Processing & Refrigeration

• Cooke Aquaculture invests in ice system

  Cooke Aquaculture, the largest Atlantic salmon producer on the East Coast, has invested in a state-of-the-art ice system that will boost the quality of its products while reducing energy consumption. 12 Jan 2012 - World Fishing

• Spelling out the species

  One vital aspect of packaging is to label it so that it provides accurate information about the product inside. 10 Jan 2012 - World Fishing

• Deepchilled Canadian shrimp conquers Europe

  Quinlan Brothers Ltd., a Newfoundland fishing company, has been investing in leading edge technologies such as the Style International Grader and the Laitram Convection Cooker, in order to guarantee a consistent high quality product, which is necessary to win market share in the demanding European market. 05 Jan 2012 - World Fishing

• Tucal launches new vertical plate freezer

  Tucal has recently launched its new vertical plate freezer, which includes an automatic unloading system. 03 Jan 2012 - World Fishing

• Processor doubles production capacity

  Scallop and whelk processor, AM Seafoods, has a new £1.5m facility that will double its production capacity. 22 Dec 2011 - World Fishing

• North Pacific buys Red Salmon plant

  North Pacific Seafoods, Inc. has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of the Red Salmon seafood processing plant in Naknek, Alaska from Yardarm Knot, Inc. 22 Dec 2011 - World Fishing

• Tuna longliners for Fiji

  In December four identical longliners set sail from Shandong Province in China to Fiji. 20 Dec 2011 - World Fishing

• Daikin announces refrigeration breakthrough

  Daikin Reefer has unveiled new container refrigeration technology that is said to meet carrier and shipper demands for low energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, while providing precise cooling performance for chilled and frozen cargoes. 07 Dec 2011 - World Fishing

• Going back to basics in chilling and freezing

  Air Products, a global supplier of food freezing and chilling systems, has joined forces with the Grimsby Institute and university students from southern China on an international research project to investigate practices for freezing, chilling and cryogenic freezing. 16 Nov 2011 - World Fishing

• SEAC machine increases yield

  The newly designed FPM-200 nobbing machine is the latest machine from Swedish company SEAC . 10 Nov 2011 - World Fishing

• China Fishery acquires fishmeal plant and increases quota

  International frozen seafood supplier Pacific Andes’ Singapore-listed subsidiary China Fishery has acquired two Peruvian fishing companies, Consorcio Vollmacht S.A.C. and Negocios Rafmar S.A.C., for a total of US$26.16 million. 10 Nov 2011 - World Fishing

• Cabinplant wins engineering prize

  Cabinplant A/S has been awarded ‘The Danish Engineering Product Prize 2011’ for its patent-pending robot trimming and packing line, in the sub category ‘Production, Machinery, Transport’, by trade magazine Mediehuset Ingeniøren. 10 Nov 2011 - World Fishing

• Kinarca holds refrigeration conference

  At the beginning of October, during the Conxemar exhibition in Vigo, refrigeration company Kinarca held a conference on ‘Energy efficiency for industrial refrigeration plants’, which received very good feedback customers old and new. 10 Nov 2011 - World Fishing

• Ishida Europe launches new tray sealer

  Ishida Europe has launched a new generation of its QX-1100 tray sealer. 09 Nov 2011 - World Fishing

• Scottish fish processors could save water and money

  Businesses in the Scottish fish processing sector could save more than 127,000 litres of water per employee per year and save thousands of pounds, according to Business Stream, a Scottish non-domestic water supplier. 09 Nov 2011 - World Fishing