Four fishing companies partner with Codland to build collagen plant
ICELAND
Friday, January 20, 2017, 20:50 (GMT + 9)
Four fisheries in Iceland have announced their plans to join forces with Codland to build a marine health products plant in the Reykjanes peninsula, in southwest Iceland.
The fisheries are HB Grandi, Samherji (Icefresh), Vísir and the initial plan is to raise a marine collagen plant which will utilize fish skin to manufacture marine collagen for various health products and global nutraceutical markets.
Codland was founded in 2012, when the Iceland Ocean Cluster brought together seven fishing and ocean-related companies to make the most of every part of fish and promote further development of the raw material.
"We are now in the process of designing the Marine Product Health House,” Tómas Eiríksson, CEO of Codland, said.
The executive pointed out that there is a huge strength in having these large fisheries joining forces, as they can provide a stable and first class products for the production.
"This shows well the value of clustering in the seafood industry," Thor Sigfusson founder of the Iceland Ocean Cluster, highlighted.
"By increasing collaboration we build trust and companies can together with startups make great things,” he concluded.
