United States Department of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall, Secretary Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Donald L. McKernan, Director

Fishery Leaflet 359

Washington 25, D. c. Revised June 1961

MANUFACTURERS OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE FISH PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

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Contents

Fish Packing and Canning Equipment Manufacturers ...... . a. General packing and canning .. . . ................. . b. Conveying, wrapping, and packaging ... . .......... . c. Filleting, skinning, splitting, and scaling ..... . d. Shrimp cleaners, graders, peelers , and deveiners . e. Oyster shucker . e 0 0 • ., ••• 0 • CI • (I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 ., • 0 0 •• ., 0 0 0

f. Scale s . ....... . . 0 0 ., ••••• 0 •• 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 ., • 0 .... 0

g. Smoke house S o ••••• 0 • • ., ••• 0 •• 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 •• 0 0 0 0 ., • 0 • 0

Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturers ••. . 0.0 • ••••••••••

Meal and Oil Equipment Manufacturers .•.. .... .•.....•... Fish Sti~k Equipment Manufacturers ......•• .. .. ••..... . .

a. Cutters, saws and slicers ...• ... . . .. •.•.......• .. b. Dipping, breading, feeding fryer, fryer,

stacking, cooling, and packing .0 • • ••• 0 •• •••••••

c. Breading, shortening, and flavoring ...••.• . .. ... . Reference Lists . .. 0 0 ••••• 0 •• 0 •• 0 ., • •• 0 0 •• CI 0000' 0 ••• ., 0 •• 0

1 . FISH PACKING AND CANNING EQUn'MENT a. General Packing and Canning

Acme Boiler & Tank Company 2426 Commodore Way Seattle, Washington

Arenco Machine Company 23-25 w. 43rd Street New York 36, New York (fish cleaning machinery) (retorts , cookers, dryers, etc.)

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American Can Company 100 Park Avenue

Atlas -Pacific Engineering Co., Inc. 1326 - 67th Street

New York, New York (cans, can sealers)

Angelus Sanitary Can Machine Co. 4900 Pacific Boulevar d Los Angeles 58, California (can machinery)

San Francisco, California (processing machinery)

Atlantic Can Company 301 Park Avenue Delawanna, New Jersey (cans)

Berlin Chapman Company Berlin, Wisconsin (cannl llg machinery ~

E. W. Bliss Company 451 Amsterdam Avenue Detroit, Michigan (can machinery)

Bridge Food Machine Company Philadelphia, Pa. (fillers for ground and semi­fluid products)

Cameron Can Machinery Company 241 N. Ashland Avenue Chicago, 'lllnois (C9.Jl machlnery)

E, H. Carruthers Co. r O. Box 1332 Aarrenton, Oregon packing)

Chi sholm-Rider Co. of Penna. Blettner Avenue Hanover, Pennsylvania (cannlng machinery)

Continental Can Company 100 East 42nd Street New York 17, New York (cans, can sealers)

C.JWll Can Company Eastern Ave., and Kresson Street Baltimore 3, Maryland (cans)

Enterprise Engine & Machinery Co . 600 Florida San Diego, California (fish processing machinery)

Food Machinery and Chemical Corp. 101 East Maple Street Hoopeston, Illinois (can machinery)

The Foxboro Company Foxboro , Mass. (retort control systems)

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Heekin Can Company CinCinnati, Ohio (cans)

Hercules Equipment & Rubber Co . 435 Brannon Street San FranCiSCO, California (belts, hose, rubber products)

Hurt Conveyor Company 1220 Mateo Stre t Los Angeles, California (cleaning and packing machinery)

Independent Can Company 900 South Lakewood Avenue Baltimore, Maryland (cans)

Machinery Equipment Company 514 Bryant Street San FranciSCO, California (vacuum filling machinery)

Max Arns Machine Company City Line Bridgeport 5, Connecticut (can making machinery, presses, etc.)

Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co . Wayne & Windrim Avenues Philadelphia 44, Pa. (retort control systems)

National Can Corporation 71 Locust Street Boston, Massachusetts (cans)

Phelps Can Company Baltimore, Maryland (cans)

Phillips Can Company Cambridge , Massachusetts (cans)

A. K. Robins & Company, Inc. 701 East Lombard Street Balt imore, Mary land (canning machinery)

Rooney Machine Company 717 Gladstone Street Bellingham, Washington (can sealers, bench seamers, semi­automatic vacuum seamers)

Ross Machine Works, Inc. 32 Main Street Brooklyn 1, New York (seamers for other than round cans)

San Diego Machine Company 345 - 15th Street San Diego, California (cutting, oiling, measuring, machines for fish products)

Smith Cannery Machines Co. 2423 - 1st Street, South Seattle, Washington (cleaning, canning and packing machinery )

Standard Steel Corporation 5025 Boyle Avenue Los Angeles, California (can washing machinery)

Steel & Tin Products Company, Inc. 1101 Todds Lane Baltimore 6, Maryland (cans)

Stern Can Company 71 Vonhi llern Street Boston 25, Massachusetts (cans)

Taylor Instrument Company 95 Ames Street Rochester 1, New York (ret ort control systems)

Universal Canning Machinery Co. 762 Bayview Avenue Pacific Grove, California (canning machinery)

b. Conveying, Wrapping, and Packaging

Acme Steel Company 13501 Perry Avenue Chicago 27, Illinois (carton stitchers)

Adelman Machinery Company 520 First Avenue, South Seattle 4, Washington (conveyors)

John Albertoli 418 Beach Street San FranciSCO, California (can conveyors)

Alvey Conveyor Manufacturing Co. 3201 Broadway St. Louis, Missouri (conveyors)

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Bostitch, Dept. T E. Greenwich, R. I. (hand, foot, power staplers)

Conapac Corporation 122 East 13th Street New York 3, New York (vacuum and gas pouch packaging)

Dudley Machinery Corporation 12015 Nandell Lane Santa Clara, California (can conveyors)

Eagle Manufacturing Co. , Ltd. 465 California Street San FranciSCO, California (labeling, carton filling)

Granite Fabricated Conveyor Co., Inc. 250 Centre Street Quincy , Massachusett s (conveyors)

Rapman Conveyors, Inc. 634 Gibson Street Kalamazoo 6, Michigan (conveyors)

Har co Engineering Corp. 258 Cannery Street Termi nal Island, California (fish pumps)

Kayssen Manufacturing Company Sheboygan, Wi scons i n (wrapp i ng machiner y)

Luthi Machinery & Engineering Co., P . O. Box 1147, Sta. A Gardena, Cali forni a ( l abeling machinery )

Mat hews Conveyor Company 190 Tent h St reet Ellwood City, Penna. (conveyors)

Oliver Machinery Company 450 Sixth Street , N. W. Gr and Rapids 2, Michigan ( TtTrapping)

Pac},age Machinery Company East Longmeadow, Mass. (wrapping and packaging machinery)

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Paperbox Corporation 63rd and Lowell Streets Oakland 8, California (packagi ng)

Sawin Machinery Company 49 Hancock Street North Q.lincy 71, Mass. (conveyors, graders)

Scandia Manufacturing Company 500 Bellville Tpke. North Arlington, New Jersey (packaging machinery)

Schooler Manufacturing Company 11341 San Fernando Road San Fernando, California (wrappi ng)

Standard- Knapp 125 Main Street Portland, Connecticut (packaging machinery)

Tr iangle Package Machinery Co . 6651 West Diversey Boulevard Chi cago 35, Illinois (packaging machinery)

Tri-Pak Machinery Service, Inc. P. O. Box 1228 Harlingen, Texas ( conveyors)

c. Filleting, Skinning, Split t i ng and Scaling

Norvall Andreassen Troms6, Norway ( skinning)

O. Anhanger & Company Trondheim, Norway (fi sh boner)

Arenco Machine Company 25 West 4)rd Street New York 36, New York (filleter)

