A test run before investing in food dosing and packaging machinery? Kometos can test clients’ food products on their test line
With Kometos’s testing facility, food producers can see how Kometos’s dosing and packaging solutions suit their specific products and ready meal production process. Trial runs with customers’ own materials provide invaluable, precise information.
Growth in the ready-to-eat meal market boosts new innovation in ready meal production processes
Fresh and eco-friendly local food—that’s what today’s consumers want on their plates. It’s a positive trend. But from a food manufacturer’s perspective, the requirements can be challenging.
Is it possible to meet consumer demands cost-effectively? Yes, when you choose the right partner for the production process and packaging line automation.
The European ready meal market is growing at a rate of five percent per year. Every manufacturer wants a piece of the pie.
However, just increasing production volume isn’t enough; it’s important to deliver high quality. Food that looks and tastes good—but that can also be produced cost-effectively, taking into consideration the precise dosing of different raw materials and their prices.
Client-specific information from test runs
Kometos has always been a company that pushes the food industry forward. It’s an innovative explorer with a burning desire to develop clients’ ready meal production processes and automation and ensure top-notch services for the food industry.
A part of this effort has been investing in a test facility. In the test facility at Kometos’s factory in Finland, product testing and customer product trial runs are conducted. The tray handling line, designed for the food industry, consists of different units and dosing and packaging machinery.
The test line is an industry leader: fast, precise, versatile, and 100% reliable for dosing and packaging various food products. The equipment can run up to thirty different recipes without changing parts.
The equipment suits a number of different food products and ready meals. Clients are often interested in seeing how the dosing equipment and food packaging machinery work with their specific products.
As Raimo Niemi, Kometos’s sales manager, explains:
Our customers can conduct trial runs with their own ingredients, obtaining the precise and product-specific information they need.
What products is Kometos’ food dosing and packaging machinery suitable for?
Ready meals
– Meals with meat or plant-based protein
– Pasta-based meals
– Rice-based meals
– Layered meals, like lasagna
– Soups
– Porridges
– Sauces and garnishes
Meat, poultry, fish, and seafood
– Meat and meat products, like sausages, meatballs, or cutlets
– Poultry and poultry products, like nuggets
– Fish, shellfish, and other seafood products, like fish fingers
Fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts
– Berries and fruit – fresh, dried, or powdered
– Vegetables – raw, cooked, sliced, or cubed
– Nuts and trail mixes
– Seeds and grain
– Spices and powders
A leader in innovation in ready meal production processes and tray handling lines for the food industry
Raimo Niemi mentions that the testing facility has been enthusiastically received by Kometos’s clients. The information from trial runs using their own raw materials is so valuable that the investment has already led to significant product range growth.
Kometos’ strategy includes four core values: customer focus, collaborative success, profitable and sustainable growth, and a drive to innovate and make things happen.
We simply want to be the best in our field and use our expertise to help our clients secure a significant share of the growing ready meal market.
Thorough planning and customer understanding form the basis for long-term relationships
Kometos aims to build long-term and trust-based customer relationships. Long partnerships benefit both Kometos and its clients and contribute to the overall development of the food industry and its ready meal production processes.
Careful attention to customer needs and thorough planning account for half the work. To find the best tray handling solution for each client, various units, structures, and layout options are explored. Kometos also collaborates closely with clients in choosing the right materials for each facility.
Before delivering and installing the machinery and production lines, their operation is verified by testing the equipment at Kometos’ facility.
This way, only thoroughly tested, top-quality equipment leaves Kometos’ factory.
🍝 Ready for a test run with your food product?
Want to see how Kometos’ equipment suits your product? Send us your product for testing, and we’ll run it through our test facility.
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