Matís opened a biotechnology center in Sauðárkrókur recently. Tuesday, November 18th. Einar K. Guðfinnsson, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, opened the workshop in the presence of a large crowd.
With the establishment of the biotechnology center, research facilities will be created with associated processing facilities where scientists and pioneers in biotechnology can develop their products and processing processes in collaboration with Matís. It should come as no surprise that Matís is opening this workshop in Skagafjörður, as Skagfjörður's food box is well known, where it grows and thrives under the auspices of a vibrant and diverse food industry. The biotechnology center is open to all Icelanders, and individuals and companies can have facilities there for a shorter period of time to produce products. The workshop will be a kind of hatchery for new start-up companies in biotechnology and very important in shortening the process from idea to market.
The photos show when Einar K. Guðfinnsson and Sjöfn Sigurgísladóttir, CEO of Matís, formally open the biotechnology center together with Guðmundur Guðlaugsson, mayor of Skagafjörður, Arnljótur Bjarki Bergsson, project manager at Matís and Patricia Hamaguchi from Matís.