Marine Harvest Ireland (MHI) has contracted Cill Chiaráin Éisc Teoranta to process EUR 20 million (USD 26.8 million) of fish from its Kilkieran Bay site in Connemara next year.
MHI currently employs 15 staff on the site, which it has been operating since October 2013. The agreement will see EUR 20 million worth of its “Irish Organic Salmon Co.” product processed by Cill Chiaráin Éisc Teoranta between March and July 2015. Around 85 percent of the processed product will be exported to 15 countries worldwide.
“Marine Harvest Ireland looks to work with local partners and suppliers where at all possible and we utilize in excess of 600 local suppliers across the country,” said Pat Connors, sales and processing director, Marine Harvest Ireland.
Click here to read the full story from Business & Leadership >
