| 2 Sisters Food Group, | ||
2 SFG is becoming one of the largest poultry processors in the UK. |
The 2 Sisters Food group has 13 facilities across the UK, one in Holland and one in the US. |
2SFG produces chicken pieces and also ready-to-eat products. |
Busch UK Ltd installed a new state-of-the-art vacuum system as part of the upgrade at the Forfar plant. |
The Forfar plant can process over 250,000 birds per week, supplying two 2SFG plants south of the border. |
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| Charkman Group, Meat Slicing Automation System, Boras | ||
The charkman plant in Boras has had a new slicing and portion loading system implemented. |
Automated equipment from ABB has helped increase production at the Boras plant. |
The PC-based control system has a graphical interface that can control and integrate eight robots on a packing line. |
The ABB robot at the Charkman plant allows precision and consistency when slicing and picking. |
Charman's meat products are in preformed moulded plastic trays in packs of 10 to 24 overlapped slices. |
AEW Delford's slicing machine can handle a variety of meat products. |
| Dakota Provisions | ||
The Hutterite turkey growers needed to process their own birds to make a bigger profit. |
Processing equipment at the Dakota plant. |
The Dakota plant will produce about 30% raw meat in full production. |
Part of the equipment to dispose of the offal following evisceration. |
Part of the plant will produce ready cooked meat for slicing at deli counters. |
A turkey raised in South Dakota. |
| Danish Crown - Pork Processing Plant, Horsens | ||
Danish Crown's new pork processing plant at Horsens, Denmark, was inaugurated in May 2005. |
Pigs are slaughtered and the hides dehaired in the killing lines. |
Pigs are kept in a lairage system before being guided into stunning pens for slaughter. |
Most employees at the plant work at the processing and cutting stations. |
Every processing area has its own database, which allows production to continue in the event of problems with the primary system. |
By-products are immediately carried away from working points eliminating the risk of cross-contamination |
The new plant is believed to be the largest pork processing facility in the world. |
The plant can slaughter 78,000 pigs per week using the highly automated slaughter line. |
Evisceration robot (ORION). |
Slaughter records for each of the animals are created, beginning with RFID tag scans. |
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| Direct Table Foods Bacon Processing Facility | ||
AEW Delford Systems machines in action with five lines producing quality bacon. |
AEW Delford Systems Guardian 1000 checkweighers/metal detectors ensure that all the final packs meet the correct specification. |
IBS 2000 high speed bacon slicers, totally waterproof G2200 check weighers and buffer lines which automatically regulate slicer output to ensure consistent packing rates. |
APC Slicer, an automatic portion control slicers producing volumes of first class gammon steaks. |
Bacon loins are stored at the correct temperature and tempered prior to slicing. |
Brine injection and packing area. |
Smokehouse. |
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| East Asiatic Company, | ||
EAC, as the subsidiary Plumrose Latinoamericana CA, has a 40% market share in Venezuela. |
The EAC operation in Venezuela is fully self-contained, from raising of pigs to slaughter and processing. |
The East Asiatic Company produces a range of products under the Plumrose and Oscar Mayer brands. |
The expansion of the Venezuelan meat-processing operation will take place in phases over a period of four years and require an investment of around $120m. |
Expansion of the facility will increase production from 62,000t in 2007 to around 94,000t per year. |
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| Euro-Baltic Fish Processing Centre Expansion | ||
A view of the fish processing plant prior to the new expansion. |
A typical BAADER filleting and processing machine used at the plant. |
A view of the fish processing centre's landing area for receiving the herring catches. |
Processing equipment inside the centre (fish heading and gutting equipment). |
The catch - fresh Baltic herring. |
Geographical location of the plant. |
A herring - the most popularly processed fish at the plant. |
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| Meadowbrook Farms Pork Processing Facility, | ||
The Meadowbrook Farms pork producer cooperative has completed its first pork processing plant. |
An industrial standard control station for use on the pork production floor. |
A ham tattoo which is a fail safe in addition to the smart card tracking system for carcasses. |
Future plans include expansion of the facility to increase processing capacity, and to produce fully-cooked pork products and products for the European market. |
The pork processing plant works on a two-shift system processing some 31,000 hogs per week. |
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| Myronivsky Meat Processing Plant, Kiev | ||
