SolTuna Limited is Solomon Islands’ sole tuna loining and canning processor based in Noro, Western Province. The Company commenced operations in 1973 as Solomon Taiyo Limited, a 100% pole and line tuna fishing operation. Since then it has grown to become exclusively a tuna processing operation comprising a cannery, loining and cold storage facility.
18 September 2013— IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, lend U$D10 million to SolTuna Limited.The Project is to support the expansion and upgrade of SolTuna’s tuna processing plant and increase capacity from 90 metric tonnes per day currently to 150 metric tonnes per day.
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