CHAROEN Phokphand Foods Ltd.(CPF), the world's leading producer and supplier of farmed White Shrimp, and the Norwegian aquaculture technology supplier AKVA group ASA, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

The agreement is to develop a complete new production system for the production of white shrimp utilizing AKVA's recirculation technology and CPF's broad knowledge in shrimp farming.

CPF is working actively to improve their production methods and technology. A natural next step for the shrimp farming industry is to utilize new technological opportunities to address many of the challenges of the industry and society today.

Dr. Chingchai Lohanawatanakul, Chairman of the executive Board, of CPF said: “This strategic cooperation agreement with AKVA is an important step for us in our strive towards a transformation of the shrimp farming industry. By this project we are addressing important issues for the industry such as; the level of which marine resource and land areas are utilized; the escape of shrimp from farms to interfering with wild stocks; the control of diseases and efficient battling of parasites; the elimination of, and risks of pollution from shrimp farms and other possible effects on the habitats where the farming is done. Further to this we believe that the technology that this strategic cooperation agreement will produce has the potential also to limit the carbon footprint of the produced shrimp significantly.”

The first step of the strategic cooperation includes developing a full scale prototype of a 200 ton/year intensive facility for white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), as an integrated solution.