Local management and a lean head office

Change of CEO

CEO Geir Molvik retires and Steven Rafferty is appointed new CEO, the first non-Norwegian CEO of Cermaq.

iFarm project launched

Cermaq embarks on the ambitious goal towards individualized farming. iFarm was awarded four development licenses.

Establishing UN Action Platform for Ocean

Cermaq is the first first business partner and a founding patron to the UN Action Platform for Sustainable Ocean Business.

New processing plant

The new processing plant setting a new standard for the salmon industry is inaugurated at Storskjæret, Steigen, Norway.

One company in Chile

The two MC group companies Cermaq Chile and Salmones Humboldt merges.

New hatchery

The new hatchery at Forsan, Steigen, Norway is inaugurated in October, enabling Cermaq to be self-sufficient with smolt.

Change of CEO

CEO Jon Hindar leaves Cermaq, and Geir Molvik is appointed new CEO.

Mitsubishi Corporation acquires Cermaq

Mitsubishi Corporation acquires 100% of the shares in Cermaq ASA, and the company is delisted from Oslo Stock Exchange. Cermaq ASA changes name to Cermaq Group AS.

EWOS is being sold

Cermaq sells its feed division EWOS to the private equity funds Altor and Bain Capital. The farming division, Mainstream, changes name to Cermaq.

Acuisition of Cultivos Marinos Chiloé

Cermaq acquires the Chilean farming company Cultivos Marinos Chiloé.

New production area in Nordland, Norway

Mainstream Norway establishes a new production area in Ofotfjorden.

New production area in Region XII, Chile

Mainstream Chile starts production in Magallanes (region XII).

Exiting non-core

Cermaq sells its shares in the non-core business Hordafôr.

Taking part in the global agenda

Cermaq joins UN Global Compact and Transparency International Norway.

Change of CEO

CEO Geir Isaksen leaves Cermaq after 15 years, and Jon Hindar is appointed new CEO.

Entering Vietnam feed market

EWOS enters the fish feed market in Vietnam, in a joint venture with Anova.

Exiting farming operations in Scotland

Cermaq sells out of fish farming activities in Scotland.

New feed plant in Florø, Norway

EWOS Norway inaugurates a new production line in the Florø plant. The plant becomes Norway’s largest feed factory with an annual capacity of 250 000 tonnes. The plant is the world’s most modern and environmental friendly within fish feed plant.

Opening research facility in Chile

Cermaq’s R&D division, EWOS Innovation, opens a research centre in Colaco, Chile.

Expanding operations in Finnmark, Norway

Cermaq acquires Arctic Seafood with operations in Nordland and Troms, Norway, and divests the Arctic licenses in Troms to Salmar.

Entering farming operations in Finnmark, Norway

Cermaq enters operations in Finnmark by acquiring Langfjordlaks AS, Polarlaks AS and Hammerfest Lakseslakteri AS.

Significant farming operations in Norway

Cermaq acquires the remaining shares of Follalaks and becomes a significant player in Norwegian salmon farming.

Acquiring Heritage , BC, Canada

Cermaq takes over the fish farming company Heritage, and thereby more than doubles its production in Canada.

Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange

Cermaq ASA was listed at the Oslo Stock Exchange 24th of October.

Expanding farming operations in Chile

Cermaq acquires the remaining shares and gains 100 % ownership in the Chilean farming company Salmones Andes. The operations are integrated with Mainstream Chile. Cermaq is becoming one of the largest producers in Chile.

Entering farming operations in Norway

Cermaq aquires 34 % of the shares in Follalaks AS.

Selling non-core business in Vaksdal and Skaun, Norway

Cermaq sells Vaksdal Industrier AS and the power plant at Buvika in Skaun municipality.

Naming all farming operations Mainstream

Cermaq decides to assemble its farming operations under the unified name Mainstream. Farming operations in Canada and Scotland change names to Mainstream Canada and Mainstream Scotland.

