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2/12/2008 
New Equipment Exhibited at Upcoming Salmon Seminar
Salmon seminarThe upcoming Salmon seminar, held on January 31st till February 2nd at Carnitech's headquarters in Denmark, will feature salmon processing equipment from Marel, Carnitech, Dantech and Scanvægt. This two day seminar has drawn participants from all major salmon producers in the past and this year promises to be no different.
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6/28/2007 
Marel Food Systems in the UK and Ireland
The operations of Scanvaegt and Marel in the UK and Ireland have been formally merged into Marel Food Systems, with offices in Leicester, Belfast and Dublin.
The company offers a unified sales and service front for three of the Marel Food Systems main brands, Carnitech, Marel and Scanvaegt.
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1/17/2007 
Marel, Scanvaegt and AEW Delford
International Poultry ExpoThis year's IPE show will mark a new beginning for the Marel Group as Marel, Scanvaegt and AEW Delford will exhibit together for the first time. The three companies have merged in the USA with headquarters in Kansas City where over 100 employees will be working together as a single unit providing sales and services to the US market.
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1/15/2007 
Marel UK & Scanvaegt GB are merging
Marel UK and Scanvaegt GB have started the process of merging the businessesMarel UK and Scanvaegt GB have started the process of merging the businesses. The Managing Director of the merged company is Magnus Olason who was formerly the MD of Marel UK Ltd. The aim of the merger is to become a stronger supplier of quality products to the food processing industry and to build strategic partnerships with customers.
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1/4/2007 
New Equipment Exhibited at Upcoming Salmon Seminar
Salmon seminarThe upcoming Salmon seminar, held on January 31st till February 2nd at Carnitech's headquarters in Denmark, will feature salmon processing equipment from Marel, Carnitech, Dantech and Scanvægt. This two day seminar has drawn participants from all major salmon producers in the past and this year promises to be no different.
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12/6/2006 
Marel Releases Bone Analysis System

Detected bone in a Chicken breast Marel now offers the SensorX Bone Analysis System to all poultry processors. The SensorX is designed with the latest x-ray technology to maximize bone detection in poultry fillets. This solution increases the level of knowledge of the production process and delivers safer and more valuable product.

