The local business community got a glimpse last week at $20.3 million worth of upgrades at the Northeast Nutrition Inc. facility, Truro, Nova Scotia, that will produce salmon feed for Cooke Aquaculture’s operations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Maine, reports Huddle.
Matt Miller, general manager of Northeast Nutrition Inc., says the upgrades will greatly enhance the production capacity of the mill Cooke Aquaculture has owned since 2007, when the company bought the former Shur-Gain aquaculture feed mill plant from Nutreco.
Northeast Nutrition will produce up to 100,000 metric tons of fish feed each year, said Miller.
Improvements include:
- Replacing all bulk silos to increase available storage to 3,400 MT
- Larger grinder which increased capacity to 16 tons/hour
- High-powered extruder and dryer
- Upgraded vacuum coating system
