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Academy and branding on agenda for coming years Urk Seafood, the Urk Fish Wholesalers Association’s label for education and branding, was scrutinized last Thursday by some 15 companies in the Urk seafood industry. The VVU wants to move forward with…

The international ambitions of the Urk economy are increasingly taking shape. Last Friday, a nice delegation of Netherlands Business Support Offices (trade offices of the Dutch government abroad) paid an introductory visit to Urk. Councilman Nathanaël Middelkoop and program manager…

Kyokuyo Co., Ltd. has taken a majority stake in Urk Seafood participant Northseafood Holland. NorthSeaFood specializes in the processing and sale of seafood products. Through this acquisition, NS Holland will become a subsidiary of Kyokuyo Europe B.V. Kyokuyo informs that…

Lerøy Seafood is celebrating its 125th anniversary, and they are also celebrating with the people of Urk! This week, the concern has spread more than 5,000 salmon sandwiches for the students of all primary and secondary schools in Urk. In…

The Municipality of Urk has allocated lot 1.1C of 31,000 m² in Port of Urk to Americold Urk. This offers the company excellent expansion possibilities for the storage of frozen products. Soon the reservation and purchase agreement will be signed…

Hard work has been underway on Urk-Export’s new coldstore in recent months. There is room for more than 6,000 pallets and the site will be in operation by mid-2024. In addition, they have installed over 1,300 solar panels on their…

The Seafood Expo Global has been going on for three days and Urk Seafood members have already met with numerous customers, prospects and associates. So we are already sharing a gallery of images of some of these members on the…