Poultry in newly organised lanes

Lionor is a company based in northern France that specialises in the slaughtering, cutting and packaging of poultry. On the market for more than 100 years and part of the LDC Group since 2017, the company now employs 235 people. Short distribution channels and close cooperation with partner breeders promote a dynamic and environmentally friendly local economy. Production is divided into four separate areas. There is a preparation area for processed products, a packaging area for whole chickens and a cutting and packaging area. In the dispatch area, parcels are prepared and sorted for delivery. The products are transported in cartons or plastic containers with a width of 30 to 60 cm. Labelling was previously carried out manually.

Transitic offered Lionor a customised retrofit solution in which new technologies were integrated into the existing systems. Installation and commissioning took place mainly at weekends and at night in order to minimise ongoing operations. Because the installation and commissioning was mainly carried out at weekends and at night, there was only a slight interruption to normal business operations.

A newly installed conveyor system transports the goods from the three separate production areas to the dispatch area, which is equipped with a sorting comb. The Intralox system sorts the cartons at a 90-degree angle at a constant speed. After identification by a camera, the cartons are distributed to one of the four comb end points depending on their destination.

The system now processes 2,500 parcels per hour, fulfilling the productivity targets set by Lionor. "We have seen an increase in productivity of around 15 per cent and a reduction in operating costs. Thanks to the optimised material flow and continuous supply, we now have much better control over work peaks," emphasises Dominique Dezitter, Production Manager at the site.