Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, recently hosted the last in a series of ‘Seafood Innovation Academy’ workshops in the BIM Seafood Development Centre, Clonakilty, Co. Cork.
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, recently hosted the last in a series of ‘Seafood Innovation Academy’ workshops in the BIM Seafood Development Centre, Clonakilty, Co. Cork.
Irish Seafood companies – Sofrimar, Ballycotton Seafoods, Irish Seaspray, Atlantis Seafoods, Irish Fish Canners and Morgan’s Fine Fish benefited from tailored Innovation surgeries from renowned Innovation experts; Francois Denis and Mike Burthet. The surgeries were designed to meet the specific needs of the attending companies with a focus on launching products in the French market with Francois Denis and operating on the UK market in the current Brexit environment with Mike Burthet. All attending companies were given support from BIM’s Seafood Technologists to discuss projects in the pipeline and plans for the coming year around New Product Development and Innovation.
Attendees also gained insights into product research from Aiden Lee, Managing Director, Eolas International and in new product development from Daniel Emerson, Managing Director of Stonewell Cider.
As a result of participating in BIM’s Seafood Innovation Academy, all eight seafood processing companies that attended the series have now adopted an Innovation process in their factories and in the majority of cases are now at final stages of new product development.
Pictured at the BIM Seafood Development Centre in Clonakilty, West Cork on Tuesday 29th November 2016 for the Seafood Innovation Academy Workshop were Paul Ward (BIM Manager of Seafood Development Centre), Grainne Masckin (Morgans Fine Fish), Michele Bonner ( Irish Fish Canners), Sorcha McSweeney (Atlantic Ltd) & Mike Berthet.
Pictured at the BIM Seafood Development Centre in Clonakilty, West Cork on Tuesday 29th November 2016 for the Seafood Innovation Academy Workshop were Sean Gavin (Irish Seaspray Galway), Grainne Mackin (Morgans Fine Fish) , Aileen Deasy (BIM) & Michele Bonner (Irish Fish canners)
Pictured at the BIM Seafood Development Centre in Clonakilty, West Cork on Tuesday 29th November 2016 for the Seafood Innovation Academy Workshop were Grainne Mackin (Morgan’s Fine fish), Gavin McGrath (BIM), Pat O’Leary, BIM, Yohann Pierard (Sofrimar), Donal Buckley, BIM, Keith Birdthistle (Ballycotton Seafoods), Sean Gavin (Irish Sea Spray), Shane Nolan (Eaton Square), Aileen Deasy, BIM
All Photos by Emma Jervis Photography
