Woodhead Bros Meat
Company is investing £20m
in enhancements to its
abattoir in Colne. Owned by
Morrisons, the firm’s
products are sold in
supermarkets throughout the
country. Lorien Engineering
Solutions is working with
Morrisons to manage the
project, having secured
planning permission for an
abattoir extension.

Improvements will include
automation to improve the
quality of the product and
make the life of the line
operators easier by assisting
with some of the more
demanding tasks.

Included is a fully power
automation to improve the
quality of the product and
make the life of the line
operators easier by assisting
with some of the more
demanding tasks.

Included is a fully powerassisted
and electronically
controlled system of storage
in the chillers. This will
automatically route product
through the 3MW chiller
unit to chilled holding rails
where the product is held
until the computer calls it to
go to the butchery for deboning
and packaging. This
new facility will improve the
hygiene of the system.