Machinery solutions for meat and poultry
To improve quality, safety and productivity
Al Thika Packaging is aware that the success of its clients depends on the quality of their products and protective packaging. We draw from more than 25 years of experience supplying packing machine, stretch wrapping machine, product inspection, coding printer weigh price labeller to guarantee our clients the highest quality solutions for the commercial success of your products and brands.
Meat and chicken packaging machine solutions
By ULMA Packaging – MAP – SKIN – VACUUM
ULMA offers the widest range of packaging solutions on the market for the meat & poultry sectors, from solutions for catering distribution to final retail distribution. ULMA offers packaging solutions between five different packaging systems: Thermoforming, Traysealing, Horizontal Flow Pack (HFFS), Vertical Flow Pack (VFFS) and Stretch Film, each with their unique ability to customise the package presentation and shelf-life needs of the product.
THERMOFORMER
Flexible pouches or rigid trays are formed by automatic machines called thermoformers. The internal cavity is formed, using a roll of base film, where the product is placed. The container is then sealed with a second film, with the option of vacuum or gas flushing.
TF – VACUUM
Flexible film packs with partial of full vacuum, extending the shelf-life of the product and enhancing the appearance.
TF – MAP
Rigid or flexible film packs are sealed with a protective atmosphere, to enhance colour and extend the shelf- life of the product.
TF – SHRINK
Packs are formed and sealed with vacuum. The packs are passes through a film shrink process to further enhance the product appearance.
TF – SKIN
Vacuum packages where the film fully adapts to the shape of the product improving its aspect and conservation.
TRAYSEALER
Sealing of preformed trays in automatic machines called traysealers. The trays can be foam or rigid.
TS – MAP
Packs with protective atmosphere inside a barrier tray, to extend shelf-life of the product.
TS – SKIN
Vacuum packages where the film fully adapts to the shape of the product improving its aspect and conservation.
VERTICAL WRAPPING MACHINE
The pack is formed by vertical flow pack wrapping machines. A tube of film is formed around a product and sealed with one longitudinal and two transversal seals. This packaging technology offers a completely hygienic pack, with high production capacities where the product is vertically charged.
Ideal for frozen poultry portions.
VT – MAP
Packs formed and sealed with protective atmosphere to extend the shelf-life of the product.
FLOW WRAPPER
A single roll of film is folded and formed as a tube around the product. One longitudinal and two transversal seals are created to close the pack.
FP – MAP
Packs enclosed with a protective atmosphere in a barrier film to extend the shelf-life of the product.
FP- SHRINK
An economic and hygienic shrink pack solution designed for large production requirements.
Product wrapped in shrink polyolefin passes through a shrink tunnel, forming a protective “second skin”.
FP – BDF® (Shrink Film Barrier)
A packaging technology that flow packs the product with a high barrier in a modified atmosphere (MAP). The result is a shrink pack presentation with enhanced product colour and extended shelf-life.
FP – FLOW-VAC®
This technology is characterised for obtaining a vacuum package with high quality hermetic sealing.
The film is fed below the product to avoid contamination from the sealing area and forming bags adapted to the length of each piece.
STRETCH WRAPPER
SF – PVC
The product is placed in a tray and conveyed to a stretch wrapping machine where stretch film covers the product and seals the film under the tray. This very flexible technology, easily adapts to the needs of the client. It offers a hygienic and aesthetic package where the product protrudes the height of the tray.
SF – SSD®
Similar to the PVC wrapping, with the distinct advantage of improved pack appearance. The wrapping is further enhanced by passing the pack through a heat chamber to shrink and tighten the film around the product.
In both PVC and SSD, printed film can be used to further improve aesthetics and provide detailed information for comsumers.
Product Inspection system Solutions
by Mettler Toledo
Cost pressure and short shelf life combined with complex regulatory requirements impact meat and poultry manufacturers. Packaging trends and market requirements for wider product variety add additional pressure. Mettler Toledo’s solutions are designed to make it easier to detect smaller contaminants, reduce product waste, minimise false rejects, maximise uptime and meet compliance needs.
Whatever your product format and material handling method at the designated critical control point – loose or bulk, pumped,
fresh, frozen, or packaged – we have a product inspection solution to meet your needs.
