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factories in China which copy almost
everything: from knives to complex
processing lines. There are also large
national booths financed by Chinese
government at key global exhibitions.
For this reason, Chinese equipment
was most popular in Russia in the
first six months of 2016, according
to VVS experts: the share of Chinese
manufacturers in the total import
volume of the meat processing
equipment was 67.2% (5,590 units).
From A to Z
“In the next 10-20 years we will not
see anything groundbreaking which
will completely change our market”,
Alexander Zolotavin, regional
representative of the GEA company
said. “Today, the meat processing
industry is one of the industries using
very large number of manpower,
mostly due to the complexity of the
raw material standardization. May be
only the test-tube meat, also known
as cultured meat, may completely
change the approach to meat
processing in favor of the process
automation”.
The global market will develop
towards increasing automation with
the view of reducing the operating
costs, increasing productivity and
improving quality. It is difficult to
predict what will be the results of this
development. However, the market
needs high quality systems for
control, analysis of raw materials and
final products, production planning
and automation. There are still many
tasks and goals to accomplish.
Considering the ongoing import
substitution in Russia, the production
process improvement is impossible
without equipment complying
with the modern global standards.
Because of this, the import of this
equipment will continue growing in
the near future, according to VVS.
On the other hand, Alexey Gorbatov
believes that the demand for
equipment will not be growing in
the next 2−3 years. “The companies
which have moved to a new
technological level feel confident
about the future, while those who
have not done it, will not be able to
afford any significant investments”,
he said.
The production modernization
requires significant investment
expenditures: the price of one unit of
modern meat processing equipment
from Europe may be from 1−2 to tens
of millions of roubles.
The growth driver of the demand
for new equipment will be large
meat processing companies which
possess sufficient collateral
property to cover their credits,
because the cost and installation of
the equipment is approx. 60% of the
project cost.
increasing
automation
increasing
productivity
reducing
the operating costs
improving
quality
analysis
of raw
materials and
final products
Global
Market
high quality
systems
for control
production
planning and
automation
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