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At FoodPro, Sandvik will take visitors through its range of bake oven belts up to 3500 mm wide; talk through the proven hygienic advantages of stainless steel belts in meat processing; and demonstrate its Rotoform FD chocolate pastillation system.

Sandvik Process Systems supplies steel belts for bake ovens, fish freezers, fruit and vegetable drying lines, meat cutting tables, confectionery cooling and conveying operations.

The company also produces its own process systems and supplies solidification equipment to the market.

The company will also highlight the diversity of applications for its belts, including precision carton printing and the production of packing films and foils.

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