Technology- and service enters Seafood Norway – Intrafish.no

The industry responsible for the development and delivery of technology and services to the seafood industry has over the last decade doubled its value creation. These are companies that are becoming increasingly important for the development of the Norwegian seafood industry. Seafood Norway is building up a new member services for this group businesses, according to a press release.

The mouthpiece
– Seafood Norway is the largest and leading organization in fisheries and aquaculture. We are working for good conditions for the whole industry and we see an increasing need to see the entire value chain in context. For the organization, it is therefore natural to grow in parallel with the industry evolves, and it is gratifying that several companies have approached us with the desire to become members, says chairman Inger-Marie barring in the press release.

Norwegian seafood exports set new records and the expected significant growth in coming years. The technology sector is extremely important to enable this. By virtue of their own business gets technology- and service companies also increasingly significant in terms of employment and value creation along the coast and in other parts of the country, writes Seafood Norway.

World Leading
Norwegian technology and service businesses have over the years contributed significantly to the seafood industry’s overall growth and have acquired Norwegian industry a leading international position in seafood technology and service. Several of the companies have significant export of proprietary solutions and services, says Sperre.

– We see a further professionalization and development of new solutions in this sector of industry that will help strengthen Norway’s world-leading position in technology, expertise in fisheries and aquaculture, she says.

New cluster
Companies that have joined the Seafood Norway are among others AKVA group ASA, Aqualine AS, Marine Construction AS, Aquastructures AS, AQS AS, service boat AS, Norse Aqua AS, Nortechs Aqua AS and Stingray Marine Solutions AS.

Seafood Norway expands organizational unit with a separate cluster for technology and service to safeguard the interests of the new member companies. Through the work of the cluster’s goal is to ensure favorable conditions and increase understanding of the potential inherent in the technology and service companies in the seafood industry.