The company Prokaria invited IFL employees to visit the company today to introduce them to the activities that take place at Gylfaflöt in Grafarvogur, but as previously stated on this page, a special company owned by IFL will soon take over Prokaria's genetic and enzyme division.
An announcement of the planned merger was published on IFL's news website earlier this summer, stating that the new company will continue to be called Prokaria, as the company has built up strong research and utilization of natural genetic resources in the field of genetic analysis and enzyme development in recent years. The company has development agreements with large international companies in the food industry such as Nestlé and Roquette.
During today's visit, Guðmundur Hreggviðsson, Prokaria's Director of Research, traced the company's history and reported on the main research that takes place there. Sólveig Pétursdóttir, supervisor of microbiological research from the main research that falls under her field, also talked, and finally Sigríður Hjörleifsdóttir talked about genetic research on behalf of Prokaria.
After the presentation, IFL staff inspected Prokaria's premises and finally accepted light refreshments.