Experience
Australia
- Preview of meat sector benchmarking study
- Business Performance Analysis
Belarus
- Preparation of detailed draft design for new marinated herring processing plant in Brest.
Canada
- New fish processing plant – capacity 9,000 t of raw material/year.
Chile
- Production process optimization; deboning and further processing
Denmark
- Food database on clean technology.
- Assisstance to small Danish slaugtherhouse in setting up risk analyses for poultry slaughtering and cleaning of pig & cattle casings for human consumption.
- Assistance in preparation of layout and processes for a sustainable organic abattoir and meat processing plant with own shop.
Assistance in the setting up of the own control system and getting the final authorisation from FVST.
- Developing of mechanical equipment for handling of chocolate.
- Developing of new equipment for automatic cleaning of pig casings.
- Investment and development plan for production of spareribs and tenderloin.
- More efficient and fast cleaning of production facilities and equipment in slaughterhouses.
- New methods for handling and transportation of animal by-products for Petfood production.
- New mobile slaughterhouse for poultry.
- Optimisation of sausage production, slicing and packing.
- Optimisation of smoked salmon production, Polar Seafood, Esbjerg.
- Preparation of layout for high quality tuna processing plant in the Philippines.
- Preservation methods for animal bi-products.
- Production audit at major Danish meat processor to identify potentials for improvements.
- Production audit, processed meat and sausages.
- Rationalisation and remodelling of herring, mackerel and cod filleting plant. Capacity 25,000 t of herring, 13,000 t of mackerel and 6,000 t of white fish per year.
- Reduction of “give away” in processed meat production.
Setting up hygiene and sanitation control procedures for the slaughterhouse and meat production, including the restaurant and kitchen.
Feasibility study – ERP implementation
- Planning and detailed design of new upgraded fish processing plant in Abu Simbel.
- Technical draft project and business plan for processing facility in Abu Simbel of EU standard.
Estonia
- Establishment of environmentally compatible Estonian fishing industry on feasible conditions regarding economy and energy.
Model cannery – Establishment of a “Danish design” model fish cannery equipped with Danish production machinery and operating according to Danish standards for layout, hygiene, environmental protection, working environment, quality and efficiency of production.
Ethiopia
- Assesment of Abattoirs – Evaluating of 2 new build abattoirs in Ethiopia regarding building facilities, equipment, processing methods, labour skills and management capacity for KfW.
- Environmental Impact Assesment for large export slaughterhouse for Mercy Corps/USAID.
Finland
- Fact finding and analysis
- Recipe optimization – further processed meat products
Gambia
- Rehabilitation and extension of a shrimp and fish processing plant producing block frozen products.
Germany
- Production analysis and optimization
- Production assistance and optimization
- Production Master Plan for cutting and deboning plant for 10.000 pigs/day
- Value stream mapping – pig slaughtering.
- Fact finding
- Deviation analysis
- Management training
Greenland
- Project management tools.
- Royal Greenland production – 3 new shrimp and fish processing plants.
Indonesia
- Secondary Fisheries Schools – Layout and cost estimate for fish processing pilot plant for vocational training.
Iran
- Fact-finding at large poultry processor including review of new large slaughterhouse for poultry.
Ireland
- Support of LEAN implementation
- Implentation of LEAN at a meat processing plant
Training of middle management and supervisors in LEAN methodologies.
- Yield and productivity improvement, staff training at a meat processing plant
- Production enhancement in SME beef processing plants
- Road map for optimization and improvement of the business performance
- Operation and management support for a meat processing plant
Japan
- Preliminary study on design and development of meat processing plants
- Study tour in Europe for Japanese food processing companies
- Review of improvement potentials at a meat processing plant
Kosovo
- Technical assistance and quality assurance on a detailed design for a new rendering plant in Kosovo in compliance with the EU regulations.
- Preparation of logistic plans for the safe storage, collection, transportation and rendering of animal by-products.
- Preparation of presentations on animal by-products handling in accordance with the EU regulations. Carrying through of 3 seminars for the relevant stakeholders in Kosovo.
