Beneficiaries
The project includes the following beneficiaries:
Bioframe AS
Bioframe was established based upon an idea to design, produce and market intensive farms for aquaculture-production of scallops and oysters. For the production of the different components a long-term cooperation with other companies in a joint venture is foreseen. Bioframe will be a total supplier of the ShellPlant technology to the aquaculture and shellfish industry in Europe. The primary market is Europe, but the company plans to export to other markets as well. Our business activities: cover innovation, design, construction and sale of complete farms for aquaculture production. Bioframe has developed a subsidiary company called Royal Scallops, this company will produce oyster and scallops by using the ShellPlant technology.
Pladomin S.A.
Pladomin manufactures plastic parts by injection moulding. Devotes a significant budget to research and development in new techniques and products and has already obtained several registered patents. The development teams work closely with customers from the product concept to the start of the serial production and delivery of finished products. Pladomin collaborates in designing and producing prototypes and developing any type of mould or robots needed for the production, adapting them in-house within very short time deadlines. Materials used: Polyethylene, PVC, etc.
Varicon Aqua Solutions Ltd.
Varicon Aqua Solutions specialises in the provision of hardware, consumables and services. Primarily a specialist in the areas of algae production, offering a range of proprietary nutrients for algal culture and a wide range of imported algal concentrates from Europe, Asia and the USA. Owners of the BioFence, a patented process for the continuous, high density production on micro algae and other photo-autotrophic organisms.
Tinamenor S.L.
Tinamenor was established in 1973 at the coast of the Cantabrian sea in the North of Spain. There, the Hatchery Unit of Tinamenor S.L. remains the core company of the Tinamenor Group, which includes the hatchery unit of Tinamenor producing fish fry and mollusc spat, three fish ongrowing operations in the Canaries, two marketing companies and one packaging unit. A second hatchery unit is currently under construction in the Canary Islands.
In 2006 Tinamenor, already a reference for European aquaculture, has become the number one Group in Spain.
The Tinamenor Group has been producing in the last years substantial growth in turn over and profit. The consolidated turn over of the Group in 2006 was €36 million, a 48% increase from 2005 figures, which places Tinamenor at the top of Spanish aquaculture in this respect. This increase has turned into €2 million of consolidated profit before tax, 86% over that of the previous year.
With regard to sales, the Tinamenor Group has sold 4,745 tonnes of cultured fish (a 50% increase from 2005). On top of that 23.7 million fry and 115 million units of clam spatt have been put in the market, 7% and 15% more than in 2005, respectively. Tinamenor is a pioneering hatchery in Europe with 35 years experience in production. Species cultivated include seabream, bass and turbot. The company produces in excess of 80 million units of clam spat per year.
Teknologisk Institutt as (TI)
The National Institute of Technology, Norway (TI) is a private founded RTD organization that has grown from a governmental institute into a highly competent organization with high levels of skills and expertise in a great number of areas, working for industry developing technological solutions and transferring new technology to SMEs and large companies in its competence areas. TI is not an IPR holding or exploiting business.
Swansea University
Aquaculture Wales (AqWa) is a publicly-supported, applied research group located within the Swansea University (SU), UK. AqWa’s research and technology development (RTD) activities are directed towards integrated aquaculture systems that cater closely to farmed species’ physiological needs for optimal performance, while maintaining a low environmental impact. They provide applied RTD, information, advisory and training services to businesses, governmental bodies, NGOs and the general public. This work is directed at the efficient and sustainable production of high quality foods and added value products from cultured aquatic organisms, both within the UK and internationally. The experienced research and technical team offers a range of RTD services via CSAR’s own state-of-the-art facilities, drawing also on the comprehensive laboratory analytical, I.T., library and teaching resources of affiliated units at Swansea University. AqWa performs RTD on behalf of commercial farmers / aquaculture service providers, research councils and governmental institutions, in the UK and internationally.
IPIMAR
IPIMAR is a unit of the National Institute of Biological Resources (INRB), a governmental research institution constituted. IPIMAR is devoted to carry out research, technological development and dissemination activities on fisheries and aquaculture and to provide advice on sustainable exploitation of marine resources as well as on production, upgrading and processing of high quality seafood and seafood products. INRB-IPIMAR acts as counsellor to the national authorities on Fisheries, the fishing industry and fishery organizations and is member of national and international commissions.
INRB-IPIMAR has 4 departments of which one is related to technological aspects, the Department of Technological Innovation and Upgrading of Fishery Products (DITVPP). DITVPP is responsible for investigations on fish as food and all other kinds of utilization of resources harvested through traditional fisheries and aquaculture. This includes seafood preservation, processing and a better utilization of fractions currently characterized as by-products. DITVPP has also a deep expertise concerning the improvement and development of new analytical tools for seafood quality and safety, being today the national reference laboratory for bivalve mollusc microbiological quality and for chemical contaminants in farmed fish species. Additionally, laboratories of DITVPP are accredited for several chemical and microbiological methodologies. The activities are commodity oriented food research taking up the whole value chain of fish and other aquatic organisms from catch/slaughter through all steps of handling, processing and distribution until the product is being prepared for consumption. DITVPP participated as the national coordinator in more than 20 EU projects, including 4 CRAFT projects and 1 Collective Research project, concerned with fish products preservation, processing, and quality and safety.
