented by proxy. Also…

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MH plans high speed Mowi roll-out

MARINE Harvest has said it plans to move faster than its competitors following the launch of its Mowi brand, which will also become the company’s new name. Shareholders will be asked to approve the plan next week. In his latest monthly newsletter, Ben Hadfield, managing director of Marine Harvest Scotland, pledged ‘significant investment over the…

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Marine Harvest pledges bright future for Scotland

MARINE Harvest, which surprised the salmon industry yesterday by announcing a name change, has pledged a bright future for Scotland. If approved by shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting in Bergen on December 4, a new brand name – Mowi – will replace Marine Harvest from the beginning of 2019, backed by an investment of…

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