MERAND
Department Industry

Quality right down the line

 

MERAND, a specialist in dough forming, has been designing and manufacturing moulding machines and lines since 1954.

Having designed the first moulding machines in the early 1950s, today MERAND draws upon its longstanding experience and its mastery of moulding in designing its industrial lines and moulding machines.

MERAND has become the specialist manufacturer of dough processing and forming machines, offering you the benefit of its expertise in the fields of Division, Intermediate Proving and Moulding.

A dynamic, family-owned group based in Brittany, MERAND has retained a size and structure that promote customer focus and adaptability to your requirements.

A unified group focusing on the bakery sector

Its subsidiaries MERCURIAL (design and manufacture of bakery displays and fittings) and MERANDPRO (distribution and after-sales service) comprise a unified group focusing on the bakery sector.
Workforce: 70 people
Turnover: €10M

MERAND exports its expertise to all 5 continents. Today 45% of sales are in export markets and we exhibit at all the major trade shows (EUROPAIN, IBA, IBIE, SIAB, INTERSICOP, MOBAC, POLAGRA, FHA…). This knowledge of the various markets has enabled us to expand our offer, adapting our machines to mould virtually all the Breads of the World.

 

 



 

 



 

 

 

Our various international patents and proprietary systems bear witness to this. This continuous innovation capability is devoted to a single purpose: RESPECT FOR YOUR DOUGH. We pay particular attention to stressless dough processing in accordance with the Tradition of the Master Baker As a specialist manufacturer, MERAND can also provide you with holistic solutions: from finding partners for the other components of the line, to project coordination, installation, commissioning and the training of personnel.

Flexibility is a genuinely important component of our offer.

Whether it is a case of configuring your line to tailor it to your premises, the ability to modify it to tailor it to your future needs and above all ease and speed of changeover from one product to another, our lines are flexible, scalable and versatile. Whatever your project, a baguette, loaf, roll, round loaf, highly-hydrated drum pre-proved dough or firm dough line, we have solutions to offer. Our mission is to work with you to design and build the line that meets the requirements of your production volumes and your products.