McCain Foods is a Canadian company founded in 1957, with a production mainly focusing on frozen potato products. Their popular products are sold in 160 countries and with a global production capacity of half a million kilos per hour, McCain Foods makes one quarter of all the frozen fries products in the world. Since 2013, Tribelt supports McCains production facilities throughout North-west Europe with tailor made conveyor belts for their French fries production.
Assistance through the entire process
Annually, Tribelt supplies McCain Foods with conveyor belts that brings the fresh potatoes from station to station for refining and eventually ends up in bags of frozen French fries, delivered to food stores and supermarkets across Europe.
“McCain Foods is a good example of a customer which we have helped through the whole process, from advice and calculations early in the project to belt manufacturing from the customers unique process requirements. We also supervise installation and offer support when the belts are in use”, says Henri Veldhuis, Tribelt’s account manager for McCain.
Fast and perceptive customer service
Tribelt has been in the business for more than 70 years and take pride in providing solutions that are fast, individually adapted and with long lifespans. With a vast knowledge from making belts for different industries, in various materials and with the most modern machinery on the market, the belt experts as Tribelt know what is working and not. Add a fast and perceptive customer service and all success factors are revealed.
“Production shutdown caused by equipment failures can be very costly for the customer. We are acknowledged from our customers not only for quick quotations but also for fast support and service”, says Henri Veldhuis.
Next stop. The Scandinavian food market
From 2019, Tribelt is a company of the Lesjöfors group. A dedicated sales team of representatives from the Scandinavian Lesjöfors companies has visited Tribelt and undergone training in the product range.
“We are now ready to introduce these high-qualitative and versatile products to the Scandinavian food processing industry and we see a great potential. The Tribelt range covers any process, from baking, frying, and crusting to freezing and packaging. We assure the same superior customer satisfaction through a close cooperation with the Tribelt specialists”, says Henrik Berner, Sales Manager at Lesjöfors Industrifjädrar in Herrljunga, Sweden.
Contact information
Would you like to know more? Please contact Henrik Berner (+46 70 67 220 22), Knut Wettre (+47 22 90 57 07) or your ordinary Lesjöfors contact. You can also download the pdf brochure of the Tribelt product range to learn more.