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Northern Wind’s $12m plant expansion makes room for more scallops, other products

'This investment enables us to procure scallop raw material and freeze at a rate three times over previous years ...' -- George Kouri, CEO of Northern Wind

By Jason Huffman | Dec. 18, 2019 19:27 GMT
Left to right, Northern Wind chief financial officer Tony Castro, president Michael Fernandes, founder and chairman Ken Melanson, and CEO George Kouri.
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Northern Wind is already one of the three largest processors, distributors and direct offloaders of fresh and frozen scallops in North America, but its recently announced $12 million plant expansion in New Bedford, Massachusetts, promises to also make it an even larger player in both the scallop and overall seafood space, CEO George Kouri tells Undercurrent News [...]

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