Norwegian Salmon producer Slakteriet has selected Valka to provide complete grading and packing system for whole salmon, including automated ice dosing, labelling and box handling system. With the new line Slakteriet is able to double their production capacity, to 120 fishes per minute with a lower per unit production cost.
“We have plans to increase the production and intend to have more effective operation.” says Kristin Bergstøl Hansen, Managing director at Slakteriet. We see Valka as a modern and innovative company. They presented us a complete solution that we believe is very beneficial, with more automation than we currently have and that gives us more flexibility in the production.
Greater adaptability with advanced technology
The new Valka grading and packing system fully automates the production process from gutting to palletizing. The system allows Slakteriet to better adapt to the customer needs and provides the flexibility to quickly switch production according to the demand that day. Ole Johan Eilertsen is the Development manager at Slakteriet. “We need to be quick to respond if the harvesting is not as expected or if orders are changed. The Valka system is user friendly and gives us great oversight of the production so we can easily adapt to the market demand”.
Complete process oversight
The whole system, from harvesting to dispatching will be operated with Valka’s RapidFish software, including the new SCADA module that provides actionable insight critical to the production process. “The integrated management system gives us the information we need in real time and a nice feature is that all system errors are graphically displayed. That will really help keeping the system downtime low”, adds Ole.
Continuing collaboration
System installation and production start is planned in March 2015. “We are looking forward to getting the new system installed and expect that our customers will soon notice that we have better tools for controlling the production and all their documents readily available when needed.” says Kristin finally.
Kristjan Kristjansson is General Manager at Valka AS, “We look forward to further work with Slakteriet. This will be the third salmon plant in Norway running the Valka system and gives us a good boost for the future.”