To me this article suggests that European countries are invested heavily in the fish farming industry in China and understand the potential for long term growth. Go SIAF!!!
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Thursday, Oct. 18, 14:48 p.m. CET
Aller Aqua begins lone-venture in China
Danish fish feed producer Aller Aqua is ready for the official opening of its new plant in Qingdao at the end of the month, although it has already started operations there.
Hans Erik Bylling, the group’s CEO, told IntraFish they are alone in this venture, with no Chinese partners, which has made the path a bit rougher for the company. “We have been selling product to China for about 20 years, but actually, building a plant there has taken longer than the construction of any other of our plants,” Bylling said.
“We have had to go through the Chinese jungle of regulations to be able to start.” The plant will have a capacity of 45,000 to 50,000 metric tons of feed, and is expected to set the company’s hub for Asian markets.
Until now, all Aller Aqua’s feed to Asia was coming from Denmark, but operations will be switched to the Qingdao factory straight away. The company will continue to source its raw material from current suppliers, mainly in Europe.
“It is hard to find local raw material, and if we found it we would have to screen it and test it in our European facilities,” he said. The idea is that the plant is operated as it is in Europe, that’s why the company chose to embark on this on its own, and has hired a European team that is knowledgeable
of the practices in the continent. “It will all be done according to European standards, I think we’re the only ones to
install our operations there without any local partnership, but that way we can ensure that we continue to supply the same product of the past 20 years, without being affected by someone else’s way of working,” Bylling said.
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