French company Cité Marine, which specialises in battered fish products, is investing EUR10m in increasing the capacity of its plant in Kervignac, in Brittany.
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It produces 900,000 portions daily at the plant and output is set to rise to more than 1m fresh and frozen portions daily following the 7,000 sq m extension, which is scheduled to be completed by summer 2011.
The expansion is also expected to lead to the creation of 70 jobs, the company told just-food.
Cité Marine, majority-owned by Japanese group Nissui since 2007, already employs 425 staff at the site. It posted a turnover of EUR80m in 2009.
The increase in capacity at the Kervignac plant could provide scope for Cité Marine to develop its export trade, which accounts for only a small part of total sales.
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