HB Grandi has signed a deal with Marel for a FleXicut system and packing
graders to be installed aboard its new freezer trawler. Marel has sold more than
30 FleXicut machines since the revolutionary pinboner and portioner was
introduced in 2014 and this is the fifth sale of the onboard version.

The complete FleXicut system will perform onboard processing of boneless
fillets and enable HB Grandi to increase its value-added production.

The FleXicut Marine machine aboard the new trawler will X-ray each fillet,
evaluate its weight, detect pinbones and use water jets to cut them out of the
fillet. Rotating knives will then portion the fillet according to set criteria.

FleXicut improves yield and quality while reducing labor costs. As the second
generation of FleXicut emerges, greater interconnectivity and new features are
improving results all the way through processing, while the reliability of existing
systems is further fueling the constantly growing interest in FleXicut from the
industry.

Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon Gijon, S.A. is handling the construction of
the new freezer trawler and the Marel installation will take place in Q3 2018.

We are very pleased to be creating a new best standard in offshore processing
with HB Grandi.

– Sigurdur Olason, Managing Director Marel Fish