PRODUCTION
“The equipment selection in our solution center encompasses machinery used in combination with our own product line” – Adam Cowherd, Unitherm Vice President Of Sales
Unitherm’s Gas infrared cook grill to all of the equipment and testing processes, resources that we couldn’t afford to have in-house,” explains Kevin Salva, COO of Zweigles, Inc. Headquartered in Rochester NY, Zweigles is well known for producing “Old World” hot dogs, sausages and lunch meats for more than 130 years. The company is currently expanding its plant and product line to include chicken, beef and 8
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pork products, and recently utilized Unitherm’s test facility—featuring resources like wireless temperature probes, thermal 3D animation of airflow and burner efficiencies, vision technology for belt loading efficiency analysis—to evaluate the various types of equipment that were needed to cook these new items. “We can’t realistically set up a pilot lab or a pilot kitchen at our plant,”