The mission of Launis is to develop the shrimp fishery surrounding Denmark and Scandinavia, as well as to supply seafood products of the highest quality to the European consumer.

Always with quality, sustainability, and responsibility in focus.

Certifications and controls:

IFS

As a food producer, we meet several strict legal requirements to ensure that consumers always get products that have been manufactured responsibly and are of good quality. The International Food Standard (IFS certification) ensures this at Launis, and is a certification of all our production.

The standard is widely recognized and makes high demands on both food safety, quality, building design, hygiene and employee behavior, etc., and we are proud to have it.

Our self-monitoring process is based on the HACCP principle, and all production processes undergo continuous bacteriological control and are characterized by high hygiene.

Our quality department ensures we meet the demands and expectations of consumers, customers and authorities worldwide.

Fødevarestyrelsen

Launis A/S is monitored by the Danish food authorities.

Sustainability

Launis offers both MSC and ASC certified products.

A sustainable approach
We know that our production, transport, and packaging affect the environment, but we work purposefully to develop our business in a responsible and sustainable way.

Sustainable certification

MSC

The blue MSC label is certified sustainable wild catch fishery. The blue MSC label is only found on wild-caught fish. MSC-labelled seafood products originate from fisheries that have been independently assessed according to MSC’s high fishing standards. Companies that use the MSC label along the entire supply chain – from sea to table – are assessed to ensure that the product can be traced back to an MSC-certified fishery.

ASC

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council is an independent, international non-profit organization that administers the world’s leading certification and labeling program for responsible aquaculture. ASC sets the standard for sustainable fish and shellfish farming.

These environmental standards for sustainable farming are approved and controlled according to three principles that define responsible aquaculture:

1. Sustainability
2. Environmental impact
3. Effective management

To get a product ASC certified, all companies in the supply chain must be checked and approved. These are strict requirements, but we are happy to do so to ensure sustainable production, which can also feed future generations.

1958
Laurits Nielsen and his son Villy Nielsen started cooking and handpeeling danish shrimp in Ålbæk, 20km south og Skagen. The company was called “Laurits Nielsen og Søn” (Laurits Nielsen and son).

1960’s
During the 1960’s Launis employed 160 workers, peeling 3.000kg of shrimp every day, in two factories.

1967
In 1967 the company changed name in “Launis Fiskekonserves”, and the first shrimp-peeler was set up, rapidly increasing peeling-capacity.

1978
The company moves to a new build factory in Ålbæk, making room for production of vinegar cured herring.

1982
The son of Villy Nielsen, Gert Nielsen enters the company, and the shrimp and herring production was supplemented with caviar and fish pâtés.

1994
Shrimp peeling production is moved to a new production site in Skagen, where it still is today.

2010
4^th generation Ane Katrine (daughter to Gert) enters the company, and starts making traditional Danish styled fish-cakes.

2017-18
In the years of ’17 and ’18 Jonas (son to Gert) enters the company, and Launis sells a large part of their company to the fishermen (FF), and merges its herring, fishcake, caviar and pâté production with Tenax Sild.

Launis A/S today focuses on the production and sale of freshly peeled Danish prawns for European consumer- which started it all back in 1958. The production is still located at the factory in Skagen, where it has been since 1994; and is still 100% family owned by the Laurits Nielsen family.