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Kramers’ Seafood renewed BRC certificate with A+ rating

Kramers’ Seafood stands for quality. They see this not only as a priority, but also as a promise to their customers. The company understands the importance of providing top quality seafood and therefore follows internationally recognized production standards. As such,…

Visscher Seafood gives insight into Salmon farm

Norwegian Seafood AS, based in Kristiansand and part of Urk Seafood participant Visscher Seafood is a major player in the export of high-quality salmon and focuses on sustainable aquaculture. In a recent video, Stein Martinsen, Managing Director of Norwegian Seafood…

Visscher Seafood Group expands in Asia

Visscher Seafood Group announces the establishment of a new sales office in Asia to further develop the growing market for its salmon products there. Rutger, recently appointed Director of Business Development, will lead the growth of VAP (Value-Added Products) sales…

Urk Seafood wants to make a move!

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…

International working lunch with opportunities for Urk

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 acquires majority stake in NorthSeaFood

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…

Urk-Export builds new Coldstore

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…