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Political and economical

transformation in Poland in

the years of the 90s when

Poland entered free market

 world and the private activity became

common, created new challenges for

the business there. That was time

  when many local firms got tremen-

dous impulse for the development of 

the existing activity or to create a new

one to be able to exist and compete

 with the market leaders. One of the

most spectacular examples of the

“new era” firm is company Tropical

  – Tadeusz Ogrodnik. - a leading

manufacturer of ornamental fish feed,

known not only in Poland but all

around the world (fig. 1)

Tropical company was established in

1977 by Andrzej Ogrodnik, soon became

one o the biggest producers o aquarium

eed in Poland. Tremendous

progress o the company

has been noticed during

last 15 years. Mr Tadeusz

Ogrodnik - the succes-

sor o the ounder took 

the chance and started

rapid development o the

production by introducing

new technologies, install-

ing the most modern

production equipment as

well as the sophisticated

packaging lines. That was

achieved due to close

cooperation with the

scientists, the inancial institutions and care-

ully selection o ambitious sta. Nowadays

laked and agglomerated eed or aquarium

and pond ish, oods or reptiles, rodents

as well as aquarium care products and

tests are manuactured in the company’s

most modern acility equipped with ully

automated production lines. Tropical keeps

widening its oer, which at the moment is

comprised o around 700 stock-keeping

units available in dierent packaging units

 – rom small sachets and tins in a ew di-

erent sizes to economical buckets. They are

multi-ingredient eed, vegetable and color-

enhancing oods, vitality-enhancing ones,

basic as well as proessional – intended or

speciic species o ish.

Recently one o the most technologically

advanced extrusion line in the world has

been installed in Tropical, which enables to

manuacture granules, pellets (incl. micro pel-

lets o 0,5 mm) and sticks characterized with

the best possible parameters. Micronization,

which consists in careul grinding o the

ingredients, makes the products more

absorbable and assimilable. They are all

manuactured using HTST treatment and

thereore the ingredients do not degrade

and retain all their nutritional values. The

structure o the granule itsel has also been

improved. Now every granule is a regular

and dense ormation, even in case o micro

ormation processes. Obtaining micro gran-

ules or aquarium products purposes had so

ar been possible only by crumbling bigger

ormations. This new technological solution

A good example of modern specialised polish firm

by Prof Dr Leszek Moscicki, Dept of Food Process Engineering, Lublin University of Life Science, Poland

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F: Tropical

"Recently one of the most 

technologically advanced extrusion

line in the world has been installed in

Tropical, which enables to manufacture granules, pellets (incl. micro pellets of 

0,5 mm) and sticks characterized with

the best possible parameters"

The processing parameters

such as moisture, temperature,

pressure, and electromechanical

energy input in the extruder influence the physical characteristics

and the nutritional value of the Fishfeed.

Compared with traditional extruders one remarkable difference must

be mentioned. Die and knives of the extruder OEE are fastened to a

hydraulically actuated piston. This possibility facilitates the start of the

machine and offers a higher operational safety, as the die can be advanced

in case of overload, so that the machine will not be overstressed.

Product data:

- Starch modification of 80 to 90 percent acc. to the amylogluco-

seidose method (AMG).

- Production of floating or slowly sinking pellets for tilapia, carps,

and catfish.

- Production of slowly sinking

pellets for trouts, salmons,

and perches with a fat

contant of up to 30 percent.

- Production of water stable

pellets for shrimps and other 

crustaceans.

Pellet diameter: 

2 to 12 mm

KAHL extruder OEEfor the production of fishfeed

Brabender ® Extruder

Brabender® Laboratory

Extruder instruments

are used for research

and development for 

more than 50 years. The

single- and twin-screw

extruder systems stand

out for the low output of 0.1

kg up to 25 kg/h. Electronically controlled,

recipes can be developed and improved, and

 the data are statistically evaluated. Segmented screw

set ups allow for configurations which are adapted

 to the corresponding product and lead to optimum

results. Different additional modules (like pressure

 transducer, dosing devices, etc.) in combination with

Brabender® extruders, can be

in a laboratory the basis of a

successful final product on the

market.

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Germany Tel: +49 40 727710

Fax: +49 40 72771100

Email: info@amandus-kahl-group.de

Website: www.amandus-kahl-group.de

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Premium and Proessional. Natural line con-

sists o dried and reeze-dried invertebrates,

ish’s avourite delicacies.

The remaining three lines include

products in the orm o lakes, granules,tablets and sticks. Standard, Premium and

Proessional eed dier considerably in the

type and amount o vitamins, trace elements

and vitality-enhancing ingredients used in

production (ig. 3).

The Premium and Proessional ranges

are augmented with numerous valuable

natural substances that improve disease

resistance, increase vitality, acilitate

digestive processes and enhance col-

oration. All Tropical eed products share

some common eatures: they don’t cloud

the water, they are manuactured rom

best quality raw materials and they are

extremely palatable.

Since years Tropical ollows all

ISO 9001 and HACCP require-

ments. These certiicates guarantee

the compliance with all hygiene

requirements or quality and saety

o eed products.

What is unique that Tropical located

nearby residential part o the city doesn’t

produce any odor around the company,

which usually can be a great problem orthe neighbors and environmental protection

institutions. That is possible because the

enormous bio-ilter was installed there – the

irst o its type in Poland (ig. 2). All technical

halls, all air outlets o the processing devices

are hermetically connected to the bio-ilter

o a great capacity and eiciency. The air

going out o the ilter has much better

parameters than regular

city atmosphere.

Tropical eed is

produced in our

ranges: Natural, Standard,

enabled to manuacture them at their irst

production stage, which eliminates the dust

contaminating the water and changing its

parameters. The most important eatures o 

these new products are their extraordinary

regularity in shape and the act that they do

not disintegrate in the water, ensuring that

ood parameters remain unchanged. This

new line makes possible to adjust orms,

shapes and sizes to the anatomy o particularanimals, their eeding habits, to match the

way they eed in their natural environment.

Tropical eed is manuactured rom raw

materials o the best quality; they do not

use “compromise” in that ield. The ormu-

las are based on many years experience

and knowledge, which allows them to oer

high quality products. The passion involved

during developing process resulted

in great market success nowadays

Tropical’s products are exported

to more than 70 countries all over

the world. One o the most eec-

tive ways o products introduction is

the participation in specialized airs

and exhibitions. That is quite well

understood by the management; early

Tropical is present on more than 30

such events all over the world.

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"All Tropical feed products share some

common features: they don’t cloud 

the water, they are manufactured from

best quality raw materials and they are

extremely palatable"

F: Tropical

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