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ckThe Inside TrackThe Inside TraBlue Skies Ahead for FoodmateIt’s hard to believe that a year has passed since the successful opening
of Foodmate’s North American Sales and Service Center. During this
first year, we have accomplished many things that have allowed for
rapid sales growth and employee expansion.
More and more customers are starting to realize the benefits of our
R&D efforts. More than 10 plants have now successfully installed our
new OPTI Leg Processor and customers are now realizing the benefits
of the new OPTI Thigh Deboner. Other successes have come from the
purchase of a highly customized 16-piece cut up system by one of the
world’s largest poultry processors.
As a result of our rapid growth, Foodmate US upgraded its facility from
5,800 sq. ft. to 31,000 sq. ft. to support our current and future growth. In
addition, Foodmate is investing in key employees with many years of
poultry processing industry experience to support our customers in
the field and behind the scenes from our offices.
Our manufacturing plant in the Netherlands continues to make
investments to support our growth. Just recently we invested in several
state-of-the-art CNC machining centers that are capable of making
quality parts at a cost effective price.
We are excited about the progress we are making, and that our
customers are seeing significant benefits from our developments.
It is our goal to develop new products that allow for a fast return on
investment while keeping your overall operating and maintenance
costs low.
We wish you a successful and productive 2012 Poultry Show.
Inside
New Branding 2
Newest Innovations 3 - 6
Sharp Ideas 7
Customer Successes 8 - 9
Foodmate Expands 10
Meet Our Staff 11
Sales Representatives 12
Special IPE edition
Foodmate monthly newsletter Volume 3 January 2012
The Inside TrackThe Inside TrackckFoodmate Introduces New Branding
These are exciting times at Foodmate! In January 2012 we launched our new logo and branding. The new logo is a reflection of the refresh taking place inside Foodmate, and our renewed sense of purpose showing our core business as a manufacturer of poultry processing equipment.
The new design is indicative of more improvements to come as we grow and develop into an industry leader.
The “graphic” in the Foodmate logo shows progression and forward movement. The new logo applies two colors, namely green and blue, symbolizing the chicken and the cut up parts. We thank our clients, colleagues and staff for sharing in our journey to get to this point. We look forward to your continued support as we work to further improve and continue to make a positive impact in the industry and in the communities we serve.
Old Logo New Logo
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Flexibility and YieldThe Foodmate OPTI Leg Processor is designed to anatomically remove the back from the saddle to create a back out whole leg. The unique design of the OPTI Leg Processor lets the saddles run straight through the machine and never change direction. The legs are pulled away from the back and there is no need to twist the back away from the hip sockets. This results in a smoother process, putting less strain on the backs and hocks, and improving yield. The machine can run a wide size range while maintaining an optimal anatomical cut with minimal to no adjust-ments. Since the introduction in 2011, numerous customers have installed and benefited from the OPTI Leg Processor. All have reported very positive results with significant yield improvements while reducing rework caused by bone content. The OPTI Leg Processor can be installed in either a new Foodmate Cut-Up System or it can easily be integrated into your existing frame or flex cut-up system.
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a wide size range with minimal adjustments
of the “turn”
Improves oyster retention
since the legs do not twist in the machine
height adjustment by the actuator
OPTI Leg Processor
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Unique Features and Benefits of the OPTI Leg Processor:
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High Yield and Hand-Cut AppearanceThe Foodmate OPTI Thigh Deboner was developed to solve problems commonly found in both manual and automated thigh deboning operations. The unique concept and design of this machine will provide high meat quality and optimal yield, and only requires a few trimmers and inspectors.
The innovative scraper design and tendon cutting system gives the meat a hand-cut appearance and does not shatter or crush the bones. Unlike other automated thigh deboners, the OPTI Thigh Deboner does not require a rubber disc to clean the bone, which significantly reduces operating cost.
There are many benefits with the OPTI Thigh Deboner over hand deboning systems. Adding this feature will provide more consistent results, requires less operator training and more importantly, doesn’t create ergonomic issues with your employees due to repetitive motion.
OPTI Thigh Deboner
Meat pull down unit Oyster tendon cutting unit
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Unique Features and Benefits of the OPTI Thigh Deboner:
handle 80 – 100 thighs per minute
with the self-adjusting thigh holder
bone shattering or fragmenting
Eviscerating Equipment
Foodmate offers a full line of eviscerating equipment with line speeds up to 8000 birds per hour. The Foodmate eviscerating machines are constructed to meet the highest hygienic standards with maximum accuracy. The Eviscerating Line consists of all the equipment to manage your eviscerating needs.
