With the acquisition of Eurofish Poland, Seafood Connection expects to strengthen its presence in Eastern Europe. (Photo: Seafood Connection/FIS)
Seafood Connection acquires Polish group
(NETHERLANDS, 8/9/2010)
Seafood Connection, one of the biggest Dutch seafood suppliers, has acquired Eurofish Poland Ltd., a move aimed at providing it direct access to the promising Polish and Eastern European markets.
Seafood Connection also expects to gain profit from the combined purchase activities of the two seafood companies.
Szczecin-based Eurofish, known for their fish products sold under brandnames like Eura and Eurafood, has a strong position on the Polish seafood market which is dominated by retailers.
The Polish importer of frozen white and pelagic fish is a respected partner and supplier of many retail companies in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Managing director Jan Kaptijn of Seafood Connection said: “The last 2 years we invested heavily in optimising our sourcing and quality assurance as our activities on the retailmarket in Western Europe grew steadily. With our own offices in Vietnam and China up and running we were ready to take the next step in Eastern Europe and we saw a great opportunity with Eurofish. We expect the two similar companies will create synergy together and Eurofish can take full advantage of our expertise and running quality control programs in Vietnam and China”.
Eurofish, which has a preferent share in IFS certified processing factory Marinus Ltd., will continue their activities under the same management. The company has planned investments for PLN 2 Million (EUR 501,000) concerning a 2500 tonne cold storage and offices.
Urk-based Seafood Connection is an importer of a wide range of deep-frozen seafood products and known as one of the biggest European importers of pangasius fillets is Global GAP, MSC and ISO 22000 certified. The company annually moves
approximately 20,000 tonnes of fish products.
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