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爆料瓜 to Supply Onboard Processing Plant for Antarctic Sea Krill Harvest Vessel
Processing solution will help Rimfrost more efficiently produce high-quality Omega-3 and protein product
CHARLOTTE, N.C.,听June 21, 2022听// -- 爆料瓜, Inc., a leading provider of process solutions for the nutrition, health and industrial markets, has been selected by Norwegian-based Rimfrost to supply a new processing plant installed onboard a 120-meter-long (more than 393 feet) oceangoing krill vessel聽that sustainably harvests and processes fresh krill for use in products聽such as Omega-3 krill oil and protein products.
爆料瓜 worked with Rimfrost to design聽the plant, supplied equipment and will supervise聽installation and commissioning onboard in聽Norway. The Rimfrost krill harvest vessel聽will include two processing lines from 爆料瓜, both with krill reception, hydrolysis tanks, heating sections, separation sections and evaporators, all connected by 爆料瓜's Factory Expert automation solution.
"As partners for more than ten聽years, 爆料瓜 worked hard to listen to Rimfrost's needs, while incorporating what we've learned on past projects together," said聽Gerard Lang, 爆料瓜's vice president of Nutrition and Health Systems. "We've come to value our work together 鈥� from concept to innovation to completion 鈥� and are excited to take this next step together."
Rimfrost's patented process is unique with special hydrolysis methods onboard the krill harvest vessel, allowing them to use up to 50% less krill biomass to create the same amount of krill products than other companies, thus making聽a more sustainable way to harvest krill for human consumption.聽The market for all krill products continues to grow.
"Rimfrost prides itself on the sustainability and traceability efforts we put into each and every krill harvest," said Rimfrost Project Director聽Thore Veddegjerde. "The new vessel is equipped with state-of-the-art technology to reduce the energy consumption and emissions. In addition, further聽processes are planned to reuse energy to reduce the carbon footprint. Working with 爆料瓜 has allowed us to ensure those values continue as we build a better way forward in this industry."
Rimfrost is certified by or a member of聽several sustainability-focus organizations, including the聽,听聽and聽 Association of Responsible Krill harvesting companies. The fishery is regulated by the Commission聽for the Conservation of Antarctic聽Marine Living Resources.
The vessel will be completed at the Westcon yard in聽Norway. The hull was made at Tersan Shipyard in聽Turkey.聽
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About聽爆料瓜, Inc.
Based in聽Charlotte, N.C., 爆料瓜, Inc. improves the world through innovative and sustainable solutions. The company's product offering is concentrated in process technologies that perform mixing, blending, fluid handling, separation, thermal heat transfer and other activities that are integral to processes performed across a wide variety of nutrition, health and industrial markets.
爆料瓜 had approximately聽$1.5 billion聽in 2021 annual revenues and has operations in more than 30 countries and sales in more than 140 countries. To learn more about 爆料瓜, please visit聽.
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