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Associated Machine DeSigners, Ltd . 63 Brady Street San Francisco 3, California (filleter)

Bruner , R. E'-, Mfg. Co. 4937 North 32nd Milwaukee , Wisc. ( scalers )

Burt Machine Company Oliver & Barclay Streets Baltimore, Maryldnd (can l a celing ma _fi L "Ow )

Fish Machinery Corp. 4 Fish Pier Boston, Massachusetts (filleter)

Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. Canning Machinery Division San Jose 5, California ( labeling, sealing, packaging, con­veying, filling, coding)

General Fish Scaling Machinery Co., Inc. 105 Foundry Street \-lakefield, Massachusetts ( scaler)

Huot Manufacturing Company 540 No. Wheeler St. Paul, Minnesota (hand scalers )

Jensen E~ipment Corporation 6849 - 32nd Avenue, N. E. Seatt le, Washington ( Skinner, splitter)

Leitzlle Rein Highland, Wi sconsin ( scalers)

Link-Belt Company 301 We st Pershing Street Chicago 9, Illinois ( conveying, grinding, elevating)

Nassau Distributing Company 2790 Broadway New York 19, New York ( f i lleter, skinner)

Northland Distributing Co. 2027 Market Street Seattle 7, Washington (skinning, smelt cleaning machines)

Pacific Laboratories, Inc. Bellingham, Washington (skinner )

Renneberg, Edw. & Son 2637 Burton Baltimore, Maryland (scaling and processing machines)

Rimbach Manufacturing Co. 1659 W. 135th Street Gardena, Californi a (fi sh sti ck cutter)

Rowton Engineering Co., Ltd. Aberdeen, Scotland (filleter)

S. B. Manufacturing Company 6123 West Martin Drive Milwaukee, Wisconsin (scalers)

Townsend Engineering Company Des MOines, Iowa (filleter)

Underberg, Samual 52 Hanson Place Brooklyn, N. Y. (scalers)

Universal Canning Company Mont erey, California (filleter)

Worcester Automat ic Machine Co. Worcester, Massachusetts (scaler)

d. Shrimp Cleaners, Graders, Peelers, and Deveiners

Blattmann Sheet Metal Works, Inc. 1001 Toulouse Street New Orleans, Louisiana (grader, washer)

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Karl Envoldson 1311 So. Moody Street Tampa 9, Florida (peeler, grader)

Gregor Jonsson Associates 490 Central Court Highland Park, Illi nois (deveining and peeling)

J.E.M. Corporation 360 W. Flagler Street Miami, Florida (deve iner)

Miller Shrimp Peeling Machine Co. 3643 Northwest 67th Street Miami 47, Florida (peeler, deveiner)

e. Oyster Shuckers

Deep South Packing Company 3356 Lowerline Street New Orleans, La. (oyster shucker)

The Peelers Company 619 So. Peters Street New Orleans, Louisiana (peeler, grader, deveiner)

Prawnto Shrimp Machine Co. 6120 Fairfield Street Los Angeles 22 California (deve i ner, peeler)

Sort-Rite, Inc. 825 W. Jefferson Street Harlingen, Texas (grader)

Sterling G. Harris Blue Channel Corporation Port Royal, South Carolina (shucker)

National Blow Pike & Manufacturing Co. 1641 Poland Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana (shucker)

f. Scales

Exact Weight Scale Co. 917 W. Fifth Avenue Columbus 8, Ohio (scale s for packing tables, auto­matic weigh and fill devices)

Chatillon, John & Sons 90 Cliff Street New York 38, New York (hanging scales, fish house scales)

g . Smoke Houses

Atmos Corporation 1215 West Fullerton Street Chicago, Illinois (complete units for smoking, automatic)

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Fairbanks Morse Co. 600 So. Michigan Chicago 5, Illinois (scales, all types, conveyor sc~

Toledo Scale Manufacturing Co. 1009 Telegraph Road Toledo 12, Ohio (scales, automatic, etc. )

