Scott Inks Major Materials Handling Deal Into North America

Auckland, New Zealand: Scott Technology (NZX:SCT) is excited to announce a NZD $12 million deal with McCain Foods, the world’s largest manufacturer of frozen potato products, to deliver its proven, automated materials handling system to the McCain, Alberta, Canada processing facility.

Scott Technology CEO, John Kippenberger, says the company is delighted to be extending its partnership with the long-term customer into North America. “McCain has been a customer of ours in Europe for many years, where we have worked with them to deliver multiple automated materials-handling solutions to improve their operational efficiencies,” says Kippenberger.

“This new contract is recognition of our expertise in this area, as well as a reflection of our strategy of partnering with companies that have a large global presence.”

The solution combines multiple production lines to a common palletising system for cases of frozen french fries and has been designed to handle McCain’s production capacity of 130 cases per minute. It features two high-speed palletisers, nine buffer tables for multiple SKUs, as well as case and pallet conveying systems and pallet wrappers. Scott's latest Maestro+ software package will monitor efficiency and display KPIs while supporting and guiding maintenance.

McCain Director of Capital Development, Dr. Mourad Rahimi, says the project is part of the largest global investment in McCain Foods’ history, and will double the size, production capacity and workforce at its Coaldale, Alberta processing facility.

“The new Coaldale plant will be one of our biggest processing facilities in North America once it’s completed, and we wanted to incorporate best in class automated palletising as part of this. Our experience with Scott, and its materials handling technology in our European production sites, gave us confidence that Scott are the experts for the job!”

The deal further solidifies Scott's position as an expert provider of advanced materials handling systems in North America. The system will be built in Scott’s European materials handling centre of excellence and delivered in late 2024.

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