Formed in 1973, Amalgamated Marketing Ltd is part of the Amalgamated Dairies Group which has been trading in New Zealand’s primary products for more than 80 years. The early years were dairy products, followed by meat, and for the last 20 years have been almost exclusively seafood.
This stemmed from the declaration of the NZEEZ back in 1977 where Amalgamated had the opportunity to charter large trawlers from the former USSR and establish themselves as a significant player within the NZ fishing industry.
Amalgamated have also had a long association with major NZ fishing company Sanford Ltd, buying in to the company in the early 1970’s and are currently still their largest shareholder.
In 1983, Amalgamated along with the Talley Group formed Amaltal Fishing Co which grew to become NZ’s third largest fishing company but sold their share to their partner in Feb 2005.
Amalgamated’s marketing team continues to source seafood from a large number of other fishing companies operating within the NZEEZ ensuring that a diverse range of fish and seafood products are available to the market from the clear, unpolluted, waters of New Zealand.