MEKITEC FOOD INSPECTION

11/2014

MEKI solves the dilemma of food inspection

equipments: leading x-ray technology for the

investment cost of metal detectors. This is the

superior solution to meet the tightening global

food safety requirements and brand protection

objective for quality-aware food producers.

CONTACT

Terry Woolford

CEO and GM

Cell: +1 865 230 2702

Email: terry.woolford@mekitec.com

Mekitec Americas

153 Wright Brothers Av

Livermore, CA 94551, USA

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Food Safety Challenge

Mekitec

Technology

Customers

Foreign objects are a common threat to

health and eventually food manufacturer’s

brand.

Only a fragment of food production lines

are equipped with the necessary

technology to find foreign objects.

Growing Pressure and Attention

FOOD PRODUCER

AUTHORITIES

• Governmental

• Certifications

CUSTOMERS

• Large retailers

• Global chains

PUBLIC

• Consumer

awareness

• Media

Continuously growing pressure and attention

Traditional Decision Trade-off

FOOD PRODUCER

METAL DETECTOR

• Low investment and maintenance cost

• Limited foreign object detection

• No additional value (functionalities)

• Sensitive towards environment

• Food packaging limitations

X-RAY TECHNOLOGY

• Comprehensive foreign object detection

capability

• Variety of other added value (missing

object, broken product, etc.)

• Higher investment and maintenance cost

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MEKI - The New Product Category

PRICE

VALUE

MD

X-RAY

MEKI

Comparison: MD vs. X-ray vs. MEKI

MD X-RAY MEKI

On the market since >50 years >15 years 2011

Able to find:

• Stainless steel

• Glass

• Stones

• Bones

• Hard plastics

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Able to:

• Detect missing content

• Count products

• Inspect through aluminum package

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SUS detection range 2-5mm 0.8-1.5mm 0.6-1.2mm

Device space consupmtion / size Small Large Small

Impact of external factors (machines, humidity,

temperature)

High Low Low

Maintenance cost Low High Low

Price starting at 10.000 EUR 40.000 EUR 20.000 EUR

(*) informations depending on

manufacturer. Listed average estimates.

Future of the food safety market

X-RAY

5.000 units

250 MEUR

X-ray market yearly growth up

to 30% (Frost & Sullivan 2013)

MD market yearly growth up

to 15%

Both markets are merging as

the price gap is closing

Meanwhile, whole food safety

market growing from 13.28

BEUR to 19.98 BEUR (F&S

2013)

METAL DETECTORS

45.000 units

540 MEUR

INSPECTION MARKET

(DOMINATED BY MEKI CONCEPT)

100.000-110.000 units

2.500-2.750 MEUR

2012 2017

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MEKITEC FACTS

• Mekitec was established in 2005 in Northern

Finland.

• The company headquarter is located in Oulu.

• In 2011, Mekitec introduced it’s first inspection

system for food quality control. The company is

focusing only on food industry applications.

• Since 1991, the team has been developing and

producing x-ray detector technologies.

• Currently, Mekitec employs 60 employees.

Most of them in R&D and Customer Support.

Oulu: HQ & R&D

Xian: Engineering &

Production

Helsinki: Sales Nordic

Livermore, CA: Sales

and Service Americas

Nuremberg: Sales

Central and Southern

Europe

Hong Kong: Sales South

East Asia and China

Oulu, Finland

Livermore, USA

Hong Kong

Xi’an, China

Nuremberg, Germany

USA AND CANADA: Mekitec

Delivery Center, California

MEXICO

MEKITEC SALES AND SERVICE NETWORK

FINLAND: Mekitec Delivery

Center, Helsinki and Oulu

SWEDEN:

DENMARK:

ICELAND:

LITHUANIA,

LATVIA:

GERMANY AND

SWITZERLAND:

Delivery Center,

NETHERLANDS

BELGIUM:

AUSTRIA:

ITALY:

POLAND:

TURKEY:

GREECE:

CHINA, HONG KONG AND

TAIWAN: Mekitec Delivery

Center, Hong Kong, Shenzen,

Shanghai, Taiwan and Xian

HONG KONG

KOREA

THAILAND:

PHILIPPINES:

SINGAPORE:

INDIA:

HEADQUARTER: Oulu

ENGINEERING POOL: Xian

Why Mekitec?

