Scott Tech scores trussing contract in Canada
It has partnered with Maple Lodge Farms — one of Canada's largest independently-owned poultry processors — to design, build and install two 24-bird-per-minute trussing lines at the company's plant in Brampton.
The world-first poultry trusser automated the labour-intensive task of trussing; tying chicken legs and wings.
The North American poultry market was a $US95 billion ($NZ157b) industry with more than 900 million rotisserie chickens produced each year. Scott already has its trussing technology in the United States.
Other contracts secured included major materials handling projects for brands such as Coca-Cola, DMK, Soubry and Altho.
In a trading update, Scott said the group's trading performance for the year to date remained in line with expectations and reflected market conditions.
Revenue to the end of the third quarter was down 7% on the previous corresponding period (pcp) while reported ebitda was now ahead of pcp. — APL
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