A new production line for handling by-products from groundfish production at HB Grandi’s Reykjavik factory is about to be commissioned at the company’s Akranes fishmeal plant.
This is the plant’s third production line, with the other two used for processing pelagic landings.
Almar Sigurjonsson, department manager in charge of HB Grandi’s fishmeal production, said that the new line will be able to handle approximately 55 metric tons of raw material per day.
“It would certainly have been possible to process this amount with the production lines we already have in place at the factory, but the volume is fairly small and it is hardly worthwhile starting up such a large system for small amounts, in addition to which, we prefer to process raw material while it is fresh and using locally-produced power,” Sigurjonsson said.
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