IWC International

🎉 Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation – Special Offer! 🎉 📸 Spot the Difference! In the images below: 1️⃣ Standard OEM wash cabinet 2️⃣ The IWC Retrofit with Undine technology The results speak for themselves: ✅ Better hygiene ✅ Reduced water usage ✅ Higher efficiency To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we’re giving back: The 20th Maestro retrofit order will be completely FREE. If you’re a poultry processor with a Meyn Maestro eviscerator, now’s your chance to experience the Undine difference. 👉 Contact us today to secure your spot and let yourself be blown away! Don’t miss out this opportunity won’t last.

The Importance of Removing Visual Contamination: At first glance, it seems obvious: a clean product is free of visible contamination. While that's true, the process is far more complex than meets the eye. Pathogens often hide within contamination such as feces, food particles, or intestinal contents. By removing visual contamination, we simultaneously address a significant portion of these pathogens. However, contamination doesn’t originate from a single source. It can be introduced during transport, such as manure on poultry feathers, or during the slaughtering process, where contamination may occur due to improper handling or equipment use. For instance, when carcasses are processed, feces will be expelled during plucking, or intestinal contents might spill onto the exterior of the bird during evisceration. These contaminants not only harbor pathogens but can also shield them, making them impervious to chemical or thermal treatments. Areas like feather follicles and microscopic surface cracks are particularly vulnerable, as pathogens here are difficult to reach. This is why many veterinary authorities worldwide emphasize the importance of visual cleanliness. It’s the most immediate and observable metric for assessing hygiene. The Industry’s Response – and Its Shortcomings The standard industry response often involves “more”—more water, higher pressure, and additional chemicals. However, this approach frequently falls short. Oversaturation creates a water film that can block subsequent water droplets from effectively reaching the contaminated surface, rendering these methods counterproductive. A Breakthrough Solution: Undine® Microdroplets The Undine® technology offers a proven alternative. Using microdroplets, Undine® first removes visible contamination and biofilms, then targets the underlying pathogens. The results speak for themselves: poultry cleaned with Undine® technology not only appears visually pristine but also exhibits significantly lower pathogen levels. It’s a transformative approach to a critical challenge, ensuring food safety through innovative, effective cleaning solutions. Let’s keep the conversation going. How does your organization tackle contamination challenges? 💬 #FoodSafety #HygieneInnovation #PathogenControl #Sustainability #PoultryProcessing #UndineTechnology  

From Visual Cleanliness to Salmonella Control: Driving Efficiency and Safety in Poultry Processing The upcoming Poultry Future Panel discussion at IPPE 2025 on January 29 will tackle one of the most pressing issues in the industry: managing Salmonella in broilers and turkeys. With the USDA-FSIS Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products on the horizon, this conversation couldn’t come at a more crucial time. At IWC International, we draw on extensive experience from the European market, where our solutions have helped processors significantly improve their ability to address this challenge. By collaborating closely with industry players, we’ve gained valuable insights into effective approaches for controlling Salmonella and its relation to visible contaminations—insights we’re eager to share with processors in the US. We’re attending this discussion to listen, learn, and exchange ideas about how the industry can move forward. If you're curious about how our expertise could apply to your processes, don’t hesitate to connect with Ton Winters, Twan Koenen, Guy Ackermans, or Pete van Poorten. Let’s meet at IPPE and continue this important conversation! #SalmonellaControl #PoultryProcessing #FoodSafetySolutions #IndustryCollaboration #IPPE2025

We are entering the next phase of growth! Our second facility in the Netherlands is now fully operational, and we’re thrilled to welcome Pete van Poorten to the team as an experienced process technologist. With this addition, we’ve significantly ramped up production of our Undine® washers. A recent partial shipment is already on its way to Brazil—an exciting milestone for us! Looking ahead to 2025, we’ve planned further growth steps to meet the increasing demand, especially from the Americas. Stay tuned as we continue to expand and innovate! #foodsafety #microdroplets #poultryprocessing #Undine

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As IWC-International, we are experiencing a period of exceptionally good news: In the USA, we have successfully installed our first complete Undine® hurdle to Hurdle setup, featuring Undine® washers at six stations. Following our success in Europe, we are expanding this approach further across the U.S.   In Brazil, after some years of testing and pending approval, we have received the green light for implementation of the Undine® technology. Brazilian regulators have now approved the use of Undine® in the poultry slaughtering process as an alternative to the conventional practice of removing contaminants by cutting, which has been standard for over 30 years. The Undine® cleaning system offers the Brazilian poultry processors efficiency improvements for both labor (reduced labor needed for removing contaminated parts 🔪 ) and less removed product (yield improvement up to 10%💰).   Other Company news is that the resulting increase in orders has already led to an additional IWC-International production site in the Netherlands, along with an expanded workforce and further automation of our production processes.   We look forward to sharing even more exciting news in December #foodsafety #poultryprocessing #undine #microdroplets  

Automating Conveyor Belt Cleaning with Undine®: A Game-Changer in Sanitation. Sanitizing conveyor belts is a "hot topic" in the food processing industry. However, all too often, processors focus solely on labor savings and overlooking the core goal: a truly clean result. Because at the end of the day, ensuring hygiene should always be the 1st. priority. That’s where Undine® microdroplets technology makes a difference. With precision cleaning that reaches areas where other systems can't -like the links of modular belts or deep into surface scratches - Undine® ensures that no hidden areas are left untreated. Pathogens tend to settle in these hard-to-reach spots, posing potential food safety risks. By effectively cleaning these critical areas, Undine® not only delivers a visibly cleaner belt, but also helps reducing the chance of biofilm growth. Processors are often forced to take off the belts from a conveyor for thorough cleaning. This shortens belt’s lifespan and requires significant extra labor. All our customers clean their conveyor belts in place, without the need for taking it off. And yet it achieves the required level of hygiene in food processing industry. A cleaner belt, a safer environment, and more efficient operations -with significantly lower water usage- Undine® gets the job done right in a sustainable way. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e-UxyJcD #foodsafety #poultryprocessing #Undine #conveyerbelts

Starting a new adventure for Team IWC!  We will be doing a full installation of our cleaning technology Undine in a leading Chicken Slaughterhouse.  The goal is to save a lot of water, achieve clean products and also improve hygiene. The complete installation and commisioning will take approx 1 day due to a wonderfull preparation from or valued customer and IWC! For everyone who wants some more information, please contact Ton Winters or Twan Koenen Good luck Team IWC!