25 March 2008

9 February 2008

3 October 2007

The AquaBioTech Group extends a warm welcome to Oliver C. Fenech who recently joined the company.  Oliver is a process engineer with experience in managing EU funded R&D projects and will be in charge of project coordination and oversight.

4 November 2006

Due to the success of the training placements offered to a number of international students during 2005 and 2006, the AquaBioTech Group has agreed to continue accepting a limited number students for the year 2007.

Feedback from all the students in 2006 was very positive and whilst still considered highly demanding in terms of the tasks set and hours worked, the placements once again give the students a real taste of what it was like to work in a real business environment.

As we have had two past students how were not so happy with the nature of their placements, the AquaBioTech Group encourages applicant students to ensure that they have researched the sort of placement that we can offer and make a decision whether this is really going to be of long-term benefit in terms of experience attainment.

In 2006 the AquaBioTech Group received over 100 applications and selected just seven (7) students for placements throughout the entire year who they felt would benefit most from the experience. Training periods range from four to nine months and are funded from a variety of sources, but mostly by EU training funds.

16 July 2006

John Urwin is the latest consultant to join the international team of consultants at the AquaBioTech Group.  Bringing over twenty-five years of experience with him, John's role is to strengthen the business and management aspects of the group's services to its clients.  A specialist in risk assessment and business continuity mangement, John aims to allow the Groups clients to become more fully aware of the levels of risk faced by the industry and how to sucessfully mitigate risk and create effective business continuity plans.

1 November 2005

The AquaBioTech Group is pleased to announce that we have just recruited Mr. Iain C. Pollard (B.Sc., M.Sc.) to the existing team of full time staff at the company based at the headquarters in Malta as a Senior Consultant.

A former project manager at MacAlister Elliott and Partners Ltd. and graduate of the Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (CEMARE) Iain over five years fisheries and aquaculture experience including consultation, project management, fishing company and economic analysis.

1 October 2005

The AquaBioTech Group will be opening a regional office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia some time in early 2006.  This move is a result of various discussions with a local partner company and at the requrest of various clients from the region that have been looking for us to have a locally based team of staff and personnel.  The new venture will be known as ABT Arabia.

24 September 2005

Staff and personnel from the AquaBioTech Group have resently been touring Yemen with a view towards promoting its services and skills within this country.  Yemen holds much potential for aquaculture development and development in the already much established fisheries industry.

The company met with many private investors, fisheries operators as well as government officials during the trade mission and the company exhibited its range of services that it can offer.

7 July 2005

ABT Innovia has been featured in the EU RTD info magazine dedicated to European research.  The entire section focuses on Malta, but this article looks at how ABT Innovia has developed its research capabilities over the past few years to support its sister companies within the AquaBioTech Group, but to also undertake private research, testing and training for private companies from across the globe.  ABT Innovia is also hosting about ten international students each year from Europe and Africa as part of its training program.

A copy of the article can be accessed via the following website:-

http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/rtdinfo/45/article_2496_en.html

8 June 2005

The AquaBioTech Group will be attending the Glasgow aquaculture exhibition in May 17-19 2006, but has opted not to exhibit at the event due to the excessive number of events being organised this year.

Clients that wish to meet with company representatives should contact the office to arrange a meeting date and time.

20 May 2005

The AquaBioTech Group is pleased to announce that its R&D company ABT Innovia has just recruited Mr. Towhid Alam (B.Sc., M.Sc.) to the existing team of full time researchers at the facility.  Towhid is being retained as a shrimp larval nutritionist and brings new knowledge and experience to the company, including nutritional research work on P. semisulcatus shrimp.

Towhid will be working under the Head of Research for ABT Innovia - Dr. Simeon Deguara, himself a fish nutritionist and feed formulation specialist.

4 January 2005

ABT Innovia, the R&D company within the AquaBioTech Group has been awarded the 2004 Malta Enterprise award for best start-up company. The award was given in recognition of the company`s outstanding performance during its first 12 months of operation.