This week, several Matís employees will travel to the Westfjords and meet about opportunities that currently exist in the food industry in the area.
Matís runs an office in Ísafjörður. The main emphasis in Matís 'operations in the Westfjords is the development of production processes in collaboration with companies in the area, general technical advice for Matís' customers in the form of design and technical work. Emphasis is also placed on aquaculture, especially cod farming in the sea, and there is also strong research and development work in good cooperation with companies in the area.
There is a great precondition in this area to look at other factors as well and strengthen them even further. Small-scale food production is one factor that can be strengthened. Matís has for some time now operated Matarsmiðja in Höfn in Hornafjörður, where users learn the correct working methods from the beginning. The facility at Matarsmiðjan in Hornafjörður provides a unique opportunity for innovation in small-scale food production. A number of projects have already been launched in Matarsmiðjan and entrepreneurs from Reykjavík, among others, are coming to product development and small-scale production (more about Matarsmiðjan here).
Other factors such as improved utilization of fresh seafood and biochemical processing from raw materials that would not otherwise be utilized, such as cuttings in fish processing. The market for health products with bioactive substances is huge and has a turnover of hundreds of billions a year worldwide, so there is still a long way to go.
The meeting will take place in the meeting hall of the Development Center, Árnagata 2-4 in Ísafjörður, on Tuesday 5 October at 20. The meeting will be chaired by Daníel Jakobsson, Mayor of Ísafjörður.
The meeting is open to everyone and people are encouraged to attend.
The program in pdf format can be found here.