BioMar boosts production by 70% at Norway plant
BIOMAR has increased the capacity at its plant in Karmøy, Norway, by 70 per cent, following the opening of a third line. Line 3, with an annual capacity of 140,000 tonnes, will have one of the highest hourly outputs of any single production line of fish feed anywhere in the world. BioMar CEO Carlos Diaz, who was present at the official opening, said: ‘We wish to continue providing the salmon industry with the very best, high performance fish feed and to do that we need to invest in the latest and best technologies.’ BioMar has invested NOK 436 million (£41 million) in the Karmøy production line. Among the advanced technologies is an air processing system and scrubbing towers that use cold seawater to scrub emissions.