Meat and poultry processing plant operators continue to struggle with replacing a generation of skilled laborers retiring from the workforce. The applicants coming in to replace those retirees often lack the skills necessary to step in and take over and are looking for ways to further their knowledge. The MULTIVAC University staff dedicates themselves to training experts on MULTIVAC machines and providing the necessary skills for machine operators and maintenance technicians to advance their careers.
For food processors, downtime is a four-letter word that is to be avoided at all costs. Multivac customers are realizing the many advantages of its industry-leading Smart Services program. The solution digitizes customers’ processing operations to facilitate monitoring and measuring performance by partnering with Multivac experts to identify potential problems while maximizing throughput and ensuring maintenance issues are addressed on a schedule, not in the middle of a production run.
Those in the meat processing industry know and understand the inherent dangers of band saws and poultry cutters. Hollymatic and its engineering team have come up with a solution that raises the bar on worker safety. The Defender 4000 Band Saw and Defender PC1500 Poultry Cutter use state-of-the-art technology to recognize potential risk to the operator and stop the blade to avoid unnecessary injury and reduce amputations.
See the newest innovative technologies, integrated solutions, and virtual service capabilities from Handtmann that feature next generation performance advancements all along the line from mixing and grinding to feeding, weighing, forming, and depositing into packaging solutions. Learn about the huge uptime benefits that Handtmann HVISION™ virtual service provides, expanded customization capabilities and other digital advancements that help integrate and simplify the development, planning and implementation of full production lines.
Meat and poultry processors have to do all they can to protect their products and their end consumers from the damages resulting from costly product recalls. However, the responsibility of keeping food safe shouldn’t fall on the shoulders of just one segment of the food chain – all segments can and should be involved in the process. With the appropriate prevention and elimination techniques, foodborne pathogens and foreign material contamination can be dealt with before any food leaves the facility.
As the labor shortage continues in the meat and poultry processing industry, large and small processors need to come up with viable solutions to keep their operations running now and in the future. Full-line packaging machines and their ancillary add-ons can help provide the necessary tools to bring a small level of additional automation to any operation – which can have a large impact.
Explore the latest from Handtmann where new trends, customer ideas and processing innovation meet to create appealing products with a profitable advantage. See what our Handtmann Food Innovation Teams in North America and Germany have been doing to help customers turn their most creative ideas into productive solutions, giving them a business advantage. Download Now to dive into the world of creative innovations like the valveless depositing of fresh meat, vegan filled sausage and bacon.
They say don’t judge a book by its cover – but when consumers shop for packaged food, they often do just that. Therefore, it’s essential that on-package printing is clear and concise. Advancements in printing technology have provided processors with a wide array of options when selecting printing options for their packaged food products. Learn what printing systems options are available for your operation.
Explore complete automated linking and hanging solutions with process monitoring from the mixing and emulsifying to checkweighing – and with the dependable quality of Handtmann and Inotec.
The COVID-19 pandemic has many shoppers more mindful about food purchases. They are stocking up on staples, with meat and poultry rapidly moving in the fresh, frozen and ambient snacking aisles. Shoppers are mindful of price, quality and safety. Kemin is the one-stop shop for meat and poultry processors that want to keep their offerings fresher, longer and safer, to help keep meat moving from retail to consumers’ dinner table.
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