Processing & Refrigeration – Page 53

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    Ice machine cuts turnaround time

    2005-02-19T13:55:00Z

    Ziegra Ice Machines (UK) Ltd., has made Sandy West a happy customer with a StreamIce system on his vessel ''Virtuous''. His earlier problem had been buying ice before each trip.

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    York & Optimar Iceland launch new slurry ice business

    2005-02-19T13:55:00Z

    York and Optimar have joind forces and will be manufacturing slurry ice units in Iceland to be sold worldwide. The Slurry Ice machines will be marketed under the joint brand name Sabroe Optim-Ice.

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    New whitefish machine

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    FTC Sweden is working on a new design to replace its whitefish machine FDS3N. The idea came after building in 2004 a special FDS3N for I&J in Cape Town. The purpose was to increase yield compared to its existing machines.

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    New 'Deli Area' brings factory to cutting edge

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    A new £1.5m added-value seafood speciality production facility is now fully operational at Macrae Foods in Fraserburgh.

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    Faster packing with TS250 MAP

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    AEW Delford has launched TS250 MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) Tray Sealing System.

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    New tub handling system launched in Europe

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    The Icelandic company 3X-Stál, which specialises in technical solutions for the fish processing industry, is now promoting its new Tub handling system in the European market. This new system has been developed and tried with excellent results in some of Iceland''s largest fish processing factories. Trials using the system have ...

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    New Checkbin Grader

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    Marel from Iceland has developed a new grading system designed to meet the growing demand for highly accurate net-weight batching and packing equipment. The new Marel CheckBin Grader is a robust, sophisticated system that uses intelligent grading to produce accurate batches for packing.

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    Excess weight solution

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    Danish company Scanvaegt says that its ScanGrader can eliminate the 3-5 per cent excess weight contained in packaged fish products. The new solution is also programmed to automate and streamline the entire production at the same time, resulting in improved quality, lower production costs and higher earnings.

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    Cabinplant develops roe seperator for shrimps

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    Cabinplant has developed a new machine, a so-called roe separator, to solve a seasonal problem faced by producers of cold-water shrimps. Using this roe separator, it is no longer necessary to employ extra staff in the shrimp factory during the spring spawning period, where the quality control of the mechanically ...

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    Machine needed to combat sardine waste

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    Too much sardine may be going down the waste chute and fisheries consultant Ulf Groenqvist, from the Island of Öland in Sweden, working for AB Seac, says the reason may be that there is no decent machine available to pre-sort the fish before the processing machines get hold of it.

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    VMK upgrade its processing machines

    2004-12-01T13:46:00Z

    Two Norwegian pelagic factory ships have installed monitor system to speed up the entry of fish into their filleting machine.

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    Trio and FTC Sweden join forces

    2004-12-01T13:46:00Z

    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

    2004-11-01T09:04:00Z

    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

    2004-11-01T09:04:00Z

    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

    2004-11-01T09:04:00Z

    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

    2004-10-01T15:37:00Z

    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

    2004-10-01T15:37:00Z

    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

    2004-09-19T10:00:00Z

    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

    2004-09-17T10:25:00Z

    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

    2004-07-02T11:28:00Z

    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 ...