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SINTEF is one of the largest independent non-profit research institutes in Europe with over 2200 employees and an annual turnover of 320 M €. While industry-driven applied research is the core of SINTEF's activity, the institute coordinates and participates in numerous research-driven projects and academic collaborations nationally, and internationally through EU-programs (H2020, ERA, etc). Furthermore, SINTEF is highly active in translating research to commercial applications through licensing of in-house developed technologies and establishment of spin-off companies.

SINTEF Industry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine is a department of 100 researchers and technical staff and currently participates in over one hundred research projects covering nearly all fields of biotechnology. Marine biotechnology and biopolymers are core areas of expertise and strategic relevance, and SINTEF has over 20 years' experience working with seaweed-derived innovations.

SINTEF Ocean conducts research and innovation related to ocean space for national and international industries. Our ambition is to continue Norway's leading position in marine technology and biomarine research. Many of the challenges of modern society can be solved through sustainable use of the ocean. Transport, food and energy production represent the backbone of ocean-based industries, and are also core areas for SINTEF Ocean. In addition, we focus on environmental technology, with one of the world’s leading professional environments in marine environmental technology. Through cooperation in the SINTEF group, we are also able to integrate our own expertise with expert technological knowledge from other industry sectors. SINTEF has a long tradition for being a knowledge supplier and a good partner for Norwegian companies. We will continue to be so in the future, and through SINTEF Ocean we have established a centre of gravity for marine and maritime research, both in Norway and internationally.

Metal Production is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) strong in designing, modeling, and producing non-standard upstream, midstream, downstream equipment for aquafarming, marine, and offshore industries.

Metal Production is a coordinator of the Rocket cluster and has a network of 100+ subcontractors in the Baltic Region. We aim to gather key engineering companies and investors (owners-partners) to help startups with our expertise in global challenges facing the blue industry in recruiting water and oceans.

Ocean Rainforest is a pioneering blue growth company located in the Faroe Islands and in California, USA. We offer a collection of seaweed products, mostly for feed, food and cosmetic producers, as well as take part in research projects with a number of different partners.

Our inbuilt focus on research and innovation enables us to develop world-class cultivation methods - making us Europe's leading seaweed cultivator and a pioneer in our industry.

Our team shares the same values of passion, teamwork and pioneering, and through a diverse set of skills and years of combined experience, we continue to explore the potential of this versatile sea plant to meet growing market demand.

Our purpose is to improve people’s wellbeing and to make a unique contribution to our blue planet. We do this by applying science, innovation and expertise, to grow premium quality seaweed for our target customer segments. 

Hortimare is the reliable, sustainable and long term orientated supplier of high quality starting material for the seaweed industry globally. The long term focus of Hortimare is to supply the right varieties of seaweed to build up a sustainable business that can compete with land-based agriculture and supporting the development of large scale farms to increase the farmers chance of success. Hortimare also provides hatchery support and the option for farmers to enter into a breeding contract with the aim of optimizing yield in the near future. By collaborating closely with our clients, we can speed up the necessary developments to make them successful.

Murre Technologies has been supplying the EasyFarm system with which mussel seed cultivation is possible, for almost 20 years. Seaweed cultivation and processing is their next development. We are building a harvester that harvests the seaweed from the cultivation nets in the sea. Sowing seaweed is also part of the EasyFarm concept, which is why we supply the complete system for harvesting and sowing the seaweed. We have also developed a seaweed bubble washer to sort the sand and undersized waste such as crustaceans from the product during the washing process. The system is equipped with separation rollers for this, the washing water is continuously filtered through a separator drum. To reduce the iodine content, we use a blanching/cooling system.

In short, we are your partner in seaweed harvesting and processing.

We are a Norwegian based biomarine company which was established in 2007. We have process lines for two different product streams, namely, Atlantic salmon by-product and brown kelp (laminaria hyperborea). Our process plant on Frøya is directed coupled to InnovaMar, one of the largest and most efficient salmon processing plants in the world. Here we produce 2 premium salmon protein products as well as oil, while our fleet of vessels sustainably collect brown kelp which is processed and dried. We are also in the process of establishing a new factory that will utilize chicken by-product to produce a dried protein hydrolysate and a premium oil. 

Nutrimar´s overarching strategy is to effectively support the UNs sustainability goals by supplying renewable, healthy ingredients to the market. We believe that the learning process does not stop, and as we differentiate our raw materials and product range, we actively pursue the most effective ways to do what we do. To ensure we are able to develop from a sound foundation we maintain a close working relationship with the academic, scientific research communities and other companies around the world.