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An ANKO client operates a restaurant in Los Angeles serving authentic Asian specialty foods, and Mochi is one of their best-selling desserts. Many diners enjoy ending their meals with an order of Mochi, often paired with tea or coffee. Our client wanted to increase their revenue by making their popular Mochi available for takeout, but they didn’t have enough labor to accomplish this plan. While searching for automated food machine options, this client discovered ANKO Food Tech and scheduled a machine trial. ANKO recommended using the SD-97W Automatic Encrusting and Forming machine to the client for making Mochi and Mochi Ice Cream. The client was very impressed with the machine demonstration, and the taste of the final products. Based on their volume, they decided to purchase the SD-97SS Table-Type model. After delivering the machine, our team helped the client to familiarize themselves with the production process, machine maintenance routines, and overall operations.
An ANKO client operates restaurants and takeout shops in Australia; they also own a food factory and sell their products in supermarkets. Their food items include Har Gow (Shrimp dumplings), Tang Baos, Dumplings, and Buns. Recently, many food businesses have started using automated production equipment due to labor shortages in Australia. This client is a great example. They purchased ANKO’s HLT-700XL Multipurpose Filling And Forming Machine, EA-100KA Forming Machine, SD-97SS Automatic Encrusting And Forming Machine, and other ANKO machines to produce a wide range of products. They successfully transitioned to automated food production, increased productivity, and resolved labor issues. ANKO’s engineers helped the client maintain the machines and develop new Har Gow flavors successfully.
An ANKO Client has been producing a variety of high-quality Roti (Indian style flatbread) and has established a distribution system in wholesale, retail, and supermarkets. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the local food market in the Netherlands experienced a dramatic increase in demand for frozen Roti, as more people were cooking at home. While the company’s production capacity was not able to meet the new demand, they reached out to ANKO and requested assistance to help them transition into automated production. Due to the pandemic and travel restrictions, this client mailed their ingredients to Taiwan and ANKO started production trials and communicated with this client remotely. ANKO’s engineers customized a production solution utilizing ANKO’s SD-97W Automatic Encrusting and Forming machine and APB Pressing and Heating machine for automated Roti production. This production line is compact and highly efficient which exceeded the client’s expectations.
An ANKO client having had a successful food business in Colombia selling croquetas (croquette) to casinos and other retailers was looking for an opportunity to turn a vacant factory in Indonesia into a profitable automated food business. Because this client had previously purchased ANKO’s HLT-700XL, SR-24 and an ANKO commercial deep fryer, they had decided to seek ANKO’s assistance to provide them with professional automated production line equipment and support to sell croquetas (croquette) in Indonesia.
Kibe (Kibbeh) is one of the basic cuisines in the Middle East, so the high demand has made client’s business booming. However, his employees couldn't meet the production requirement and the quality was unstable. To solve the problem, the client has contacted ANKO for food processing equipment solutions.
This company owns a bakery, selling various buns and bread. Brown sugar is a common ingredient in Asian cooking, and many people consider it to be healthy food. The client develops a stuffed bun which dough is added brown sugar and which only weighs 12-15g. Since they started selling brown sugar steamed buns, the great popularity has made them hard to handle so many orders. Knowing ANKO is the expert in designing food processing equipment, they contacted us for solutions.
The dining group operates Cantonese restaurants, hot pot buffets, and Japanese buffets for satisfying various consumers. They used to make their food products by hand. With more and more restaurants opened, the continuing growth in demand for steamed custard buns in all types of their restaurants prompted the company to invest in a new machine to extend its offerings. it's a turn to transform handmade into automatic production. Chefs hoped to maintain food quality while cutting cost so that they found ANKO. We have the largest market share in Taiwan food machine industry and our machine can help them meet the growing demand. After testing our SD-97W, they are satisfied with the multifunctional encrusting and forming machine which offers them the flexibility in production. In addition to steamed custard bun mentioned above, they also use the machine to produce sesame balls.
The Peruvian client is the boss of a restaurant and food factory. Our business relationship began with a compact vegetable cutting machine. As he found that ANKO's soft power in research and development as well as abundant recipes, we have become one of his consultants for solutions. The client's stuffed cassava products had been made by hand. When the demand increased to a certain amount, he was seeking a machine that provides labor saving and productivity boosting solutions. In order to ensure product quality, he came to our central kitchen in ANKO headquarters for a machine test run and face-to-face communication with our engineers regardless of the great distance. It's all for the best wrapper/filling ratio and the most appropriate recipe for automatic production.
