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Request Foods, a leading co-packer of specialty foods, is consistently ranked among the top frozen food companies in the U.S. Their success is built on their dedication to finding new ways to keep costs down by increasing production efficiency while maintaining the highest quality. To help achieve these goals, Request Foods recently turned to METTLER TOLEDO HI-SPEED.

HACO AG, based in Gümlingen, Switzerland is part of the international HACO Holding company. The company makes individual, innovative convenience food solutions with the culinary diversity that is HACO's passion. The manufacturer chose to use GARVENS checkweighing technology and SAFELINE metal detectors from METTLER TOLEDO to ensure product quality.

For over ten years, METTLER TOLEDO have been successfully supporting J. G. Niederegger GmbH & Co KG’s quality management in the production of select marzipan specialities.

The cult drink Jägermeister is the very traditional brand of the Mast AG, renowned world wide for its instant association with two sympathetic stags and a wild "pub party" atmosphere with young adults. Jägermeister has, behind its modern and trendy image, a very long and traditional history. The company Mast-Jäger¬meister AG has been producing Jägermeister which is enjoyed in more than 80 countries around the world since 1935. The cordial Jägermeister is made from a total of 56 herbs, blos¬soms and roots and has always been produced and bottled in Wolfenbüttel. More recently the Mast-Jägermeister AG opened pro¬duction sites in Kamenz in Saxony and Witt¬mar near Wolfen¬büttel. The continuously rising sales figures prove that Jägermeister is an absolute market success with more than 81 million bottles being filled with the mild yet spicy cordial in 2007. This impressive number strengthens the company's position as the largest German producer of internationally distributed spirit specialities.

Exporting most of its product to Japan, one of the most quality-conscious markets in the world, a leading processor of boneless pork products constantly looks to maximize product quality.

METTLER TOLEDO’s IND560fill process weighing terminal performs simple and semi-complex filling and mixing applications accurately and rapidly even in harsh environments.

Mettler Toledo was approached by a leading gelatin capsule manufacturer to optimize its capsule counting system. With extensive expertise in hard gelatin capsules, this customer also offers a range of soft gel capsules in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors that are suitable for oral, topical or ophthalmic administration. Manufacturing such products requires cutting-edge production facilities and strict adherence to quality standards.

Givaudan is an international creator of fragrances and food flavors with three sites in France at Paris, Argenteuil, and Lyon. The key activities of Givaudan, founded in 1780 under the name Roure, are the creation and development of perfumes and fine fragrances, the manufacture and sale of new molecules and synthetic products, and the creation and development of food flavors. Usually referred to as the famous palette, Givaudan’s raw materials available to the perfume/fragrance industry are continually evolving. Around 1000 raw materials are commonly used but 2000 are produced in total and used for older fragrances on the market. Although functional fragrances—i.e. those used in deodorants, shampoos, detergents, etc.—are also produced at the site, the Argenteuil facility is dedicated to the production of top of the range, fine fragrances. For these fine fragrances, natural materials are never replaced by synthetic materials due to the very specific olfactory characteristics of natural products. Concentrate is manufactured in the mixing room according to formulas established by perfumers and selected by clients. The site uses many natural materials from various suppliers. The first step is to analyze the quality of these raw materials. As Serge Lemaitre, Quality Control Manager at Argenteuil, explains, “We check quality and consistency. To do this we use three different types of control: analytical, chromatographic, and olfactory. Although controlling the olfactory aspects is very important in terms of our clients brief, the analytical aspects are also vital. We have to check our raw materials in order to ensure we obtain concentrates with consistent color, appearance, and viscosity as well as fragrance.”

The use of polymer blends for industrial applications has become more prevalent over the past few decades. A considerable amount of research has been recently conducted to obtain new polymeric materials with enhanced attributes for specific applications or a better combination of different properties.

Scale-up of a crystalliza¬tion process is complicated and companies are under pressure to develop scalable crystallization processes faster, at lower costs and with higher quality.