iceland marl industry food processing founded reykjavik iceland march 17 1983 1983 03 17 founder r gnvaldur lafsson r ur vigf sson headquarters gar ab r iceland area served worldwide key people rni oddur r arson ceo 1 sthildur margr t otharsd ttir chairman 2 products food processing equipment systems revenue 713 million 2014 2 operating income 29.2 million 2014 2 net income 11.7 million 2014 2 total assets 851.4 million 2014 2 total equity 427.5 million 2014 2 number of employees 4 000 3 website marel.com marel hf nasdaq iceland marl is an icelandic company that provides equipment systems and services to the food processing industry . 4 the company s brands include marel stork poultry processing and townsend further processing . 5 contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit marel was founded on march 17 1983 and is headquartered in gar ab r iceland . in 2007 marel changed its corporate identity to marel food systems . 6 however in 2010 after its integration with stork food systems was completed the name was changed back to marel . 7 in 2013 the company was named supplier of the year by the american meat institute . 8 in 2014 the company won the overall innovation award at viv europe as well as for innovation in processing . 9 at the end of 2014 it had 4 053 employees and annual revenues of 713 million . 2 products edit marel focuses on poultry fish meat and further processing . 10 the company has worked on technological improvements to the provision of fish fillets . 11 12 in 2012 marel won a eurotier gold award for its contribution to environmental conservation and product safety in poultry processing . 13 14 references edit rni oddur r arson . eyjan . retrieved november 1 2013 . a b c d e f g marel 2014 annual report pdf . marel . retrieved january 25 2016 . working at marel . company information . nasdaq omx . retrieved march 27 2012 . company spotlight . precisionir . retrieved march 29 2012 . the marel group unveils new corporate identity . nasdaq omx . retrieved april 1 2012 . marel food systems announces change in company name . nasdaq omx . retrieved april 1 2012 . ippe award for marel . the poultry site . 1 february 2013 . retrieved 1 june 2013 . innovations at viv europe . viv europe . 22 may 2014 . retrieved 16 june 2014 . company information . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved march 27 2012 . spotting fish bones in cod fillets . norut troms . 16 february 2004 . retrieved 30 march 2012 . j b luten ed . 2006 . seafood research from fish to dish quality safety and processing of wild and farmed seafood . et al. wageningen academic publishers . p. 512 . isbn 9086860052 . eurotier innovations 2012 . eurotier . 16 february 2004 . retrieved 22 march 2013 . eurotier gold medal for marel stork s aeroscalder . worldpoultry . 16 february 2004 . retrieved 22 march 2013 . external links edit official website v t e omx iceland 6 companies atlantic airways atlantic petroleum banknordik icelandair group marel ssur v t e icelandic brands list of icelandic brands 365 media corporation 66 north air iceland ccp games egill skallagr msson brewery frisk software international icelandair group slandsbanki marel n i s r us ssur s minn sl turf lag su urlands wow air category icelandic brands companies portal iceland portal wikiproject brands wikiproject iceland retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title marel & oldid 725320280 categories companies listed on the iceland stock exchangeicelandic brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskespa olnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 14 june 2016 at 23 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view