Dutch seafood companies Almelo and Van Meines are merging into the newly created company AMfish and will consolidate processing into a single location in Katwijk in the Netherlands, Almelo Operational Director Marco Beekhuizen told IntraFish.

"We will still be processing the same fish and producing the same products but in Katwijk rather than Amsterdam," he said.

Beekhuizen and Almelo Commercial Director Frans Kegge will head operations of the company. Both owners of the companies, Piet Beekhuizen and Mick van Meins, will remain shareholders of the new entity.