FISH FARMING TECHNOLOGY (pellets, powders, all fluids), and offers Revolutionary breakthrough in industrial infinite, forward-compatible potential for tapware for feeding transfer combinations. It’s very easy to Startup Westair was present at the CFIA clean, too, allowing for a wide range of Food Industry Suppliers’ Exhibition in applications in food, pharmaceuticals, the ‘Food Factory of the Future’ section cosmetics, and other ‘clean’ industries. in March 2019, having been selected The Multiways® valve is the by development agency Bretagne cornerstone of our automated feeding Développement Innovation; the company process and as such is proving to be will also be present at Seafood Expo Global Henri Herledan highly successful, performing just in Brussels for the second time this coming CEO and Business Developer, Westair as advertised: delivering improved May. production, reduced feed loss, and more uniform distribution, Two years on from its creation, Westair has completed resulting in a large number of orders being placed in recent the first installation of its Multizone® automatic feeding months. system at the Monchel fish farm in Hauts de France, as well Rohart and Jorgensen in Hauts de France and Bellet near as presenting its innovations at the CFIA exhibition in the Angoulême are among the fish farms that have already chosen FoodTech village. Our Multiways® valve, currently in the our system, and we’ve had many other expressions of interest industrialisation phase, will soon be available for industrial since attending the World Aquaculture Society’s AQUA and food companies, together with Cleanpipe®, already tradeshow in Montpellier in August 2018. available with Multizone®. Before and after feeding, our Cleanpipe® cleaning system The distinctive feature of our fish feeding process is that scrapes feed distribution network and supply valves clean, it can be adjusted to each user. As well as delivering a removing fine feed dust and morning dew. This ensures the real technical step change, replicating the natural feeding pipework doesn’t become blocked or clogged, so the network procedure, it’s also been designed to be user-friendly and stays clean and hygienic. accessible: anyone can adapt it to suit their own production We’re planning to develop specific applications of this practices. solution for offshore fish farming and large-scale shrimp The Multiways® valve marks a genuine breakthrough in aquaculture. And once we’ve become better established in tapware. It’s a fully stainless steel, hygiene quality multi-way France, we’ll be losing no time in directing our attention valve, with very low head loss, that doesn’t damage pellets towards international markets. during transfer. Based on innovative, patented technology, it We employ ten people at our headquarters in Briec – and opens up the way for new industrial processes and improves plan to double our workforce within the next two years. existing ones by decreasing the amount of pipework needed. www.westair.fr The valve is suitable for the transfer of all types of product
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