Cflow has signed a contract with Salmon Evolution – the world’s largest land-based fish farming facility – for delivery of fish handling technology to the company’s second phase build-out at Indre Harøy, Norway.
Salmon Evolution’s second phase build-out represents the next exciting chapter in Cflow’s land-based future
10 October 2024 – Cflow has signed a contract with Salmon Evolution – the world’s largest land-based fish farming facility – for delivery of fish handling technology to the company’s second phase build-out at Indre Harøy, Norway. Cflow’s innovative solutions have thus been chosen for another large, Norwegian land-based aquaculture project, strengthening the company's position as a leading technology supplier to sustainable salmon farming.
“Salmon Evolution’s second phase build-out represents the next exciting chapter in Cflow’s land-based future,” says Gunnar Hoff, Chief Marketing Officer at Cflow.
As part of the agreement, Cflow will supply fish handling that will ensure optimal animal welfare and sustainable production of Atlantic salmon. Cflow will among other things deliver technical solutions for fish logistics between the facility’s pools.
Cflow will manufacture all equipment, including piping, valves and pumps, at the company’s facility at Langevåg, outside Ålesund in Norway, and manage commissioning at Salmon Evolution’s Indre Harøy facility. Design and engineering work has already commenced, while equipment deliveries will begin in early 2025 and continue well into 2026.
Cflow has not disclosed the value of the contract but underlines that it is strategically important for the company.
“We have worked hard to prepare next generation’s fish welfare for land-based aquaculture. Salmon Evolution can already demonstrate highly impressive biological results, but our joint ambition is to further improve both animal welfare and their commercial results. We have turned every stone and employed our best biologists and engineers to develop a very gentle fish handling system,” says Gunnar Hoff.
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Salmon Evolution's facility on Indre Harøy. Photo by: Salmon Evolution
Indre Harøy and Andøya
By securing this latest contract for Salmon Evolutions second phase build-out, Cflow has been chosen as supplier of fish handling technology to two of the largest ongoing build-outs for land-based aquaculture in Norway: Salmon Evolution at Indre Harøy and Andfjord Salmon at Andøya.
Upon completion of the second phase build-out, Salmon Evolution will increase its production capacity with a further 10,100 tonnes HOG, thereby enhancing its total planned production volume to 18,000 tonnes annually.
At Andøya in North Norway, Cflow collaborates with Andfjord Salmon and contributes towards their objective of increasing production volume to 8,000 tonnes HOG from 2025, and further gradual volume increases up to 40,000 tonnes in 2030.
“Both Salmon Evolution and Andfjord Salmon has achieved industry-leading biological results, with good fish health, low mortality levels, and high superior share. That precisely these two players choose Cflow’s solutions for their next build-out is a great vote of confidence,” adds Gunnar Hoff.
Improvement in sight for land-based aquaculture?
Cflow delivers solutions and services to both the fishery and fish farming industries.
“Updated regulations for land-based aquaculture in Norway are finally on the way, so we are seeing that things are starting to move in this market,” says Gunnar Hoff.
Both Salmon Evolution and Andfjord Salmon have already been awarded aquaculture license for their respective facilities, and their ongoing build-outs were therefore not directly affected by the temporary halt in awards of land-based aquaculture licenses.
“We decided five years ago to focus on land-based fish farming, which represents another way of working compared to ship deliveries. There is a lot of engineering work upfront and delivery schedules that stretches up to a decade ahead in time. This creates strong predictability and excellent opportunities for both long-term employment and value creation for the supply chain,” says GunnarHoff.
For furtherinformation, please contact:
GunnarHoff, CMO at Cflow, tel: +47 979 84 006, e-mail: gunnar.hoff@cflow.com
