Under the slogan "The Perfect Slice" GEA, one of the world's largest suppliers of systems for the food processing industry, invited customers and business partners from Germany and abroad to visit its site in Kempten to exchange news and views with fellow professionals over a four-day period in October. Numerous delegates found information about slicing and loading systems in the food industry and about technologically leading solutions for various processing applications.
The participants in the seminar, who came from a number of different countries, were experienced for a well-balanced program of presentations and live demonstrations on processing lines for both the cheese, the sausage and meat sectors. One of these lines, for example, included a GEA DualSlicer 1200 with a new interleaver working in combination with a GEA OptiScan pre-scanner system together with a GEA Check 4000 weigher and a GEA ShingleLoader 600. Other systems, such as the GEA MegaSlicer XXL 1200 and the GEA PowerPak - thermoforming machine for packaging showed the diverse options available for the production process. The audience of industry professionals showed keen interest in the GEA OxyCheck, up to now a unique in-line system for monitoring the quality of remaining oxygen content and the intactness of MAP packaging.