Meyn focusses on becoming Africa’s number one partner in innovative poultry processing solutions

The global COVID-19 pandemic caused a tremendous impact on human health and the economy worldwide. Poultry processing specialist Meyn is eager to help recover human health and global economy by supporting aspiring poultry processors and farmers in Africa and around the world to professionalize their business to achieve higher levels of hygiene, efficiency, AND increase their profit.

During the 60+ years of its existence, Meyn has continuously developed processing concepts and solutions to help and improve the poultry processing industry. Meyn’s mentality; “Think global, act local.” has broadened the company with various regional specific focusses. Where in countries such as Brazil and China high capacity processors need help with high-speed automation, aspiring poultry processors and farmers in Asia and Africa need help to start their business with only minimal investment and the ability to grow along with their market and expand their plant accordingly.

LEAP - Low investment, Expandable, (semi) Automatic Processing

As an answer to the need for low-key startup systems in Africa and Asia, Meyn recently launched its LEAP concept: Low investment, Expandable, (semi) Automatic Processing. LEAP allows poultry processors to professionalize poultry processing with a (semi) Automatic concept. At the start, only minimal investment is needed. Thanks to the modular design of the solutions, the processors can grow along with their market and expand their plant accordingly. The concept has already proven to be highly successful in Asia.

CEO Joost Weel

LEAP allows both independent professionals as well as small businesses to step into the untapped market of (semi) automated processing. Especially now COVID-19 has put the existence of the already contentious wet markets under increased pressure. The main theory that the beginning of COVID-19 could be traced back to a wet market in Wuhan, China, started a global discussion. Especially after earlier outbreaks of SARS and Influenza, which found their roots in

similar wet markets. Global health organizations are putting more and more pressure on local authorities around the world to regulate these so-called wet markets. Close contact between humans and animals demands for further professionalization improved ratios of health and safety and manageability of the poultry, meat, and fish trade.

Meyn wants to simplify taking these necessary steps towards automation. Aspects involved in automation such as logistics, electricity, water usage, and filtration, all might be a little overwhelming at the start. Together with various partners such as Chore-Time for livestock handling and Nijhuis for water treatment, Meyn offers a complete package of knowledge, experience, and solutions to guide the way.

“At Meyn, we think beyond the steel. We stand side by side with processors to identify their potentials and help them develop their plant accordingly. Our support does not stop once a concept is realized. We will continue to support a processor by providing necessary spare parts, service, training of staff, and providing valuable business advice. We see ourselves more as consultants, as advisors. Only then we can help

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Modular designer of LEAP concept

Rapid plus 4.1 back meat harvesting poultry processors reach their highest potential.” – Milan van de Beek, area sales manager at Meyn.

Meyn Service & Parts

The success of state-of-the-art equipment depends highly on the way it is operated and maintained. To safeguard the optimal performance of processing equipment, it is extremely important to install high-quality replacement parts in case of wear & tear.

Meyn supplies processors with original Meyn OEM parts, which have passed the highest standards in design, production, and material quality. Especially with high volume processing, tolerances are tight, and compromising on quality will give an increased risk of yield losses and even equipment breakdowns. Because these costs can be very high, Meyn has invested a lot of research in finding the best materials and manufacturing tolerances to safeguard an optimal performance.

Meyn’s experience in different parts failure patterns and turnaround ratios, has helped hem defining parts recommendations. Meyn distinguishes: • Safety stock: parts that should be available on stock to keep production losses to the minimum when unexpected breakdowns occur. • Initial stock: parts that are forecasted as the usage in a predefined period. This reliefs stress on your planning and procurement department and assures you have got the right parts on stock.

Global support by local specialists

To support processors around the globe, Meyn employs over 135 dedicated engineers who reside in over 20 countries, holds over 14 local offices across the globe, and has an extensive network of over 36 agents and distributors. Their local presence makes them quickly available even within the current travel restrictions and gives processors the benefit of improved communication since Meyn speaks the local language.

For more information visit www.meyn. com, watch our product videos on Meyn Poultry Processing Solutions YouTube channel or contact our Africa representative Milan v.d. Beek milanvdbeek@meyn.com, Tel: +31 (0)20 2045 000