Promens Packaging solutions

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PASTAFABRIKKEN If you plan to visit Pastafabrikken in Oslo, you might get confused. In the middle of a residential area of houses
and flats, the only sign of presence is the wonderful smell of cooking emanating from a former slaughterhouse. The room is filled with
machines attended by four people busily at work preparing pasta dishes for restaurants, delicatessens and 7-Eleven stores in the Oslo
area.
– We started up four years ago, and after a bit of trial and
error, we're now delivering all we can produce. – says chef and
pasta-company founder Stig Fjellanger enthusiastically. With
practised hands, he makes the custom-built machine produce
delicious ravioli. He shuts off the machine and takes us further
into the production hall. There, we meet an equally eager co-
founder Peter Romme, who accompanies us to the break room
for a chat.
The founders are indeed satisfied with the
assistance they received from Promens upon receiving an order
to deliver ready-made food to Oslo's 7-Eleven stores. –
Durability and quality became even more important. 7-Eleven
customers were going to get real Italian pasta. Pasta and
sauce had to be mixed at the moment of sale and then packed
air-tight. The solution is that we deliver ready-made pasta and
sauce separately so that store attendants can pack the heated
food in the store without requiring any special training. The
results were so great that 7-Eleven now has regular customers
dropping in several times a week. Promens has been very
flexible and helped us develop the concept,
which now is so simple that it's virtually
foolproof. – says Peter with a smile.
Stig: – Another important factor for
us is the high level of service and stability in
– Everything must be foolproof
delivering trays and film to both us and our customers.
Promens takes good care of us, even though we're not one of
their biggest customers. We get fast and efficient service,
although the packing machines we use are so good that we
rarely need help.
Peter serves fresh and unbelievably delicious
tortellini mortadella with tomato-and-balsamico sauce. –Yes,
we eat pasta for lunch every day, but it doesn't matter when it
tastes so good, he says with satisfaction. And it's true, their
pasta is out of this world!