MAXIMIZES EARNINGS – MINIMIZES GIVE-AWAY

BATCHING MACHINES: Food in fixed weight packaging is becoming more and more sought after by both supermarkets and wholesalers. With the right process equipment, earnings are increased – and the give-away weight minimised

Each time a supermarket sells two steaks at a fixed weight and price, the pack must never weigh less than is stated, and should be as close as possible to the displayed weight. Everything above that weight is in reality given away. So wholesalers and producers are now focusing on give-away as an earnings parameter.

Scanvaegt International A/S, a Danish producer of process equipment for the meat, fish and poultry industries, is helping customers to maximise earnings and minimise the giveaway with the world’s most accurate fixed-weight packer, ScanBatcher 4700.

Great advantages
“We are down to 1-2% giveaway, and can get down under 1% depending on the product,” says marketing manager Lars Bjerregaard Jessen of Scanvaegt International. “No other producers of batching machines can do that.” More and more retailers and food processing companies are choosing fixed-weight packs because of the advantages of handling processing, packing, product labelling and shipping in one continuous sequence. It also offers substantial logistics savings and better inventory control, and makes it easy to adjust the in-shop selling price. And standard size packs, whether it’s for steaks, fish or chicken breasts, are gaining ground among consumers.

Total solutions
“Since the late 1970s when we revolutionised the area with the invention of the first batching machine for fixed-weight packs, Scanvaegt has developed the systems almost to perfection in collaboration with our customers,” says Bjerregaard Jessen. “It also means that we are increasingly involved in the design of new process solutions from the beginning, and so can provide total solutions instead of part solutions. Many of our customers now see us more as strategic partners than a machine supplier, and we often participate in their production as part of the company.” Scanvaegt was established in 1932. At that time the main emphasis was on production of scales and weighing systems. Today this accounts for only a small part of the company’s business. The focus today is mostly on problem solving at a high-tech level.

Round-the-clock service 
“Customers come to us with their ideas or problems – or their products. And in the vast majority of cases we succeed in fulfilling their needs. A new packaging, a new cut, or a completely new product which has never been through a machine before and gains a new place in consumer consciousnesses. Above all, we aim to provide round-the-clock service, every day of the year. Because if a machine is down for even a couple of hours, modern food production goes haywire. With our machinery, that is a rare event.”

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