WEDA collaborates with Damm Aquakultur in shrimp and fish farming

The Lower Saxony-based feeding systems specialist WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp GmbH and Damm Aquakultur GmbH & Co. KG from Niedenstein, Hesse, are cooperating in the field of shrimp and fish farming. In a statement dated November 8, 2024, the partners agreed to further develop the areas of husbandry, feeding, water treatment, and rearing technology for marine animals together in the future, thus accelerating the strategic and technical development of shrimp and fish farming.

The partners complement each other very well for this cooperation: Damm Aquakultur operates a state-of-the-art shrimp breeding facility in Germany with an in-house developed system design and innovative technologies. The shrimps are reared under controlled conditions and using sustainable resources. Damm Aquakultur Technologies produces fresh, high-quality shrimp that are completely free of medication. The company places great emphasis on animal welfare, environmental protection, and transparency throughout the entire regional supply chain. For its part, WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp GmbH has already worked on several aquaculture projects.

“The entrepreneurial roots in the agricultural sector are an important foundation for both companies,” says Managing Director Sven Damm. “From this, we developed Damm Aquakultur in 2018 as a branch of the business with the goal of sustainable shrimp farming,” adds Sven Damm. Together, the partners want to further promote aquaculture in Germany and offer interested producers innovative, economically sustainable production facilities and marketing concepts, including as a franchise system. “It is essential for us to set high ecological standards and to place great importance on factors such as energy efficiency, water consumption, carbon footprint, and, not least, species-appropriate animal husbandry,” summarizes Sven Damm.

“WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp GmbH, founded in 1934, has also grown through the continuous development of its agricultural technologies and business areas,” explains WEDA Managing Director Volker Schönig. Today, the components are used in various fields such as pig farming, insect production, as well as fish and shrimp farming. Ultimately, the safety, feeding accuracy, and hygiene of the systems are crucial for customers. True to this maxim, WEDA has already successfully equipped several fish farming systems worldwide in recent years.

The WEDA systems ensure that the amount of labor and feed wastage in the facilities are minimized, thus reducing costs. For Damm Aquakultur, it is also essential that the high-quality feed is dosed out to the animals as efficiently and loss-free as possible. Another advantage is that the WEDA computer systems are intuitive and easy to operate. The programs are also easily scalable in terms of size and internationally: all screen and function assignments of the operating panels can be easily adapted depending on responsibility and national language.

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It is precisely against this backdrop that Volker Schönig sees solid growth potential for the partnership: “This cooperation also completes a technological circle for us, as we continue to push the transfer of our systems to other areas of animal feeding. By pooling our expertise with experienced providers such as Damm Aquakultur, we can achieve many synergies for the benefit of users from other segments.”

For further information on these and other topics, the experts from WEDA will be available at EuroTier in Hanover from November 12 to 15, 2024, together with Sven Damm at the WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp Fish & Insects stand (Hall 24, A30).

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