Food processing equipment guide for Australia & New Zealand

No. The catalogue lists each machine with the manufacturer’s description and, where it is published, technical data, but not prices. Every machine page has a Request a quote button that opens the enquiry form with the machine named, and the sales team prepares a quotation tailored to your production needs.

Yes. At the Customer Centre you can try machines with your own raw materials and recipes under real production conditions, evaluate production quality and costs, and work through the application with our specialists before deciding what to invest in.

Both. The sales team quotes for anything from a single stand-alone machine to a complete production line, drawing on the manufacturers Vemag Australia represents, from preparation and portioning through to cooking, smoking and packaging.

Our production lines page sets out illustrative layouts as a starting point.

Yes. Vemag Australia has offices in Redland Bay, Queensland, and Rosedale, Auckland, with sales managers and service technicians across Australia and New Zealand. One brand differs: Vemag Australia is the official distributor of Fomaco for Australia only.

VEMAG vacuum fillers — most commonly the HP series — combined with sausage linking attachments are used for industrial sausage production. The vacuum filling process removes air from the meat emulsion during portioning, producing consistent fill density and extending refrigerated shelf life.

To compare fillers from butcher-shop size up to plant scale, with notes on casings and linking, see our sausage filler guide.

VEMAG forming systems produce burgers, patties, and shaped products with consistent weight, thickness, and surface texture. The same forming platform supports both conventional beef and plant-based formulations. For manufacturers producing both, the modular design means rapid changeover between product types without full line re-configuration.

Product giveaway — the cost of overfilling portions beyond declared weight — is one of the highest controllable costs in high-volume food production. Weight-accurate portioning reduces it, and even a small average reduction per portion, across millions of units per year, produces measurable margin improvement. The ROI case for precision portioning equipment is typically built around this calculation.

Yes. VEMAG forming and vacuum filling systems are used by plant-based food manufacturers globally, including products based on pea protein isolate, soy protein, mycoprotein, and textured vegetable protein (TVP). The forming systems handle the structural differences in plant-based matrices compared to conventional meat.

A vacuum filler is a food processing machine that portions and fills product while removing air from the product stream. The vacuum environment during portioning produces denser product with fewer voids, improving weight consistency across portions, product texture and structural integrity, shelf life (less oxidation from trapped air), and hygienic processing (reduced aeration of protein products). VEMAG vacuum fillers are used across meat, dairy, bakery, and plant-based applications where these outcomes are commercially significant.

Fomaco injector machines are used for brine injection and marinating of meat, poultry, and fish. Fomaco’s inline weight control system measures product weight in line to maintain consistent brine uptake across the production run — directly affecting yield, flavour, and compliance with labelling requirements.

For meat and brine preparation, yes. The catalogue includes Seydelmann automatic grinders such as the AG 160, which can be loaded by a hydraulic or vertical loading device or fed by belt and screw conveyors, Fomaco brine mixers and storage tanks, and VEMAG and Fomaco in-line weighing for portions and brine uptake. It does not include silos, bulk-bag dischargers, pneumatic conveying or automatic batching systems for dry ingredients.

Our page on ingredient handling equipment goes through loading, frozen raw material, brine preparation and weighing stage by stage.

Holac dicers, including the Cubixx series, cut meat, cheese, vegetables, and plant-based products into precise cubes, strips, slices, and shreds. Knife grids are interchangeable, allowing processors to change cut size and shape without replacing the machine.

JLS Automation robotic systems — particularly the Talon® pick-and-place robot — are used to load products into thermoformed packs, MAP or foam trays, and vacuum skin packs. JLS vision-guided robots handle products including sausages, patties, sliced deli meat, and baked goods in sanitary washdown environments.

Thermoforming packaging machines form a plastic film into a cavity, the product is loaded, and a top film is sealed to create a hermetically sealed pack. Variovac thermoformers, including the Optimus and Primus ranges, produce sealed, vacuum, MAP, skin, and shrink packages. Variovac machines are used for meat, poultry, seafood, cheese, and ready meals.

Vetec manufactures industrial thermal processing systems for smoking, cooking, cooling, drying, and climate-controlled curing and ripening of meat products including cooked sausage, dry-cured salami, ham, and smoked products. Precise temperature and humidity control during thermal processing determines final product quality, safety, and shelf life.

Seydelmann cutters and grinders are used for reducing, mixing, and emulsifying meat for sausage production. Seydelmann vacuum cutters extract air during the cutting process, inhibiting bacterial growth, improving product colour, and extending shelf life. Seydelmann builds high-efficiency cutters with bowl capacities from 40 to 1,000 litres, for applications from small-batch production to industrial-scale sausage manufacturing.

For the difference between mincing and chopping, our buyer’s guide sets out how a mixer grinder compares with a bowl cutter.

Not as standalone machines: the catalogue has no paddle, ribbon, planetary or dough mixers. Mixing is part of other machines in the range: Seydelmann mixing grinders mix a batch before mincing it, Seydelmann bowl cutters chop, mix and emulsify in one bowl, and Fomaco brine mixers prepare brine for injection. For fine emulsions on a continuous flow, the range includes the Seydelmann KK 144 C Vacuum Konti Kutter.

Supervac automatic belt vacuum chamber packaging machines produce consistent vacuum packages for meat, poultry, seafood, and cheese. Supervac’s double biactive sealing is designed to give a reliable seal, reducing leakers, rework, and customer returns, and an air cushion in the vacuum chamber optimises cycle time.

Vemag Australia provides local technical service including installation and commissioning, preventative maintenance, breakdown support, and operator training. Genuine OEM spare parts are stocked regionally for fast supply, reducing production downtime compared to sourcing parts internationally.