Mowi Scotland plans to increase its processing capacity in the United Kingdom, either through the expansion of existing sites or the construction of a new plant in Scotland, the company said.

According to Ewan MacColl, operations director at Mowi Scotland, the company’s Blar Mhor processing facility, in Fort William, will soon reach its maximum capacity, and will be supported by higher volumes in the plant in Donegal.

The company plans to open a consultation process with stakeholders to consider all the available options and decide how to increase its capacity in the country.

The options under consideration are increasing capacity in Fort William, either by expanding the current facility at Blar Mhor; identifying a suitable site elsewhere in Fort William; increasing the capacity at Donegal by expanding its value-added facility at Rosyth and increasing its reach; introducing ocean processing on board Mowi’s vessels; or building a new processing facility at its new shoreside feed plant at Kyleakin on Skye.

“While all options are on the table at this point, and whilst it is still early days and there is a lot of work to do, a preferred option is to build a new state-of-the-art facility at our feed plant at Kyleakin," MacColl said.

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Mowi mulls options for increasing UK processing capacity