- CEO
- Arni Sigurdsson
- Full Time Employees
- 7,300
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Industrial - Machinery
- Address
- Austurhraun 9 Garðabær Iceland
- IPO Date
- Jan 19, 2022
- Business
- Marel hf. (MRRLF) develops, manufactures, distributes and sells advanced equipment, systems, software and services for food processing primarily in the poultry, meat, fish, plant-based protein, pet food and aqua feed industries; its core offerings span primary processing including slaughtering and cut-up, secondary processing such as deboning, trimming and portioning, and further processing solutions like forming, coating, frying and case-ready preparation, with specialized equipment for broilers, turkeys, ducks, pork, beef, veal, sheep, farmed and wild salmon, whitefish, and alternative proteins; the company also provides wastewater treatment, software assurance, customer support, training, preventive maintenance, upgrade kits and process consultancy. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Garðabær, Iceland, Marel operates globally through approximately 30 sales and service units across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania, serving processors in retail, foodservice and further manufacturing segments with around 7,500 employees. In a transformative development completed in early 2025, JBT Corporation acquired Marel through a voluntary takeover offer settled on January 2, 2025, forming JBT Marel Corporation, with the compulsory acquisition of remaining shares expected to conclude in February 2025 alongside delisting from exchanges, enhancing scale through synergies in procurement, manufacturing and revenue opportunities estimated at over $125 million in cost savings within three years.