Anfaco Cecopesca

Name

Anfaco Cecopesca

Legal name

ANFACO-CYTMA (Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Conservas y Productos Transformados de Pescados y Mariscos - Centro Nacional de Conocimiento y Tecnología para la Industria Marina, Acuícola y Alimentaria)

Website

https://anfaco.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1904

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Industry Services & Technology Center

NAICS

Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (813990), Aquaculture (11251), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (11)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Educational Services (8200), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Conformity Assessment, Testing, Inspection & Certification Cooperation (BPADANAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Oceans, Coastal & Marine Resource Management (BPADALAI)

Keywords

• Seafood industry services
• Food safety testing
• Research development services
• Industry trade association
• Professional training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Vigo

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership fees and association services: ANFACO-CYTMA generates revenue through annual membership fees paid by associated companies (over 200 companies across the seafood processing value chain). Membership provides access to the association's full suite of services including technology transfer, training, advocacy, and collaborative R&D projects.
2. Technology center and laboratory services: The organization operates a technological center (CYTMA) providing analytical determinations, consulting services, and R&D support to member companies. Revenue is generated through service fees for laboratory analyses, technical consulting, and specialized testing.
3. Training and formation actions: ANFACO-CYTMA offers a virtual campus (Campus Virtual) and online training courses (acciones formativas) covering food safety, quality management, regulatory compliance, and technical topics. Training services are provided both online and in-person, generating revenue from course fees.
4. EU and public funding (subsidized projects): The organization receives co-financing from EU programs (FEMPA, FEDER, FEADER, POCTEP, PRIMA, WINBLUE) and regional government grants (IGAPE) for cluster innovation, R&D, and competitiveness projects. While not direct revenue, these funds support operations and service delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ANFACO-CYTMA is a Spanish business association and national technology center (CYTMA) for the marine, aquaculture, and food industry that defends the interests of over 200 associated companies and delivers high-value services including R&D and innovation projects, laboratory analytical determinations, technology transfer and consultancy, online training through its Virtual Campus, and regulatory advocacy before Spanish and EU authorities.

