THE strength of Grimsby's seafood processing cluster was underlined at the world's largest seafood trade fair.
Key players from the town's seafood industry were among the thousands of delegates to attend last week's European Seafood Exposition in Brussels.
The three-day event brought buyers, suppliers, media and other seafood-industry professionals from across the globe to meet face to face and do business.
Among the Grimsby-based companies exhibiting at the event were the logistics giant Samskip and fish processing company Seachill, which used the opportunity to launch the newest addition to its Saucy Fish Co range.
Representatives from Coldwater Seafood, Flatfish and Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises also attended the event.
The Saucy Fish Co's new Ready To Enjoy range is already stocked in Sainsbury's and Asda stores across the UK. And Seachill's sales and marketing director Simon Smith was encouraged by the global interest the new product attracted in Brussels.
He said: "We had a highly successful show and the interest in The Saucy Fish Co was self evident. It's a great feeling that something invented and made in Grimsby has such wide appeal globally from Australia and the US to Spain and Italy.
"Our concept has already been successful in Norway, Switzerland and Singapore, so we are very excited about these developments. We've always put convenience and inspiration at the heart of The Saucy Fish Co, but our new range is our most convenient product to date, offering quick and easy meals with no fuss suited to today's busy consumer."
Martyn Boyers, chief executive of Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises, which runs Grimsby Fish Market, said: "It is an event which gives me an opportunity to talk to a number of suppliers in one place.
"I was able to meet some of our Icelandic and Norwegian suppliers and to some of our equipment providers – such as Marel, an Icelandic company which makes grading machines, and Ziegra, a company from Germany who makes our ice machines.
"We also met with some of the Dutch and Belgian ports to talk about European legislation so that was useful."
