A Renewed Pride. A Brighter Tomorrow.

A Renewed Pride.
A Brighter Tomorrow.
People
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Letter from Our President
Welcome to Nitta Casings, a revitalized company with a long and
illustrious history. We have overcome some significant hurdles in
recent years to emerge as a re-energized company with a
renewed commitment to innovation, customer service, and
operational excellence. We have differentiated ourselves
from our competition through innovation and flexibility.
Nitta Casings is renowned for its ability to handle custom
orders. We excel at manufacturing and have the most
knowledgeable and experienced team in the industry.
Many of our employees have 20, 30, and even 40 years
of experience. They know collagen processing
and our
customer needs better than anyone in the industry. We are
blessed to have such a devoted, loyal, and knowledgeable
workforce that is helping us flourish in the new millennium.
With a history of science and innovation in the casing
field, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industry into
new collagen applications such as medical, cosmetics, and health
enhancement. We are laying the foundation here at Nitta Casings for
a future of innovation, leadership, and continued growth, and we are
thrilled to invite you along for the ride. Our renewed pride will lead
to a brighter tomorrow. We hope to work with you soon.
Sincerely,
J. Ronald Frump
President & CEO
Johnson while trying to meet the demand for a new form of surgical suture.
Research for new suture applications unexpectedly led to the development
and production of an edible collagen casing. The seeds of a new company
were born.
This new business was originally formed as a part of Johnson & Johnson
in 1962. While the healthcare business industry spurred its development,
a new subsidiary soon refined the technology for the meat processing
industry. The meat processing industry’s high speed sausage filling
equipment required a casing that provided consistency and performance.
The forerunner to Nitta met the challenge head on, enabling sausage
and beef snack manufacturers to produce their products faster and more
profitably, thus catapulting the company into a leadership position in the
emerging edible collagen casings industry.
In 1996, we joined the Nitta family of companies. Nitta Casings was formed
as an independent subsidiary of its parent company, Nitta Gelatin Inc.,
one of the world’s largest gelatin manufacturers. With the strong financial
resource of Nitta Gelatin, Nitta Casings has emerged as the “grandfather
of edible collagen casings” with a renewed commitment to linking leading
edge technology with an experienced, knowledgeable work force.
With Nitta Gelatin’s backing, Nitta Casings has committed to move forward
with its experience in its core technology of collagen and expand to
other areas such as the Bio-medical, Cosmeceutical, and Nutraceutical
industries. Nitta has expanded its product offerings to include customized
collagen gels and collagen powders for non casing applications. This is
being done while ensuring that product development remains focused on
meeting & exceeding customer’s needs.
PROCESSES & SOLUTIONS
the research labs of Johnson &
PRODUCTS: New Collagen Products & Distributed Products
occurred during the 1950’s in
PRODUCTS: Collagen Casing Products
The genesis for Nitta Casings
VALUES / PEOPLE
Company Overview
Our Values
Nitta employees are a knowledgeable and passionate group, dedicated to ensuring
their customers are more than just satisfied. This “Nitta Pride” manifests itself in
the following core values of the Company:
• Entrepreneurial ~
We contribute ideas, express our views, and execute them properly. We are
cost conscious, but prepared to take calculated risks that will enhance our
business, and that of our customers.
• Ethical ~
We respect and trust each other and are dedicated to “Doing the Right Thing”.
• Empowered ~
We have the latitude and authority to move the business forward with progressive
and customer-oriented solutions.
• Empathetic ~
We put ourselves in the other person’s shoes and try to understand their
challenges. We respect the dignity of the individual at all times.
P.R.I.D.E. Mantra
Our goal is to become the premier, value-added collagen supplier in the world.
We take pride in earning and retaining “Customers for Life”.
We want to be known for:
Product Strategy Approach
Reinvest in Growth
Innovation
Develop Talent & Results Oriented Culture
Efficient Use of Resources
• Learning your business and understanding your organizational capabilities
• Discovering opportunities to improve processes and enhance productivity
• Prescribing treatment and process solutions
• Troubleshooting
• Performing diagnostic tests
• Customizing products to fit your unique needs
• Enhancing regulatory compliance
• Improving throughput and efficiency
• Providing excellent service and follow up
• Serving as your personal collagen expert and business consultant
We understand that customers are looking for more from their suppliers than a varied
range of quality products with consistent performance. Support and service are of
paramount importance. According to the results from surveys of our customers, our
service is unequaled in the industry.
