Algarfresco - Indústria Transformadora da Pesca, S.A.

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Algarfresco was founded in 2001 but has a long tradition on the Portuguese fish Market. The predecessors of the company started buying and selling fish in Portugal more than 50 years ago in old ports and warehouses in the south of Portugal.
Even investing in technology and automation during all his life, in 1991 the Algarfresco was founded in order to support the business grown and the huge increase of the exportation´s.
Nowadays Algarfresco operates in 14 different Portuguese fishing ports, has two modern fishing vessels and two state-of-the-art processing facilities with technology that guarantees the highest quality of the frozen and fresh fish during all the year. During 2012 the company received, processed and frozen more than 10,000 tons of pelagic fish and Octopus.
To guarantee quality, healthy and the reputation of our products we follow the industry best practices, the HACCP guidelines and we are audited periodically by independent organizations to achieve the ISO 9001 certification.
On the financial area, Algarfresco continues to receive awards, receiving in 2013 from the Portuguese Government and Banking sector the “PME Lider” award by the 6 year in a raw that distinguishes the best SMEs based in Portugal.