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Gunnar Þórðarson
Regional Manager
gunnar.thordarson@matis.is
A meeting under the auspices of the Nordic Marine Innovation Program 2.0 was held in Copenhagen recently. The fund is under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers and is intended to promote research and development in maritime-related projects in the Nordic countries and to promote sustainable growth and increase entrepreneurship and competitiveness in the region.
Matís is involved in many of the projects that were discussed there and manages some of them.
- Kolbrún Sveinsdóttir presented a project on algae - "Seaweed bioactive ingredients with verifiedin-vivo bioactivitiesbioactive"
- Margrét Geirsdóttir presented a project on collagen production - "Production of hydrolysed collagen from fishery by products"
- Guðmundur Stefánsson presented a project on quality and value of mackerel products for the international market - "Improved Quality and Value of Nordic Mackerel Products for the Global Market"
- Gunnar Þórðarson led a project on supercooling in fish processing that ended last year - "Super-Chilling of Fish"
Matís was also involved in a project on the utilization of cultivated algae "MacroValue: Improving the understanding of seasonal variation in cultivated macroalgae".
All of these projects are designed to enhance future value creation and are carried out in close collaboration between the business community, the knowledge industry and the university community. But it is not enough to have a good idea, it is necessary to have the ability to turn it into a valuable production of the future. This requires the right human resources and financial strength. With the close cooperation of parties who have extensive knowledge and experience, as well as organization and resources, it is possible to advance ideas and thereby create value in the future.
Research and development are a prerequisite for progress and the success of companies and the general public is dependent on their success.