Intralox Case Study: Marie-Viriat | Intralox Customer Objectives Since 1983, Europe’s largest poultry-producer LDC Group has offered a variety of food products for sale throughout France under the brand Marie. Its plant in Viriat produces a wide range of items, including two kinds of pre-cooked lasagna (vegetarian and bolognese). The lasagna is prepared in small plastic trays along a single processing line before being split into two lines and fed into a linear oven. The plant dedicates two shifts a week to this process. Previously, Marie used a slat switch chain to divert lasagna trays between oven lines. This equipment was the source of several challenges. Sanitizing the slat switch was very difficult: detergent could not be used, and the switch’s protective cover made it nearly impossib

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