NEW PRODUCT CATEGORY Traditionally, the food inspection market has

offered three options for food producers: no inspection, metal detection, x-ray.

MEKI is the fourth category, combining the benefits of all of the three.

GLOBAL PRESENCE, SHORT LEAD TIMES Mekitec is growing its existing

presence on three continents and expanding continuously. The company is

committed to provide inspection solutions immidately when ever and where

ever neeeded.

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE AND APPLICATION KNOWLEDGE Mekitec

key development engineers have experience since 1990 in inspection

technologies.

Sensors for science

CERN, NASA, ESA, ESRF, Fermilab

2008 -

2003 -

1997 – 2006

1990 – 1997

2011 - Launch of revolutionary MEKI product family

X-ray cameras for medical and security industry

Toshiba Medical, GE Healthcare, Siemens Medical,

Hitachi Medical, Smiths-Heimann, Hitachi Security,

Anritsu, Loma, Dylog

RD to develop world smallest camera (AQU)

Quality inspection systems for steel- and paper

industry

StoraEnso, M-Real, Ruukki, ArcelorMittal, Corus,

CSN

Technology Experience

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KEY PLATFORM BENEFITS

OF THE MEKI CONCEPT

• Compact size

• Flexible upgradeability, long

lifecycle

• Easy installation and

usability

• Low maintenance cost

DRIVERS FOR PLATFORM

BENEFITS

• In-house development and

manufacturing of key

components and software

• Cost-aware manufacturing

experience of x-ray

technologies since 1991

• User-centered development

approach

• Optimized system design to

minimize generator energy

requirement

SOFTWARE – Mekitec has developed it’s

own analysis software, which is one of the

key differentiators.

X-RAY GENERATOR – The compact low-

energy generator has been developed by

Mekitec and its partner.

AQU DETECTOR– Mekitec has used more

than 20 years of experience and know-how

to develop the most advanced detector that

there is in the food inspection industry.

MEKI

Detector / Generator: AQU256 / 100W

Software: Mekitec Inspection SW

Detection Area: 250mm x 110mm

Conveyor Length: 480/800/1200mm

Weight: 75kg

Line speed: up to 1.6m/s

For small foil / paper / thin metal packaged food products

Introduced in 2011

MIDMEKI

Detector / Generator: AQU410 / 200W

Software: Mekitec Inspection SW

Detection Area: 400mm x 200mm

Conveyor Length: 900mm

Weight: 200kg

Line speed: up to 1.0m/s

For medium-sized foil / paper / thin metal packaged

food products

Introduced in 2013

COMBIMEKI

X-ray Device: MEKI

Load Cell: DMS

Digitizer: 2.2 kHz

Conveyor length: Variable

Checkweigher add-on for MEKI.

Introduced in 2013

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NUT BAGS, ITALY

Product content: Nuts

Package: Plastic bag

Size: Up to 1kg

SALAD BAGS, AUSTRIA

Product content: Salad

Package: Plastic bag

Size: Up to 500g

TEA, AZERBAIJAN

Product content: Tea bags

Package: Aluminium foil and cardboard

Size: Up to 1kg

MUESLI, GERMANY

Product content: Muesli

Package: Plastic / cartboard

Size: Up to 1kg

DAIRY, FINLAND

Product content: Sliced cheese

Package: Plastic

Size: Up to 500g

FROZEN SHRIMPS, THAILAND

Product content: Frozen shrimps

Package: Plastic bag

Size: Up to 5kg

MEAT, LITHUANIA

Product content: Raw meat

Package: Unpacked

Size: Up to 300g

Special:

• 2 x Dual line

THANK YOU!