Icelandic equipment manufacturer Skaginn 3X has signed a contract with Kråkøy Slakteri for the provision of a Sub-Chilling system, expected delivery of the system is set for late 2018.
The deal was signed on the 19th of June by Roger Sørgård and Thomas Williksen of Kråkøy Slakteri, together with Skaginn 3X representative Ragnar Guðmundsson. This is the second order for a Sub-Chilling system to be delivered to a Norwegian salmon producer this year – the first, for Grieg Seafood in Alta, was completed in April 2017.
The equipment that Kråkøy has invested in will be the largest Sub-Chilling system provided by Skaginn 3X, with a processing capacity of up to 25 tonnes of salmon per hour.
Kråkøy Slakteri, located in Roan in Sør-Trøndelag plays an important role in local salmon processing and the company has decided to invest in new equipment as part of their plans to increase their overall production capacity. Krakoy Slakteri slaughters salmon for companies such as Måsøval Fiskeoppdrett and their main customer is NSR. Owner and managing director Roger Sorgård commented that the company has a strong focus on offering their customers products with a superior and consistent quality.
“We are proud to be one of the first salmon processors to implement this new technology. Processing fish by our facilities will bring extra value for our customers in the future, where our product will a have much longer shelf life compared to traditional processors and with superior quality” he said. “For our exporters, we see that we can reduce the amount of ice, especially for fish that we send by air. We can reduce it from 3kg per box to 0.5kg per box which will reduce the cost of each shipment significantly”.
SuböChilling is different to existing fish chilling technologies because it rapidly chills the fish to -1.5°C without freezing it. This new approach uses a chilling treatment in specially designed tanks equipped with patented technology developed by Skaginn 3X.
