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Seamark Group

Seamark Group is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Seamark Group rather than just read about it. In short: Seamark Group is a multinational food processing conglomerate wholesale company with offices in Manchester and Chittagong. The company was founded in 1976 and established in 1991 by Iqbal, Bilal and Kamal Ahmed.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Seamark Group is a multinational food processing conglomerate wholesale company with offices in Manchester and Chittagong. The company was founded in 1976 and established in 1991 by Iqbal, Bilal and Kamal Ahmed.

History Seamark was the first company to introduce black tiger shrimps to Europe in 1976. It was founded by brothers; Iqbal, Bilal and Kamal Ahmed. Seamark plc was established in 1991, specialising in the processing and stocking of warm water shrimps, especially the black tiger and the fresh water king prawn. After processing and packing, these were exported to most countries in Europe.

Since 1992, Seamark has invested more than £30m in infrastructure and production around the world. In November 2000, they opened a £10 million seafood processing plant at the Bangladesh port of Chittagong. In 2006, the company spent £12m on new headquarters on a 6.25- acre site in East Manchester when Seamark offshoot, IBCO Food Industries opened. In November 2007, this site was further developed when a Thai restaurant called Vermilion was opened.

Manufacturing and products

Seamark has more than 1,000 products of seafood, poultry, fruit, vegetables, and finger foods. Its operation in Chittagong, Bangladesh processes products ranging from its traditional shrimps to poultry, dry foods, finger foods, frozen fruit and vegetables, and supplies it to the catering trade. Its business runs a production facility with its own shrimp processing line and hatchery in Chittagong, a deep-sea fishing fleet in the Bay of Bengal, a purpose-built processing plant and head office in Manchester, and a distribution operation in The Netherlands.

Operations Seamark is a £161m-plus worldwide operation with an annual turnover of $250m, and a global workforce of 4,500 people, including 300 at its operations in east Manchester. The production facilities in Bangladesh created 1,000 jobs for the local community. Seamark has a customer base of retailers, wholesalers and distributors throughout the world, with key markets in Germany and the Benelux countries. The Seamark Group of companies has a group turnover of $400m, is the UK's leading importer and processor of shrimps, and has a range of products used by chefs and found in supermarkets across the world. Its exports account for more than 69% of sales and around 50% of all shrimps exported from Britain come from Seamark's processing operations. The company's international sales have grown by 22% a year, from £32.6m in 2009 to £48.9m in 2011.

Awards and recognition In 1998, Seamark was awarded the Queen's Awards for Enterprise for International Trade. In July 1999, it was awarded the Barclays Business in Europe export award. In Bangladesh, the company received a national award and gold medal from the Bangladesh Government consecutively for the years 2001, 2002, and 2003, for the highest export of seafood. In 2012, Seamark was ranked 191 in The Sunday Times HSBC International Track top 200 performing private companies in the UK. In February 2016, it was awarded the Outstanding Business of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.

See also Business of British Bangladeshis

References

External links Official website Ibco website Restaurant Wholesale website Vermilion website

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Seamark Group

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Seamark Group claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Seamark Group before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Seamark Group ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Seamark Group

In research: Seamark Group appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Seamark Group in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Seamark Group is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1991 establishments in England, Conglomerate companies of the United Kingdom, Food and drink companies based in Manchester, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Seamark Group outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Seamark Group in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Seamark Group matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Seamark Group?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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