Marel

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Marel hf (OMX: MARL) is an Icelandic company that provides equipment, systems and services to the food processing industry.[1]

Marel focuses on poultry, fish, meat and further processing.[2] The company has worked on technological improvements to the provision of fish fillets.[3][4] In 2012, Marel won a EuroTier Gold Award for its contribution to environmental conservation and product safety in poultry processing.[5][6] In 2013, the Company was named supplier of the year by the American Meat Institute.[7]

Marel was founded on March 17, 1983 and is headquartered in Gardabaer, Iceland. The company's brands include Marel, Stork Poultry Processing and Townsend Further Processing.[8]

In 2007, Marel changed its corporate identity to Marel Food Systems.[9] However, in 2010, after its integration with Stork Food Systems was completed, the name was changed back to Marel.[10]

At the end of 2012, it had 4,069 employees and annual revenues of €714 million.[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Company Information". Nasdaq OMX. Retrieved March 27, 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Company Information". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved March 27, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Spotting Fish Bones in Cod Fillets". Norut Tromsø. 16 February 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2012. 
  4. ↑ J B Luten, ed. (2006). Seafood Research from Fish to Dish: Quality, Safety and Processing of Wild and Farmed Seafood. et al. Wageningen Academic Publishers. p. 512. ISBN 9086860052. 
  5. ↑ "EuroTier Innovations 2012". EuroTier. 16 February 2004. Retrieved 22 March 2013. 
  6. ↑ "EuroTier gold medal for Marel Stork's Aeroscalder". WorldPoultry. 16 February 2004. Retrieved 22 March 2013. 
  7. ↑ "IPPE - Award for Marel". The Poultry Site. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Company Spotlight". PrecisionIR. Retrieved March 29, 2012. 
  9. ↑ "The Marel Group Unveils New Corporate Identity". Nasdaq OMX. Retrieved April 1, 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Marel Food Systems announces change in company name". Nasdaq OMX. Retrieved April 1, 2012. 
  11. ↑ "Marel 2012 Annual Report". Nasdaq OMX. Retrieved March 22, 2013. 

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