Selling majority shares in Unikorn AS

Cermaq sells its shareholding of 66 percent of the shares in Unikorn AS and becomes a minority shareholder in Unikorn AS.

Divesting Aquascot Ltd.

Cermaq sells its shareholding of 49 % of the shares in Fiskå Mølle AS to Brødrene Nordbø AS, and Cermaq decides to sell the processing company Aquascot Ltd.

Entering Salmones Andes

Cermaq acquires 30 % of the shares in the Chilean farming company Salmones Andes.

Closing feed plants in Norway

EWOS decides to close the feed plant at Vestnes effective from April 2002 and the feed plant in Stavanger effective from March 2003.

Selling feed plants in Norway

Cermaq, Skiens Aktiemølle ASA and Fritzøe Møller AS enters an agreement selling all their shares in the company Norgesmøllene DA to Felleskjøpet Øst Vest, effective from January 2003.

Restructuring Statkorn

Cermaq enters into an agreement with Felleskjøpene to re-acquire 50 % of the shares in Statkorn AS (at the time Unikorn AS). Thereafter Cermaq sells 34 % of the shares in Unikorn AS to Bygdemøllenes Investeringsselskap AS.

Selling the farm Staur Gård

Cermaq sells Staur Gård and Cermaq’s shareholding in Norsk Kornforedling AS to the Norwegian State represented by the Ministry of Agriculture. Cermaq divests its silos in Hamar, Skarnes, Melsomvik and at Sjursøya to Statkorn AS.

Becoming Cermaq

The company changes its name from Statkorn Holding ASA to Cermaq ASA.

Entering farming operations

Statkorn Holding AS enters farming operations through acquisition of the fish farming companies Pacific National Group Ltd and Prime Pacific Seafarms Ltd in Canada, Mainstream Salmones Y Alimentos S.A. in Chile and Mainland Salmon Ltd, Shetland Norse Ltd and Aquascot Group Ltd in Scotland.

Large share issue

Statkorn Holding AS executes a share issue of NOK 1 500 million.

NorAqua and EWOS merge

Statkorn Holding AS takes over from Felleskjøpene the remaining 43 % of the shares in NorAqua. NorAqua AS and EWOS AS merge, and the new company keeps the name EWOS.

Acquiring EWOS

Statkorn Holding AS takes over of the fish feed companies EWOS AS, EWOS Ltd (UK), EWOS Chile S.A. and EWOS Canada Ltd from Danisco.

Opening for private owners

The Norwegian state sells 20 % of the shares in the Statkorn Holding AS.

Selling grain operations

Statkorn Holding AS sells its feed grain operations in Stormøllen and 50 % of the shares in Statkorn AS.

Growing in fish feed

Stakorn Holding AS acquires 19 % of the shares in NorAqua, and with this becomes majority owner in the company (57 %).

From AS to ASA

Statkorn AS changes to Statkorn Holding ASA.

Restructuring Food Flour

Norgesmøllene DA discontinues food flour production in Stavanger and purchases 50 % of the shares in Food Manufacturing Services.

Entering fish feed

The fish feed company NorAqua AS is established with Statkorn Holding AS as a minority owner (41%). Stormøllen’s aquaculture division is merges into NorAqua AS.

Growing in livestock feed

Cermaq purchase 49% of shares in livestock feed company Fiskå Mølle AS.

Restructuring flour operations

The flour division in Stormøllen AS is separated out and merged with flour operations in creating Norgesmøllene DA where Stakorn Holding Cermaq owns 60%.

Statkorn AS was founded

The grain trading company Statkorn AS was founded in July when a new marketing organisation for grain was introduced in Norway. Statkorn AS was transferred to Stakorn Holding AS.

Established 12.12.1994

The company Statkorn Holding AS (later Cermaq) was founded as a state owned company 12.12.1994 taking over shares in Stormøllen as of January 1995.