NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2025 113 Marfrig and BRF announced the merger of their businesses, consolidating themselves as one of the largest food companies in the world. The new company is based on a truly multiprotein platform, with iconic brands and an integrated portfolio, with 38% of sales volume coming from high value-added processed products. The companies point to this move as strengthening their global presence, enhancing strategic, operational, and tax synergies, and solidifying their position in the various markets in which they operate, leveraging competitive advantages and generating value. Together, the companies have consolidated net revenue of BRL 152 billion over the past 12 months and hold 38% of the processed product portfolio. The transaction provides for the incorporation of BRF shares by Marfrig at an exchange ratio of 0.8521 Marfrig share for each BRF share held, already considering the maximum dividend distribution by the companies: BRL 2.5 billion by Marfrig and BRL 3.5 billion by BRF. As part of the deal, the operation foresees that BRF and Marfrig shareholders will benefit from a significant dividend payment. BRF will distribute up to BRL 3.52 billion in dividends and Marfrig, in turn, will distribute BRL 2.5 billion. Read more>> Marfrig and BRF merger creates global multiprotein giant The Mediterranean’s drive toward sustainable aquaculture took a major step forward with the opening of the Mediterranean Marine Finfish Aquaculture Demonstration Centre (MMF-ADC) in Crete in late June, 2025. The launch was marked by a five-day handson training programme that brought together researchers and national authorities from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. Described as the seventh and most advanced of its kind in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region, MMF-ADC was developed through a partnership between the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), with additional collaboration from the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC). Located on the HCMR campus in Heraklion, Crete, it offers a unique platform where scientific knowledge, technical training and field application come together to promote innovation and best practices in aquaculture. “After decades of cutting-edge research, and thanks to the support and spectacular development of the Greek aquaculture sector, which now has a leading role in marine fish production in the European Union, we would like to transfer this knowledge to other countries and interested shareholders, in order to sustainably advance in the era of aquaculture-produced heathy seafood,” said Dr. Constantinos Mylonas, Director of the HCMR. Read more>> New aquaculture centre supports sustainable fish farming in Mediterranean ©FAO-GFCM/ Georgios Paximadis AdobeStock | 477985382
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