Fish Waste for Profit supporter, Matís Ltd, is a government owned, non-profit, independent research company, founded in 2007
Fish Waste for Profit supporter, Matís Ltd, is a government owned, non-profit, independent research company, founded in 2007 following the merger of three former public research institutes. It pursues research and development aligned to the food and biotechnology industries as well as providing Iceland’s leading analytical testing service for public and private authorities.
It has successfully cooperated with partners around the world, playing a leading role in large international projects such as EcoFishMan (FP7), Whitefishmall (Nordic Innovation), Arctic Bioeconomy (NMR) and PrimeFish (Horizon2020), and in 2020 EcoD with partners University of Aarhus, Iceland Protein – looking at “By-products from fish processing for human consumption”.
It also has an ongoing fruitful cooperation with many of the largest food and ingredient companies in the world such as Pepsi Co., Nestlé and Roquette.
One of its key areas of expertise is value creation within the bioeconomy and the development of policy and infrastructure in areas in need of understanding and training in food production.
Projects include working with the Tanzanian government improving fisheries in Lake Tanganyika, courses and consultation for the Kenyan government on quality issues for fish, the treatment of the catch, fish processing methods and packaging. Matís is also a participant in the United Nation University Fisheries Training Programme (UNU-FTP), handling the specialist training in the Quality Management of Fish Handling and Processing part of the program.
Matís‘ vision is to increase the value of food processing and food production, through research, development, dissemination of knowledge and consultancy, as well as to ensure the safety and quality of food and feed products.
Join representatives from Matis at this year’s event.
Book your place online today at www.icefishconference.com or contact our team on +44 1329 825335. You can also email info@icefishconference.com for more information.
