SATS to raise daily meal production without adding staff

Singapore

IN-FLIGHT catering provider SATS aims to feed the increasing number of passengers passing through Singapore's Changi Airport by upping its food production capacity by 15 per cent - without the need to add more staff to its payroll.

This is because an S$18 million expansion at SATS's Inflight Catering Centre 2, to be completed by the second quarter of 2017, will feature a new production line that enables mechanisation of up to 50 per cent of some kitchen operations.

It will include automated sauce and ingredient dispensers. It also has robotic parts that can speed up soup, sau…