Fortress Technology Inc.

Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Victory's Kitchen makes private-label "spoonable" foods for restaurant chains and retailers. The company's kettle cooked soups, sauces, and salsas are made from scratch. In fact, Victory's Kitchen grows and processes its own vegetables, and all incoming ingredients are quarantined until they pass the company's own rigorous internal quality assurance tests. "We're obsessed with quality control," says Allan Klinger, founder and president of Victory's Kitchen. So when Klinger decided to launch the company's own brand of frozen entrees, he focused on setting up a state-of-the-art production line that would accommodate growing volumes with ease.

Leading designer and manufacturer of high quality metal detector systems, Fortress Technology has unveiled its most compact detector yet - available with the option of a 52mm or 109mm size aperture. Believed to be the smallest of its kind currently on the market, the Mini-tex (Mini Vertex) has all the functionality of the company’s successful ‘Phantom’ range yet with a drastically reduced footprint.

The revolutionary CONTACT Communication software provides a ground-breaking solution for event logging and data collection. Designed to communicate with Phantom metal detectors, this easy-to-install application is ideal for quality assurance record keeping and the collection of valuable information. CONTACT software utilizes a powerful SQL back-end to generate flexible custom reports on-demand. Results can then be exported to convenient Excel or PDF formats instantaneously. The data output provides fully traceable QA intelligence – letting you know what and when something happened. Compatible with Windows XP / 2003 / Vista, CONTACT can be connected via three interface options: Serial RS-485 / Ethernet / Wireless Ethernet.

Netherlands company, Heijs Groep, has produced poultry for discerning customers throughout the UK and Europe for more than 60 years. For the past five years its poultry processing plant at Hoogeveen has used high performance metal detection systems produced by leading UK designer and manufacturer, Fortress Technology, strengthening that relationship recently with an order for three additional machines through Benelux distributor, Jansen Techniek.

If better things in life come in pairs, then the folks at Brandt Meat Packers Ltd. certainly have the formula for doubling up consumer convenience and dining pleasure through cutting-edge packaging down pat. Since opening its doors back in 1958, the Mississauga, Ont.-based manufacturer of European-style cold-cuts and delicatessen meats—founded by German expat couple Gerhardt and Ida Brandt—has grown to become a well recognized mainstay in the meat and deli aisles of leading Canadian grocers, with its diverse variety of sausage, salamis and hams renowned for their gourmet-quality flavor and craftsmanship, rooted in old family recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation.

An inspection system should be user-friendly and have a quick set-up. Companies today do not want to waste their labor resources waiting for the operator to contemplate difficult technical instructions, but would prefer a simplified approach to metal detection. “Step-by-step” operator set-up guides are helpful, but not even necessary when the metal detector’s interface is so easy to use.

Griffith Laboratories – manufacturer of food ingredient products - purchased its first Fortress system four years ago. This move followed instruction from its US-based parent company that the proven Fortress metal detectors were to become a global standard across the business. Fortress is backed by skilled in-house design, technical and consultancy teams, a growing distributor network and pan European customer service and support. The company offers high quality spare parts, flexible warranty packages, training, product testing and rental units.

Fortress Technology Inc. now offers the convenient option of utilizing its revolutionary CONTACT Communication Software without the need to run wires from a PHANTOM metal detector to a PC. The introduction of a Wireless Ethernet Adapter has made this simple installation solution possible – it is the metal detection industry’s first wireless communication software solution.

Fortress Technology has grown rapidly by offering the most practical, powerful, reliable and easy-to-use metal detectors in the market. One of Fortress’ greatest achievements is its industry leading Sensitivity level specification on its Large Bag metal detector system, popularly known as the “Big Bag King”.

Purchased as replacements for outdated competitor metal detectors that were not meeting performance targets, the Fortress machines are inspecting Severn Delta’s premium range of Sarah Smith fabric all purpose cleaning cloths and fabric conditioner cloths - packaged inside a cardboard carton - for a variety of non ferrous and ferrous metal contaminants, including stainless steel. Currently operating at speeds up to 40 packs per minute, the Fortress metal detectors are optimised for the accurate and reliable scanning and inspection of contaminants down to 1.2mm.