Posts Tagged ‘Nutreco’
Nutreco and Skretting chiefs to step down
The chief executives of feed giant Nutreco and its aquaculture business, Skretting, have both announced they will be stepping down. Nutreco CEO Fulco van Lede (pictured, right), will be leaving this summer after leading the company for the past three years. In addition, Therese Log Bergjord (pictured, left), CEO of Skretting for the past seven…
Read MoreNutreco teams up with Nordic Aqua Partners to build RAS facility in China
Dutch feed manufacturer Nutreco has completed its further investment in Nordic Aqua Partners (NAP), which is building a Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) facility for salmon farming in China. Earlier in November, Nordic Aqua Partners announced successfully completing a private placement of new shares with gross proceeds of approximately €55.1 million. The farm, which will be…
Read MoreNutreco invests in Kingfish Zeeland expansion
NUTRECO announced today that it is investing in the Dutch company Kingfish Zeeland, which produces fish in a land based RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) farm. The funding will enable Kingfish Zeeland, which supplies markets in Europe and the US, to double its current production capacity of 500 tonnes a year, and scale up in the…
Read MoreNesse new Akva boss as CEO resigns
THE CEO of aquaculture equipment supplier Akva is to stand down, with effect from today, the Norwegian headquartered company announced. Hallvard Muri, who took up the post in November 2016, has resigned. He will be replaced by an interim leader, Knut Nesse, current chair of the Akva board and until last year CEO of feed…
Read MoreNigerian fish farm forum debates industry growth
MORE than 90 Nigerian fish farmers attended a conference in Lagos last week, with a view to developing the country’s aquaculture industry. Organised by feed company Skretting, which has built mills in Nigeria, Egypt and Zambia, the AquaForum brought together government representatives and industry experts. The event, believed to be the first of its kind…
Read MorePrize idea to mark feed firm’s milestone
DUTCH feed company Nutreco has launched a competition to find outstanding young researchers committed to ‘Feeding the Future’. The prize, worth €25,000 in total, will be awarded to the most promising research by PhD and post-doctorate students working globally across animal, aquaculture and veterinary sciences. Any research relevant to this field, such as economics or…
Read MoreCooke buys Skretting’s UK feed plant
CANADIAN owned salmon farmer Cooke has bought Skretting’s Scottish feed mill in Invergordon, which ceased production in April this year. New Brunswick based Cooke announced today the establishment of Northeast Nutrition Scotland at the Easter Ross site. Skretting, owned by Nutreco, said last year that the decision to close its UK operation was due to…
Read MoreFormer Nutreco boss Nesse new AKVA chair
FORMER Nutreco CEO Knut Nesse has been appointed as the new chairman of AKVA\’s board, taking over from today. He replaces Hans Kristian Mong who has stepped down from the role after leading the group’s board for more than six years, the company said. Mong will continue as a board member of the group. Nesse…
Read MoreSkretting backs black soldier fly feed
FEED giant Skretting today signed a deal with insect meal producer Protix that could see up to 5.5 million salmon servings a year with the alternative protein in the diet. News of the agreement came as Protix officially opened its state-of-the-art insect production facility in Bergen op Zoom, in the Netherlands. The event was attended…
Read MoreRafferty to head up Cermaq Chile
AQUACULTURE veteran Steven Rafferty has been appointed the new managing director of Cermaq Chile, it was announced yesterday. He joins the company – which he last worked for as chief financial officer and chief operating officer farming between 2008 and 2010 – from London based Global Maritime, where he is aquaculture director. The Scot was…
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