Processing & Refrigeration – Page 52
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Trio and FTC Sweden join forces
Trio from Norway has bought 60 per cent of the shares in FTC Sweden AB. The two companies see a major potential for synergy by combining technologies and offering new and more efficient solutions to the fish processing industry.
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The evolution of Slurry Ice
Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada has introduced Deepchillâ„¢ Variable-State Iceâ„¢: a Deepchillâ„¢ System that can deliver slurry ice in a complete range of ice-states: from very liquid ice, to a very thick paste, and even dry (liquid free) ice crystals; from salt-free slurry to salt water slurry; and from small ...
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New bed freezer from Germany
Heinen launched its new product, the freezelite, at the intercool show in Dusseldorf, Germany, last September. The freezelite is a small fluidized bed freezer/cooler with a large capacity. It is especially designed for freezing and cooling bulk-flow products such as shrimp, mussels and other seafood.
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Flo-ice gives longer life
Research on the advantages of flo-ice, presented at a Vigo conference has shown a number of advantages from the first comparative study with traditional ice methods.
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Norway to build a plant for Nicaragua
EPCON Energy & Process Control AS/Gullvika AS from Norway has signed a US 4.7million contract with Nicaraguan seafood and fishing company Nicafish A.S. to build a complete plant for processing deep water langostinos. The deal was closed last August during the Nor-Fishing Exhibition in Trondheim, Norway.
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Blue-green aliance to win Nordic market for fresh fish
Norway Seafoods, Fjordland and TINE have agreed to develop a new product category in the grocery sector. These major food manufacturers will provide daily supplies of fresh-packed fish, under the trademark Marian, to some 4,200 grocery outlets all over Norway.
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Four is the key to modularity
Berg Chilling Systems'' Ice/Berg LS new model ice making machine is built with industrial type heavy duty construction that provides modularity through a unique arrangement of its four key components: ice making low side; refrigeration high side; condenser; and controller. Other features of the Ice/Berg LS include:
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Industry experts impressed by Nesco's innovation
A company from Hull is playing a major part in the drive to help UK fishing fleets secure higher prices through better quality landings.
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Marel's pin-bone removal ready to install
Processing companies in the North Atlantic are facing stiff competition from countries with abundant, low-cost labour. World Fishing turned to Lá¡rus Ásgeirsson, senior director of sales and marketing at Marel Iceland, a major processing machinery supplier, to see how companies can better adapt to such challenges. "Marel is working with ...
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Environmentally-friendly refrigeration from Grenco
In many countries the use of R22 in new refrigeration systems is prohibited. Alternative refrigerants such as R507 and R404a are subject to very strict legislation and may be prohibited in the nearby future.
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From Offal to profit
Flottweg of Germany''s fishmeal processing expert, Klaus Ertl, has now turned his attention to maximising offal from filleted fish. "In former days we called it offal - nowadays we call it profit!" he says and explains what Flottweg has to offer.
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Breaking tonne up barrier
Valka RapidFeed says its new flow control system has boosted product handling so that two workers can now handle 1,000kg per hour compared to 600kg before. It quotes Grandi assistant plant manager Isleifur Arnarson as saying: "When we installed the freezer, we had some doubts that we could operate it ...
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Marel buys POLS
Iceland''s Marel continues with its expansion and has acquired Icelandic company POLS, also a manufacturer of weighing and grading equipment for the food-processing industry.
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Wholey benefits from Sunwell
Robert Wholey & Co. prides itself on supplying whiting fillets that are ''fresh from the ocean''.
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Finsan in Scotland
The Norwegian ice machine and ice plant manufacturer Finsam has recently delivered a new ice plant to Riverside Salmon in Alness, Scotland.
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Icebox storage
Galician manufacturer Icebox Plástico has already had some success with its new Liquid Ice Storage Modular Tank (LISMOT).
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Argentine company celebrates 50 years
For three generations, FrigorÃfico Sudeste SA has offered a variety of products and services for the packaging, freezing, and exporting of added-value seafood products and is celebrating 50 years of business.
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Kinarca helps Namibia to improve ice flow
Kinarca has just installed a flow-ice package on-board a Namibian trawler.
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Optimar - cold catch for Iran and good price for skippers
Sales are up for Optimar Iceland''s Optim-Ice liquid ice machines. "Last autumn we received [enough] orders for Optim-Ice machines to keep our manufacturing facilities busy to the end of the year," reports Reynir Gudjonsson, sales and marketing manger.
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Feather light auto drops for shrimp antennae and mushrooms
Automatic weighing of fragile products such as shrimp and mushroom has always been a tricky business -- particularly when accuracy is a must. Denmark''s Cabinplant say they have now developed a series of solutions that make it possible automatically to weigh and pack fragile products just as gently as if ...