SAS with a capital of 275 400 Euros  
Head office : BP 19, rue des Narcisses 01460 MONTREAL LA CLUSE
Phone : 33 (0)4 74 76 11 55
Fax. : 33 (0)4 74 76 21 13
E-mail : chalonmegard@chalonmegard.com
Web : www.chalonmegard.com
Contact : Pierre GAVIGNON - Chairman
   
CHALON MEGARD is a company specialized in the manufacture of cheese-making machinery from 1920. Gradually, it has became European leader as supplier of cheese mechanized production lines : hard cheese : Grana, Emmental, Gruyère…, semi-hard cheese : Tomme, Raclette, St Paulin, Manchego,…and other special cheeses like Reblochon…
Many of the machines are protected by European patent.

The program of fabrication includes principally the following products :

  • Cylindrical or double O, opened or closed vat with stainless steel or copper inside vat
  • Semi-cylindrical manual or automatic vat for soft, blue, semi-hard cheese
  • Vacuum moulding device for hard cheese
  • Draining vat for semi-hard cheese
  • Pressing system :
    - press unit for hard cheese
    - polyvalent air cushion pressing tunnel
    - automatic vertical press
    - diaphragm pressing tunnel
  • Automatic pressure or vacuum demoulding system
  • Specific washing machine for microperforated moulds
  • Microperforated mould or blockmould for hard and semi-hard cheese
  • Saumurage dynamique ou par piles de claies pour pâtes cuites ou pâtes pressées
  • Coating and drying system for semi-hard cheese
  • Automation of the whole process
   
Customers like BESNIER / BONGRAIN / ENTREMONT in France, CREMO / LE MOLESON in Switzerland, BIRAGHI / VALGRANA in Italy, FORLASA / GARCIA BAQUERO / LACTEAS DEL ATLANTICO in Spain have trusted in CHALON MEGARD.