ECONOMICS - November 2nd 2004
The Romanian can and păté producers invest millions of euros, getting themselves ready for the great competition in the European market. By IOHANNA ONACA PURDEA
More than three million euros. This is the sum invested in modern equipment by the liver păté and Scandia Romania cans producer in Sibiu. The company received 1,905 million euros due to a SAPARD programme. The money has been used in order to modernize the factory, to increase the productsâ quality and to create a hygienic environment, according to the European Union standards.
MODERN EQUIPMENT. The company bought two complete automatic lines of production for cans, a production line for meat and a wrapping line. The factory has now performing equipment (cutters, can machines, sterilizers, labelling and wrapping machines). "The new package sterilizing capacities can certify the absolute safety of the thermal treatment, an essential factor for preserving the products in optimal conditions", Sorin Bozdog, the commercial director of the company, said.
HYGIENE AND QUALITY . In order to create a hygienic producing environment, in the Sibiu factory, at the entrances and at the exits of the units, there have been installed sluices to sterilize the working outfit. The employees wear white overalls, caps and special shoes, and they are not allowed to enter the factory while wearing chains, earrings, watches, mobile phones or any other things that might affect the products. The employeesâ health status is checked at every shift, and the sick workers are sent in other departments, where they cannot come in contact with the alimentary products, as Carmen Iosifescu, quality manager, stated for us.
TESTS. Part of the investment of the producer in Sibiu has been used in order to buy an infrared analyser to scan the food products.
In Sibiu,