Because we are the industry’s collagen specialist, we see our role extending far
beyond that of a mere supplier. With roughly 50 years of industry involvement, we
also serve as an information resource – bringing to customers ideas about nutrition,
promotion, packaging and a whole host of other topics gained from our knowledge of
markets around the world. Our field sales representatives are our link to you. They
can focus on pooling our resources to meet your needs. We invite you to challenge
our sales force and customer service staffs to show you that Nitta supplies more
than just collagen.
So when there are thousands, if not millions of dollars at stake, wouldn’t you want
an experienced, knowledgeable, and passionate sales professional working on your
account? Contact us today and find out what Nitta Pride is all about.
PROCESSES & SOLUTIONS
Our people provide support from start to finish:
PRODUCTS: New Collagen Products & Distributed Products
With industry experts like this on your side, customer-centric solutions and ideas are
a natural result. We are a global company, acting locally on your behalf. Our sales and
technical staff know your business and how to get the most from your manufacturing
processes. The Nitta team works full-time to develop innovative collagen solutions
and customize our products to meet your needs. They function as trusted members
of your team with a personal stake in providing positive outcomes. As long term
members of the industry, they speak the lexicon of the collagen industry, helping
you navigate the many challenges of the ever changing business landscape.
PRODUCTS: Collagen Casing Products
Nitta Casings is not a faceless corporation, but a tight knit group of people who take
immense pride in what they do. Nitta has over 200 people working diligently in our
plants, corporate headquarters, and in the field. Since its founding in 1962, the
Company has a long history of hiring and retaining some of the best and brightest
people in the industry. Many Nitta employees have over 30 years of tenure with
the Company. Collectively, our North American sales team has over 300 years of
industry experience.
VALUES / PEOPLE
People
Collagen Casing Products:
Nitta’s expertise in collagen casings has resulted in a range of versatile products that are guaranteed to
meet, and exceed, your needs. Nitta offers a wide variety of casing types with one common characteristic –
they all help sausage producers maximize efficiency and productivity. Exclusive technology in extrusion and
process control is used to produce a casing which fills to a controlled weight. This will ensure minimized
giveaway and maximized yields. Plus, all products can be customized for your specific applications and
are backed by our full-service commitment.
Nitta’s range of casings covers not only fresh foodservice and retail casings but also precooked, snack,
processed and other sausage casings. A brief summary of the casing types is shown below.
Fresh Sausage Casings:
For retail or foodservice, breakfast or dinner size, clear
or tinted, precooked or fresh, Nitta has a casing for every
application in this segment.
A market leader for many years, Superfry Plus® casings
combines the production characteristics required by the
sausage manufacturer with the excellent cooking and eating
qualities demanded by consumers.
Nitta’s Bloom® casings, targeted for the retail market, add
improved appearance to the production benefits of Superfry
Plus® casings.
Meat Snack Casings:
With our exclusive technology, Nitta is a leader in the
production of meat snack casings. Nitta makes snack
casings in a variety of sizes from 13mm to 32mm, in clear
or mahogany colors.
Excellent diameter control, strength for high-speed reeling
and linking, and porosity for faster processing, all benefit
packers, while the colorfast Mahogany® casings also offer
superior shelf appearance. This adds up to more than just
significant savings.
Processed Casings:
These casings are used primarily to manufacture ethnic
type products that are run on high-speed fillers and linkers,
and undergo a secondary processing stage. The added
processing strength ensures reliable machining for most
applications while limiting shrinkage and weight loss. They
are designed with extra strength for secondary processing
but still allow you to produce a premium product on a wide
variety of filling machines.
If you are using sheep or cellulose casings, Nitta invites
you to take a look at our processed casings; they are easy
to run and give consistent results. Processors using our
casings on high-speed equipment benefit from consistent
drying and length control to meet the needs of net-weight
packaging. On secondary processing, the added strength
results in good water, steam and smoke cooking with less
shrinkage. Processing is fast, consistent and provides the
finished characteristics you need.
Product Features and Benefits/Consumer Advantages:
Nitta’s collagen casings provide a variety of industry leading features and corresponding benefits to customers.
This is why Nitta has become the “go to” supplier when meat processing manufacturers need a consumer
preferred product. Our casings provide features and benefits preferred by consumers across the globe.
FeaturesBenefits
• Accurate diameter and size control
• Uniform filling
• Net weight packaging • Giveaway reduction & packing accuracy
• Fast, consistent, processing with strength
• Processing on all types of machinery
• Specialty colors available
• Color stability and retention for shelf life
• Slug rigidity• Ease of processing
• 13mm – 32mm range of sizes
• Size & color flexibility to meet demand
• Consistent, non-fading color
• Longer shelf life
• Desirable product appearance
• Superior shelf appearance
Nitta offers a variety of casing lengths and diameter choices to meet your target weight with minimal
giveaway. For full details on size ranges contact your Nitta Sales Representative.
