The salmon plant owned by Mainstream Norway AS in Hammerfest will be almost completely automated when new technology is installed.
The Norwegian company First Process AS and its Icelandic partner Valka ehf have jointly developed new automated systems for salmon plants. In February this year the companies signed a contract for new production lines for Mainstream Norway AS, with a contract value close to 20 Million NOK.
Mainstream Norway is owned by the CERMAQ GROUP and will upgrade is factory in Hammerfest. The project is scheduled to be finished at the beginning of September this year.
The new factory will be heavily automated and in the pre-projecting phases there has been a focus on quality, correct ergonomics for the workers, reduction of necessary manpower and easy cleaning/hygienic design.
The delivery will contain quality grading, grading of whole fish by weight, grading of salmon for freezing plus de-heading, icing, automated box and lid application and distribution to palletising on pallets.
The slaughterhouse will introduce a new and more efficient Software system – Rapid Fish, which will simplify the production with regards to dynamics and traceability, which is a matter of necessity.
The system will control the production flow from the customer’s order to inventory control, list of content and dispatch.
If the processor gives them access, buyers can follow their purchase orders by use of simple web-based solutions.
The system will also take care of process monitoring and the technical operation, and further ensure traceability and communication to adjacent systems in the group of companies.
The salmon plant in Hammerfest will be a new model for these kinds of factories and the software system will control the optimised operation. The capacity will be optimised for more than 30 tons/hour of round packed salmon.
