New fishing gear facility on schedule
Strong progress is being made at Hampiðjan’s new industrial site in India. Two large production halls are currently under construction at the location in Auric. These each cover 28,000 square…
Hampiðjan streamlines and consolidates
Facing challenging market conditions in the North Atlantic region due to a significant reduction in Barents Sea cod fisheries, combined with restrictions on the sale of fishing gear to Russian…
Investing in production in India
Hampiðjan has embarked on a substantial development at a new industrial site in Auric in India. This follow acquisition of the Indian producer Kohinoor. A 120,000 square metre plot was…
Hampiðjan merges aquaculture subsidiaries into new business bloc
The aquaculture activities of companies within the Hampiðjan Group are being merged into Eldi, a single new entity headquartered in Norway. The aquaculture business became an important facet of the…
Hampiðjan expands with Australian acquisition
A deal has been struck for Hampiðjan acquire International Rope Braid (IRB), located on Australia’s Gold Coast. The company was established in 2005. The founders and owners of IRB, Dave…
Streamlining production with new capacity in India
Following its acquisition of a 75.1% stake in Indian rope and netting producer Kohinoor, Hampiðjan has begum streamlining its production around the new opportunities available, along with plans to expand…
High-tech cable winch nabs IceFish award
A new cable winch designed specifically to handle Hampiðjan’s DynIce Optical Data Cable attracted plenty of attention at last week’s IceFish exhibition in Iceland – and it also landed the…
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Circularity breakthrough nominated for aquaculture award
The Circular Fish Farming Nets (CFFN) project in which nylon netting is recycled in a manner that maintains all of the strength and other qualities of virgin material is up…
