Since 1991, when we first began operations, we have kept the leadership in the exporting of fresh and frozen seafood from Costa Rica, setting the standards for buying, processing and selling these products. We embrace the needs of our customers and we work with our suppliers in order to match quality and competitive prices.

The planning of an adequate handling of our products is done from our processing plant in San Jose. Here, the quality control team runs daily tests on their laboratory in order to assure the products' compliance with the quality standards of our customers.

Our HACCP and European Community approved facilities are periodically visited by inspectors of the USFDA and of the government of Costa Rica. We constantly export to the United States and Europe, as well as to the Caribbean Islands, South America and Canada.

Infrastructure and Logistics

In order to annually export over 10 million pounds of seafood, we employ make use of an infrastructure that allows us the proper handling of these perishable goods. Fish is caught by our own fishing boats, as well as from approximately 400 independent boats with whom we work closely with. Boats are unloaded in one of our four buying stations along the Pacific coast. Each of these Ice, our main ally in quality assurance, is produced on each of these stations.

The products are daily transported to our processing plant, where they are handled in temperature controlled rooms. Freezers and coolers form part of the process line, depending on the presentation of the product.
This products are daily exported daily from this plant, which is 20 minutes away from Juan Santamaria International Airport.

Innovation

Our constant innovation revolves around our main products and the service that we can provide to our customers. Thanks to the permanent communication we keep with them, we have been able to include new presentations and to develop new value added products. Additionally, we carry out other processes that maximize the use of seafood and minimize the impact to the environment such as the transformation of fish residues into fish meal and fish oil.

This same path of innovation has led us into manufacturing our own expandable polystyrene (EPS) boxes. Furthermore, this project has taken a broader course and we are currently working together with other industrial segments to develop packing solutions according to their specific needs.