Healthy Farm doubles production capacity of Meyn-Ishida

Jul. 12, 2012 – Healthy Farm, one of the leading producers of high quality food products in Russia, has recently invested in the first Meyn-Ishida poultry processing solution in the Ural region. With a total capacity of two 6,000 birds per hour processing lines Healthy Farm doubles her current production capacity to 152,000 birds per day. This increased capacity in combination with a state-of-the-art multihead weighing and batching line will allow Healthy Farm to further strengthen their market position. Healthy Farm was previously known as Ural Broiler.

Meyn will install a complete new processing line and will also extend the existing line installed by Meyn in 2009. The new universal multihead weighing & batching line from Ishida will provide a sophisticated solution for all steps in the packaging process. Healthy Farm’s CEO Mr Evgeny Sergeevich Narukov: “With previous Meyn projects, we already dramatically reduced labour costs and increased the quality of our final product. Now with Meyn-Ishida we will also be reducing our give-away and increase product reliability considerably.” At the moment, Healthy Farm is building additional housing capacity. The renewed high-tech plant will be running by the end of 2012.

Healthy Farm manages its own broiler breeding facility and parent stock and is market leader in the Ural region. With the new name, Healthy Farm emphasises its high ecological compatibility of products and sustainable perspective in doing business. Consumers can find Healthy Farm products in retailer chains, supermarkets, smaller food shops as well as in Healthy Farms own sales points. Besides the Ural region, Healthy Farm also focuses on the Siberian region of Russia. With this investment, Healthy Farm anticipates to future growth, with export as one of her long-term goals.

Meyn-Ishida combines the highly sophisticated expertise of Meyn in poultry processing, with the unique know-how and experience in weighing, grading and end-of-line equipment from Ishida to offer a full range of wall-to-wall solutions. The strategic alliance has already been awarded several high value international contracts, including fully integrated plants in
Saudi Arabia (Almarai), Russia (Miratorg, Valujki, Tambov), Chile (Ariztia) and Poland (Wipasz).

About Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V.

Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V. is the reliable and committed partner of renowned poultry processing companies in over 90 countries worldwide. Meyn is widely recognised for its ability to support its customers in their ambition for higher capacity and increased yield and efficiency. Meyn’s equipment has proven to maintain its high-level performance under a wide variety of line speeds and bird sizes, allowing its customers to achieve top-level productivity with an absolute minimum of labour.

About Ishida Europe Ltd.

Ishida Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ishida Co., Ltd, Kyoto, Japan and is the largest manufacturer of the company’s range of industrial weighing and packaging machines outside of Japan. With a worldwide base of over 80,000 installations, Ishida is recognised as a world leader in the design, manufacture and installation of complete weighing and packaging systems. In addition to its heritage in weighing and packaging, Ishida Europe has also developed its own range of classleading upstream/downstream products that help customers pack a wide cross-section of food and non-food items into bags, trays and cartons. Ishida Europe Ltd. has its headquarters in Birmingham, UK. For further information about the Meyn-Ishida alliance: www.meyn-ishida.com