Food Service Cut-Up System The Foodmate Food Service Cut-Up System is designed to meet all 8-piece, 9-piece and dark meat cut-up requirements.
A typical 8- and 9-piece machine consists of a tail cutter, food service wing cutter, inline fat puller, pre-cut and/or keel cutter. For a 9-piece cut, it includes the lengthwise halving machine, thigh popper, food service halving machine, food service thigh/drum cutter and static un-loader. All pieces can be collected in a synchronized conveyor with pockets.
The Foodmate Food Service Cut-Up System is supplied with auto-correcting magnetic cut-up shackles which significantly reduces the opportunity for the shackles to be turned in the wrong direction when entering the cutting modules.
The unique turn point and side plate configuration makes the machine easy to clean and flexible for future line modifications.
The standalone machine requires minimum installation time because all of the single point connections are integrated into the machine.
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Eviscerating Machines:
Automatic Vent Cutter
Super Wing Tip Cutter
Magnets Help Improve Wing Tip Cutting
To help address the issues with skin damage and to provide more consistent joint cuts, Foodmate developed a completely new approach to online wing tip cutting.
The wings are presented back first and are guided into the machine. After the wings are placed into position, a special indexing wheel flips the wing tips in an upside direction.
The indexing wheel uses magnetic technology to consistently position the wing for accurate cutting. The specially shaped indexing wheel is designed to accommodate various wing sizes with no adjustments.
Breast Cap Deboner
The Foodmate Semi-Automatic Breast Cap Deboner was developed to fillet breast caps in an efficient manner, with the emphasis on speed, high quality product output and yield, flexibility, and to minimize the number of machine operators required.
The Breast Cap Deboner filleting machine is 4100 mm in length and the capacity is approximately 1400 breast caps per hour, requiring four operators to manage at this capacity.
The line speed is frequency controlled and is manufactured according to CE guide rules.
The length of the line can be extended to meet your operational needs and is delivered standard with the de-skinning unit.
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Splitter Blade How to Reduce Rework on Whole Bird Splits
Many suppliers to the food service industry often struggle to meet production goals and quality standards due to off-center cuts caused by the whole bird splitter. As a result of this feedback, Foodmate has developed a cost-effective and simple solution to this problem.
The new Foodmate whole bird Splitter Blade has proven to increase efficiencies and reduce the amount of rework in many food service processing facilities.
Our customers have reported a significant decrease in rework which improves flock utilization throughout the processing facility.
The Foodmate blades are designed to maximize yield, reduce rework and improve cutting efficiencies by providing a quality and cost-effective blade solution.
Foodmate recently introduced a new double bladed, front halving machine to address problems commonly found with single bladed front halving machines. Using two blades instead of one large blade gives a straighter cut across the hips and gives more control over the number of ribs that stay attached to the front half.
Double Bladed Halving Machine
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Customer SuccessesCustomer Successescesses
provinces) has been one of Europe’s main KFC suppliers over the last 25 years. With regard to the strong growth of chicken fast food worldwide,
explored the possibilities of automating their cut-up process and selected Foodmate B.V. as their supplier for this project.
cutting accuracy, labor savings, hygiene, capacity, shelf life of the end products and return on investment.
“As a main supplier to one of the leading worldwide fast food chains, we absolutely cannot afford to make any mistakes and not meet the strict
Poultry Processing. “Before we decided to automate the process, we thoroughly researched the available options. Largely in part because of the Foodmate B.V. team of product specialists, we selected Foodmate B.V. as our partner. Besides the satisfaction in meeting our requirements and specifications, service and support is just as important for us. The Foodmate B.V. people involved have the 'know-how' and have done an excellent job. As a matter of fact we found out that the number of miscuts significantly went down with the Foodmate system.”
birds into 7-, 8- or 9-pieces based on customer final quality, weight and cutting/packing specifications. The system has been equipped with additional wing modules to achieve a multi-functional line.
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Heys Poultry Processing Starts Fully Automatic KFC/Fast Food Cut-Up System
from the Lipetsk region in the Russian Federation, has selected Foodmate to upgrade and automate their cut-up and deboning department.
Amarant is a privately owned, medium meat poultry processing company. As part of the market changes and growing demand on portioned and deboned chicken parts, Amarant decided to upgrade this production process. For Amarant several points were extremely important:
After an intense evaluation in the market, Foodmate was proudly selected to be Amarant’s supplier for this important project.
“In our fast changing market, we were obliged to invest in high quality equipment that could meet our expectations” says Mr.
various equipment, it was an easy task to select Foodmate. We quickly felt comfortable with Foodmate. In addition to their state of the art equipment, we have experienced excellent customer service and superior sales support.”