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11/13/2006 
Marel presents the Sjálandsskóli primary school with stereoscopes and microscopes.
Marel presents the Sjálandsskóli primary school with stereoscopes and microscopes.Marel recently presented the Sjálandsskóli primary school with a number of stereoscopes and microscopes to support the school’s science education.
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11/7/2006 
Marel - 3Q Results 2006
Sales for the 3rd quarter 2006 totalled EUR 57.6 million (ISK 5.2 billion), compared with 30.4 million (ISK 2.4 billion) at the same time previous year. Sales therefore increased by about 90%. Since the third quarter 2005, the companies AEW Delford Systems and Scanvægt have joined the Group at 7th of April and 4th of August respectively.
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11/6/2006 
New Addition to Marel Headquarters in Iceland
Marel Adds to Headquarters in IcelandMAREL has formally opened a new 4ooo m2 addition to the production facility at headquarters in Gardabaer, Iceland. The addition to the already spacious 9000 m2 main production hall was undertaken to meet future production needs and the need for an area to construct larger turn-key systems.
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10/24/2006 
New MPS Label Designer
MPS Label DesignerA new label design module has been released for the Marel MPS Production Software Suite. MPS Label Designer consists of an easy-to-use graphical label designer application and a label printing system that handles label print requests from the MPS OptiPack system.
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9/29/2006 
New Marine Solutions
On Board Solutions On board processing has long been one of Marel’s specialty as the origins of the company can be traced back to its development of the first fully motion compensated onboard scale in 1984.
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9/15/2006 
Marel hf. Share offering – conclusion
Marel’s share offering was completed 14 September, at 16:00hrs. The offering comprised an aggregate of 75 million new shares at a price of ISK 74 per share, giving a total offer size of ISK 5,550 million.
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9/13/2006 
Marel shares now on offer
As of this morning the Marel share offer is open. It will remain open from 9:00 am GMT on Wednesday, 13 September 2006, to 4:00 pm GMT on Thursday, 14 September 2006. To register for shares, please visit http://www.landsbanki.is.
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9/12/2006 
Marel - Prospectus
The Iceland Stock Exchange (ICEX) has scrutinised the prospectus of Marel hf., as endorsed on 8. September, and hereby confirms that the prospectus satisfies the requirements of the Act on Securities Transactions, No. 33/2003, as amended by Act No. 31/2005, and Regulations issued pursuant to the Act.
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9/4/2006 
Public Offer by Marel hf 13–14 September 2006
Marel is offering 75,000,000 new shares for sale in a public offer. The offer will be in three parts, an offer to pre-emptive right holders, another to institutional investors and a third to the general public. The shares will be offered for sale at a price of ISK 74 per share. The total selling price of shares offered is ISK 5,550 million.
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8/16/2006 
Growing to Meet Market Demands
Marel has been very visible this week. It published excellent half-year consolidated financial statements where among other things the company reported that the operating profit for the second quarter was the largest ever, or about ISK 399 million, and that the profit for the first six months was ISK 115 million.
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8/11/2006 
Eyrir Invest increases its share in Marel hf.
Eyrir Invest logo Eyrir Invest ehf. increased its holdings in Marel last week by purchasing just over a 4% share from Landsbanki Bank, making it the largest shareholder with approximately 33.5% of company stock.
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8/8/2006 
Marel Q2 CFS 2006
Sales for the second quarter 2006 totaled EUR 46.6 million (ISK 4.3 billion), compared with EUR 33.9 million (ISK 2.7 billion) during the same period the previous year. Sales therefore increased by about 38%.
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8/7/2006 
Marel and Scanvaegt Join Forces
Marel and Scanvaegt join forces Marel hf. announces the acquisition of all shares in the Danish food equipment manufacturer Scanvaegt International AS. With this move, Marel and Scanvaegt will create a strong player able to meet the demands of the ever-consolidating global food industry.
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7/31/2006 
Astronaut Visits Marel Headquarters
Bjarni TryggvasonNASA astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason spent two days visiting Marel’s Iceland headquarters in July.
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7/3/2006 
Salmon Processing Solutions that Boost Profits
Salmon solutionsMarel, Carnitech Salmon and Dantech have joined to offer one-stop-shopping that efficiently handles all your salmon processing needs.
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6/12/2006 
HB Grandi boosts fish-processing automation in partnership with Marel
Marel and HB GrandiHB Grandi hf. has contracted with Marel hf. to purchase an innovative processing system for saithe. The first of its kind in the world, the new system significantly increases automation, capacity, utilisation and product value. The contract is valued at approximately ISK 60 million.
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5/11/2006 
Marel offers a range of grading and packing solutions
Fixed weigh packing has become a standard requirement for many processors in all sectors of fish, meat and poultry processing. Producers need to minimise over pack in order to increase net earnings.
