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JTM

JTM while bakery brands are primar-

our sausage products,” he continues.

ily Vito’s as well as some JTM brand

“The amount of pork-sausage patties

products. The company also produc-

we make per year is more than many

es a growing number of private-label

sausage processors make annually.”

meat-based products. JTM employs
380 workers.

JTM’s core competencies are ket-

“Many companies
fail to grow
because they’re
risk-averse.”

tle-cooked foods, prepared meats,

Evolving business
Founded in 1960 as Maas Brothers
Meats, the company’s name changed
to Jack Maas Meats in 1974 and to
its current name in 1980. Joe Maas,
vice president of operations, who by
education is a registered pharmacist
and is one son of the late Jack Maas

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Sr., founder of JTM Food Group,
is responsible for buying all plant
equipment and designing plant op-

Automate Your Sausage Production

erations. Steve Chaney, 30-year com-

A winning combination for increased throughput and reduced labor.

pany veteran and plant manager – and

TT1815 Automatic Double Clipper

JTM’s first employee – manages daily
production.

SwiStick Automated Hanging System

Ergonomic design for easy operation
Reproducible clip pressure settings,
adjustable from the outside

Jack Maas Jr., company co-founder,
co-owner and former vice president of
sales, was promoted to chairman of
the board on Jan. 1. He and his three
brothers – Tony, president and CEO;

Electronic clip closure force
monitoring
Spring-mounted gatherers guarantee
long service life
Air-free slack filling of shaped
products with overspreading;
total spreading 130 mm

Robust suspension technology
accommodates sausage weights up to
50kg per stick, lengths up to 1700mm
and caliber ranges from
20 - 120mm
Supports plastic, fibrous or collagen
casing
Maintenance-free servo motors and
integrated safety control system
Smooth, stainless steel surfaces for fast,
hygienic cleaning

Joe; and Jerry, vice president of business development, manage this growing, evolving business.
JTM is primarily a grinder of fully
cooked, further-processed, value-added frozen products. Many meat products are ready-to-serve, while many
others are ready-to-finish. While JTM
produces a great deal of pork sausage
patties and other sausage products, including pork sausage links, split Italian
sausage, beef sausage patties, and pork
sausage gravy for a variety of market
segments, sausage sales represent only
about 5 percent of the company’s total
2012 sales of $116 million.
But 3 percent of $116 million “is
a hell of a lot of product,” Joe Maas
exclaims. “We grind and form all of

We welcome you to IFFA Frankfurt,
Hall 11.1 Booth C31/C41.

Your single source for processing, packaging and automation solutions.
TIPPER TIE Inc.
2000 Lufkin Road
Apex, NC 27539
Tel. +1 919 362 8811
Fax +1 919 362 4839
infoUS@tippertie.com

TIPPER TIE ALPINA GmbH
Waldau 1
9230 Flawil/Switzerland
Tel. +41 71 388 63 63
Fax +41 71 388 63 00
infoCH@tippertie.com

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