Processing & Refrigeration

Britains Starfrost says it has built its biggest yet Hybrid Tunnel (HT) system for Hollands Platvis in Edam. Platvis BV specialises in frozen fish products, including natural and breadcrumb-coated flatfish fillets.

Optimar Iceland introduced a new Optim-Ice liquid ice machine at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 7-10. September, the BPH-105. It is hydraulic driven to meet the needs of all those without enough electrical…

Icelandic company Valka had its patent-pending packing line on show at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition and says combining its Valka RapidFeed in-feed control and dispersion machine with its new Valka RapidWeigher multi-head…

Vónin in the Faroe Islands has introduced a new sorting system for blue whiting, made up of a four-sided net tunnel with a flexible grid fitted inside.

One of the interesting side events at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition was the opportunity for participants to do some fish tourism and head off to visit Baaders factory and see their Baader…

Marel Scandinavia will be showing a range of solutions for the fish industry during Danfish 2005. On the Danfish stage area a turn-key project will be introduced, which Marel Scandinavia recently delivered…

Skaginn put on show its Combined Blast and Contact (CBC) processing line at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition.

Marel will be showing its Marel Vision Grader at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition. The unit utilizes dynamic weighing and laser vision to measure product features automatically. It grades products based on length,…

Falch Marine A.S of Svolvær (Norway), reports that it has worked with Sunwell, the slurry ice people, to develop a new system to add onto their existing Deepchill(tm) set up and this…

Swedish company Searef reports it has installed a cargo hold refrigeration unit for the Sea Hawke, owned by the new Zealands company Forty South Limited.

Spains Kinarca claims its Frost-Free Airlock-Vestibule can save up to 40 per cent power and reduce the formation of fungus on-chill room products.

Danish plate freezer manufacture Dybvad Stål Industri says orders are very strong and that Icelandic company Sjolaskip H.F. has just order 28 vertical plate freezers on top of an earlier order of…

The UKs Starfrost, which says it has been supplying bespoke mechanical freezing and chilling equipment since 1984, reports it has opened an office in Moscow to target the expanding frozen food market…

In his second article from Latvia, Peter ONeill reports on how he discovered that some of his new-fangled ideas about diversification do not always stand up. Aivars Lejietis, general manager of Gamma-A…

3X Stal has launched a new rapid chiller which its says offers: increased yield, firmer shrimp with netter texture, better colour and less tail breakage.

Optimar Iceland says that business is good and this has been reflected in its latest projects. On the Engey RE a pelagic vessel owned by Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi and 105m…

The fishing industry in Ghana and other areas at the West Coast of Africa is centred around small villages where domestic fishermen land their daily catch. There, fish is consumed locally as…

Danish manufacturer of plate freezers A/S Dybvad Stål Industri (DSI) will supply the Icelandic company SJOLASKIP H.F with 69 vertical plate freezers for its recently purchased vessels.

Scanvaegt has launched its new ScanWi 411 Weighing Indicator which its says is tough enough to withstand the harsh environment of food production processing in a fully waterproof stainless steel cabinet. Operators…