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Eight decades after its founding, Simmons Knife & Saw remains close to its roots by continuing to manufacture its trademark Scallop blades in a production space that exceeds 50,000 square feet.

Grote Co. Lifecycle Leader Dan Friend unveils the latest trends and developments in slicing, dicing and cutting equipment for meat and poultry processing.

Partnership aims to maximize pork carcass sorting and cutting with AI technology.

The objective is to showcase that Völur can provide a more profitable plan that optimizes the balance between supply and demand.

“Your knives are your paintbrush, your sculpting tool,” says Kari Underly, principal, Range Meat Academy, based in Chicago. Their medium may be different, but butchers also use handheld tools like artists to bring shape to an undefined surface. 

Maximizing yield in the processing of meat and poultry is crucial for boosting operator revenues. While such factors as the amount of external carcass fat, carcass muscularity and aging all affect yield, mastering superior cutting equipment and techniques is crucial for getting the most product from an animal, analysts say.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought its own set of challenges to whole-muscle processing.