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SalMar ASA history
SalMar ASA company history timeline
SalMar was founded in February 1991 following the acquisition of a licence for the production of farmed salmon and a whitefish harvesting/processing plant from a company that had gone into liquidation.
Kverva was established in 1991 as a holding company for the ownership of SalMar ASA – today a publicly listed company with Kverva as the majority owner.
Since its inception in 1991 SalMar has developed into a vertically integrated aquaculture enterprise, whose production stretches from roe/broodfish to the sale of finished products.
2000 Total volume harvested: 11,000 tonnes gutted weight
2001 Total volume harvested: 15,000 tonnes gutted weight
2005 Total volume harvested: 35,000 tonnes gutted weight
In 2006, following 15 years of development and growth, a stake in SalMar was divested to financial investors.
2006 Total volume harvested: 44,000 tonnes gutted weight
SalMar shares floated on the Oslo Stock Exchange on 8 May 2007.
The proceeds from the transaction enabled Kverva to establish itself as an industrial investment company with a diverse portfolio of investments in 2007.
2007 Total volume harvested: 64,000 tonnes gutted weight
2008 Total volume harvested: 65,000 tonnes gutted weight
2009 Total volume harvested: 77,000 tonnes gutted weight
2010 Total volume harvested: 79,000 tonnes gutted weight
2011 Total volume harvested: 104,000 tonnes gutted weight
Nordhammer previously served as SalMar’s CEO for a period of 15 years until he stepped down in 2011.
2012 Total volume harvested: 116,100 tonnes gutted weight
2013 Total volume harvested: 128,000 tonnes gutted weight
Vision: In 2014, to reinforce our focus on the elements that have made SalMar the company it is today, a new vision was adopted that will henceforth guide our steps: “Passion for Salmon”.
2014 Total volume harvested: 154,800 tonnes gutted weight
2015 Total volume harvested: 150,000 tonnes gutted weight.
On 28 February 2016, SalMar was awarded the first eight aquaculture development licences for Ocean Farming AS.
On 11 May 2016, the board announced that Trond Williksen would be taking over as CEO from Leif Inge Nordhammer.
2016 Total volume harvested: 131,000 tonnes gutted weight.
On 5th of September 2017, Ocean Farm 1 arrived at its destination in Frohavet, off the Trøndelag coast in Central Norway The new smolt production facility in Senja was completed
2017 Total volume harvested: 154,000 tonnes gutted weight.
Olav-Andreas Ervik took over as new CEO in April 2018 after Trond Williksen’s voluntary resignation
Harvesting from Ocean Farm 1 – the worlds first offshore fish farm – started in September 2018.
2018 Total volume harvested: 159,000 tonnes gutted weight.
Gustav Witzøe new CEO from October 2019 following Olav-Andreas Ervik appointment as new CEO in the newly founded company SalMar Ocean which strengthens the focus on offshore fish farming.
2019 Total volume harvested: 166,000 tonnes gutted weight.
2020 Total volume harvested: 173,500 tonnes gutted weight.
2021 Total volume harvested: 198,200 tonnes gutted weight.
InnovaNor in operation from Q4 2021, the new harvesting and processing plant on Senja in Northern Norway
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