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Ålesund, Norway 15th April 2021: European Biotech and consumer health company HBC has confirmed plans to extend an exclusive distribution agreement for its marine branded products with leading speciality chemicals and ingredients distributor IMCD.
The current relationship will now be expanded to include most of Europe and is effective immediately. It marks a significant step in increasing HBC’s potential market opportunities and the ability of consumers to access the recognised benefits of HBC nutritional and nutraceutical grade salmon protein products such as OmeGo®, ProGo® and CalGo®.
An important element to this comprehensive commercial relationship is a focus on how to ensure HBC products are best able to satisfy local needs and expectations in each potential consumer market. IMCD has already successfully developed a taste masked formulation concept for OmeGo®.
European Biotech and consumer health company HBC has confirmed plans to extend an exclusive distribution agreement for its marine branded products with.
Roger Hofseth has grand ambitions for World Heritage Salmon
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Hofseth International and Hofseth BioCare founder Roger Hofseth has his sights set on developing Norway s largest fish farm.
The seafood business entrepreneur started Hofseth International as a salmon processor in 2005 and soon became a major supplier to the U.S., before stepping into salmon farming. Sixteen years later, following a series of mergers and acquisitions, the Hofseth Group has become a major global player in the salmon-farming and -processing sector, and the largest exporter of Norwegian salmon to the U.S.
Now, Hofseth has purchased an abandoned olivine mine at Sunnylvsfjorden, close to the Geirangerfjord World Heritage Site, with the intent of building a flowthrough farm that will produce 100,000 metric tons (MT) of salmon per year. The new venture, named World Heritage Salmon, is strategically placed near Hofseth’s processing facilities. However, due to the unique location of the proposed