Icelandic company Skaginn, along with its associate companies Frost and Rafeyri, has signed a deal with Eskja on the construction and installation of equipment for a new factory for processing pelagic fish for human consumption in Eskifjörður, Iceland.
The factory will be housed in a 7,000m2 steel-framed building, scheduled to begin operations in September this year. The aim is to be able to freeze 700-900 tons daily with 12 plate freezers, with expansion potential of 1,200 tons with 16 plate freezers constructed by Thorgeir & Ellert.
This is the third time the three companies have cooperated on a job such as this one - the other two being a construction of similar plants in the Faroe Islands in 2012 and 2014.
The project will create many jobs across Iceland. The largest part of the construction will be carried out by Skaginn, its sister company Thorgeir & Ellert and many other companies in Akranes. Associate companies Frost and Rafeyri, along with several other companies, will contribute to the project in Akureyri. In Ísafjörður, another sister company, 3X Technology, will oversee much of the construction in collaboration with partners in Ísafjörður. Style, Marel Iceland and Frost will also contribute to the construction.
Efla Engineering in east Iceland will design the factory building and contractors in Eskifjörður will handle the project.
Ingólfur Árnason, CEO of Skaginn says that the project is the largest the company, together with its partners, has undertaken to date.
"The partnership of these companies has made it possible for us to take on a job of this scope. This is a great challenge for us and at the same time a great achievement for all the companies involved in the project as well as their employees.
“During this long preparation time the Eskja management team has shown us great confidence in delivering a fish processing factory, that is at the forefront in terms of quality, technology, management, performance and efficiency. This kind of project is important for many rural areas and will strengthen the Icelandic fishing industry and many progressive technology companies that service the sector."
