Canadian Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

ELMIRA POULTRY INC.
1. Company Description:
Industry: Food Products
Sub Industry: Poultry
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
Size (sales): Not available
Purchasing Potential: Not provided
Specific Business
Opportunities:
Not provided
Founded in 1985, Elmira Poultry Inc. is a privately owned business operating in
Waterloo, Ontario. The company manufacturers further processed poultry products
for the foodservice and retail industries. Elmira’s federally-inspected, HACCP
approved plant specializes in deboning chicken fronts using automatic deboners and
processing the chicken parts into value-added raw, coated and fully cooked products.
Products range from premium boneless chicken breasts, chicken wings, cooked
diced chicken, to breaded fillets, nuggets, burgers, schnitzel and turkey sausage,
flavored chicken wings, and dinners such as breaded chicken with broccoli and
cheese, Kiev, Cordon and Swiss Melts. The company employs 140 persons.
2. Main Products Produced and How They Are Packed:
Product Packaging
Chicken Breasts, Tenders Sealed bag/cartons/boxes
3. Installed Packaging Machinery:
Information not provided.
4. Future Packaging Machinery Plans (next 3 years):
Information not provided.
5. Key Factors in Purchase Decisions:
Factor Ranking
(1 = Most
Important)
Quality/Reliability/Durability 1
Potential Operating Cost Savings/Added Value 1
Operating Reliability/Accuracy 1
Up-to-date Technology 2
Brand/Supplier Reputation 2
Experience in Our Industry/Industry Sector 2
Equipment Characteristics & Features (e.g.
flexibility, speed, capacity, unique features, etc.)
2
SMG/Columbia Consulting Group Page 58