Skretting
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Skretting is the world’s largest producer of feeds
for farmed fish
.
. Skretting is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nutreco
feed group, which is listed on the stock exchange in the Netherlands.
Skretting has around 1,300 employees world-wide and production takes place at seventeen production plants in Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the U.S., Norway, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom. These plants produce feed products sold worldwide. Skretting’s head office is located in Stavanger
, Norway, where both the Norwegian and international management are also located. Skretting’s international research company, Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre
, is also located in Stavanger.
united under the global brand Skretting. Many Skretting companies have a long history in their local markets, sometimes going back 30–40 years in the history of fish feed.
1931: Trouw Nutrition (Netherlands) is established and later becomes an early R&D centre for fish nutrition.
1953: Trouw France is established.
1963: Trouw Italy (later Hendrix SpA) is established. First ten tonnes of fish feed produced in Norway by Skretting.
1969: Moore-Clark established to serve markets in USA and Canada. Trouw in UK manufactures first fish feed for the fledgeling industry.
1970: Trouvit established as a European fish feed brand. Trouw in UK markets first extruded trout feeds.
1973: Skretting established their first research farm for sea farming of Atlantic salmon.
1975: BP Nutrition formed, which in time the Trouw companies, Skretting and Moore-Clark become a part of.
1980: First fish feed for sea bass and sea bream produced in Italy.
1982: First fish feed produced in Australia (by Gibson Ltd.).
1983: First extruded salmon feed introduced in the market in Norway.
1985: Trouw España is established.
1988: Trouw Chile established as joint venture between Trouw Int. and Suralim.
1989: Trouw Ireland is established. The Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) is established.
1994: Aquaculture and agriculture activities divested by BP and become part of newly established Nutreco.
1995: Trouw Ireland approved to produce organic fish feed. First 10 tonnes of organic salmon feed produced.
1997: Yamaha Motor Company and Nutreco founded a 50:50 company, Yamaha Nutreco Aquatech (YNA), to sell fish feed in Japan.
2000: Trouw Yem established for sales in Turkey.
2001: Production of cold extrusion starter feeds for salmon, trout, eel and marine species in a dedicated factory in France. Acquisition of fish feed plant in Australia.
2003: Nutreco’s fish feed activities are united in one name, Skretting. Skretting in Norway launches electronically tracking and tracing system.
2005: Yamaha Nutreco Aquatech changes its company name to Skretting and also acquire 100% of the shares of Kirin Feed, a subsidiary of Kirin Beer Co. in Japan.
2007: Skretting pass 1 million tonnes of produced and delivered salmon feed in just over 11 months.
2008: Skretting acquire Nelson and Sons, Inc., the manufacturer of Silver Cup fish feed, in the USA. Skretting in Japan acquires the fish feed production facilities of Marine Net Co. Ltd.
2009: Nutreco acquires 51% shareholding in Brazilian animal nutrition and fish feed company. A new joint venture named "Fri-Ribe" formed.
2010: Acquisition of Tomboy Aquafeed JSC in Vietnam.
Commercial fish feed
Manufactured feeds are an important part of modern commercial aquaculture, providing the balanced nutrition needed by farmed fish. The feeds, in the form of granules or pellets, provide the nutrition in a stable and concentrated form, enabling the fish to feed efficiently and grow to their full...
for farmed fish
Fish farming
Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. A facility that releases young fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species'...
.
Company
In 2010, the company has operations on five continents and produces 1.3 million tonnes of feed annually, for more than fifty species of fishFish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
. Skretting is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nutreco
Nutreco
Nutreco N.V. is a Dutch producer of animal nutrition, fish feed and processed meat products. It has about 100 production facilities in more than 30 countries, and eight research centers. The company was founded in 1994 after a Cinven-backed management buyout of the feed and nutrition division of BP...
feed group, which is listed on the stock exchange in the Netherlands.
Skretting has around 1,300 employees world-wide and production takes place at seventeen production plants in Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the U.S., Norway, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom. These plants produce feed products sold worldwide. Skretting’s head office is located in Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
, Norway, where both the Norwegian and international management are also located. Skretting’s international research company, Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre
Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre
Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre A/S was established in 1989 and is the central R&D unit for the global fish and shrimp feed concern Skretting, which is owned by Nutreco B.V. Nutreco’s head office is in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Skretting ARC's main objective is to provide research and...
, is also located in Stavanger.
History
In 2003 all fish feed companies in NutrecoNutreco
Nutreco N.V. is a Dutch producer of animal nutrition, fish feed and processed meat products. It has about 100 production facilities in more than 30 countries, and eight research centers. The company was founded in 1994 after a Cinven-backed management buyout of the feed and nutrition division of BP...
united under the global brand Skretting. Many Skretting companies have a long history in their local markets, sometimes going back 30–40 years in the history of fish feed.
Timeline
1899: Skretting in Norway is established as a company dealing with agricultural goods.1931: Trouw Nutrition (Netherlands) is established and later becomes an early R&D centre for fish nutrition.
1953: Trouw France is established.
1963: Trouw Italy (later Hendrix SpA) is established. First ten tonnes of fish feed produced in Norway by Skretting.
1969: Moore-Clark established to serve markets in USA and Canada. Trouw in UK manufactures first fish feed for the fledgeling industry.
1970: Trouvit established as a European fish feed brand. Trouw in UK markets first extruded trout feeds.
1973: Skretting established their first research farm for sea farming of Atlantic salmon.
1975: BP Nutrition formed, which in time the Trouw companies, Skretting and Moore-Clark become a part of.
1980: First fish feed for sea bass and sea bream produced in Italy.
1982: First fish feed produced in Australia (by Gibson Ltd.).
1983: First extruded salmon feed introduced in the market in Norway.
1985: Trouw España is established.
1988: Trouw Chile established as joint venture between Trouw Int. and Suralim.
1989: Trouw Ireland is established. The Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) is established.
1994: Aquaculture and agriculture activities divested by BP and become part of newly established Nutreco.
1995: Trouw Ireland approved to produce organic fish feed. First 10 tonnes of organic salmon feed produced.
1997: Yamaha Motor Company and Nutreco founded a 50:50 company, Yamaha Nutreco Aquatech (YNA), to sell fish feed in Japan.
2000: Trouw Yem established for sales in Turkey.
2001: Production of cold extrusion starter feeds for salmon, trout, eel and marine species in a dedicated factory in France. Acquisition of fish feed plant in Australia.
2003: Nutreco’s fish feed activities are united in one name, Skretting. Skretting in Norway launches electronically tracking and tracing system.
2005: Yamaha Nutreco Aquatech changes its company name to Skretting and also acquire 100% of the shares of Kirin Feed, a subsidiary of Kirin Beer Co. in Japan.
2007: Skretting pass 1 million tonnes of produced and delivered salmon feed in just over 11 months.
2008: Skretting acquire Nelson and Sons, Inc., the manufacturer of Silver Cup fish feed, in the USA. Skretting in Japan acquires the fish feed production facilities of Marine Net Co. Ltd.
2009: Nutreco acquires 51% shareholding in Brazilian animal nutrition and fish feed company. A new joint venture named "Fri-Ribe" formed.
2010: Acquisition of Tomboy Aquafeed JSC in Vietnam.