Koch Equipment Company 2522 Holmes Street Kansas City 8, Missouri (complete smokehouse , automatic)

2 . REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT

Acme I ndustries, Inc . 411 Mechanic St r eet Jackson, Michigan

Albright Company 110 N rth Franklin Street Chicago 6, Illinois

Amerio Contact Plate Freezers Cliffside Park, New Jersey

Baker Ice Machine Company, Inc. South Windham, Maine

Belt I ce Corporation 3400 - 16th West Seattle, Washington ( flake ice machinery)

Carri er Corporation 320 South Geddies Street Syracuse 1, New York

Dole Refrigerating Company 5926 North Pulaski Road Chicago 46, Illinois

Flakice Corporation 360 Furman Street Brooklyn 2, New York

Fogel Refrigerator Company 5400 Eadom Street Philadelphia 37, Penna.

Frick Company, Inc. 320 Broadway Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

General Electric Company Syracuse 6, New York

General Motors Corporation Fri gidaire Division 300 Taylor Street Dayton, Ohio

J. W. Greer Wilmington, Mass.

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Howe Ice Machine Company 2825 Montrose Avenue Chicago 18, Illinois

Koch Refrigerators, Inc. 405 Funston Road Kansas City, Mo . (flake i ce machines)

Kold Hold Division Tranter Manufactur i ng Company 735 E. Hazel Street Lansing 4, Michigan

Kohlenberger Engineering Corp . Fullerton, California

Liquid Freeze Corp. Oakland, California (flake ice machines)

Niagara Blower Corp. 405 Lexington Avenue New York 17 , New York (blast freezers)

North Star Ice Equipment Co. Box 5311 Ballard Station Seattle 7, Washington (flake ice machinery)

Patterson Freezer Corp. Parkway House Parkway at 22nd Street Philadelphia 30, Penna . (plate freezers)

Proctor & Schwartz, Inc . 7th & Taylor Road Philadelphia, Pen~a.

Refrigeration Corp . of America 19 W. 44th Street New York, New York

Refrigeration Engineering Corp . 2020 Naudain Street Philadelphia 46, Penna . (blast free zers)

A. K. nobins & Company, Inc. 701 East Lombard Stree Bnlt lrnor , Maryla J

U. S. Thermo Control Comp ny 44 South 12th Street Minneapolis Minnesota

Vilter Manufacturing ompany 2217 South First Street Mihffiukee Wisconsin

3. MEAL AnD OIL E

American Machine & Metals, Inc. East Hol'ne, Illinois (centrifuge)

Amer:can Process Company ~"'oanon, Pennsylvania (jryers, pressers, digestors, cookers, etc.)

:lrd-Johnson Company lc ~ !'leponset Street South Wapole, Massachusetts (centrifuges, separators)

Buflo':ak Di vision Blav-Knox Company 15"9 Fillmore Avenue Buffalo 11, Nev York ("acuum and atmospheric drying solvent recovery, and distillation apparatus)

Boven Engineering, Inc. North Branch 8, Nev Jersey (vacuum evaporator)

The Bristol Company 115 Bristol Road Waterbury 20, Connecticut (recording, telemetering and control equipment)

California Press Manufacturing Co. 1800 Folsom Street San Francisco 3) California (processing machinery)

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De.'1enpor l.achlee & POUD ry Co, 1628 I Str e De. 'enport I a (pr~s8e8, grin ra)

La.':al Se ra or C y 25 Columbia Stree Poughkeepsl, ev York (centrl ugal se tors)

Harry . Dletert C J 9330 Roselawn Avenue DetrOit, chigan (byproduct equi nt)

Enterprise Engi e ' c ieery Co. 18th & Florida Streets San Franc~sco 10, California (byproducts plant equipment)

General American Transportation CI Pr cess Equipment Di/ls10n Dep~.

