In addition, not only was attendance up on the 2008 event by 9% to 13,547 but the number of countries from which attendees came also increased to 52.<\/p>\n
On the Eltak ehf stand, which specialises in all types of scales and packaging equipment, representatives were quite happy with the reception they\u2019d received at the exhibition. They sold all the machines on display and were taking orders for more. \u201cWe are extremely happy with the exhibition,\u201d said J\u00f3nas \u00c1g\u00fastsson, Eltak\u2019s Managing Director. \u201cAt the last exhibition the whole industry suffered a big blow as the economic disaster hit Iceland at the same time the exhibition was held. We still feel a lot of insecurity among our colleagues in the fishing industry because of the quota-system which is under reconsideration. Therefore companies hesitate with big investments. You can compare this to a baker who needs a new, powerful baking oven, but how is he to make business plans for the bakery if he doesn\u2019t even know if he\u2019ll be allowed to bake at all in the new year?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Agreeing with this was Gudmundur Bragason, Sales Manager for Sonar ehf. \u201cIn the past three years companies have delayed bigger investments because of the undetermined future of the quota-system,\u201d Mr Bragason said. \u201cBut all over there is a need to update and renew equipment; we sense a lot of interest in our machines and we are certain we will land some sales contracts in the months following the exhibition.\u201d<\/p>\n
At Frystikerfi, Landv\u00e9lar, Skaginn, Mode Slurry Ice Systems and other stands, people had the same story: They were very happy with the traffic at the exhibition and the interest shown in their products. At \u00c1safl ehf, the guys were not just happy \u2013 they were ecstatic: \u201cWe\u2019ve sold all the machinery we had for sale \u2013 and more!\u201d said J\u00f3hann \u00d3lafur \u00c1rs\u00e6lsson, Managing Director. \u201cI think Eimskip will need to buy a new freighter to move all the equipment we\u2019ve sold!\u201d he said laughing.<\/p>\n
At Samhentir Packaging the sales team were equally happy: \u201cWe\u2019ve sold all the equipment you see here at our stand,\u201d said J\u00f3nas Oddgeirsson, Managing Director. \u201cBig companies like Isfelagid, Vinnslustodin and Huginn in the Westman Islands, along with Skinney-Thinganes and HB Grandi in Vopnafjordur all have our machines on their shopping list. We\u2019ve already sold equipment worth ISK25m and have contracts for at least the same amount in the pipline,\u201d Mr Oddgeirsson said.<\/p>\n
Furthermore several large sales contracts were signed and sealed at the exhibition; Fridrik A. Jonsson (Simrad) made two sales for fish finding equipment, as did Varma og V\u00e9laverk ehf. Faeroese company Rock Trawl Doors sold a pair of the newly launched Sea-Lion trawl doors to Qajaq Trawl in Greenland.<\/p>\n
And the ladies at the Logy stand \u2013 probably the smallest stand at the Icefish exhibition but also one of the busiest one \u2013 were not complaining: \u201cWe\u2019re introducing a massage-pillows to put in almost any type of armchair \u2013 even in car seats,\u201d said Margr\u00e9t Saeberg at Logy. \u201cWe\u2019ve already sold all the supplies we brought, 60 pillows in all, and since we opened, the stand has been filled with people trying them out. The massage pillows are perfect for the skipper\u2019s chair, for relaxation in the canteen, both at sea and onshore!\u201d<\/p>\n
The dates of the 2014 Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition will be confirmed shortly, following a consultation with this year\u2019s exhibitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There was a general air of optimism at the 10th Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition held in Sm\u00e1rinn, K\u00f3pavogur, Iceland from the 22-24 September 2011, with many exhibitors securing large orders at the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4092,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090\/revisions\/4092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4090"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}