Shake-up at Mørenot under new ownership
Since acquiring the entire shareholding in Norwegian fishing gear group Mørenot earlier this year, Hampiðjan has worked on streamlining its operations, merging some of these within other elements of the…
Prestigious business award goes to Hampiðjan
The business award presented annually by Icelandic business trade publications Frjáls Verslun and Viðskiptablaðið has this year gone to fishing gear producer Hampiðjan. This is the most prestigious award of…
Hampiðjan pulls out of business with Russia
Fishing gear group Hampiðjan has wholeheartedly condemned Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and its ongoing action in the invasion of a democratic sovereign state. The company states that it has systematically…
Recognition for a long career in fishing gear development
Among the fourteen recipients awarded the Order of the Falcon by President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson at a ceremony held at the Presidential residence of Bessastaðir on 17th June…
Keeping up with the twin-riggers
Síldarvinnslan’s freezer trawler Blængur has recently completed a trip in the Norwegian zone of the Barents Sea, and what attracted interest was that Blængur’s catch rates with its single trawl…
New purse seine performs perfectly
As the Icelandic pelagic fleet switches from trawling for capelin in the early part of the season to purse seine gear as the fish gather in tight marks off the…
Neskaupstaður net loft hasn’t been so busy for years
There’s plenty of activity at Hampiðjan’s Neskaupstaður net loft at the moment, and according to manager Jón Einar Marteinsson, it’s a long time since there has been quite so much…
Cosmos Trawl to expand in Skagen
Fishing gear company Cosmos Trawl, which has a history in the Danish port of Skagen that can be traced back to 1879, is continuing that long relationship by leasing land…
Hampiðjan achieves ISO 14001 environmental certification
Over the last few years Hampiðjan has systematically worked on a number of aspects of environmental issues and the basis of this goes back to the company setting out its…
In a single day volunteers collected close to two tonnes of mainly plastic waste from the beach at Krossavík. Image: Hampiðjan
Insights from Hampiðjan’s annual beach clean-up
Every year staff from fishing gear manufacturer Hampiðjan and their families join in a beach clean-up session, and this year’s effort highlighted some of the changes in the way fishing…