Collagen Gel for Co-Extrusion:
Co-extrusion is an automated process that Cooling Water
simultaneously extrudes a continuous
flow of meat emulsion and a thin outside
layer of gel, creating casing around a
product as it is actually produced. Nitta
is pleased to offer bovine based collagen
gels in customized formulations that
provide the desired finished product
characteristics for the meat packer. Meat Emulsion
Due to our unique process, co-extruded
products manufactured with Nitta’s gels
are excellent for Snack, Processed and
Frankfurter/Hotdog applications.
Nitta would like to help you enhance and
improve the quality of your co-extruded
products. Please contact your Nitta Sales
Representative so they can begin working
with you now.
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Nitta’s
Co-Extrusion
Gel
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PROCESSES & SOLUTIONS
Nitta continues to lead the way in improving customer productivity through advanced casing technology.
As we look to the future, the company is committed to continuing this trend by developing innovative
casings that will satisfy future industry needs.
PRODUCTS: New Collagen Products & Distributed Products
Designed specifically for the European Marketplace, these clear, translucent casings are manufactured
with EU approved raw materials. They are designed for high speed AL use and come with a reliable
end closure. The product diameter range is 19-26mm with customized lengths available. Nitta has
managed to come up with the right combination of strength and flexibility which has made these casings
so popular. The “bite” and “mouth-feel” of these casings is comparable to natural casings.
PRODUCTS: Collagen Casing Products
European Style Casings:
New Collagen Products:
At Nitta, scientists are creating new products using one of the most plentiful proteins present in animal life –
collagen. Following nature’s path, Nitta is finding ways to diversify the uses of collagen in the marketplace. By
breaking it down into more basic forms, a great potential for the development of new collagen based products
with varied uses has been opened.
The horizon is vast for the potential uses of collagen. Since collagen is found in human beings as well as in
animals, these products are compatible with the human body, virtually eliminating the risk of rejection. As one
of the natural building blocks of life, it is finding more practical use daily, not only in the biomedical field, but in
toiletries, food and beverage, and industry. Collagen – Nitta’s core technology.
Collagen for Cosmeceutical use:
Collagen is a naturally occurring
supportive tissue in all living skin
and is being introduced in cosmetic
applications for skin creams, lotions,
shampoos & conditioners, etc.
Nitta
is pleased to offer Pure Collagen
and Super Purified Collagen product
formulations. Our hydrolyzed collagen
products are uniquely suited to cosmeceutical applications in their ability to
retain moisture for healthy skin and hair.
Nitta offers these collagen products
for custom applications with various
concentrations, solubility, types and
purity. For full details on what we can
do for you, please contact Nitta.
Collagen for Nutraceutical use:
As we age, the body’s ability to make
collagen protein slows down. During
sleep, the body goes into repair and
rejuvenation mode, whereupon it
searches for a source of energy to fulfill
this function.
Hydrolyzed collagen
(types I & III) protein contains the
essential elements for production of
lean muscles, healthy bones and firm,
youthful skin. Collagen and its benefit
to health have given birth to the collagen
supplement industry. Nitta’s collagen
products are utilized for their protein
in drinks, dietary supplements, etc.
Nitta’s collagen powders are well suited
not only for the wellness industry, but
they are also used for meat binding and
to supplement the protein value of meat
products.
Nitta offers nutraceutical collagen
products for customized applications.
Please contact Nitta for more detail on
how we can assist you with your collagen
needs.
Nitta offers bio-medical collagen products for
customized applications. For full details on how we
can help with your next project, please contact Nitta.
Collagen for the Pet Industry:
Use of raw (limed) hides for the dog bone is well
established. It is also known that raw (limed)
hides can cause illness in pets. Collagen, on the
other hand, is a pure protein which can help the
sound growth and health of a pet. Pet food can be
made using 100% collagen or it can be mixed with
other food products. Nitta’s collagen – a healthy
alternative.
Please refer to our website for future information and
developments in this area!
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Distributed Products:
Nitta is dedicated to increasing your productivity by combining collagen casing technology with the linking
technology of the Z-Linker.
The Z-Linker, developed by our forerunner, has become the
preferred fresh sausage linker in North America because of
its high efficiency, versatility, and low maintenance. The
efficient cutting action on the Z-Linker is less demanding on
the casing. Altering link lengths is easily accomplished by
making a quick and simple change of cams. No adjustments
are needed to change diameters; and the Z-linker requires
little maintenance and repair. For your convenience, Nitta
also carries stock of both machine parts and horns for use
with the Z-Linker.
