Marubeni : North Pacific Seafoods, Inc. purchase Alaska salmon processing plants to expand salmon production share

July 1, 2015
Marubeni Corporation
North Pacific Seafoods, Inc. purchase Alaska salmon processing plants to expand salmon production share
Marubeni Corporation ("Marubeni") is pleased to announce that wholly-owned subsidiary North Pacific Seafoods, Inc. (NPSI) has reached an agreement with Inlet Fish Producers, Inc. to acquire the Kenai Plant and Kasilof Plant to expand its Alaskan seafood operation.
With the acquisition of these two plants, NPSI's annual seafood production volume will increase by 5,000M/T to 62,000M/T and give the company access to the southcentral fishing grounds in which pink salmon and sockeye salmon are plentiful. NPSI also expects more efficient production and purchase operations with the acquisition of the existing Kodiak Plant, located near Kodiak Island. Furthermore, NPSI can supply fresh salmon to the U.S. market from the Kenai Plant, located near Anchorage - Alaska's largest city and logistics hub.
Alaskan seafood, including wild salmon, is well managed by U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service and Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Their systems for wild seafood sustainability are highly regarded by consumers around the world. In this sense, it is also very significant for NPSI to increase Alaskan seafood production while securing these rare fish resources.
Since Marubeni joined the Alaskan seafood industry in 1972, they have been selling Alaskan wild salmon. Marubeni will continue to secure fish resources while developing sales and marketing strategies to Japan, the U.S., and the EU etc. to enhance Marubeni's stable seafood supply chain.

Address : 2000 Columbia Street, Kenai, Alaska
Facility : Fresh Processing Line
Production : 2,500MT/year
Main Items : Fresh salmon products, salmon roe products

Address : 5224 Skein Avenue Kasilof, Alaska
Facilities : Fresh Processing Line, Frozen Processing Line
Production : 2,500MT/year
Main Items : Fresh / Frozen salmon products, salmon roe products

Address : 4 Nickerson Street, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98109 U.S.A. Shareholder : Marubeni Corporation 100%
Business : Processing Alaska Seafood, Importing seafood
Main Items : Salmon, Pacific Cod, Pollock, Halibut, Rock Fish, Flatfish, Shrimp

Alaska

Anchorage City

Kenai Plant

Kasilof Plant

Togiak Plant

Pederson Point Plant

Kodiak Plant

Sitka Plant

Red Salmon Plant

Existing plant

New Plant