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Iterro Appoints Brian Knochenmus as President & Chief Executive Officer
September 2023
Iterro announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Brian Knochenmus to lead the company as President & CEO in addition to his current role as chairman of the board. Knochenmus will be tasked with achieving trū Shrimp’s next milestone of launching a commercial-scale production facility in Madison, SD.
trū Shrimp Appoints Hawkins as Executive U.S. Distributor for trū Chitosan
August 2023
The trū® Shrimp Companies, Inc. (“trū Shrimp”) announced today that trū Shrimp has appointed Hawkins, Inc. (“Hawkins”, NASDAQ: HWKN) as the exclusive distributor of its trū® Chitosan products into the United States’ pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
trū Protien Archives Upcycled Food Association Certification
May 2023
The trū® Shrimp Companies Inc., producer of trū® Protein, today announced its membership to the Upcycled Food Association (UFA), a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing food waste by growing the upcycled economy. In addition to becoming a member of the Upcycled Food Association, trū® Protein is now an Upcycle CertifiedR ingredient.
Chitogen Partners with trū Chitosan for EU and Product Line Expansion
November 2022
Today Chitogen Inc., a medical hemostat manufacturer and trū® Chitosan, a division of The trū® Shrimp Companies, Inc., jointly announced the signing of a Letter of Intent for the supply of trū Chitosan for use in the market expansion of Chitogen’s patented and proprietary SoftSeal® interventional hemostat product line into the European Union and for continued development work and trials of trauma and surgical hemostats.
trū Protein Achieves Pet Sustainability Coalition Accreditation
September 2022
The trū® Shrimp Companies Inc., producer of trū® Protein, a recently-released line of pet food and treat ingredients, has been recognized for its outstanding sustainability efforts as an Accredited Business by the Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC).
trū Shrimp Introduces trū Chitosan for Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Cosmetic Applications
August 2022
The trū Chitosan products are produced in a United States FDA registered facility with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and conform to the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) specifications and its strict, prescribed testing methodologies.
trū Protein Introduced to the Pet Food and Treat Markets
August 2022
The trū® Shrimp Companies, Inc. announced today that its trū® Protein branded line of pet food and treat ingredients is now available. trū Protein is a high protein, low fat pet food and treat ingredient with a one-word ingredient statement: shrimp.
The trū Shrimp Companies, Inc. Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering
February 2022
The trū Shrimp Companies, Inc. announced the launch of its initial public offering of 1,500,000 units consisting of shares of its common stocks and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the U.S. SEC.
The trū Shrimp Companies, Inc. Files Registration for Proposed Initial Public Offering
January 2022
The trū Shrimp Companies, Inc. ("trū Shrimp") announces its filing of a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of units consisting of shares of its common stocks and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock.
trū Shrimp Announces New Appointment to Board of Directors
May 2021
The trū Shrimp Company, a Minnesota-based producer of shrimp and chitosan, has announced the addition of Sidney W. (Chip) Emery to its Board of Directors, effective May 7, 2021. Mr. Emery joins the Company’s existing five-member Board of Directors, representing the Company’s lead shareholders.
trū Shrimp and Gordon Food Service Partner to Provide Sustainable Shrimp
January 2021
The trū Shrimp Company, a leader in US shrimp aquaculture innovation, and Gordon Food Service, one of the country’s largest foodservice providers with distribution operations spanning North America, have signed a letter of intent to work with one another to provide safe, sustainable shrimp to customers across the United States.
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October 29, 2019 Podcast: It's Your Agri Business with Bill Zortman.
October 2019 // Kelo
Hear from Scott Lawrence, President/CEO of Lawrence & Schiller, and Brian Knochenmus, President/CEO of RALCO and Chairman of trū Shrimp, about the shrimp we can trust and an important event coming up on November 6th.
Aquaculture pioneers see potential for growing industry in S.D.
October 2019 // SiouxFalls.Business
Consumer trends appear to be in aquaculture’s favor. With a world population projected to eat 20 percent more seafood by 2030 than it did in 2016, according to the U.N., the industry is positioning itself for expansion worldwide as well as in South Dakota.
trū Shrimp announces plan to build first of its kind shrimp facility in Madison, South Dakota
January 2019 // The trū Shrimp Company
The trū Shrimp Company, a pioneer in healthy, innovative and sustainable shrimp aquaculture, today announced that it is planning to build its first shrimp production facility, a Harbor, in Madison, South Dakota.
