Skretting closes production in Ireland

Due to significant fall in demand for salmon feed year on year in the Irish market, Skretting, which is part of Nutreco, decided to close its production and administration at Westport, Ireland.

From Tuesday, September 7, 2010, the company will start a consultation period regarding the cessation of production at Westport in the near future and the transfer of the production of feed for the Irish market to Skretting‘s manufacturing plants in the UK. This will result in 22 redundancies in Ireland and a number of redundancies in joint services based in the UK. Skretting will work closely to support its employees during this period.

With approximately 1.3 million tonnes annual production, Skretting is the world leader in the production and supply of feed for farmed fish. Skretting has operating companies on five continents to produce and deliver feeds from hatching to harvest for more than 50 species of farmed fish. The company said it remains fully committed to the Irish aquaculture industry, as it has been for more than 20 years, and will continue to supply and support the industry from its operations in UK.