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Halen Môn to build new smokery to support innovation
The new smokery will offer improved operational efficiencies and will facilitate future product development and innovation, the company revealed.
It is set to start construction work on the new 2,600 sq ft site this autumn with an estimated completion in spring 2025.
The planned single-storey smokery building will house production, packaging and storage facilities. Solar panels will be installed on the roof, adding to Halen Môn’s recent installation of a 100kw solar electricity system on the site.
The company said it had worked with architects and engineers to plan a sustainable, modern facility that has low visual impact.
The company launched its artisan smokery business in 2008 with smoked sea salt, and has developed to produce other ingredients including Oak Smoked Water.
Alison Lea-Wilson, co-founder of Halen Môn, said: “The smokery business has gone from strength to strength and after several years in the planning, we’re pleased to have built our business to the point where we can make this significant investment into a brand new purpose-built facility.”
She added that sensitive development was a fundamental part of its commitment to being a B Corp-accredited responsible business.
“While the current smokery already operates well within the Welsh Air Quality Standards, and the voluntary Air Quality Guidelines set by the World Health Organisation, this new, state-of-the-art smokery gives us the opportunity to invest in engineering solutions which can reduce those levels even further,” she said.
“Everything we do here is driven by a commitment to celebrate the natural resources and reputation of our home here in Anglesey. As the Halen Môn brand grows, so does our opportunity to showcase our region’s amazing natural produce, to promote partnerships with more Welsh food producers, and – importantly to us as an accredited Living Wage employer – to support a sustainable local economy and employment in our community.”
In 2014, the company revealed to Food Manufacture that Japan could be a potential market for the brand as its Halen Môn sea salt had Protected Designation of Origin status.
