Meat & Poultry

End-of-Line Packing for Meat and Poultry, Shelf-Ready, Every Time

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For meat and poultry producers, the end of the line is where consistency matters most. Products need to arrive at the retailer shelf-ready: packaged neatly, presented correctly, and ready to put out without additional handling. Getting that right at volume, reliably, is what separates a good automation solution from an expensive headache.

Brillopak’s UniPAKer is built for the demands of meat and poultry production environments: precise, reliable, and designed to keep pace with the throughput your operation requires.

The Challenges Meat and Poultry Producers Face

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Shelf-ready packaging is non-negotiable for most major retail supply chains. Products need to be packed into SRP boxes so they can go straight from the delivery bay to the shelf with minimal intervention: no re-sorting, no re-facing, no wasted time at the retailer’s end. Achieving this automatically, at speed, requires an automation system that places product accurately and consistently every cycle.

But shelf-ready packing is not the only challenge meat and poultry producers face, and it is not the right framing for every application. Chicken portions, beef cuts, and lamb products sold in modified atmosphere or skin-tight packaging present a different set of handling requirements entirely. The product format, weight variation, and surface characteristics all affect how a pick-and-place system needs to be configured.

Working environments add further complexity. Meat and poultry production runs in cold, wet conditions, with strict hygiene requirements throughout. Equipment needs to be built to withstand regular washdown and to meet the standards demanded in high care environments, where the risk of contamination is managed through both physical controls and the design of the machinery itself.

All Brillopak machinery is constructed in stainless steel as standard, making it appropriate for the washdown regimes and high care and hygiene requirements of meat and poultry production.

How the UniPAKer Handles It 

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The UniPAKer places

Meat and poultry products into shelf-ready packaging with the precision and consistency that major retailers demand. The system handles the full placement sequence: picking product from the infeed, orienting it correctly, and placing it into the SRP box at line speed, without manual intervention.

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As with all UniPAKer installations,

The end effectors are designed for the specific product being handled. Meat and poultry products vary considerably in weight, surface texture, and packaging format. For skin-tight packaging formats, including the vacuum-sealed formats used across steak, fish, and other protein products, the tooling and pick parameters are configured to handle the surface characteristics of the pack without distorting the seal or compromising presentation.

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Throughput and reliability work together,

Not against each other. Every installation is set up to sustain performance across a full production shift, not just achieve peak speed in isolation.

Why Brillopak for Meat and Poultry

We have been engineering automation for food manufacturers since 2001. We understand that in meat and poultry, downtime is not an inconvenience: it is a production crisis. Lines running in cold, high care environments cannot afford equipment that is not built for the conditions, and they cannot afford an automation partner who disappears after installation.

Every UniPAKer installation is backed by PAKPerformance, our aftercare programme, providing ongoing support and maintenance to keep your line running at the level it was designed for. From the initial application assessment through to the support structure in place years after commissioning, we are built for the long term.

Ready to Talk?

If you are producing meat or poultry products and want to understand what automation could do for your shelf-ready packing, get in touch.

Book a call with our team, or make an enquiry and we will come back to you.

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From small operations to large-scale producers.

What Our Customers Say

Real experiences from operations managers who've integrated our machines into their production lines.

I wanted a system that would be straightforward to operate, with minimal downtime and line stoppages. The new system meets that requirement. Our operators appreciate the speed at which product changeovers can now be completed at the touch of a button. Our staff understood how to operate the system after a minimal period of training.

 

Muntons

The system has minimal downtime and I am pleased to recommend Brillopak to anyone considering packing automation.

 

 

 

TATA Steel

The new apple packing lines went live on time and on budget and have already achieved a step change in the quality of product that we deliver.

 

 

 

Morrisons

I found that Brillopak were really focused on doing the job professionally. They also remained on site to make sure all of our people understood the systems before they left.

 

 

McVities

We were looking for a supplier who could meet the specification, contribute ideas and also offer the flexibility to modify their machines to work with our environment. Brillopak was a good fit.

 

 

Morrisons

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