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U.K. Poultry Giant Streamlines Operation, Saves Space With Combination Metal Detection/Checkweighing

Forresters, a leading food production company, invested in eight IQ4 Metal Detection Combination solutions from Loma Systems to boost production.

IQ4 Metal Detection Combination solution from LOMA SYSTEMS®.
IQ4 Metal Detection Combination solution from LOMA SYSTEMS®.

Manufacturers since 1972 of poultry products for some of the biggest names in the U.K.’s food industry, Cheshire, U.K.-based Forresters produce roasted, steamed, marinated, and sliced chicken portions for 128 different SKUs. Amounting to 60 tonnes [66 U.S. tons] of chicken daily, its customers are mainly retailers, including Lidl, Aldi, Iceland, and Morrisons, plus some food service companies.

Operating 15 production lines, Forresters needed an inspection solution that would allow it to achieve fast switching between a high throughput of multiple packaged products, while maintaining inspection and weighing accuracy. The company’s aim was to simplify the production line by replacing metal detection equipment and check weighing systems from different builders with a combination system from one vendor. This would result in a reduction in product give-away and provide a smaller footprint to allow for more spacing in between lines on the shop floor, while being flexible enough to handle the product-changeover demands. 

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