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POULTRY
FAR EASTERN AGRICULTURE • Issue Five 2021
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Towards efficient processing and production
JBT's CleanFREEZE Spiral Freezer is set to help food processors benefit from sanitary design, superior performance and easy maintenance.
The post-pandemic revolution across industries has put the focus on the movement to efficiency. The poultry meat processing equipment market size is forecast to increase at a Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.8% over the forecast period from 2021 to 2028, according to Research and Markets. STUDY BY the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs reports that the world’s population is expected to reach 10bn by 2050. The importance for optimum and economic usage of every available resource known to mankind has become more apparent as time goes by. Technologies around the world have adopted a seemingly common trend of improving design language around the processing machinery to increase levels of productivity. The area of poultry processing is no exception, with the maximum emphasis being laid on procuring high yield within improving time frames. Companies are always on edge, trying to find a new way to be more efficient, and setting benchmarks along the way in terms of significant time-cost savings. Manpower and maintenance have also
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been a key factor in the behavioural changes in the industry, with more and more importance being laid on the minimum requirements for handling plants, thus
Segment leader of JBT Brittan Gill said that the freezer boasts a fully welded enclosure with minimal overlapping joints, sloped surfaces and capless solid plastic rails to eliminate bacteria traps.”
relying more on technology to simplify and abridge the various factors involved in food processing and production. To this end, processing equipment majors JBT, Marel and others alike have rolled out new products for the growing poultry process market, which is expected to reach values of up to US$350bn by 2022, according to a report by the Business Research Company. The steady compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.8% experienced this year is mainly due to companies taking charge of revamping structures and the introduction of equipment, promising to deliver greater profit margins. JBT Corporation has delivered its new line of freezers, the JBT Northfield CleanFREEZE Spiral. The freezer is designed for superior sanitation levels with high-volume processing with options for both packaged and individual quick freeze (IQF) products. Segment leader of JBT Brittan Gill said that the freezer boasts a fully welded enclosure with minimal overlapping joints, sloped surfaces and capless solid plastic rails
