Cabinplant provides turnkey vegetable line to Frigorifer, Romania's largest coldstore.

Frigorifer S.A., situated on the bank of the River Danube in Tulcea, Romania, is considered the biggest coldstore in southeastern Europe, with a capacity of 16,000 tons of frozen products.

On top of this, Frigorifer has a specialized processing line for a large range of frozen vegetables, including peas, green beans, yellow beans, red peppers, root vegetables and cabbage. Production capacity is 5,000 kilograms an hour for peas, 4,000 for root vegetables and 3,500 for green beans.

Its processing line came from Cabinplant A/S of Haarby, Denmark, as a complete turnkey project. That included design of the layout, delivery of equipment and installation and start-up of the plant. During installation some changes in the layout had to be made due to unforeseen circumstances, but Cabinplant accommodated the equipment to match the altered conditions without delay, and everything was ready as promised.

The vegetable line comprises of steps for cleaning, washing, blanching, freezing, color sorting, weighing and packing of peas and green beans, plus snipping and cutting the beans. Processing of root vegetables further includes steam pealing, dicing and slicing, and the line is also prepared for future handling of spinach and com. After processing, the vegetables are frozen and stored until shipment.