Baader’s managing director Robert Focke is delighted that the company was chosen by Cermaq as the supplier for its new state-of-the-art salmon processing plant in Norway.
"Baader is proud to deliver a high-tech and cutting-edge plant for slaughtering and processing of salmon,“ Robert Focke said.
Construction started in March this year on the new Cermaq salmon plant at Storskjæret in Norway, and the 8000 square metre factory is expected to start production in the second quarter of next year.
According to Atle Kvist, project manager at Cermaq Norway, totality was an important consideration for the company.
"Together with Baader, we came up with a good and comprehensive solution for the slaughterhouse that meets today's needs. In addition, it provides us with a good platform for future development," he stated. "For Cermaq it is an advantage to have one main contractor."
The new salmon plant will be packed with innovations, all of them engineered, designed, manufactured and installed by Baader, including all processing lines, filleting, controlling and packing ready for transport. As main contractor, Baader also bears the responsibility for all sub-contractors.
"We are responsible for the entire flow, from live fish entering the plant up to packing with the new high-speed packing grader from Baader. All this happens in a factory with high-tech automation controlled by Baader's own software B'Logic Processing Software which integrates CodeIT's unique labelling software system. This provides Cermaq with one single software platform for the entire factory. Cermaq will be the first company equipped according to the Industry 4.0 manufacturing facility standard," said Robert Focke, responsible for Baader’s worldwide fish processing business.
Cermaq supplies high-quality salmon with animal welfare as an important concern to the company. With Baader, Cermaq has found the perfect solution to ensure both product quality and animal welfare as well as maximum cost-efficiency.
"The flow is controlled all the way from the holding pens via ‘stun & bleed’ to the gutting machines where the salmon is gutted, weighed and photographed for quality grading. All registered information then follows each individual fish and makes it traceable until it reaches the customer. Baader's new ‘Speed feeder’ ensures efficient distribution to each of the new BA144 gutting machines and up to our new packing grader with a capacity of up to 160 fish/minute. When the plant is finished, then it will be an important showcase for Baader,” he said.
