FLEISCHWIRTSCHAFT international 4/2017

Fleischwirtschaft international 4_2017
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Business News
Provisur
Manufacturer of equipment for the food industry Lutetia acquired
Provisur Technologies Inc., aglobal
leader in innovative food processing
technologies and systems,
announced the acquisition of the
french company Lutetia.
Based close to Paris in Plailly,
France Lutetia is aleading manufacturer
of equipment for the
food industry.Its products include
tumblers, massagers,
injectors as well as smoking and
defrosting equipment. For more
than fifty years Lutetia has been
serving customers around the
globe, providing technical solutions
that deliver value in abroad
range of applications in the
whole food industry.
Provisur Technologies, Inc., with
afamilyofproven brands, AM2C,
Beehive, Cashin, Formax, Multitec,
TST,Weiler and BFD, offers acomplete
platform for food processing
equipment, including integrated
systems, grinding, mixing, separation,
forming, coating, cooking,
freezing, slicing and autoloading
equipment for processing beef,
poultry, pork, fish, and other food
products.
Philippe Longo, the former
owner of Lutetia, will continue to
manage the business of his
former company.
//www.provisur.com
Tulip
Danish Crown’s subsidiary
makes money again
The recovery of Tulip Ltd is now
three months ahead of schedule
–the business has been in profit
for some weeks now. Focus now
moves to optimisation and competitiveness
of the business. The
employees at the site in King's
Lynn have been informed about
proposals which will put 118jobs
at risk.
The site, which currentlyemploys
570 people, is also proposing
to revert to afive-day working
week from its current seven-day
operation as it seeks to mitigate
afall in production volumes and
operational inefficiencies. “Due to
the loss of customer orders over
the last few years, the site is now
making significant loss on a
weeklybasis. Now we are looking
to take steps which will keep the
Kings Lynn site operational for
current and future generations.
The business will engage closely
with the employee representatives
and those affected in order
to minimise impact on people’s
lives”, says Tulip Ltd CEO, Steve
Francis. Last summer, losses
increased week by week in Danish
Crown's UK subsidiary Tulip
Ltd after the loss of major orders
to the retail sector.Now, the
downward trend is not onlyreversed,
since the beginning of
June, Tulip Ltd has actually
started making money again on a
weeklybasis.
Francis has chosen to create a
more decentralised management
structure and has focused heavilyondeveloping
even closer
relations with the company's
customers through extensive and
dedicated service.
//www.danishcrown.com