
New experienced CEO joins ranks of Heimon Kala Oy
Mikko Laavainen will be the new CEO of Heimon Kala Oy
Mikko Laavainen will become the new CEO of Heimon Kala Oy, the Finnish subsidiary of AS PRFoods. Mikko Laavainen will also be elected as a member of the Management Board of Heimona Kala Oy and Heimon Kala OÜ. Before becoming the CEO of Heimona Kala Oy, Mikko Laavainen worked as the CEO of Leipurin Oyj. In addition, he has previously innovated and marketed food as Raisio plc's Benecol brand business manager and has also worked in Danone, Iittala and Unilever. As the manager of Heimon Kala Oy, Laavainen's goal is to bring more environmentally friendly farmed and processed domestic fish to the consumers' table than before. Mikko Laavainen does not own any shares in AS PRFoods.
Mikko Laavainen commented on his plans as follows: “Fish is a healthy, natural, environmentally friendly farmed and handled and tasty source of protein. However, fish farming and handling must undergo a similar innovation that we have seen in recent years in other major food businesses. Heimon Kala Oy, which aspires to be the most environmentally friendly fish farmer in the Baltic Sea region, has a strong vision and sufficient resources to be a leader in such innovation. It is great to start leading this development and bring local fish to this worthy position. There is also great international potential in the marketing of rainbow trout farmed by Heimon Kala Oy, which is already for example being exported to Japan for use in sushi.”
Heimon Kala, which belongs to the AS PRFoods group, has fish processing plants in Kokkola and Renko and rainbow trout farms in Finland, Sweden and Estonia. The group also includes John Ross Jr., the UK's most renowned fish processor and supplier to the royal court. (Aberdeen) Limited and Coln Valley Smokery Limited, a smoked fish factory based in Scotland.
Climate-friendly solutions in fish farming
A member of the Management Board of AS PRFoods Indrek Kasela commented on the joining of Mikko Laavainen: “Our goal is to be the most environmentally friendly fish farmer in the Baltic Sea region and we are working with partners to create a new environmental standard to reduce the environmental burden caused by the food industry. In addition to fish farming, fish processing and marketing also requires not only sustainable but also new innovative ideas. Mikko Laavainen is a great addition to our team and proper person to manage the marketing of fish of Finnish origin in the whole world.”
Heimon Kala Oy, a subsidiary of AS PRFoods, was founded in Hämeenlinna in 1980, and since then the company has grown into one of the largest rainbow trout breeders and fish wholesalers in Finland. Heimon Kala aims to switch to the use of only ASC and MSC certified fish stocks in its salmon and seafood products and to achieve emission neutrality by 2022 at the latest. Heimon Kala processing plants have higher level FSSC and BRC food safety certificates. The company's turnover in the previous financial year was 47.2 million euros.
The parent company of Heimon Kala AS PRFoods, listed on the NASDAQ Baltic Stock Exchange, has a significant number of Finnish shareholders. The group specializes in fish farming and processing. The group's consolidated turnover in the previous financial year was 78.3 million euros.
Mikko Laavainen, Heimon Kala Oy, toimitusjohtaja
mikko.laavainen@heimonkala.fi, +358 40 576 8348
Indrek Kasela
AS PRFoods
Member of the Management Board
T: +372 452 1470
investor@prfoods.ee
www.prfoods.ee
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