Vezet B.V. is one of the largest vegetable and fruit processing businesses in the Netherlands and leads the market in freshly chopped, ready-to-cook vegetables.
Vezet's cutting-edge vegetable chopping facility produces a range of about 250 different products. The family-owned enterprise aims to be the best and most progressive developer, producer and highly valued supplier of processed vegetables and fruit for immediate consumption. At present about 220 million bags per year are packed; of these approx. 180 million bags are supplied to the Albert Heijn supermarket chain in the Netherlands. The company's aims are high - the objective is to increase the number of bags company-wide to over 300 million bags in the next 5 years. There are plans to add new capacity and to automate further in the course of this. As a consequence, an additional line was recently put into operation to pack ready-to-eat salads. Previous positive project experiences with Multipond weighing systems meant MULTIPOND was relied on exclusively in the process.
Fromager Savoyard Sas, a family-owned company founded in 1921, specializes in the preparation, packaging and marketing of French Emmentaler. About 6,000 t - 7,000 t of cheese are packaged annually, although the company has a capacity of 10,000 t. Depending on the number of orders, between 33 and 43 employees work at the facility in Montmélian.
MULTIPOND introduces a new dosing weigher (Type DW xx-6100/2500-H) and once again demonstrates its position as one of the market's leading innovators in the field of multihead weighers.
Poultry, game and ready-to-eat meals - these are areas in which GETI WILBA is active. The company from Bremervörde in northern Germany has a long tradition, especially when it involves preparation of chicken and hares. Production of frozen ready-to-cook meals is a market segment that is enjoying particularly strong growth. GETI WILBA supplies the food industry, bulk consumers, the wholesale delivery trade as well as home-delivery services and food retailers. Their strength in the market is attributable to a focus on quality that is based on careful selection and handling of raw materials in conjunction with high production standards. GETI WILBA considers itself a single-source frozen food specialist whose expertise extends from the live animal to the final product. Thanks to state-of-the-art production technology, GETI WILBA continues to develop products that give fresh impetus to the market. Its five facilities employ a workforce of over 800.
TINE SA is Norway's largest manufacturer, distributor and exporter of dairy products. The company has recently purchased a multihead weigher from MULTIPOND for their site in Trondheim for filling the yoghurt corners of the popular brand "Go Morgen" with cereals and nuts.
Kanes Foods Ltd. is one of the largest salad processors in Great Britain. Packaged, pre-washed "ready to eat" salads are one of their main areas of business which is complimented by prepared Stir-fry vegetables, Coleslaw and dressed salads, Sauces and dressings along with a Beansprout growing unit. The company employs 1,500 people across 5 separate business units based in Evesham near Birmingham. Further expansion is in the pipeline with the building of an ecologically-based factory. The owner, John Randall says: "We consider our activity and the further development of the company not only in economic terms but also from an ecological viewpoint too. We are both committed to our customers as well as our surroundings". Production in this most modern facility is planned to start in April 2011.
