Skretting Aquaculture Innovation (AI): Where science meets industry
Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) was first established in Norway in 1989, and renamed Skretting Aquaculture Innovation (AI) in 2021. Our employees work in the Norwegian headquarters, as well as in satellite research stations in Norway, Chile, Ecuador, China and Italy.
Skretting AI develops innovative and sustainable solutions that meet the needs of the rapidly changing aquaculture industry. We conduct scientific research that leads to new sustainable products and solutions, supported by digital tools and the breadth of innovation found within the Skretting business. We also invest in areas that will have medium- and long-term impact on our business activities, such as cell-based protein.
Skretting AI cultivates close relationships with academic and industry partners and is one of the best places to work for our world-class researchers and marketing experts.
Our goal is to enable Skretting to maintain our position as an industry and innovation leader and deliver on our purpose of Feeding the Future.
Skretting AI at a glance
Established
1989
Research on 10 key species
€ 23MN
annual investment
A highly-skilled team: +140 specialists
40 PhDs and researchers from +25 countries
Our people
Our diverse, highly skilled team represents almost 30 nationalities. Their expertise spans the full range of scientific and commercial know-how needed to understand our industry. They work in close collaboration with global networks across Skretting and external partners to deliver meaningful innovations that meet customer needs and contribute to a more sustainable aquaculture industry.
Our core competences
Nutrition
Understanding the nutritional needs of each species and knowing the composition and functionality of each raw material is crucial in order for us to formulate diets.
Health
Our health competence plays a key role in securing fish and shrimp survival, contributing to the sustainability of the global aquaculture industry.
Feed production
Our expertise on production processes and technologies enables us to create novel feed concepts, while increasing the flexibility and functionality of our diets without compromising physical quality.
Trial execution
Our knowledge within trial execution allows us to achieve fast and reliable test results, contributing to the development of high performance feed products.
Analysis and data science
Our data and analytics competence supports data driven decision making. We analyse 600,000 samples annually, generating 3 million analytical results that set global standards.
Skretting AI facilities around the globe
Setting up for tomorrow's growth areas
An important part of our innovation work is to identify and prioritise future growth areas. For that reason, we systematically analyse trends that will have a medium- and long-term impact on our business activities. In doing so, we think beyond the boundaries of our company and examine promising research areas or fields of business not yet covered by our current portfolio. One clear example of this, is our investment in our in-house biotechnology research lab, The Bubble. Here, we test and develop radical methodologies focused on biology and biochemistry, allowing our team to lead and develop the future of aquaculture research.
