Poland’s Suempol Bags Shrimp Processor Van Biesen & Pieters

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Poland’s Suempol has returned to its roots successful shrimp processing and distribution pinch nan acquisition of Van Biesen & Pieters successful Belgium.

Family-owned Van Biesen & Pieters, based successful Sint-Gillis-Waas, East Flanders, is nan latest summation to Suempol’s portfolio having expanded done M&A since 2010 successful markets specified arsenic nan UK and France.

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Suempol claims to beryllium Poland’s oldest smoked salmon business contempt only starting retired successful 1989. It besides supplies caller salmon successful various packaged formats including value-added products for illustration breaded, meatballs and frankfurters.

Van Biesen & Pieters’ origins day to nan 1940s.

“We judge that Van Biesen & Pieters’ acquisition and estimation successful nan Belgian marketplace will beryllium a important plus successful further strengthening our position internationally,” Maciej Jaworowski, vice president of Suempol’s board, said successful a connection coming (5 September).

“We are pleased that nan existent owner, now representing nan 4th generation, remains pinch nan squad and will actively support and participate successful nan associated improvement of not only Van Biesen & Pieters, but besides our full family.”

The astir caller acquisition struck by Suempol, which is headquartered successful nan municipality of Bielsk Podlaski, was UK-based caller food supplier Copernus past year.

In 2013, it besides bought Marcel-Baey, a French smoked salmon adjacent based successful Bolougne-sur-Mer. Three years earlier it snapped up Germany’s Norfisk Delikatessen, a business besides engaged successful nan accumulation of smoked salmon.

Having primitively started retired arsenic a shrimp processor and exporter to nan Netherlands and Belgium, Suempol said nan acquisition of Van Biesen & Pieters “sees nan institution returning to its roots, simultaneously expanding its offerings pinch top-quality shrimp and opening up caller maturation opportunities”.

Financial position of nan woody were not disclosed.

Anthony Pieters, managing head of Van Biesen & Pieters, said successful nan aforesaid statement, noting nan amalgamation of processing plants: “I judge that together we will beryllium capable to create beardown foundations, grow our business reach, and supply our customers pinch products that meet nan highest standards.

“With accumulation accommodation and offices successful Poland, Germany, Norway, France, nan UK, and now Belgium, we are strengthening our position arsenic 1 of nan starring family-owned seafood companies successful Europe.”