White Panter installs the SmartLine Grader and reduces giveaway by 12%

26 Mar 2026

"We need the exact calibration of the SmartLine grader to deliver a high-end product to the end consumers.” Eva Keferböck, CEO, White Panther.

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How do you produce high quality shrimp in the Styrian mountains of Austria? With clean mountain water, salt, and the SmartLine Grader. We spoke to White Panther CEO Eva Keferböck, to discover how installing the SmartLine Grader has super charged their processing line.

White Panther have been producing and supplying Austria with clearwater shrimp since 2017, operating as a sustainable, circular economy, with the water, heat and energy coming from their own land. They choose technology that supports their aims of conserving environmental resources and improving animal welfare. When they were ready to move from manual processing to automated, they chose JBT Marel as their technology partner.

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To ensure White Panther shrimp reaches consumers as fresh as possible, processing needs to be completed the day shrimp are harvested. Installing the SmartLine Grader into the production line increased speed and efficiency, and boosted production accuracy. “When we had a big harvest, we used to get into trouble finishing the one-day production. The SmartLine Grader has helped reduce the bottlenecks a lot. It’s now an easy game for us,” said Eva Keferböck.

When supplying shrimp to high-end restaurants, it is crucial that end products meet specific customer needs every time. Automating the grading process ensures customers receive the quality they expect and pay for. The SmartLine Grader creates batches based on weight, count, or minimum weight. It’s high-speed accuracy, ensures giveaway is minimized. "The reduction of giveaway is now 12.1%," said Eva Keferböck.

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Listen to an interview with Eva Keferböck to discover more about the change the SmartLine Grader brought to the technology savvy White Panther.

Labor scarcity is a challenge across food processing; the SmartLine Grader automates what was once a time consuming, repetitive task. Optimizing throughput while maintaining the high-quality of White Panther’s unique end products. “The efficiency of the staff is now much higher. We can run the processing site with a lower amount of staff, and they can concentrate on higher level work," said Eva Keferböck.

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