Product overview

ANFACO-CYTMA is a business association and national technology center (Centro Nacional de Conocimiento y Tecnología) for the marine, aquaculture, and food industry in Spain. It operates as a membership-based organization offering a unified portfolio of services including industry representation, a technology center with R&D and innovation capabilities, laboratory and analytical testing services, an online virtual campus for professional training, and business consultancy. The association's core offering is the ANFACO-CYTMA Association & Technology Center itself, which encompasses all of these service lines — from the R&D/I+D+I department and analytical laboratory to the Campus Virtual online training platform and technological transfer consultancy — all provided to member companies across the seafood processing sector (conservas, frozen/chilled products, fish oils and meals, mussel production, machinery, packaging, and auxiliary services).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research & Development (I+D+i) Services R&D-driven innovation projects, feasibility studies, proof-of-concept projects, and technology transfer to help member companies develop new products and processes, with focus on circular economy, food quality and safety, aquaculture processing, and traceability solutions.
• Laboratory & Analytical Testing Services Broad range of analytical determinations for food safety, quality control, and compliance testing for seafood and aquaculture products, provided as part of the CYTMA technology center infrastructure to member companies.
• Virtual Campus (Campus Virtual) Online training platform (campusvirtual.anfaco.es) offering virtual courses and educational programs for member companies, covering food safety, quality management, regulatory compliance, and industry-specific skills.
• Training & Professional Development Training actions, webinars, and professional development programs on topics including food safety (HACCP, IFS Food, BRCGS), food defense, fraud prevention, sensory analysis, sterilization, quality management, FDA labeling, halal certification, and sustainability standards (MSC, ASC, GLOBALG.A.P.).
• Technological Transfer & Business Consultancy Technology transfer and consultancy services to help companies adapt to regulations, digital transformation, and sustainability requirements, including PPWR compliance, digitalization, and circular economy practices.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 associated companies representing the full seafood processing value chain in Spain
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers27 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• VEGALSA-EROSKIcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025ANFACO-CYTMA and VEGALSA-EROSKI collaborate on consumer-facing promotional campaigns to drive canned fish and seafood consumption. The 'Cata a Lata' tasting events take place in VEGALSA-EROSKI and Autoservicios Familia stores, promoting member companies' products directly to consumers. This partnership supports the broader objective of increasing per capita fish consumption in Spain.
• IberdrolacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Iberdrola collaborated with ANFACO-CYTMA and the Q-Cero Alliance to organize a blue economy decarbonization event in Vigo. The partnership focuses on supporting the energy transition and sustainability of the seafood processing industry, with Iberdrola providing expertise on renewable energy and grid decarbonization solutions for industrial processes.
• DeloittecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Deloitte partnered with ANFACO-CYTMA to deliver a webinar on the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), helping member companies understand conformity declaration requirements and regulatory deadlines (effective August 12). Deloitte provides technical regulatory expertise while ANFACO-CYTMA facilitates sectoral access and dissemination.
• IGAPE (Instituto Galego de Promoción Económica)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025IGAPE awarded ANFACO-CYTMA a 261,648.01€ subsidy (2025 grant, Expediente IG410A-2025-000-000021) for innovative business cluster actions in Galicia. The funding supports ANFACO-CYTMA's activities in innovation promotion, training, strategic collaboration, and competitiveness enhancement for the blue economy cluster from March 2025 to September 2026.
• CLUSAGA (Cluster Gallego de Alimentación)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025ANFACO-CECOPESCA collaborates with CLUSAGA on cross-sectoral innovation initiatives. Joint activities include the 'Diseño de futuros sistemas de producción en el sector mar-industria' workshop, bringing together the seafood and broader food industry clusters in Galicia for co-innovation.
• Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Pesqueras y Marinas (INVE)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025ANFACO-CECOPESCA partnered with INVE on the 'Diseño de futuros sistemas de producción en el sector mar-industria' workshop to explore future production systems in the seafood processing sector, combining ANFACO-CECOPESCA's industry perspective with INVE's research capabilities.
• Alianza Q-CerocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024ANFACO-CYTMA co-founded and actively participates in the Q-Cero Alliance, a multi-stakeholder coalition focused on decarbonization of the blue economy in Galicia. Q-Cero brings together industry, academia, and government to advance climate neutrality in marine and food sectors. ANFACO-CYTMA hosts joint events (e.g., decarbonization workshop in Vigo, June 2026) with Q-Cero.
• WINBLUE Consortium (EU-funded gender equality project)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024ANFACO-CECOPESCA participates in the WINBLUE project, funded by the EU, focused on gender equality in the blue economy. The project organized workshops and events to promote women's empowerment and gender mainstreaming in the seafood processing sector. ANFACO-CECOPESCA coordinated Spanish activities including workshops in Vigo.
• PRIMA (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019ANFACO-CECOPESCA participated as a partner in the SUREFISH project, funded through PRIMA's 2019 call under the EU Horizon 2020 framework. The project (1.6M€, 36 months) involved 13 partners from 5 Mediterranean countries implementing a blockchain-based fish authentication solution. PRIMA funding supported ANFACO-CECOPESCA's research and innovation activities in traceability technology.
• SUREFISH Consortium (13 partners across 5 Mediterranean countries)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019The SUREFISH project consortium included ANFACO-CECOPESCA alongside partners from Italy, Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Spain. The consortium implemented blockchain and RFID solutions to guarantee fish authenticity across supply chains for anchovies, farmed tilapia, grouper, and bluefin tuna. ANFACO-CECOPESCA hosted the project's final dissemination event.
• Banco Español de Algas (FCPCT-ULPGC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANFACO-CECOPESCA co-organized a webinar on the Nagoya Protocol and genetic resource utilization with the Banco Español de Algas (Spanish Bank of Algae) at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The event addressed regulatory compliance for genetic resources in the marine biotechnology sector.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• AZTI: AZTI is a Spanish marine and food research center, comparable to ANFACO-CYTMA's CYTMA division. Both provide R&D, laboratory/analytical services, and technology transfer to the seafood and food industry in the Basque-Navarre/Galicia axis, and serve overlapping Spanish seafood processors.
• CLUSAGA (Cluster Alimentario de Galicia): CLUSAGA is the broader Galician food cluster organization, an explicit collaboration partner of ANFACO-CYTMA. It overlaps with ANFACO in sectoral representation, innovation facilitation, and member services but covers the wider food industry in Galicia beyond seafood.
• ANICE (Asociación Nacional de Industrias de la Carne de España): ANICE is the Spanish national meat industry association, structurally identical to ANFACO-CYTMA in form (national sector trade body providing advocacy, training, and technical services) but operating in the meat rather than seafood value chain — the closest functional analog in another Spanish protein category.
• FIAB (Federación Española de Industrias de Alimentación y Bebidas): FIAB is the Spanish national federation for food and beverage industries, directly comparable to ANFACO-CYTMA as a sector trade association providing Brussels/Madrid advocacy, training, and innovation support — but with a broader food-and-beverage scope versus ANFACO's seafood specialization.

Broad incumbents

• IFREMER: IFREMER is France's national marine research institute, a larger incumbent comparable to ANFACO-CYTMA's technology center in scope (marine food, aquaculture, ocean science) but with substantially greater scale, public funding, and geographic reach across France and overseas territories.
• FoodDrinkEurope: FoodDrinkEurope is the European federation for the food and beverage industry, comparable to ANFACO-CYTMA at the EU level. It performs Brussels advocacy and sectoral representation for the broader industry, while ANFACO-CYTMA is a national Spanish counterpart focusing specifically on seafood processing.

Others

• Marine Stewardship Council (MSC): MSC is a global seafood certification and standards body. While not a trade association, MSC is a comparable ecosystem player that ANFACO-CYTMA helps members navigate (training in MSC, ASC, GLOBALG.A.P. certifications) and with which it has a structural relationship through the Spanish seafood sustainability stack.

Regional players

• Norwegian Seafood Council (Sjømatrådet): Sjømatrådet is Norway's national seafood industry marketing and representation body, functionally analogous to ANFACO-CYTMA but serving the Norwegian seafood value chain. Both organizations represent national seafood industries to regulators and international markets, providing industry data, promotion, and policy advocacy.
• Seafood Industry Australia: Seafood Industry Australia is Australia's national peak body for the seafood industry, comparable in role to ANFACO-CYTMA. It provides advocacy, training, and representation for Australian seafood processors and producers, mirroring ANFACO's mandate in a different geographic market.
• CIIMAR (Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental): CIIMAR is a Portuguese marine and environmental research center, directly comparable to ANFACO-CYTMA's CYTMA technology center as a regional marine R&D institution. Both operate in the Iberian Atlantic seafood/marine research space and have collaborated via POCTEP Spain-Portugal cross-border programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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