Aker Seafoods
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| Type of Company | Public |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| Key people | Yngve Myhre (CEO) |
| Area served | Norway |
| Industry | Fishing |
| Products | Seafood |
| Revenue |  NOK 2,316 million (2005) |
| Operating income | NOK 181 million (2005) |
| Net income | NOK 98 million (2005) |
| Employees | 1,267 (2005) |
| Website | www.akersea.com |
Aker Seafoods (OSE: AKS) is a Norwegian Whitefish fishing, seafood processing and sale company that is part of the Kjell Inge Røkke controlled Aker Group who own 65.0% of the company. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has it's headquarters in Oslo, Norway.
The company operates 15 trawlers north of 62 degrees in Norway with 9% of the total concessions in the area. Aker Seafoods also ownes and operates eleven prosessing plants with six in Norway and five in Denmark. The company has an integrated chain so two thirds of the prosessing capacity is served with self-fished fish. Among the companies that use Aker Seafoods' produce are Findus, Nestlé, Pieters, Primex, Seachill, Unilever and Young’s Bluecrest.
Aker Seafoods was created in 2005 as a merger between Norway Seafoods (a subsidiary of Aker), West Fish-Aarsæther and Nordic Sea Holding. The company was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in May 2005.
Companies: Aker ASA • Aker American Shipping • Aker Capital • Aker Drilling • Aker Floating Production • Aker Kværner • Aker Material Handling • Aker Seafoods • Aker Yards
Yards: Aker Aukra • Aker Brattvaag • Aker Brevik • Aker Finnyards • Aker Kværner Egersund • Aker Kværner Stord • Aker Kværner Verdal • Aker Langsten • Aker Ostsee • Aker Philadelphia Shipyard • Aker Promar • Aker Søviknes • Aker Tulcea • Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Defunct companies: Aker Maritime • Kværner • Resource Group International
People: Kjell Inge Røkke
See also: Category:Aker Group
