Aquafeed

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Food processing equipment and software giant Marel has successfully closed the US$ 540 million acquisition of Wenger, a Kansas-based processing solutions provider for the petfood, plant-based proteins and aquafeed sectors. 

10th June 2022

Marel ties up Wenger deal

10th June 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Struggling to bolster food security, countries in this vast region have set their sights on aquaculture growth. But while ambitious plans are being laid out, fish farmers still find themselves undermined by…

19th May 2022

Central Asias aqua hopes

19th May 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Food processing equipment firm Marel has entered an agreement to acquire Wenger Manufacturing LLC, a US-headquartered processing solutions provider to the petfood, plant-based protein and aquafeed sectors for US$540 million.

28th April 2022

Marel buys $540m Wenger

28th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms has voluntarily committed to paying above the UK’s real living wage to help support its employees and their families that are being hit by the rising cost…

26th April 2022

Salmon firm’s wage pledge

26th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following its entrance into the shrimp feed market, the board of BioMar has approved the acquisition of Australian acoustic feeding technology company AQ1 Systems, with the aim to create new synergies between…

11th April 2022

BioMar acquires AQ1

11th April 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

UK feed additive manufacturer Anpario has appointed Dr Lawrence Brown as its Senior Technical and Account Manager for Aquaculture.

15th March 2022

Anpario aquaculture hire

15th March 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

To raise the level of transparency with regards to the marine ingredients that it uses in its aquafeeds throughout the world, Skretting and sister-company Nutreco have developed a new responsible sourcing policy.

10th March 2022

Skretting feed transparency

10th March 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

SHV and Nutreco, the respective owner and sister company of global aquaculture feed company Skretting, have advised that no new investments, no new projects and no new exports to Russia will be…

7th March 2022

Aquafeed conflict response

7th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquafeed giant BioMar Group has ceased all commercial trade activities within Russia in response to the Ukraine invasion.

7th March 2022

BioMar: No Russia trade

7th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture feed company BioMar has significantly scaled-up the inclusion of microalgae in the raw material portfolio of its production facility in Brande, Denmark, to the point that it no longer regards it…

22nd February 2022

Championing microalgae

22nd February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian land-based aquaculture company Andfjord Salmon AS has welcomed new strategic investment from both Nutreco and Holmøy Group as part of a NOK 38 million (US$4.3 million) private placement. At the same…

18th February 2022

Andfjord Salmon buy in

18th February 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Russia has targeted a dramatic increase in its fish farming output over the next decade, with authorities believing this ambition will be best realised through localised aquafeed and broodstock production and by…

14th February 2022

RAS for Russia

14th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC), the aquafeed giant’s global fish and shrimp R&D division, has been renamed and restructured into a multi-functional unit incorporating the global marketing, sustainability and digital teams, the…

14th February 2022

Skretting ARC renamed

14th February 2022