- Clean/low waste technology.
- Introduction of clean/low waste technologies.
- National Board of Fisheries – Assistance to the Latvian fish processing industry by developing, piloting and implementation of an “own check programme” based on the HACCP concept.
- National Board of Fisheries – SAPARD.
- Pre-feasibility study for smoked sprat canning plant with a capacity of 3500 tons of raw material per year.
Lithuania
- Department of Fisheries – Assistance to the fishing industry in Lithuania on establishing a Trade Association and improving quality, economy, management and marketing.
- Developing and marketing of new products for the fishing industry in Lithuania.
- Development and implementation of Management Information System for the fishing industry.
- Ministry of Agriculture Lithuania, Fisheries Department – Environmental Impact Assessment.
- Ministry of Agriculture Lithuania, Fisheries Department – An analysis of the industry’s condition and performance including a strategy for preparing the industry for the Lithuanian admission to the EU.
Preparation of rationalisation and modernisation plans for companies.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Department – master plan for the fisheries sector.
Mexico
- Production process optimization; deboning and further processing
Mozambique
- DANIDA – Team Leader for the study of the shore-based processing facilities in Sofala.
- DANIDA- Identification of processing plants suitable for upgrading.
DANIDA- Preparation of guideline for establishing of new processing facilities, business plans, evaluation of vessels and shorebased processing facilities, training curricula, technical documentation and maintenance manuals.
Master plan for the fisheries.
Montenegro
Preparation of a Feasibility Study for the disposal of animal by-products in accordance with EU regulation
Norway
- Training and instruction of key staff, line managers and production managers
- Production enhancement at 3 plants
- Pilot project on food safety and quality management at a fish processing plant
- Yield and productivity improvement at beef processing plant
- Yield and productivity improvement at a meat processing plant
- Elaboration of a methodology and approach for benchmarking of the salmon industry
- Yield and productivity improvement project
- Implementation of Food Safety Management system
- Yield and productivity improvement at beef processing plant
- Yield and productivity improvement at 5 meat processing plants
- Feasibility study on design and set-up of an IT-based benchmarking system
- Analysis for optimisation of chicken & turkey slaughtering, cutting, deboning, value adding and packing of 35.000 tons/year
- Benchmarking – between 4 production facilities for slaugthering and cutting of cattle.
- Elaboration of Benchmarking for 4 pelagic industries.
- FHL Pelagic Forum, Developing of the Norwegian Pelagic Sector.
- Implementation of LEAN within meat processing at 2 processing plants.
- Improved value chain for Norwegian/Polish pelagic processing.
- Optimisation and Value Stream Mapping at consumerpack facility.
- Training of department managers from planning, manning, slicing & packing, mincing & packing, and material reception area.
- Training of supervisors at consumer pack facility.
- Training of supervisors from the slaughter line and meat production at 6 slaugther houses.
- Value stream mapping – slaughtering and cutting of cattle including production of minced meat in consumer packs at 3 plants.
- Value stream mapping – slaughtering and cutting of lambs including production of consumer packs.
- Value stream mapping – slaughtering, deboning and cutting of pigs and sows including production of consumers packed meat.
- Benchmarking study for slaughtering, cutting and deboning of cattle and swine.
- Workshop concerning implementation of LEAN in production.
Poland
- Clean/low waste technology.
- Quality Management according to ISO 9002.
- Danish Environmental Protection Agency – Assistance to the Polish Fishing Industry by introduction and implementation of cleaner technology concepts in utilisation of natural Baltic fish resources.
- FAPA/Phare project – Development of organisational structures and investment planning for regional and national fish sector.
- Layout for new chill store and layout for new frozen sprat production plant.
- Preparation of draft project including layout, process description, capacity balances and investment budget for a new cannery with a capacity of 50 mio. cans per year.
Preparation of layout and investment budget for a new preliminary fish processing plant.
- Preparation of layout, new product assortment and business plan for a new canning plant.
- Preparation of layout, new product assortment and business plan for a new canning plant.
