FIRST COLD CHAIN's FSW1000 Tunnel Freezer System Launches in Yemen, Empowering Burum Seafood to Tap into Global Markets
FIRST COLD CHAIN's FSW1000 Tunnel freezer system Launches in Yemen, Empowering Burum Seafood to Tap into Global Markets
As a benchmark enterprise in the international quick-freezing equipment sector, FIRST COLD CHAIN has entered into in-depth cooperation with Burum Seafood, a prestigious aquatic product enterprise in Yemen. Its FSW1000 Tunnel freezer and supporting ice glazing machine system have completed installation and commissioning, and been officially put into operation. This customized quick-freezing solution will comprehensively enhance the aquatic processing quality of Burum Seafood, facilitating the smooth entry of its products into the high-end markets of Europe and China. This move marks that FIRST COLD CHAIN has gained a firm foothold in the Middle East aquatic equipment market with its professional strength, injecting new vitality into the regional industrial upgrading.
Endowed with the dual maritime advantages of the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, Yemen boasts unique and abundant fishery resources, with the output of sardines, tuna and other aquatic products ranking among the top in the Middle East. As a leading local aquatic processing enterprise, Burum Seafood has long been committed to promoting high-quality local aquatic products to the global market. However, restricted by the performance of its previous quick-freezing equipment, its products suffered from problems such as taste loss after freezing and short shelf life, failing to meet the European CE certification and China's import food standards, which hindered its international market expansion. "After comparing multiple brands from the Middle East and Europe, we were most impressed by FIRST COLD CHAIN's 20 years of professional experience and customization capabilities," the General Manager of Burum Seafood stated at the commissioning ceremony, adding that the FSW1000 system purchased this time was tailor-made to address the pain points in product export.
With 20 years of profound experience in the quick-freezing sector, FIRST COLD CHAIN has implemented three core optimizations on the FSW1000 Tunnel freezer based on the characteristics of Yemeni aquatic products and the production needs of Burum Seafood. Firstly, it adopts a dual-air-channel design with precise temperature control. According to the meat properties of different aquatic products such as sardines and tuna, it can quickly and stably lower the core temperature to -20℃, which improves freezing efficiency by 40% compared with traditional equipment, and maximally retains the fresh taste and nutritional components of fish meat. Secondly, the supporting intelligent ice glazing machine system can form a uniform thin ice layer, reducing the moisture loss rate of aquatic products to below 5% and significantly extending the product shelf life. Thirdly, the equipment is adapted to Yemen's industrial voltage standards, and its body is made of anti-corrosion materials, perfectly suiting the humid coastal production environment.
"Professional design is not standardized replication, but precise matching of every need of customers," the Head of FIRST COLD CHAIN's Middle East Region introduced. The R&D team went deep into Burum Seafood's production workshop at the initial stage of the project, and optimized the freezing time and ice glazing thickness parameters of the equipment in combination with its product specification requirements for exporting to Europe and China, ensuring that the frozen products fully comply with the EU food contact material regulations and China's GB 2733-2015 aquatic product safety standards. According to Burum Seafood's production data, after the FSW1000 Tunnel freezer was put into operation, the breakage rate of its frozen fish products dropped from 12% to 3%, and the export orders increased by 20% within one month, among which the proportion of orders from the European market rose significantly.
The Middle East is an important hub for global aquatic trade. Yemen alone has an annual aquatic export volume of over 1 billion US dollars, yet most local aquatic enterprises are plagued by outdated equipment and backward processing technologies. The cooperation between FIRST COLD CHAIN and Burum Seafood has set a benchmark for the "equipment upgrading driving industrial upgrading" in the Middle East market.
Analysts in the Middle East aquatic industry point out that with the increasing quality requirements for imported aquatic products in markets such as Europe and China, professional quick-freezing equipment has become the key for Middle East aquatic enterprises to break through trade barriers. Relying on 20 years of technical accumulation, customization capabilities and a sound service system, FIRST COLD CHAIN accurately meets the core needs of the Middle East market. The successful application of the FSW1000 system in Yemen will lay a solid foundation for its further expansion into Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia and Oman, and promote the transformation of the regional aquatic processing industry towards high quality and high added value.
