COMPANY’S HISTORY
The history of fruit and vegetable processing in our plant dates back to 1886, when the plant was built in a few months by Carl Gottfried Seidel, a merchant from Ziebice, as a response to a huge fruit and vegetable harvest in the area. The factory was expanded in 1888, and the first can of canned food in Europe and one of the first in the world was made here in 1898. The plant had its ups and downs, it changed hands, but it has never stopped producing vegetables and is thus one of the longest-running vegetable processing plants in Europe.
MODERN FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGIES
In 2013-2015, the factory was completely restructured and modernized. The production of canned food was abandoned and, from then on, the focus has been exclusively on producing frozen vegetables. Today, the factory at Ziebice is one of the largest and most modern plants engaged in the processing and freezing of vegetables in Poland. The factory's production capacity today is nearly 35 thousand tons of frozen vegetables per year, and according to an ongoing plant expansion and modernization plan it is expected to reach nearly 50 thousand tons of frozen products per year in the coming years.
STRATEGICALLY PLACED
Our production plant is located in the town of Ziebice. The place has a very long tradition of vegetable production.
The location of our plant offers the following strengths:
- because of the unique microclimate of the region, the harvesting period of our strategic products such as peas, corn and beans is extended as compared to other areas of Poland, as we are located in the Klodzko Valley.
- it is a typical agricultural area with high-grade soils
- the area is ecologically clean
- it has an excellent climate for vegetable farming
- a tradition of many generations, knowledge and skills in vegetable farming
- the area has very large farms, with acreages varying between 1.5 and 4.5 thousand hectares
- the local growers have modern agro-technical machinery.
CONTINUOUS QUALITY CONTROL
MASFROST’s chief idea is the high quality and safety of our products. We have the BRC, IFS and HACCP quality systems in place. All systems we have implemented undergo certification by TÜV Rheinland annually.
STRICT SUPERVISION OVER THE VEGETABLE CULTIVATION AND PRODUCTION PROCESS
We control the production process right from the purchase of seeds, through continuous and strict supervision of each of our plantations and full control of the process of harvesting peas, corn and beans with our own state-of-the-art combine harvesters dedicated to those crops.
ASSORTMENT
Our strategic products are peas, corn and beans. Other vegetables are produced depending on our needs and demand reported by our partners.
PACKAGING TAILORED TO CUSTOMERS NEEDS
Our modern packaging equipment allows packaging for each customer as required
- RETAIL - retail packaging 0,35 kg - 2,5 kg
- FOOD SERVICE - cartons 10 kg/20 lbs
- INDUSTRIAL - octobins and bags 20/25kg
BRAND AND PRIVATE LABEL
We offer our own branded products and we manufacture selected product ranges in retail packaging under our customers’ brand names. We can also offer our knowledge and experience in areas such as quality, product range selection and private label brand creation and development.
We invite you to cooperation!
CONTACT:
MASFROST Sp. z o.o.
Nadrzeczna 1a, 57-220 Ziebice, Poland
tel.: +48 74 8 191 203, fax: +48 74 8 190 564
www.masfrost.pl