Production sites
Royal Greenland owns a total of 46 factories and processing facilities in Greenland, Canada and Europe.
Greenland
Along the west coast of Greenland Royal Greenland owns 37 plants and facilities including large plants with 2-3 shifts per day and small facilities with 1-2 employees. The factories in Greenland mainly operate with prawns, Greenland halibut, cod, crab and lumpfish roe. The plants’ activities range widely, from the production and packaging of finished products to the packaging of intermediate products for further processing in Asia or Poland, as well as, for example, block freezing and salting.
Factory Manager: John Olsen
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: Greenland halibut, J-cut, heads, tails and HOG
Capacity: 3 t/day
Cold store capacity: 230 ton
Employees: 10 in the season
As of 1/10 2014, J/V Inughuit Seafood A/S, 50% RG ownership.
Factory Manager: Justine Petersen
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: J-cut, heads, tails, whole fish
Capacity: 5 t/day
Cold store capacity: 450 ton
Employees: 3-12 low/peak seasons
Newly constructed in 2017
Factory Manager: Stiinannguaq Løvstrøm
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: Freezing of Greenland halibut
Capacity: 16 t/day
Cold store capacity: 890 ton
Employees: 3-14 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Tabithe Kristensen
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: J-cut, heads, tails, whole fish
Capacity: 16 t/day
Cold store capacity: 600 ton
Employees: 15-25 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Pernille F. Karlsen
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: Freezing of Greenland halibut, HOG, j-cut
Capacity: 16 t/day
Cold store capacity: 500 ton
Employees: 3-22 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Majaq Simigaq
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: J-cut, heads, tails, whole fish
Capacity: 15 t/day
Cold store capacity: 550 ton
Employees: 10-20 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Arnannguaq B. Eskildsen
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: Freezing of Greenland halibut, HOG, j-cut
Capacity: 12 t/day
Cold store capacity: 600 ton
Employees: 2-15 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Hans Peter Kristensen
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: Freezing of Greenland halibut
Capacity: 5 t/day
Cold store capacity: 200 ton
Employees: 8-14 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Magnus Grim
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: Freezing of Greenland halibut
Capacity: 8 t/day
Cold store capacity: 100 ton
Employees: 5-15 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Anna Marie Mølgaard
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: J-cut, whole fish
Capacity: 11 t/day
Cold store capacity: 100 ton
Employees: 5-12 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Mathias Nielsen
Primary species: Greenland halibut, other fish
Products: Whole Greenland halibut frozen in blocks
Capacity: 5,4 t/day
Cold store capacity: 110 ton
Employees: 3-10 low/peak seasons
The unit burned down in 2003. The current facility opened in 2005.
Factory Manager: Johanne Knudsen Samuelsen
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: J-cut, heads, tails, whole fish
Capacity: 4.5 t/day
Cold store capacity: 100 ton
Employees: 1-14 low/peak seasons
New freezing facilities in 2013, new drying house in 2013.
Factory Manager: Mona Lisa Isaksen
Primary species: Snow crab, cod, Greenland halibut, lumpfish roe
Products: Crab sections, fish frozen in blocks, lumpfish roe in barrels
Capacity: 5 ton snow crab, 5 ton fish/day
Cold store capacity: 100 ton
Employees: 3-30 low/peak seasons
The unit has previously handled prawn, meat and frill production, but now produces only crab and fish.
Factory Manager: Marie Knudsen
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: J-cut, heads, tails, whole fish
Capacity: 7 t/day
Cold store capacity: 213 ton
Employees: 1-15 low/peak seasons
Current unit was refurbished in 1998, when the large freezing facility was also taken into use.
Two new plate freezers installed in 2018.
Factory Manager: Stefán Tryggvason (Prawn), Thara Jeremiassen (Halibut)
Primary species: Prawns, Greenland halibut
Products: IQF prawns, prawnmeal, Greenland halibut J-cut, heads, tails, whole fish, cod
Capacity: 100 t prawns, 20 t fish/day
Cold store capacity: 1,100 ton
Employees: 100-152 low/peak seasons
The current unit was established in 1961 and has been refurbished several times. New Greenland halibut factory in 1998. Prawn factory renovated in 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Factory Manager: Elisabeth Hansen
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: Whole fish, fillets with skin, heads, tails, J-cut, HOG
Capacity: 3 t/day
Cold store capacity: 200 ton
Employees: 2-20 low/peak seasons
The unit has only been refurbished to a small degree since it was established. New freezing facilities were established in 2008.
Factory Manager: Jakob Mathiassen
Primary species: Greenland halibut
Products: Whole Greenland halibut, heads, tails, fillets and J-cut
Capacity: 50 t/day
Cold store capacity: 1,600 ton
Employees: 20-50 low/peak seasons
Current location since 1966, but the unit has been expanded several times.