Only Nitta brings the Z-Linker to you with almost 30
years of hands-on experience. Our equipment experts
would like to help you by recommending the best product
combinations to meet your process needs. For more
details, contact your Nitta Sales Representative. After all,
the only thing you have to lose is rework.
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Collagen is the protein that makes up connective
tissue and finds widespread application in
reconstructive surgery. Collagen can impart both
physical as well as biological properties to a wound.
Medical grade collagen products are also used in
orthopedics and dentistry. Nitta’s medical grade
collagen products are currently used for developing
film, padding for fire victims, and for impregnating
vascular grafting. Our high wall tubing and strips
are also used for testing and qualifying endoscopic
surgical equipment. Our collagen cell beds are also
in huge demand in the field of cell engineering.
PRODUCTS: New Collagen Products & Distributed Products
Collagen for Bio-Medical use:
Processes
Casing manufacturing at Nitta starts with the corium layer. The corium layer which lies between the grain leather
(hide) and the flesh and fat layer is rich in protein. Nitta works closely with only a select few suppliers to ensure
that this collagen rich material adheres to the most stringent quality requirements.
The collagen layer is then reduced to its fibrillar state in our factory by grinding and then conditioning according
to Nitta’s exclusive process. At this point, the collagen is mixed with specific, approved, U.S.D.A. and F.D.A.
food grade ingredients that are chosen to impart key characteristics to the product benefiting both sausage
manufacturers and consumers. The resulting “gel” is then homogenized to increase the uniformity of the casing
size, diameter and wall thickness upon extrusion. The collagen gel is then extruded in a continuous tube.
Nitta’s extrusion process aligns the collagen fibrils so that the casings can stuff, twist and link, assuring efficient
production of sausage at high performance levels. The extrusion process that Nitta engineers have developed also
permits precise size control of the collagen tube. This assures uniform size, weight and lengths for the finished
sausage – key benefits in the competitive world of sausage manufacturing.
Once extruded, the casing tube passes through water and
treatment baths to improve its pliability and machining.
Then it moves through a drying tunnel that carefully
controls the temperature and humidity. The dry casing
is now ready to be “shirred” or pleated into “slugs” of
easily handled and easily used lengths of collagen.
Grain Layer
These shirred collagen slugs are then boxed with a further
check on moisture content before being hermetically
sealed and put into outer cartons for storage.
The specifications for every stage of the Nitta process
have been refined over the years to allow us to produce
casings for a wide range of different applications. Each
casing, however, is designed to provide the sausage
manufacturer the highest levels of productivity and
efficiency. This is the Nitta difference!
Flesh & Fat
Corium Collagen
At Nitta, When it Comes to
Raw Materials Criteria and Sources...
• We source our raw materials globally in order to provide
our customers with cost effective products.
• Our suppliers are put through a stringent qualification
and approval procedure which helps to ensure quality
and consistency of our raw materials.
• Received raw materials are put through a Quality
Assurance Inspection.
At Nitta, we don’t just promise value. We deliver it. We listen to you closely, and develop collagen
solutions that meet your needs in a timely, cost-effective manner. Before we get started with a
new project, we discuss your strategic objectives. After thorough analysis, we suggest products &
services that can help you meet your objectives. Then we monitor and oversee our portion of the
project to ensure that our products deliver the performance you demand. This process benefits you
in a number of ways:
• Improve productivity
• Optimize critical equipment speed and performance
• Enhance throughput and yields
• Drive out costs
• Reduce waste
• Provide Best in Class In-Field, Technical Support
• Minimize inventory carrying costs
• Recognized for Environmental and Sustainability efforts
• Accelerate Custom Formulation utilizing our fully
equipped, USDA kitchen facilities
We are committed to providing the highest-quality products and services to the Collagen industry
around the world. We will achieve our goal by refining our process through continuous quality
improvement, by maintaining a safe and healthy working environment, and by constantly renewing
our commitment to customer satisfaction.
At all times, our customers will be our focus. Our aim is to become the most valuable supplier in
the markets we serve by helping our customers grow and prosper. We will be guided by customer
satisfaction and our own commitment to the reliability of our products and services.
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PROCESSES & SOLUTIONS
Solutions
Nitta Casings Inc.
141 Southside Avenue
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Tel: 908-218-4400
Fax (main): 908-725-2835
Customer Service: 800-526-3970
Fax (orders): 908-218-4561
Nitta Casings (Canada) Inc.
57 Steelcase Road West
Markham, Ontario
Canada L3R 2M4
Tel: 905-475-6441
Fax: 905-475-5614
Production and sales of collagen casings, co-extrusion gel, hydrolyzed
collagen products, and medical grade collagen products.
Distribution of Fresh Sausage Z-Linkers, Parts, Hardware and Horns.
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