Bakkafrost
| P / F Bakkafrost
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| legal form | Partafeløg |
| ISIN | FO0000000179 |
| founding | 1968 |
| Seat |
Glyvrar , Faroe Islands
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| management | Regin Jacobsen (CEO), Rúni M. Hansen (Chairman of the Board) |
| Number of employees | 820 |
| sales | 3.202 billion Danish kroner (around 430 million euros ) |
| Branch | food industry |
| Website | www.bakkafrost.com |
| Status: 2016 | |
P / F Bakkafrost is one of the largest fish processing companies in the Faroe Islands . The main line of business is the operation of salmon farms as well as the processing and sale of salmon . In 2015 Bakkafrost was the tenth largest salmon producer in the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in the OBSFX Seafood Index .
history
Bakkafrost was founded in 1968 by the two brothers Hans and Róland Jacobsen. In 1971 her brother Martin Jakobsen joined the company as a co-owner. Initially, the company's business focused on marinating and packaging herring fillets. The company has also been operating aquaculture since 1979 . In the following years Bakkafrost became increasingly broad. In 2010 Bakkafrost merged with Vestlax , and in 2011 they took over P / f Havsbrún, a large producer of fishery products.
Positioning
- In 2016 Bakkafrost emphasized that the company was in no way associated with the traditional Faroese pilot whale hunt - the grindadráp . Boats or other equipment are not made available for this purpose, nor are employees allowed to take part in pilot whale hunting during their working hours.
Engagements
Bakkafrost is one of the main sponsors of the Faroe Islands Football Association and the Faroese National Football Team .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Annual Report 2016. (PDF; 7.2 MB) Bakkafrost, March 14, 2017, pp. 10, 21, 57 , accessed on September 8, 2017 (English).
- ↑ About Bakkafrost. (No longer available online.) Bakkafrost, archived from the original on July 26, 2015 ; accessed on September 14, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ New tradable index seafood. Oslo Stock Exchange , April 14, 2016, accessed on September 8, 2017 (English, press release).
- ↑ Bakkafrost's History. (No longer available online.) Bakkafrost, archived from the original on July 26, 2015 ; accessed on September 14, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Statement of Non-Association with Whaling. (No longer available online.) Bakkafrost, July 2016, formerly in the original ; accessed on September 1, 2017 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sponsor hjá Fótbóltssambandi Føroya. Fótbóltssamband Føroya , accessed on September 14, 2015 (Faroese).
