Marel

Marel has acquired PMJ, a duck and geese processing specialist, to strengthen its focus on the global duck meat market. The acquisition combines PMJ's duck-specific technology with Marel's manufacturing and supply chain capabilities.

Motta Group is investing more than $22 million in the Calisa2 greenfield poultry processing plant in Racedo, Argentina. The plant will start at 9,500 bph and be prepared for 15,000 bph within two years, with Marel supplying the entire processing line.

Marel has acquired PMJ, a Dutch provider of duck processing equipment, for an undisclosed sum. PMJ has 40 employees and annual revenues of around EUR 5 million. The acquisition adds PMJ's product portfolio of primary processing, waxing, and automated evisceration to Marel's poultry offering.

Marel announced an agreement to acquire TREIF Maschinenbau GmbH, a German food cutting technology provider, for an undisclosed amount. TREIF has annual revenues of over EUR 80 million and 500 employees.

Marel has been contracted to fully equip a new greenfield poultry processing plant for Bell & Evans in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania, including two processing lines with capacity of 8,400 bph each.

MMC First Process and Marel have established a joint venture to transform the pelagic fish processing industry, aiming to increase profitability by extending processing scope and maximizing value creation from pelagic resources.

Marel signed an agreement to supply and install two processing lines for Bell & Evans' new greenfield poultry harvesting plant in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania. The contract is one of the largest transactions in Marel's history.

Marel has been selected by Firda Seafood Group to supply a distribution system and complete filleting line for the expansion of its packing facility at Byrknesøy, Norway. The contract value is part of a total investment of NOK 150 million, with delivery expected in late 2020 or early 2021.

Icelandic whitefish processor Brim hf. signed an agreement with Marel for the installation of high-tech equipment and software at its Reykjavik facility, scheduled for mid-2020.

Lincoln Premium Poultry opened a 360,000-square-foot poultry processing facility in Fremont, Nebraska, on October 19, 2019, equipped with Marel solutions, capable of processing two million chickens per week.

Worximity Technology signed a partnership with Marel, a global leader in high-tech food processing equipment, to collaborate on food production management software.

Worximity Technology announced a $6.25 million Series A financing, including $5 million from Marel and $1.25 million from existing investors, to accelerate development and international expansion.

Cranswick Poultry is building a new greenfield primary processing plant in Eye, Suffolk, UK. Marel Poultry will supply a 15,000 bph processing line with all machinery and technology.

Cranswick PLC plans to build a £54 million ($69 million) greenfield poultry processing plant in Eye, Suffolk, UK, with a capacity of 15,000 birds per hour. The facility is scheduled for completion in late 2019 and could create up to 400 jobs.

Marel hf completed the acquisition of Maja-Maschinenfabrik Hermann Schill GmbH & Co. KG from Reinhard and Joachim Schill. The deal was signed on July 25, 2018 and closed on August 14, 2018.

Sea Harvest is transforming its hake factory in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, with advanced processing equipment and software from Marel. The installation is scheduled for August 2018.

Indrol installed a complete range of Marel's turkey processing equipment at its Grodzisk Wielkopolski plant, increasing evisceration capacity from 1,800 to 2,500 females per hour and handling up to 1,200 males per hour.

Marel installed China's first fully automatic salmon processing line at Shanghai Hi-Chain Foods' facility near Shanghai. The plant produces up to 30 metric tons of salmon products per day and the equipment was installed in August 2017.

Marel has been chosen to equip Lincoln Premium Poultry, Costco's newly formed poultry processing company, with state-of-the-art technology for a greenfield plant in Fremont, Nebraska. The order includes three complete slaughter lines, chilling systems, cut-up lines, deboning equipment, and bone detection machines, marking the largest single order in Marel's history.

Marel Poultry has been chosen to equip one of the world's largest poultry processing plants for Harim in Iksan, South Korea, with four new high-speed processing lines spread over five floors.

Maelor Foods Ltd, a related company of Salisbury Poultry, is building a new 13,500 bph poultry processing plant in Wrexham, UK. Marel will supply the complete kill and evisceration department, air chilling tunnel, and grading line. The project is expected to be completed during 2017.

Primex is building a greenfield whitefish plant in Myre, Norway, and has partnered with Marel to supply processing equipment including grading, trimming, pinboning, portioning, and software, with the plant becoming operational in early 2018.

Leroy's new fish processing plant on Hitra will be equipped with Marel solutions, in one of Marel's largest contracts to date.

Donstar, a subsidiary of Eurodon Holding, built a high-capacity duck processing plant in Millerovo, Rostov region, Russia, with a capacity of 4,000 ducks per hour (26,000 tons per year). The plant employs 900 workers and uses Marel processing equipment.

Dindings Poultry Processing Sdn Bhd completed a greenfield poultry processing project in Malaysia in 2015, with two primary processing lines (12,000 bph and 6,000 bph) and a combined secondary processing department, supplied by Marel Poultry.