In 2017 the largest expansion to date was performed.
Factory Manager: Hans Grønvold
Primary species: Greenland halibut, other fish, lumpfish roe
Products: Greenland halibut fillets, frills, heads, IQF fillets, loins, cod fillet/whole
Capacity: 12 ton Greenland halibut/day
Cold store capacity: 1,800 ton
Employees: 90 low/peak seasons
Refurbished as a prawn factory in 1952 and several times later on. Closed in 1997. Recommenced operations in 2000 and refurbished in 2011.
Factory Manager: Najaaraq Larsen
Primary species: Salted cod, Greenland halibut, lumpfish roe
Products: Salted cod, dried fish. HOG Greenland halibut, HOG cod
Capacity: 1,5 t/day
Cold store capacity: 20 ton
Employees: 0
Factory Manager: Hans Lars Olsen
Primary species: Prawns, snow crab
Products: Cooked and peeled prawns, crab sections
Capacity: 160 ton prawns/day, 6 ton snow crab/day
Cold store capacity: 1,600 ton
Employees: 100-150 low/peak seasons
Current unit built in 1969 for production of cod and prawns, renovated in 1992 and 2011 into a modern prawn processing facility. New crab factory build in october 2021.
Factory Manager: Peter Nielsen
Primary species: cod, Greenland halibut
Products: salted cod, dried fish, HOG Greenland halibut and HOG cod
Capacity: 3 t/day
Cold store capacity: 40 tonnes
Employees: 2-7 low/peak seasons
Stand-alone platefreezer for freezing and two 20ft containers (40 tonnes) installed in 2018.
Factory Manager: Jørgen Inusugtoq
Primary species: Cod, lumpfish roe
Products: Cod frozen in blocks, fillet, lumpfish roe in barrels
Capacity: 15 t/day freezing
Cold store capacity: 100 ton
Employees: 2-25 low/peak seasons
The unit was renovated/built in 1986 in its current form with production of cod. Today, cod and other fish are frozen and in the season lumpfish roe is processed. Rebuilt for cod fillet production 2015.
Factory Manager: Pipaluk Olsen
Primary species: Cod
Products: Salted fish of cod and cod frozen in blocks
Capacity: 15 t/day
Cold store capacity: 60 ton
Employees: 1-13 low/peak seasons
Renovated in 2005.
Factory Manager: Judithe Wille
Primary species: Cod, lumpfish roe
Products: Salted fish, lumpfish roe
Capacity: 5 t/day
Cold store capacity: No cold store
Employees: 4-10 low/peak seasons
Refurbished and renovated in 1995. Expanded in 2013.
Factory Manager: Otto Enoksen
Primary species: Cod and lumpfish roe
Products: Salted fish and lumpfish roe
Capacity: 2.5 t/day
Cold store capacity: none
Employees: 1-7 low/peak seasons
Renovated in 1991/93 and in 1994/95.
Factory Manager: Klaus Jonathansen
Primary species: Cod, lumpfish roe
Products: Salted fish from cod and ugaq, lumpfish roe
Capacity: 5 t/day
Cold store capacity: No cold store
Employees: 1-10 low/peak seasons
Renovated in 1995.
Factory Manager: Sofiaaraq Larsen
Primary species: Cod, wolffish, Greenland halibut, lumpfish roe
Products: Whole fish, Winter-dried cod, dried wolffish, lumpfish roe in barrels
Capacity: 5 t/day
Cold store capacity: 30 ton
Employees: 4-16 low/peak seasons
Renovated in 1994/95. Expansion of the freezing capacity and cold store.
Factory Manager: Tikkili Ezekiassen
Primary species: Cod
Products: Salted fish, lumpfish roe, frozen cod and other species
Capacity: 2 t/day
Cold store capacity: 20 ton
Employees: 0
Factory Manager: Susanne Marie Knudsen
Primary species: Nutaaq cod, Cod, Greenland halibut, lumpfish roe, dried fish and other fish
Products: Cod fillets, halibut fillets, lumpfish roe, dried fish and freezing
Capacity: 80 ton fish/day
Cold store capacity: 500 ton
Employees: 25-100 low/peak seasons
Establishing a line for filleting and a line for salting cod.
Factory Manager: Tippu-Bolatta Jakobsen
Primary species: Cod, wolffish, lumpfish roe
Products: Whole fish, salted fish, lumpfish roe in barrels
Capacity: 3 ton freezing, 4 ton salting/day
Cold store capacity: 8 ton
Employees: 4-20 low/lumpfish roe season
Expansion of the cold store and freezing capacity. 8-10 ton freezing, 4 ton salting.