The equipment in the new plant is state-of-the-art. |
Organic pork is a large part of the production. |
The plant also produces ground beef for the manufacture of ready meals. |
The Certified-Angus brand promises good quality beef. |
Chicken fillets and Chicken Kievs are also a large part of the production. |
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| New England Seafood Processing Plant, | ||
Inside the processing area showing the hygienically coated polyurethane floor. |
Seafood processing underway. |
Salmon fillets being transferred for weighing and packaging. |
Avery Denisson labelling and packaging equipment. |
The dispatch area. |
Tuna loin being processed. |
Tuna prior to being flown from the Maldives to the New England plant. |
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| Sadex Radiation Processing Centre | ||
The SureBeam process uses a high-energy electron beam to irradiate food. |
Fruit and vegetables being prepared for the irradiation process. |
A selection of the types of fruit suitable for irradiation. |
Delicate papayas are particularly suitable for electron beam food irradiation. |
Ground beef ready for sale but not irradiated. |
Irradiated ground beef ready to be packaged. |
The SureBeam equipment. |
E.coli is the bacteria responsible for a number of deaths in meat food poisoning incidents. |
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| Sealord Fish Processing, Caistor | ||
Fish is flown in from Iceland on a very tight turnaround so that the customer gets the freshest fish. |
Fish processing bread coating equipment. |
Waitrose are increasing their product range due to customer demand for their quality products. |
The new plant will increase the output of breaded products for Waitrose. |
The facility processes fish of many different kinds from all over the world. |
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| Smithfield Beef Group, Beef Processing Plant, Hooker, Texas County, Oklahoma | ||
The Five Rivers feed yards are a joint venture between Conti and Smithfield. |
The plant will process some 5,000 head of cattle per day at full capacity. |
Smithfield Beef is some of the best produced in the US. |
The Five Rivers feed yards owned by Conti and Smithfield currently have over 800,000 head of cattle. |
Five Rivers will be the main supplier to the new facility. |
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| Sopakco Food Processing and Packaging Facility | ||
Sopakco's 200,000ft² food processing and packaging facility is in Mullins, South Carolina, US. |
The plant's product range will include gourmet selections such as pesto. |
Sopakco is a leading producer of ready meals. |
| Triumph Foods Inc, Pork Processing Plant, St Joseph, Missouri | ||
The administrative buildings of the 620,000ft² pork processing plant and corporate headquarters. |
General contractor for the construction of the new facility, Foley Company, was also responsible for the subcontracting of the process piping and plumbing. |
The new plant is able to process and pack over 1,100 pigs per hour when in full production. |
Pigs being eviscerated by F-line robots. |
The new facility also incorporates a condensation pull-through scalding system which uses 90% less water than other systems. |
The dehairing on the line is carried out by a high throughput TARZAN machine. |
| Wayne Farms Chicken Processing Plant, | ||
Following the completion of two new chicken processing lines at its Decatur plant, Wayne Farms is building a further processing facility on an adjacent site. |
Wayne Farms Dutch Quality House chicken products. |
Platinum Harvest boneless chicken products. |
A Stein coating system helps produce both American breadcrumb and cracker meal coated chicken products. |
Stein high capacity fryer. |
The DSI 624 chicken portioning machine. |
The trimming accuracy of the water jet portioning machine. |
The DSI 624 chicken portioning system can be programmed to provide the exact portion size required for a particular product. |
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| West Liberty Foods Meat Processing Plant, | ||
Drag style poultry chiller. |
Drag style poultry chiller - graphical representation. |
Inside a drag style poultry chiller. |
Tumbler for coating and flavouring processed meat. |
One of the ten new ITGC refrigerated trucks. |
Selection of sliced meats processed at the facility. |
West Liberty Food's new plant at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. |
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| West Liberty Foods Meat Processing Plant, | ||
There are now four plants in the West Liberty Family, three of which are in Iowa. This is the first to be built in Utah. |
The Tremonton facility will process a range of meat including chicken, turkey, beef and pork, and will also process cheese. |
West Liberty is the 56th largest meat processor in the US with sales of $442m in 2006. |
West Liberty is the main supplier of meat to Subway in the US. |
The plant at Tremonton will process meat but not slaughter. |
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