Case Studies
Complete shrimp packing
When Danish seafood company Chrisfish needed to increase its capacity the right combination was a complete packing line from Marel. A Carnitech dethawing system feeds IQF shrimp into a ScanCombinator multihead weigher with superb accuracy.
Full system secures production increase
Chrisfish has experienced considerable growth and in order to keep up with the demand the company recently built a complete new processing facility. Almost 90 percent of the company’s production of seafood is exported to mainly southern Europe as private label seafood and the remaining production is sold under own label on the Danish market. “We considered quite a few companies when we decided to buy the new packing line. But Marel’s ability to deliver the complete system without integrating third party equipment really decided it for us,” Quality Control Manager Helle Klitlund explains.
After sales service was decisive
Another important factor in Chrisfish’s decision to buy the full system from Marel was the company’s ability to supply fast and efficient after sales service if needed. “We run a tight production schedule here and it is important that we get as much stability and uptime from the equipment as possible. If anything breaks down we need service as soon as possible and in our judgment Marel has a very efficient service organization allowing us to sleep well at night,” Helle Klitlund says and smiles. Chrisfish has therefore entered a service contract with Marel giving them preventative maintenance on the line.
Excellent hygiene using low pressure cleaning
Because of the construction of the ScanCombinator multihead weigher Chrisfish is able to keep the bacteriology at a very low level. “Hygiene is paramount for us and because of the way the ScanCombinator multihead weigher is constructed we are able to clean the entire system using low pressure which gives us a much better cleaning effect. When using low pressure the water particles are not as atomized as when using high pressure systems which means we use less water and get a cleaner machine because the water and grime runs of the machine faster,” Helle Klitlund concludes.
For more information about Chrisfish Danmark A/S please see www.chrisfish.dk