“For a company like Amarant, with very demanding customers, it is of extreme importance that there is a very quick response,
President of Foodmate B.V.
Mr. Shubin continues, “In the plans for our further perfection of technology and improvements of our quality, we are confident that Foodmate will always do their utmost to keep production running.”
The Amarant project consists of a fully automatic compact
of 6000 birds per hour.
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Amapaht Selects Foodmate
Foodmate B.V. Expands Their Machinery ParkAs part of our steady and coordinated growth program, we have invested in two new state-of-the-art high performance CNC machines. With the purchase of these machines, a CNC turning and a vertical machine center, we have greatly expanded our inside machining capacity.
As our customer database grows, we are depending more and more on a structured supply of materials. With the acquisition of these new high performance machines, we are able to manage a lot of the milling production inside the company which is needed for the assembly of poultry processing machines. We have also reduced our customer response time with the growing demand for replacement parts.
Foodmate Machinery Park:
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Meet the Staff – US Meet the Staff – NetherlandsPresident and Founder of Foodmate US, [email protected]: 678-819-5274
experience in the processing
the company’s operation in North America. Scott graduated college in the Netherlands and is bilingual in Dutch and English, and speaks
Matt Foster Regional Sales [email protected]: 678-995-2410Territory: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas
Tim Morgan Area Sales [email protected]: 404-219-9276Territory: Alabama, Delaware,
Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia
John Trayler Senior Service [email protected]: 678-995-2361
President and Founder of Foodmate [email protected]: +31-653259348
background in all aspects of food
international sales experience. David grew up around the poultry and food processing equipment business and is a second-generation company owner.
Rik Wijnhorst
[email protected]: +31-653268477
Benno De Vree Project and Service [email protected]: +31-653269351
Jerry Stepien Area Sales [email protected]: +48-015021031Mobile: +48-601270015
US Account Manager
Phone: +31-623094009
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Sales representatives
Australia B.F.E. Service Pty LtdMr. Jürgen van den [email protected]: +61-414594527
Belarus SOOO TrimexMrs. Daria [email protected] Phone: +37-5172222164
Brazil
Mr. Luiz storino [email protected]: +55-1155896935
Canada Anglia Autoflow North America LLC
[email protected] Phone: +1-9055890199 Phone: +1-416414676
Central America STIA Comercializadora S.A. Mr. Pedro Vargas [email protected]
Colombia ITA International Ltd. Mr. Jairo Caceres Salazar [email protected] Phone: +57-3174314771
Croatia De Boer TradingMr. Zlatko [email protected]: +38-598249478
France ProcoleMr. Patrick [email protected]: +33-687829170
Mest Ltd
[email protected]: +30-210603053
India RND AutomationMr. Nikhil David [email protected] Phone: +91-2026930100/936
Korea Ilshin Fm Co LtdMr. Moon Ki [email protected]: +82-24242249
Mexico Danfei de Mexico SA de CV
[email protected] Phone: +52-15554027451
New Zealand B.F.E. Service Pty LtdMr. Jürgen van den [email protected]: +61-414594527
Poland Foodmate PolskaMr. Jaroslaw [email protected] Phone: +48-601270015
Romania SC Novasol SRLMrs. Rodica [email protected] Phone: +40-722310001 Russian Federation Contact Foodmate BV for the correct representative.
NetherlandsMr. Rik [email protected]: +31-186630240
Serbia De Boer Trading / Soforebo d.o.o.Mrs. Maike [email protected]: +38-125432300
Slovenia De Boer Trading / Soforebo d.o.o. Mr. Bojan [email protected]: +38-640613845
South Africa Inkhuku Technology CCMr. Vikesh [email protected]: +27-844007406
Spain PF Sistemas Para MataderosMr. Felix Chafer [email protected]: +34-935650375
Thailand Erawan Union LtdMr. Aisoon [email protected]: +66-844497890
Turkey Foodmate TurkeyMr. Selim N. [email protected] Phone: +90-5434166138
UkraineProxima LtdMr. Pavel [email protected] Phone: +38-0503589974
USAFoodmate US Inc.
[email protected]: +1-6788195270
If your country is not listed in the above list, please contact Foodmate BV the Netherlands, Phone. +31-186630240 or
e-mail.
FOODMATE B.V. Röntgenstraat 18 Oud-BeijerlandPostbus 1405 3260 AK Oud-Beijerland Phone: +31-186630240 Fax: +31-186630249
[email protected] www.foodmate.nl
FOODMATE US
Fax: 678-819-5273
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