Factory Manager: Jan Jørgensen
Primary species: Snow crab, greenland halibut, cod, lumpfish roe and other fish
Products: Crab sections, halibut fillets, dried cod, lumpfish roe and freezing
Capacity: Crab sections 10 t/day, fillets 20 t/day
Cold store capacity: 500 ton
Employees: 10-50 low/peak seasons
Refurbished from cod production to smokehouse in 1997. Closed in 2003. Shrimp and crab production established in 2004. In 2012, the shrimp production was closed in favour of the cod filleting line.
Factory Manager: Ken Jakobsen
Primary species: Cod, Greenland halibut, redfish, wolffish, lumpfish roe
Products: Lumpfish roe, whole fish IQF, products for the home market
Capacity: 50 t/day
Cold store capacity: 200 ton
Employees: 12-40 low/peak seasons
Godthåb Fiskeindustri taken over in 1990, prawn production closed in 2002.
Factory Manager: Niels Sakariassen
Primary species: Lumpfish roe, cod
Products: Lumpfish roe in barrels
Capacity: Freezing of 20 t/day
Cold store capacity: 600 ton
Employees: 1-10 low/peak seasons
Renovated in 1995.
Factory Manager: Konrad Boye
Primary species: Cod, lumpfish roe
Products: Salted fish, cod IQF, cod frozen in blocks, lumpfish roe in barrels
Capacity: 4 ton salted fish, 18 ton fish/day
Cold store capacity: 80 ton
Employees: 6-16 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Nicolai Benjaminsen
Primary species: Greenland halibut, cod
Products: Freezing
Capacity: 4 t/day
Cold store capacity: 70 ton
Employees: 3
First sales of raw materials initiated in 2014 after refurbishment and modernisation of cooling plant.
Factory Manager: Dorthe Kristensen
Primary species: Greenland Halibut
Products: -
Capacity: -
Cold store capacity: -
Employees: 2-4
Factory Manager: Frede Kilime
Primary species: Cod
Products: Headed cod with collarbone
Capacity: 10 t/day
Cold store capacity: 500 ton
Employees: 8 low/peak seasons
Canada
Royal Greenland runs 9 production units in Eastern Canada:
In Newfoundland, Quin-Sea Fisheries Ltd. consist of five first sale and processing facilities, where local fishermen land their catches. The primary species originating from Newfoundland are snow crab, prawns, whelk, lobster, herring, cod, Greenland halibut and capelin.
Factory Manager: Chris Butler
Primary species: Prawns, Snow crab, Whelk, Scallop, Cod
Products: Cooked & Peeled, IQF, Crab sections/Cooked snow crab, In shell/cooked whelk, Scallops
Capacity: 195 t/day
Cold store capacity: 300 ton
Employees: 400 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Chris Fong
Primary species: Ground fish, Pelagics
Products: Split/salt fish, Block frozen capelin/herring/mackerel
Capacity: 38 t/day
Cold store capacity: 1000 ton
Employees: 30 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Barry Payne
Primary species: snow crab, pelagics, scallops, sea cucumber, cod
Products: Crab sections, cooked/raw snow crab, block frozen capelin/herring/ mackerel, butterfly cut/gutted, sea cucumber, J-Cut/H&G/HOG Greenland halibut
Capacity: 110 t/day
Cold store capacity: 75 ton
Employees: 135 low/peak seasons
Factory Manager: Steadman Letto
Primary species: Snow crab, whelk, Pelagics, Lobster
Products: Crab sections/Cooked snow crab, in shell/cooked whelk, Block frozen capelin/herring/mackerel, J-Cut/H&G/HOG Greenland halibut, Lobster fresh/frozen
Capacity: 145 t/day
Cold store capacity: 50 ton
Employees: 70 low/peak seasons
Live lobster holding facility
Manager: Chris Fong
Cold store capacity: 1000 ton
Employees: 4
Factory Manager: Chris Butler
Primary: Capelin, heering, mackarel, lobster, ground fish
Products: Block frozen capelin/herring/mackerel, Fresh/frozen lobsteer
Capacity: 24 t/day
Cold store capacity: 80 ton
Employees: 50-100 low/peak seasons
Burnt down in March 2024
Factory Manager: Joe Anthony
Primary species: Snow crab
Products: Snow crab sections
Employees: 90 low/peak season
Factory Manager: Stedman Letto
Primary species: Prawn, Snow crab,
Products: Cooked & peeled prawns, Crab sections
Capacity: 30 t/day
Employees: 120 low/peak seasons
Europe
Cuxhaven in Germany is now the only place in Europe, where Royal Greenland produces and packs finished goods. In the units in Cuxhaven Royal Greenland produces lumpfish roe in glass jars, prawns in brine, frozen prawn packaging and fresh fish.
