| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Fishing |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| Area served | Norway |
| Key people | Yngve Myhre (CEO) |
| 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 its headquarters in Oslo, Norway.
The company operates 15 fishing trawlers north of 62 degrees in Norway with 9% of the total concessions in the area. Aker Seafoods also owns and operates eleven processing plants with six in Norway and five in Denmark. The company has an integrated chain so two thirds of the processing 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.
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