NutriDar Facilities

Powder Handling System

The powder transport system performs the following functions:

• Depalletizing of powder into batch quantities of ingredients
• Conveying of inner bags to the bag emptying station.
• Conveying of powder from the emptying station to the buffer hopper or the ribbon blender
• Automatic blending of the ingredients in a ribbon blender
• Conveying of powder from the blender to a buffer hopper
• Automatic sieving of the infant formula powder and cereal based baby food powder through metal detectors
• Delivery of the product to the can filling line or sachet filling lines

Can Filling Line

The Can line system performs the following functions [embossing or ink-jet printing available]:

• Manual depalletising of empty cans
• Accumulation and transport of empty cans
• Cleaning and sterilizing of empty cans
• Filling of cans
• Check-weighing and rejecting of under and over weight cans
• Clinching, gassing and seaming of the cans
• Inverting the cans and accumulations of the cans for palletisation

Sachet Filling Line

The Sachet line system performs the following functions:

• Gas flushing of powder prior to filling
• Automatic forming of sachets
• Vertical and horizontal bottom head sealing
• Filling and gassing sachets
• Horizontal top heat sealing
• Check-weighing and rejecting of under and over weight sachets

Cereal Plant

NutriDar is currently in the process of upgrading its cereals production line to produce infant cereals from the basic raw materials. The know-how for this new upgrade of NutriDar’s facilities was obtained from NutriDar’s strategic partner Ordesa, utilizing the latest state-of-the-art technology used in the world for the manufacturing of high quality cereals. The new upgrade of the facilities is expected to be concluded by August 2004, with trial production in September and commercial production to commence by November 2004.