Smoked salmon producer invests USD 5 million to expands facility
Ducktrap River of Maine will take over a shuttered manufacturing facility it bought to increase its smoked salmon production. (Photo: Google Maps/FIS)
(UNITED STATES, 8/3/2017)
Smoked salmon and seafood producer Ducktrap River of Maine is investing USD 5 million to expand its Belfast facility, Maine, in order to meet increased national demand for its products.
The company, owned by Norwegian seafood company Marine Harvest ASA, plans to take over a shuttered factory it bought to turn it into a plant to producecold-smoked salmon, Bangor Daily News reported.
Currently, smoked salmon make up about 75 per cent of the sales of Ducktrap River of Maine and its general manager Don Cynewski expects the new facility to handle about 35-40 per cent of the company’s workload.
"With the initial buildout we'll have the ability to double production capacity,"...
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