Mowi complete Kyleakin feed mill improvements
MOWI have announced that the significant improvements work taking place at their Kyleakin feed mill site are now complete.
The new infrastructure has been specially designed to eliminate odour at the plant. Claes Jonermark, Operations Director at Mowi Feed, told their in-house publication The Scoop:
‘I would like to start by saying that I am extremely grateful both to our neighbours and to the team here at Kyleakin. The last few months have been difficult for everybody. I really am amazed at the spirit, can do attitude and flexibility shown by everybody working here to ensure that we have continued to produce feed at full capacity during lockdown.
‘Lockdown also meant that our programme of improvements at the Feed Mill, which was designed in response to concerns expressed about smells coming from the site, was delayed because contractors were not allowed on site. Again, our neighbours were extremely patient and understanding. I’m pleased that, as of the end of July, all planned work has now been completed. We will need a period of testing and measuring of course but I am hopeful that we will have succeeded in minimising odour from the plant.’
A new infrastructure ‘the uploader’ at the feed mill has been rebuilt and now incorporates charcoal filters. This means that any particles carrying odour must all pass through the charcoal filters which will remove the smell. Equally, significant work has been carried out on the ducting. Previously, only air from the process passed through the biofilter. Now, also air from the raw material side of the process is connected to the biofilter, including the raw materials which move through the plant for processing and which were thought to be the source of the odour detected.
Both these improvements are completely new to Mowi and have been designed specifically for Kyleakin. Electric cabling from the shore has also been installed at Kyleakin to remove the need for generators on board the feed vessel when staying at the pier. The company hope that this will also further reduce noise. Jonermark also announced that the Kyleakin team is now complete:
‘We had the last vacant positions that we were really keen to fill for a while. I am pleased to say that we were able to offer both the Quality Assurance and Planning positions to two local people as well as hiring a new local Operator. The fact that we were also able to do this during lockdown was incredible.’