Skaginn has designed and produced a new and improved pelagic processing system which can process all pelagic fish (Photo: Skaginn)

New Automatic Pelagic Plant for The Faroe Islands

Vardin Pelagic in Tværoyri in The Faroe Islands has signed a contract with Skaginn for a pelagic fish processing plant.

The plant will be mostly automatic and have a capacity of 600 metric tons per day to begin with but an expansion is planned that will increase capacity up to 1000 metric tons per day.

The technology used in the plant has been developed in cooperation between Skaginn hf.,  Matís  and Icelandic pelagic plants. This technology saves manpower, energy and packaging.  Matís  has researched this technology and confirmed that it is both affordable and efficient.

Vardin Pelagic signs agreement with Skaginn

Skaginn hf. buys equipment for the plant from several suppliers, for example: Marel, Style Technology and Samhentir-kassagerð, to name a few. Skaginn hf. has subcontracted some parts of the infeeding system, cooling and buffering sections of the plant to 3X technology in Ísafjörður and SR-vélaverkstæði in Siglufjörður.

Vardin Pelagic also signed a contract with Frost for the plant's refrigeration freezing system. The refrigeration system that Kælismiðjan Frost delivers is the largest system that Frost has delivered to date.

Gudmundur Hannesson, Sales and Marketing manager at Frost says: “we have designed and adapted the refrigeration system especially for the automatic pelagic processing line delivered by Skaginn. We have delivered the refrigeration systems for all the big pelagic factories in Iceland and have worked on this development in cooperation with the Icelandic fishing industry and Skaginn over the past two decades”.

In addition to the plant Frost will install a refrigeration system for a new 20,000 m3 cold store.

Skaginn infeeding to automatic plate freezers in Síldarvinnslan hf., Iceland

About Skaginn hf

Skaginn hf. is a leading company in design and development in the area of food processing. The company has previously concentrated its effort in the fishing industry, and has now developed products for the poultry industry.

Skaginn hf. produces standalone systems, as well as, turnkey solutions and processing plants.

Skaginn offers total solutions for all fish processing needs both on land and at sea. The newest development is the CBC Process with Water Jet Cutting which is a revolution in the area of fish processing.

About Kælismiðjan Frost ehf

Kælismiðjan Frost ehf. has it roots back in the beginning of the 1980s and has been in the forefront of Icelandic companies building and servicing refrigeration systems since 1993.

Frost is by far the largest company of its kind in Iceland with its headquarters in Akureyri northern Iceland and an affiliate in Garðabæ in the Reykjavík area.

Frost has designed installed and services refrigeration systems for most of the larger fish processors in Iceland, as well as ice plants, prawn plants, meat and dairy producers and fishing vessels, both processing trawlers and pelagic vessels.

Frost designs, supplies equipment and installs new refrigeration systems as well as servicing existing systems

About Matís

Matís is an independent research institute which strives toward innovation in the food industry, biotechnology and food security.

Matís provides consultancy and services to companies in fisheries and agriculture as well as governmental agencies. As an example, Matís develops new products and processes for businesses and plays an important role regarding the quality and safety of the Icelandic food supply.

Source: Skaginn/Kælismiðjan Frost ehf.

Margaret E.L. Stacey
Editor Companies and Products
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