- Proposal for state of the art fish cannery.
Four training workshops of 10 days each for the fishing industry sectors on technology, quality and management.
Russia
- Production optimization
- Training of 16 managers on a one week intensive course in Denmark.
- Master plan for new pig slaughterhouse, cutting and deboning plant.
- AtlantNIRO – Assistance in transforming of the fishing industry in Kaliningrad to become a viable sector by introduction and implementation of a tailored HACCP concept.
- Business plan for new frozen fish production plant including new chill and cold stores.
- Project regarding the establishment of a modern fish processing plant and cold stores in Kaliningrad.
Scotland
- Cannery for sardine, mackerel and miscellaneous products.
Senegal
- Technical and commercial due diligence for a newly established fish processing complex with yearly production up to 90.000 tons.
- Analysis of groundnut processing and proposal for detoxification plant for removal of aflatoxin.
South Africa
- Upgrading of white fish processing plants.
Spain
- Yield improvement at a meat processing plant
Taiwan
- Clean & Lean with zero waste in the pig industry.
Tanzania
CLEAT – Fisheries management and more value adding and improved quality in the entire value chain.
Tunisia
Feasibility study of a canning plant for tuna, mackerel and sardine and a connected can making plant and fish meal plant.
Turkey
New processing plant for seabars and trout.
Vietnam
- Implementation of cleaner technology.
- SEAQIP – DANIDA – Developing the 2nd generation MSP line for seafood.
- SEAQIP – DANIDA – Design and implementation of computerised production control system for the MSP lines.
- SEAQIP – DANIDA, Study tour in Denmark.
- SEAQIP – DANIDA – Introduction of clean technology & wastewater treatment in the seafood industry.
- SEAQIP – DANIDA – Testing of new Multipurpose Seafood Processing Lines.
References
Selected customer references of the Enavigo consultants
Food Companies
- Atria, Finland
- Atria Scandinavia, Sweden
- Barfuss, Germany
- Bergen Fiskeindustri, Norway
- Bunge Meat Industries – Corowa Australia
- Callan Bacon, Ireland
- Cherkizovo, Russia
- Colcom. Zimbabwe
- CRF (Colac otway pty ltd), Colac, Australia
- Danish Crown, Denmark
- Dawn Pork and Bacon, Ireland
- EAC – Venezuela
- Egersund Nord, Norway
- Eskort Ltd, South Africa
- Fryseriet, Norway
- Glanbia Meats, Ireland
- Glanbia, Ireland
- Greenlea Premier Meats Ltd., New Zealand
- HK Ruokatalo, Finland
- Hydro Seafood – Norway
- Jarvi Suomen Portti, Finland
- KR Darling Downs, Brisbane, Australia
- Lofoten Pelagisk, Norway
- Maple Leaf – Burlington, Canada
- McCarren & Co Ireland
- Modolv sjøset, Norway
- Nortura, Norway
- Oakpark, Ireland
- Olhausens, Ireland
- PATEL, S A – Spain
- Prime Food, Poland
- Progressive Meat Ltd., New Zealand
- R Croan and Sons – Edinburgh Scotland
- Rakvere Lihakombinat, Estonia
- Rigas Miesnieks, Latvia
- Sapropor – Montijo, Portugal
- Snellmmann, Finland
- Swedish Meats, Sweden
- Swickers, Australia
- TiCan, Denmark
- Westfleisch, Germany
Ministries and related organisations
- Aarhus University
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Poland
- State Veterinary Inspection, Poland
- Ministry of Agriculture, Romania
- Ministry of Agriculture, Slovakia
- Ministry of Agriculture, Latvia
- Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuania
- The Gorbatoch’s All Russian Meat Research Institute, Russia
- Meat and Fat Research Institute, Poland
Funding Organisations:
- Enterprise Ireland
- European Commission
- World Bank
- KfW – Germany
- Innovation Norway
- The Fishery and Aquaculture Industry Research Fund, Norway
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, The Neigbourhood Programme
- Danida