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5/8/2006 
Marel hf. subsidiary increases its share in Stork NV
LME ehf., which is owned by Marel hf., Eyrir Invest ehf. and Landsbanki Islands hf, has through its subsidiary Ioliet Beheer B.V. increased its ownership in the Dutch listed company Stork NV.
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5/8/2006 
Marel Exhibits Flexible Processing Systems
Marel proudly presents a new member of its Partners in Processing group, AEW Delford Systems, which will exhibit with Marel at the upcoming Seafood Processing Europe Exhibition.
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5/5/2006 
Q1 2006 Consolidated Financial Statement (CFS)
Sales for the first quarter of 2006 totalled EUR 32.5 million (ISK 2.5 billion), compared with EUR 29.9 million (ISK 2.4 billion) during the same period the previous year. Sales therefore increased by about 8%.
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4/25/2006 
Marel Introduces A New Tray Grader
To meet customer demand, Marel has designed a new Overhead Tray Grader that grades and batches trays into boxes. This flexible unit is built with the same Marel quality as all our other graders and fits well into our existing grading and batching product range.
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4/24/2006 
Marel Announces Changes To Executive Management Team
Marel Austurhraun Marel hf, Iceland, announces changes in management at the newly acquired AEW Delford Systems in Great Britain and at the corporate headquarters in Iceland.
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4/10/2006 
Marel hf expands its market share by acquiring AEW Thurne and Delford Sortaweigh
AEW delford systemsMarel hf announces the acquisition of UK based AEW Thurne (AEW) and Delford Sortaweigh (Delford) from the AEW Delford Group Ltd. This is Marel’s first strategic move to implement its new target of becoming a leading global manufacturer of food processing equipment, and to triple annual revenues over the next 3 to 5 years.
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4/7/2006 
Soccer shipped from Marel
Children in Namibia accept soccer donations from Marel Employees from Marel in Iceland find a very special way of extending their friendship to children in Namibia. Boxes of soccers shoes, shirts and balls were collected and shipped to children in Walvis Bay.
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4/6/2006 
New ITM Salmon Trimming Robot Launched
New Mare ITM Intelligent Salmon Trimming The Intelligent Trimming Machine (ITM), which was introduced as a concept last year is now ready for launch onto the market.
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3/9/2006 
Marel Sponsors Mathematics Project
Autors Eyvindur Ari Pálsson and Stefán Freyr Guðmundsson deliver the first copies to Ingólfur Örn Guðmundsson, director of Marel Marketing Center at the Marel headquarters in Gardabaer. Marel Sponsors the Publication of Three Volume Mathematics Study Set.
Developed by Áskell Harðarsson, Eyvindur Ari Pálsson og Stefán Freyr Guðmundsson University of Iceland Match students, the study books Punktar og tölur 1, 2, 3 ( Dots and Numbers) have be published with the sponsorship of Marel hf.
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2/27/2006 
Marel introduced to the Indian seafood market
Marel introduced to the Indian seafood marketDuring the Indian International Fishing Show in Kolkata in early February, Marel was introduced for the first time to the Indian seafood market. Along with Marel’s agent in India, DanTech India out of Kochi in the state of Kerala on the west cost of India.
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2/9/2006 
Marel Employees Support Children in Namibia
Martha Negongo accepts the suppliesIn 2005, two Marel employees started a book collection program for children in Namibia in co-operation with Marel’s Agent in Namibia, Baader Namibia. With the participation of all Marel employees and the help and support from Marel and other Icelandic companies, the program has now grown to include sports as well as learning.
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2/7/2006 
Marel Q4 CFS 2005
Sales for 2005 totaled EUR 129 million (ISK 10.1 billion), which is an increase of about 14.9% from the previous year.
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11/11/2005 
Marel sponsors the First Lego League in Iceland 2005.
Marel sponsors the First Lego League Ocean Odyssey Challenge in Iceland 2005. The company's sponsorship is a part of its mission to support science education for children and adolescents in Iceland. The competition takes place at Marel Headquarters in Iceland on Thursay, November 12th. At the same time, over 400 teams in 24 cities in Scandinavia compete.


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9/4/2002  admin
Maritech commemorates 18 years of cooperation with Marel
Odd Einar Folland CEO of Maritech presented Marel director Hörður Arnarsson with a sculpture at the grand opening of Marel’s new facilities.

Odd Einar Folland CEO of Maritech presented Marel director Hörður Arnarsson with a sculpture at the grand opening of Marel’s new facilities on Tuesday, September 3rd. Commemorating over 18 years of cooperation Odd used the occasion to thank Marel for the successful collaboration in the Norwegian market.

Years of close operation have resulted in a strong relationship both on the top management level, and on the front lines with sales, installation and support. Together Marel and Maritech have become the leading provider of solutions to the Norwegian fishing and farming industry. Both companies look forward to continuing their successful cooperation.

The sculpture is made by Geir Morten Karlsen at Glassforum AS in Averøy.  Karlsen is half Icelandic and started his craft years ago in Gardabær, the new hometown of Marel.

 

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