Alfa Laval has acquired LiftUP, a Norwegian supplier of waste extraction techniques for fish farms.
Located outside Bergen on the west coast of Norway, LiftUP manufactures, sells and installs pumps and cleansing tools for the elimination of dead fish, waste and sludge from open fish cages. เกจวัดแรงดันเชื้อเพลิง compressed waste is stored in tanks which are shipped to a biogas facility, the place it is converted to renewable power and a high-grade fertilizer.
The LiftUP system enhances Alfa Laval Framo’s AquaStream pumping system which brings up recent low temperature water with high oxygen levels (from around 25m depth) and creates a perfect sea current, providing conditions much like deep fjords.
LiftUP, which had revenues of NOK75 million in 2020, will now be part of Alfa Laval’s Pumping Systems enterprise unit within the Marine Division.
“This acquisition is a priceless addition to our sustainable aquaculture portfolio, increasing our providing of fish farming options that increases each the productivity and financial attractiveness of fish farming options whereas lowering its impact on the setting,” mentioned Sameer Kalra, president of Alfa Laval’s Marine Division.
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