The client has two fishing vessels and two fish processing plants to process the six-ton daily catch. One plant is dedicated to mince fish into fish paste, and the other plant is for the production of fish balls and fish products. He purchased a HLT-700XL Multipurpose Filling & Forming Machine and a SD-97W Automatic Encrusting and Forming Machine from ANKO. The HLT-700XL is used for producing deep-fried fish snacks — a new offering made of springy fish paste with a crispy wrapper. And the SD-97W is for making stuffed fish balls. The client's new plant covers 10,000 square meters and employs around 50 people. Their products are mainly sold to local supermarkets in Indonesia such as Carrefour.
The client runs meat processing business which has long history and gains high market share. Now it is the turn that the second generation entrepreneur takes over the company. With current frozen equipment and packaging machinery, they would like to increase efficiency and develop other snacks with product line expansion. ANKO's machinery features multifunction. Take the Automatic Encrusting and Forming Machine as an example, various kinds of dough and filling are suitable for the machine; through parameter adjustment, a wide range of products can be made with one machine. For manufacturers, it definitely a worthy investment to receive a high price/performance ratio.
The client's company had gained a firm foothold in India and then he planned to expand into the U.S. market so that having accurate food quality control and standardization, product line extension, productivity improvement are essential. He compared ANKO with other food machine suppliers and found ANKO is superior to them. ANKO has higher market share in India, offers wrapper and filling recipe to meet individual need, and has years' experience in designing food production routes and supply chain integration. Finally, he chose ANKO as their business partner.
The client sells a great variety of foods. Although glutinous rice ball was not one of the main products, he needed a solution to produce glutinous rice balls effectively. Therefore, he visited ANKO's booth at a Hong Kong exhibition. Compared to other glutinous rice balls, the client's filling recipe contains more ingredients, including peanut powder, coconut powder, and sugar powder, which makes workers hard to fill the same ingredient quantities into each glutinous rice ball. Nevertheless, it is also difficult for machine to extrude powder filling because it easily tends to clump up and clog the filling system. Therefore, for making stuffed food with powder filling, ANKO's Automatic Encrusting and Forming Machine with a special designed powder filling system is highly recommended.
The confectionery factory has established nearly 100 years. They expand their Indian sweets and snacks market along the Indian migration route across the globe. In 2009, in order to increase production capacity and save labor costs, the client contacted ANKO and inquired about the rasgulla automatic production line, which combines SD-97W Automatic Encrusting and Forming Machine with RC-180 Automatic Rounding Machine. In the process of trying out the SD-97W, we adjusted the extruding pressure to maintain the texture of rasgulla. The client was satisfied with the final products and full of confidence in the investment, so he placed an order for three production lines. "Is ANKO trustworthy?" the answer is obvious.
The client has run the company offering Mexican food for over 25 years. They not only have privately-held restaurant chains, but also distribute more than 20 flavors of frozen burritos to supermarkets. However, when their burritos were getting popular, the production capacity of their current production lines could not meet the increasing demand. Then, they found that ANKO has developed burrito forming machine, so they came to Taiwan looking for a solution to increase productivity.
ANKO’s client is a manufacturer of Mexican food products and has distribution in several countries in Latin America and Southern Europe. Burritos are one of the items that this client produces, and this client has decided to transition from manual production to an automated assembly line due to the increasing product demand and labor costs. This client was introduced to ANKO FOOD TECH (AFT) through a referral; and subsequently this client visited AFT for a demonstration, and they were very satisfied with ANKO’s machines, and the products made by our automated system. Additionally, with ANKO’s guidance this company was able to restructure their business, to save on manufacturing costs and focus on their sales and marketing performance for market expansion.
The company provides frozen food for numerous hotels and villages in Cairo, Egypt. Consumers can also buy their products online, in supermarkets or deli. Selling products in multi sales channel had leaded to an increasing demand, so the company's owner, via a dealer, had been looking for a supplier who can offer an automated production solution for making kubba. It's always a challenge to make a machine work well with a new recipe. In this case, we had a problem in forming kubba because the crust was too sticky. The just formed kubba would stick to the shutter unit and then be broken while the shutter unit opened. Through recipe and temperature adjustment, ANKO team solved the problem successfully.
It is a food and beverage company, producing frozen and fresh food, and owning over 30 casual dining restaurants. Most materials of the company's products are from its own farms. With the concept of providing organic food and additive-free products to consumers, the owner insists on growing plants with organic farming. The owner found that Taiwanese pineapple cake is very popular and delicious, so he decided to produce pineapple cakes and sell them in his retail stores. However, he had no experience in making pineapple cakes. After having a discussion, we proposed a pineapple cake tailor-made total solution to him, including pineapple cake recipe, equipment, and training. Finally, he entrusted ANKO with the new product line.