Foreign Body Detection and Rejection by Metal Detector
Wet products such as meat and poultry can be challenging for traditional metal detection technology. Our patented Profile Advantage system overcomes “product effect” to detect smaller irregular shaped contaminants, delivering enhanced brand protection. By virtually eliminating false rejects, operator efficiency is improved.
Automation of Quality Control Processes by X-Ray
Manually checking for missing products, damaged packaging, or under- and over-weight products can be a time consuming process.
Quality checks can be automated using X-ray inspection, checkweighing, or vision inspection technology to enhance production line efficiency.
Minimise Overfill to Reduce Waste by Checkweigher
Overfilling results in unnecessary product giveaway and leads to increased costs. Using a dynamic checkweighing system ensures each and every product is inspected to guard against under- or over-weight products and comply with weights and measures legislation.
Coding and marking printer for meat and chicken
by Markem Imaje
Markem-Imaje provides the reliable coding that you need for all aspects of the meat and poultry industry. Whether you are printing best before dates, ingredients, logos or barcodes, Markem Imaje machines will produce the highest quality codes, even in your demanding environments. Powered by our intuitive CoLOS software, Markem-Imaje hot melt, print & apply and laser technologies will minimise operator errors while increasing your sustainability and reducing your total cost of ownership (TCO).
Thermal transfer printer
SmartDate Series deliver high quality printing on flexible packaging films, foils and labels for continuous and intermittent operations, at the fastest print and acceleration/deceleration speeds. They include multiple ribbon saving features.
Laser coding printer
Markem-Imaje Lasers can be useful in many scenarios. They can code on small areas on inked boxes or across multiple lanes of wide web flexible film where other methods cannot reach and can help you code effectively on glass or metal. Laser’s high contrast codes – which do not rub off or fade over time – can also ensure the lifetime traceability of your products and protect them from being counterfeited.
Print and apply labeling
Print and apply systems are used to identify pallets in increasingly automated environments. The system can be easily integrated into any production line. Outstanding printing quality and precise application result in excellent barcode reading in all distribution channels.
Large character high resolution piez
5400 and 5800 coders print codes and logos. Their Touch Dry® Hot Melt inks are solvent-free and environmentally friendly. Codes never bleed or fade, dry on contact and are 100% readable.
WEIGH PRICE LABELLER
By Espera
Espera is a worldwide leading manufacturer of weigh price labeller machine which is used in all kinds of food industries as well as in further processing industries. Espera’s outstanding portfolio always fulfils the requirements of the customers. Additionally, to machine technologies, Espera offers a huge range of software solutions for the producing industry.
Temperature & Humidity Data Logger
By Tiny Tag from Gemini data logger
Data loggers are used extensively in the meat and poultry industries where it is vital that temperatures are accurately maintained at specified levels and recorded for ongoing verification.
Data loggers are used in processing, cooking, pasteurisation, cooling and freezing. They are used throughout cold chain storage and distribution; in refrigerators, freezers and chilled display cabinets; and during sterilisation procedures and in industrial dishwashers.
Both standalone Tinytag data loggers and the Tinytag Radio Data Logging System are an effective solution for temperature and relative humidity monitoring in the meat and poultry industries, allowing conditions to be recorded, analysed and validated.
Standalone loggers record data which is downloaded via a USB cable to a PC for analysis. Radio loggers gather information automatically using wireless communications: the System consists of a receiver connected to a computer or LAN and a number of radio loggers which self-configure to form a robust mesh network. The loggers work together to send information to the receiver for viewing on a PC, across a LAN, or remotely across the internet.
PALLET STRETCH WRAPPING MACHINE
Robopac
Robopac is the global leader in the stretch wrapping industry. Robopac line of semi-automatic and automatic pallet stretch wrapping machine combines technology, innovation and experience into products that deliver results you can depend on. Wrapping turntable freezer machine which is used in the foodstuffs field, full stainless steel and suitable up to -30° temperature.
Al Thika Packaging is the exclusive distributor of the world-renowned manufacturers of packaging, inspection, coding and wrapping machinery in the Middle East. Since 1994 Al Thika has been supplying machinery for food, beverages & non-food industries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Al Ain – UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and the many other Gulf countries.