In an effort to expand operations and maintain its position as a major player in the international market, Mantinga, a leading Lithuanian bakery that specializes in frozen bakery and convenience foods, recently partnered with preferred equipment supplier Starfrost to design and install its newest high performance spiral freezer system.
Mantinga has constantly made investments in its expansion, most recently investing GBP18m into cutting-edge facilities and cutting-edge processing lines, including automated freezing systems. Mantinga boasts an astounding yearly export of over 1 billion items to more than 40 nations.
Mantinga first teamed up with Starfrost in 2015 to install a spiral freezer system and revolutionize its freezing process. This action replaced the labor-intensive IQF blast freezers with an automated version of the bakery’s manual freezing process. As a result of the success of their initial partnership, Mantinga chose Starfrost as its preferred vendor for cooling equipment solutions. The installation of additional equipment later helped the bakery expand, and each project benefited greatly from Starfrost’s experience.
The most recent project that Starfrost and Mantinga worked on together was the design, production, and installation of an extra Helix spiral freezer for the bakery. With the capacity to freeze more than 1.5 tonnes of laminated dough products per hour, this state-of-the-art freezing machine is now Mantinga’s fourth Starfrost freezer.
Mantinga has been able to extend its bakery operations and substantially boost its production capacity thanks to the integration of the most recent spiral freezer from Starfrost. The four Helix spiral freezers have streamlined freezing procedures, made it easier to add new production lines, decreased energy costs, and optimized Mantinga’s production area as part of the productive partnership.
“The latest spiral freezer from Starfrost operates seamlessly with minimal maintenance requirements. The system incorporates measures to eliminate drafts through the product feed and outfeed openings, resulting in the need for defrosting only once a week. The defrosting, washing, and drying cycle takes a mere five to six hours. Together with our other Starfrost freezers, we have a fully automated freezing operation, which is exceptionally reliable and energy-efficient,” said Kestutis Kosuba, project manager at Mantinga.
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