Marel

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Icelandic food processing technology supplier KAPP ehf has announced a leadership transition at the top of the company, with founder and owner Freyr Friðriksson moving from CEO to chairman of the board, effective 9 January 2026. Deputy CEO Ólafur Karl…

8th January 2026

KAPP founder Freyr Friðriksson steps aside as CEO

8th January 2026

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Launched last year, Marel’s FleXicut Jet is designed to get small-scale, upcoming processors onboard with the same sophisticated technologies that are at the heart of much bigger operations.

1st April 2025

A pathway to smarter fish processing

1st April 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Laxey has signed a significant deal with Marel for the delivery of advanced processing equipment and software to support its new land-based salmon slaughterhouse.

20th January 2025

Marel inks Laxey processing deal

20th January 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Borncut A/S, a Danish company specialising in the portioning industry for fish, poultry and meat processing, has sold the majority of its shares to IB Food-Machines, based in the Netherlands. This decision…

25th June 2024

New majority owner for Borncut

25th June 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Fish processing systems supplier Optimar has appointed Sigurdur Òlason as its CEO.

20th March 2024

Optimar names new CEO

20th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The winners of the 2024 Icelandic Fisheries Bursary Awards have been announced at a special ceremony, held at the Brúin in the Iceland Ocean Cluster, Reykjavik.

23rd January 2024

2024 Iceland fisheries bursary award winners named

23rd January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Winners of the 2023 Icelandic Fisheries Bursary Awards have been announced at a ceremony held at the Brúin in the Iceland Ocean Cluster, Reykjavik.

14th April 2023

Icelandic Fisheries Bursary Award winners named

14th April 2023

OPINION

OPINION

The significant cuts in the allowable catch in the Icelandic economic zone in the 1980s led to a stronger movement in Iceland towards the attitude “more for less”; less catch but make…

2nd December 2022

Viewpoint: What’s landfill material in other countries is creating $110m in Iceland

2nd December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

It’s estimated that the equivalent of 10 million tonnes of fish is wasted annually. And accounting for between 3 and 8% of every fish, the skin is a structural material that’s full…

2nd December 2022

Skin deep

2nd December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Processing equipment manufacturer Marel has started the construction of a new global distribution centre in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

12th September 2022

Marel breaks ground

12th September 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Icelandic processing equipment firm Marel has announced plans to reduce its global workforce by 5% in order to improve its operational performance, which it says has fallen “below expectations”.

22nd July 2022

Marel to cut workforce

22nd July 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

To support companies that have the ambition to increase circularity in the seafood space, the Iceland Ocean Cluster (IOC) and processing solutions provider Marel have announced a strengthening of their already longstanding…

13th July 2022

Blue economy partnership

13th July 2022

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

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

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Reykjavík, Iceland-headquartered processing machinery and technology firm Marel has reached an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% stake in Curio, giving it full ownership of the whitefish processing equipment provider.

3rd February 2022

Marel expands network

3rd February 2022