Best Practices for the Meat Industry

16-17 November 2017 I Zürich

Ernst Kneuss Geflügel AG


The Swiss family-owned company Kneuss produces high-quality poultry products and relies on state-of-the-art IT support. Quality and a high level of service are the company's top priorities. In addition to fresh Güggli products also schnitzel and sausages belong to the product range of the Kneuss company, which employs 180 employees

 
 Emloyees: 180


Performance:
  • 3,000 coquelets or poulets per hour

 

Produktsortiment u. a.: 

  • Thighs, schnitzel, wings, sausages, and spices

 

Highlights:

  • Enables fine-graining by an electronic weighing and marking system
 

 

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Bell Schweiz AG

The origins of the traditional company go back to the year 1869, when Samuel Bell opened his butcher shop in Basel city center. Today, the company employs around 9700 people in Switzerland and Europe. The Bell Food Group is divided into the Bell Switzerland, Bell Germany, Bell International, Hilcona and Eisberg / Gastro divisions. It is one of the leading meat and convenience processors in Europe and is the number one in Switzerland. Its customers include retail, food service, and the food industry.

 

Employees: 9700


Performance:

  • Turnover: CHF 3.4 billion
  • Volume of fresh meat and poultry: 182,874 



Product range:

  • Meat, poultry, seafood convenience products and cuts

 

Highlights:

  • Optimization of the entire value-added process
  • IT-based automation
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Bigler AG

Since 1946, Bigler means tradition and genuine passion for the butcher's trade. The family business from Büren employs more than 600 employees for fine meat products and trendy convenience products ranging from sandwiches, salads to ready to cook creations. The plant, which has just been put into operation, opens up new dimensions for freshness and self-produced ingredients under "clean labels" and forms the ideal basis for future growth.

 

Employees: 600

Performance:

  • Service and consulting for the customers
  • DElivery 7 days a week
  • 50 refrigerated vehicles

Product range:
  • Full range of fresh meat, sausage products, delicatessen, and convenience products
 

Highlights:
  • production planning, production control, and data collection
  • Fully automated inventory system 
  • Automatic customer picking
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Lucarna Macana AG

Lucarna Macana AG is a high-performance meat processing company for large cattle, calves, pigs, and lambs, with headquarters in Hinwil. Quality and hygienic production processes are at the forefront of our work. Lucarna Macana AG offers the cutting according to individual customer requirements and cutting descriptions. The product range includes quality labels such as Swiss Farmer calf, Swiss Black Angus, and herbal pigs, but also fresh meat according to Suisse guarantee guidelines. The symbiosis with the sister company Zentralschlachtthof Hinwil AG at the same location offers the customer short production routes and thus a unique freshness of the quality products.

 

Employees: 75

 

Performance: 

  • Sales: approx. 150 million CHF

 

Product range:

  • Swiss Farmer Kalb, Swiss Black Angus, herbal pigs

 

Highlights:

  • Seamless traceability
  • Energy resource utilization thanks to refrigeration with heat recovery

 

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High price pressure is the biggest challenge facing the meat industry. This is the result of a global CSB study among decision-makers. The requirements of the legislators and the trade also increase the complexity for meat companies.

Those wanting to earn money in this situation, will have to optimize their business. This is especially true for companies in Switzerland, which have to meet the highest quality requirements at high costs. Find out where meat companies have optimization opportunities, what best practices market leaders use and what innovations make further optimization possible.

Benefit from this opportunity. Get important ideas for your business directly on site.
Period 16-17 Nov 2017
Place Zürich, Switzerland
 Fee 199 €

Meat Business Days:

How meat companies can reduce their costs and improve quality.


The tours include visits to the following factories:

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Ernst Kneuss Geflügel AG

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Bell Fleisch AG

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Bigler AG

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Lucarna Macana AG

 

 

Our agenda as a pdf file


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The topics:

  • Where is the biggest potential?  Optimization fields from procurement, recipes and cutting processes 
  • Industrie 4.0: How you benefit from the Smart Food Factory
  • Smart Production Planning – Intelligent planning with real time data
  • Practical example Bell: More freshness and flexibility at lower costs with innovative automation solutions


Seminar Language:

The presentations will be in German. English translation will be offered (other simultaneous interpreting possible on request. Please ask us about this).

 

Reasons to take part:

  • Presentations directly related to the reference project
  • Presentations released in digital format
  • Transfer to the designated tour factories will be offered
  • Networking opportunities
  • Unique insights into the leading food companies


We hope you will get lots of interesting ideas and gain relevant insights in the course of the Meat Business Days for yourself and for your business.