CASE STUDIES: Norwegian fish processing facility gets automated
System monitors everything from tank farm to advanced controls
Established in 1994, the Maritex facility in Sortland sits above the Arctic Circle where supplies of the plant's raw material, fresh fish, are plentiful. At the factory, internal organs are processed into marine oils for use as ingredients in traditional and health foods, such as Omega-3 margarine. The factory also extracts advanced products, such as DNA salts from cod milt, enzymes from cod stomach and peptone, a protein building block.