Handtmann will be presenting numerous innovations for the production of a diversified range of food products and pet food to the international visitors on an area of around 1,500 square metres. In terms of output, the modular process solutions from product preparation all the way through to transfer to the packaging solution are designed for all operation sizes from start-up to fully automatic, highly industrial and high-performing production.

In the segment of product preparation, the Handtmann Inotec now IW series grinder for the production of meat products and pet food will be presented to the international trade fair audience for the first time. Typical applications in the area of meat and sausage products or meat alternatives are salami, minced meat, cooked sausage and fine sausage meat products. Pet food applications include wet food, sticks, bites and chunks in gravy. The three available models have been designed for medium-scale to industrial-scale food production with an output of up to nine metric tons per hour in continuous operation. Both frozen blocks down to –20 °C and fresh raw materials are chopped and ground reliably and at the same time gently without having to change blades or hole plates. For special applications, a wide range of blades and final hole plates are available. At a hopper volume of 550 or 670 litres, the IW series grinders have a generously dimensioned product reserve and can be fed by means of automated belt feed or lifting and tilting device. The new IW series grinders can be linked into the line control and safety circuitry as an integral part of automated processing lines.