135 South LaSalle Street Chicago 90, Illlnois (process equipment) filters eva tors dryers) mixers t.anks , etc

The Hell Company 3000 W. Montana Street Milvaukee, Wisconsin

Hewitt Robi ns, Inc . 665 Glenbrook Road Stamford, Connect I cut (byproduct equi pment)

George Jeffry Company Salem, Virginia (enzymes for fish solubles)

L. O. Koven & Brothers, Inc. 154 Ogden Avenue Jersey City 7, New Jersey (engines, machinists, fabricators of steel & alloy industrial equipment, tank bui lders, galvanizers, etc.)

Lebco Press Company 7325 Pennsylvania Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (press)

Link-Belt Company Prudential Plaza , Chicago 8, Illinois (dryers)

R. C. Mahon Company 6575 East Eight h Mile Road Detroit 34, Michigan (dust and fume control)

Mi nneapolis-Honeywell Regulat or Co . MinneapoliS , Minnesota ( r egulators, control equipment)

Nassau Distributing Co . , Lt d. 1790 Broadway New York 19, New York (meal equipment)

P & L Manufacturi ng Co ., Inc . 517 East LaPalma Avenue Anahei m, Califor nia (mi l ls, pr es ses , dryers , etc . )

Patterson Foundry and Machine Co . St. George Street East Liverpool, Ohi o (dryer)

Pr ather -Johnston, I nc . 2332 Lakevi ew Avenue , Sout h St. Petersburg, Flor i da (pump )

Pi t t sburgh-De s oi nes Steel Co. Pitt sburgh 25, Pennsyl vania (tanks, st eel fabricat or s )

Edward Renneburg & Sons Company 2639 Boston St reet Baltimore 24, Maryland (processors and reduct i on equip ent)

Riet z Manufacturi ng Company 150 Todd Road Santa Rosa, Calif orni a (grinders , disintegrators)

Sharples Corporat ion 2300 Westmor eland Street Phil adelphia 40 , Pennsylvania (centri fugal separators , f i sh soluble s concentrator )

T. Shriber and Company, I nc . 822 Hamilt on Street Harrison, New ersey (fi l ter presses, oil clari f ication)

Standard Steel Corporation 5009 Boyle Avenue Los Angeles 58, Cali forni a ( f i sh pr ocessing equi pment)

F . J . Stokes Corporation 5500 Tabor Road Philadelphla 20, Penna. (vacuum and atmospheric dryers , condensers, evaporators, etc.)

Sturtevant Mill Company 106A Clayton Stree Boston 24, Massachusetts (air separators) crushers , grinders)

Swenson Evaporator Company Har 'ey , Illinois (byproduct equlpmen )

The Vilter Manufacturing Company 2217 South Fi r st Stree Milwaukee 7, Wisconsin ( ref rigeratlon equipment, brine coolers, c011s, et c. )

Taylor Instrument Company 95 Ame s Street Rochester, New York (temperature and humidity control equipment)

Dan B. Vincent, Inc. P. O. Box 1521 Western Union Building Tampa, Florida (fish solubles concentrator, dryers)

Vio-Bin Corporation Monticello, Illin01s (byproduct equipment)

Wurster and Sauger, Inc. 5203 South Kenwood Avenue Chicago 15, Ill inois (Oil deodorization equipment)

4. FISH STICK EQUIPMEM' MAJMPACTURERS a. Cutters, Saws and Slicers

Biro Manufacturing Company Marblehead, Ohio (cutter, saw)

General Machinery Corporation 1831 N. 18th Street Sheboygan, Wisconsin (slicer, saw)

Kleen-Kut Manufacturing Company 5501 Denison Avenue Cleveland, Ohio (cutter)

Lasar Manufacturing Co., Inc. 2540 East 114th Street Los Angeles 2, California (cutter, saw)

Murmac Manufacturing Company Gloucester , Massachusetts (cutter)

Rimbach Manufacturing Company 1659 W. 135th Street Gardena, California (cutter , slicer)

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A. K. Robins & Company Inc . Lombard & Concord Streets Baltimore, Maryland (saw)

