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The frozen fish processing plant is using advanced processing and freezing technology and is specialized in pelagic fish species such as black and white horse mackerel, mackerel and octopus from the Portuguese coast, totally natural without any additives or preservatives. It can also process other species in agreement with its commercial partners (sardines, anchovy, seabass, meagre and others).

Its processing and storage technology (can store 5.400 tons of frozen seafood) assures the capacity to deliver final products all year round.

The company is looking to expand its international sales, inside and outside the European Union, mainly through two types of business cooperation:

-distribution agreements: would like to establish commercial contracts with international import/export traders, wholesalers or large retail chains, primarily dealing with fish products, in order to sell in the market its final products, such as frozen fish fillets and other processed products.

-manufacturing agreements: would like to supply its frozen fish products as intermediate products to other fish and food processing companies, such as canned fish industries, fish soup and precooked meals producers, in respect to their purchase orders.

The company is also receptive to discuss with commercial agents further agreements in order to identify new clients and accomplish international sales.

It is also interested to supply other industrial plants such as fish flour and oil companies or aquacultures with the unit’s fish wastes, byproducts and lower quality fish products.

Advantages & innovations

The unit is based on advanced processing and freezing techniques that were designed and built by a global leader in fish processing equipment, namely in what concerns intelligent automation solutions. Among the technology it can be mentioned blocks in contact-freezing horizontal plate freezers (Norwegian system), blast freezing in various formats, cryogenics, filleting, robotized palletizing system… It has the capacity to process 300 tons of fish daily and store 5.400 tons of frozen seafood. The company is flexible enough to process any fish species in accordance with the client requirements.

Stage of development

PORTUGAL

Partner sought

Import/export traders, wholesalers or large retail chains, primarily dealing with fish products: would like to reach distribution agreements, in order to sell in the market its final products, such as frozen fish fillets and other fish processed products. Commercial agents: looking for intermediate commercial partners that can find business opportunities in the local markets to sell the company’s frozen fish products, through a commercial agency agreement; Fish and food processing companies (such as canned fish industries, fish soup and precooked meals producers): looking to establish manufacturing agreements, in order to produce and supply frozen fish products according to the partners’ purchase orders.