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In the video watch and listen to Mariposa Dairy’s Plant Manager Ben Brouwer as he demonstrates the investment made in producing precise portions of goat cheese that are packaged in perfectly repeating shapes at the highest production speeds.

Mariposa Dairy produces 4 million kilos of goat cheese a year that retail in all the major private label businesses in Canada and in some of the largest retailers in the US.

Superior product and food safety are the twin guiding principles at Mariposa. Ben claims, “We use both Handtmann and MULTIVAC to get product out the door the most efficient way possible.We are confident we are working with 2 of the top suppliers in rollstock equipment as well as forming of our products.”

Watch as Ben shows how the suppliers combine to perfectly portion and package an intricate job involving dosing liquid marachino cherry sauce into goat cheese logs that are formed in a Handtmann VF 622, + FS 510 multi-lane Forming system into the latest generation MULTIVAC RX 4.0 thermorform machine for packaging, lableing and code-dating.

Also on display is the new Handtmann 838S portioner which incorporates 100 new innovations and 19 new patents. Rafal Rusiniak of Handtmann maintains, “If you can use a phone, you can use our controls.”

Paul Marsden of MULTIVAC demostrates how the RX 4.0 reaches a new level of data collection with an RFID parts tagged insurance feature that prevents misprogramming and operator error. “The partnership of Handtmann, MULTIVAC and Mariposa is instrumental in completing a full processing/packaging line solution.”

Ben Brouwer concludes, “We look for equipment partnerships not suppliers.”

Watch how cherry sauce infused goat cheese logs are formed, stuffed and packaged at Mariposa Dairy.