ABOUT PARLEVLIET & VAN DER PLAS PRODUCT GROUPS SUSTAINABLE AND RESPONSIBLE NEWS CONTACT ENNL WHO ARE WE? WHERE DO WE COME FROM? WHERE DO WE WORK? Who are we? The Parlevliet & Van der Plas Group (originally a shipping company) consists of seafood businesses and processing companies in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Lithuania, the Faroes, Suriname, British Guiana and Morocco. In addition, the group has shareholdings in, among other countries, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal and Poland. All the parts of the group – each with its own specific knowledge and technology – together contribute to the strength of the whole family business. The parts of the Parlevliet & Van der Plas Group are: Pelagic Fishing Parlevliet & Van der Plas – Valkenburg, the Netherlands > Demersal Fishing Doggerbank Seefischerei GmbH – Bremerhaven, Germany > Mecklenburger Hochseefischerei GmbH – Sassnitz, Germany > GSF German Seafrozen Fish – Bremerhaven, Germany > Tuna Fishing Compagnie Française du Thon Oceanique (CFTO) – Concarneau, France > Fish Processing Ouwehand Visverwerking – Katwijk, the Netherlands > Dutch Flatfish b.v. > Profish > Platvis Holland bv > Euro Baltic Fisch Verarbeitungs GmbH – Sassnitz, Germany > Seafood Heiploeg International – Zoutkamp, the Netherlands > Deutsche See Fischmanufaktur – Bremerhaven, Germany > Shareholdings In addition, Parlevliet & Van der Plas Group has shareholdings in: - UK Fisheries Ltd (United Kingdom) - Euronor (France) - Compagnie des pêches (France) - Pesquera Ancora (Spain) - Absolutely Genuine Unipessoal (Portugal) - P.P. Faroe Pelagic (the Faroes) - Atlantex Sp. zo.o (Poland) - Scodi (Ivory Coast) - Pêche et Froid Océan Indien (Madagascar) Where do we come from? Parlevliet & Van der Plas, founded 1950 Katwijk resident Dirk Parlevliet and brothers Dirk and Jan van der Plas, who also come from Katwijk, started a herring business. Their startup capital was 50 Guilders and an old lorry. The three of them bought herring at the herring auction in Katwijk and sold them successfully in the domestic market. Very soon they were looking for business beyond the borders and they decided to invest in a boat and catch the herring themselves. ‘Jan Maria’ was the name of the first trawler that the business started using in 1959, followed in 1967 by the first freezer trawler, ‘Annie Hillina’. Originally the firm traded in pelagic species such as herring, horse mackerel and blue whiting. In later years they added other demersal species such as prawns and shrimps (since 2014 with the acquisition of Heiploeg International) and tuna (since 2016 with the acquisition of CFTO). Parlevliet & Van der Plas’ growth began in the 80’s and 90’s. With the founding of Doggerbank Seefischerei GmbH in 1986, Parlevliet & Van der Plas bought its first business in Germany and then strengthened its position by taking over Mecklenburger Hochseefischerei GmbH (MHF) and by founding German Seafrozen Fish (GSF). With the takeover of MHF, Parlevliet & Van der Plas also became involved in fishing for demersal species such as cod, redfish and halibut. GSF specialises in the sale of demersal fish species that the group produces. 2003 saw the launch of Euro Baltic Fisch Verarbeitungs GmbH. Ouwehand Visverwerking BV was taken over in 2009. With this, Parlevliet & Van der Plas took the first step in the direction of processing consumer products, a new area for the company. Then Heiploeg, a seafood processor, and Deutsche See were acquired. Deutsche See is a leading company that specialises in the entire seafood range for retail, wholesale and top-class catering. Parlevliet & Van der Plas has also established a base in France. Following the start of collaboration with the Compagnie des Pêches, the major tuna supplier Compagnie Française du Thon Oceanique was taken over in 2016. The group also has shareholdings in France, Spain, Portugal, Poland and the United Kingdom. Since 2002, Parlevliet & Van der Plas’ head office has been located in Valkenburg, South Holland, near Katwijk, the home of both the Parlevliet and Van der Plas families. Where do we work? Where are we based? Where do we fish?