customer stories

Customer story: automation improves sustainable processing in the Chilean fish industry

Published on Marel.com March 2023

Camanchaca improves efficiency and adaptability

In 2016, Chilean seafood processor Salmones Camanchaca SA made the strategic decision to automate their fish processing facilities in Tomé, Del Biobio. For the past seven years, Marel and Salmones Camanchaca have been working together to upgrade their facilities with integrated solutions that support their business strategy to supply sustainable, affordable seafood to the global market.

Customer story: benefits of automation in pork industry

Published on Marel.com March 2023

Cranswick modernizes with connected automation

Cranswick Country Foods Preston is one of the largest pork facilities in the UK, processing more than 700 pigs an hour with an integrated supply chain delivering premium products to retail, food service and export customers.

Customer story: increase customer awareness of Marel waste-water solutions

Published on Marel.com on February 2023

Over the past 15 years, Pronaca (Procesadora Nacional de Alimentos C.A.) has trusted Marel to design and install Marel Water Treatment systems in five facilities, with a sixth due to start operation in early 2023. When constructing their further processing facility, Pifo, Esteban Flores, Pronaca's project execution manager, was confident Marel could supply a system that would meet Ecuador's effluent discharge regulations and address the specific parameters of the Pifo site.

Customer story: sustainability in meat processing

Published on Marel.com October 2022

Ciacarne doubles capacity with a sustainable vision for pork

In 2016 when Ciacarne decided to invest in a new primary processing facility, José Maria Campos, the general director, reached out to Marel. “From conception, Marel was the ideal company. They could provide the equipment with the technology we were looking for; Marel has met 100% of our needs.”

Ciacarne’s original primary processing facility had reached capacity. The business was over-extending itself and Campos could see the problems coming. “There were two ways forward, to invest in the facility or to stop.”  They needed to increase their primary processing speed to 250 to 300 animals per hour, more than double the scope of their old facility. It was clear they needed to rebuild with increased primary processing strength.