by admin | Feb 1, 2014 | Fréttir, News, news_home
Both Iceland’s and Alaska’s economies rest heavily on the seafood industry: Fish brings in a total of $7 billion annually to Iceland’s economy, and $5.8 billion to Alaska’s, according to Sigfusson’s numbers. He called Iceland and Alaska part of the “Silicon Valley of...
by admin | Jan 28, 2014 | Fréttir, News, news_home
Ankra, one of the entrepreneur companies located in the Ocean Cluster House, was recently interviewed by Morgunblaðið where they talk about their upcoming products and the atmosphere at the office. Ankra is a cosmetic company, creating cosmetics from resources of the...
by admin | Jan 24, 2014 | Fréttir, News
The Iceland Ocean Cluster will be presented this Wednesday, January 29 at the Innovation Summit in Juneau, Alaska – a meeting of the minds on economic development in Juneau and Southeast Alaska. Thor Sigfusson, the founder of the Iceland Ocean Cluster is one of...
by admin | Jan 13, 2014 | Fréttir, News
The Ocean Cluster House is now expanding. In 2000 m2 over 30 ocean-related companies span everything from development of high-technology for fish processing to development of natural beauty products from fish. This Friday, we are showing the house and giving new...
by admin | Jan 2, 2014 | Fréttir, News
ThorIce manufactures and sells slurry-ice generators and specializes in rapid chilling of fish and foodstuff, supplying know how and other equipment. ThorIce recently opened a production facility next to the Ocean Cluster House by the Reykjavik harbor. “We are...
by admin | Dec 19, 2013 | Fréttir, News
The year 2013 has been quite an eventful year for the fisheries sector and the ocean cluster in Iceland and a number of trends have started to emerge. In 2014 we foresee the following 10 trends in the Iceland ocean cluster: 1. Growth continues in emerging ocean...