Shrimp Processing Company Los Angeles, California (cutter)

Toledo Scale Manufacturing Co. 1009 Telegraph Road Toledo, Ohio (saw)

U. S. Slicing Machine Company LaPorte, Indiana (saw)

H. G. Weber & Co., Inc. 725 Fremont Street Kiel, Wisconsin (slicer)

Wells Manufacturing Company Three Rivers, Michigan (saw)

b . Dipping, Br eading, Feeding Fryer, Fryer, Stacking, Cooling and Packing

Artisan Metal Products, Inc . 73 Pond Street Waltham 54, Massachusetts ( continuous fryer)

DCA Food Industries , Inc . 45 West 36th Street New York 18, New York (br eader)

Downyflake Breader Mix Divis i on Doughnut Corporation of America 393 - 7th Avenue New York 1, New York (full process)

Gifford Wood Company Hudson, New York (continuous cookers)

J. W. Greer Company Wilmington, Massachusetts ( full process)

J. C. Pitman & Sons, Inc. 295 No . St at e Street Concord, New Hampshire (fryer)

A. K. Robi ns & Company, Inc. Lombard & Concor d Str eet s Balt i more , Maryland (breader )

Sawin Machinery Company 49 Hancock Street North Quincy 71, Massachusetts (br eader, fryer)

Sam Stein Associates, Inc. Box 1523 Sandusky, Ohio (breader)

c. Breading, Shortening and Flavoring

Downyflake Breader Mix Division Doughnut Corporation of America 45 West 36th Street New York 18, New York (breading)

Fry Crisp Food Products, Inc. 100 Memorial Drive Cambridge 42, Massachusetts (breading)

General Baking Company 420 Lexington Avenue New York, New York (breading)

Golden Dipt Manufacturing Company Merchants Exchange Building St . Louis 10, Missouri (breading)

Huron Milling Company 9 Park Place New York, New York (flavoring) , ,

International Minerals & Chemical Cc 20 No. Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois (flavoring)

Lever Brothers 390 Park Avenue New York, New York (shortening )

Modern Maid Food Breading Mixes 110 Dunkirk Street J amaica 12, New York (breading)

Proctor & Gamble Cincinnati, Ohio (shortening)

Seafood Processors, Inc. 220 East 25th Street Chicago, Illinois (breading)

A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co . Dept. PF-53 Decatur, Illinoi s (breading)

Ward Baking Company 475 Fifth Avenue New York 6, ~ew York (breading)

Wesson Oil & Snowdrift Company 210 Baronne Street New Orleans, Louisiana (shortening)

5. REFERENCE LISTS

a. Advertisements and lists in t he following trade journals

Atlantic Fisherman, Goffstown, N. H.

Fishing Gazette, 461 Eighth Avenue, New York 1, N. Y. (Annual Review numbers contain list s of equipment manufacturers )

Pacific Fisherman, 71 Columbia Street, Seattle 4, Washington

Seafood Merchandizing, 624 Gravier Street , New Orleans 9, La.

b. Canners Directory, Compiled by the National Canners Associat i on 1133 Twentieth Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

c. Canning Trade Almanac, Published by the Canning Trade, 20 South Gay Street, Baltimore 2, Maryland

d. Chemical Week, Buyers' Guide Issue, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Inc . 1309 Noble Street, Philadelphia 23, Pennsylvania

e. Sweet's File, Architectural and Engineering, Sweet's Catalog Service, 119 West 40th Street, New York 18, N. Y. (A file of Manufacturers ' Catalogs.)

f . Thomas' Register of American Manufacturers, Thomas Publishing Co. 461 Eighth Avenue, New York 1, New York

g. Chemical Engineering Catalog, American SOCiety of Mechanical Engineers, 430 Park Avenue, New York 22, New York

h. Mechanical Catalog, American Soci ety of Mechanical Engineers, 29 West 39th Street, New York 18 , New York

i. Fish Meal and Oil Industry, 624 Gravier Street, New Orleans 12, La .

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