Seamark PLC

General information

Established in 1976 by Iqbal Ahmed, Seamark now has a group turnover of $250 million. Seamark’s motto is “Quality and Service” with a traditional family business ethos to commitment, quality and service.

Seamark is now one of the leading processors and exporters of a wide range of seafood products serving a huge customer base worldwide, being ranked in the Sunday Times' Top 200 Performing Private companies in 2012.

Founded by the Ahmed brothers, their talent for innovation has kept Seamark at the forefront of the food processing sector today, being one of the UK’s leading importer and processor of shrimps.

Seamark processes a staggering million prawns every hour. They are shipped in mainly from Bangladesh before being exported across the globe.

As is such, Seamark processes a staggering million prawns every hour with around 50% of all shrimps exported from Britain coming from Seamark’s processing operations.

In 2006, Seamark spent almost £12 million in its new headquarters in New East Manchester. It is also home to the acclaimed Vermilion Cinnabar restaurant, which delivers a world-class dining experience to more than 2,000 visitors a week and the high-class cocktail lounge bar Cinnabar.

Today Seamark is a £125million worldwide operation and its wide-range of foods make their way to the finest kitchens as ingredients in dishes enjoyed by diners in the best-known hotels and most revered restaurants.