Scobie & Junor (Estd 1919) Limited

Scobie & Junor (Estd 1919) Limited
1 Singer Road
East Kilbride
G75 0XS
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Telephone+44 1355 237041
Fax+44 1355 266655
About us
SCOTNET is the world leader in manufacturing Elastic Meat Netting, Elastic Twine, and the associated stuffing, tying, and pressing machinery. We also manufacture thermoformed Bone Protection caps, which reduce leakers and packaging weight.
With over 100 years of experience in this sector, we continue to Add Value to Food by optimising your yield, improving your product presentation, and making your production process as efficient as possible.
Scotnet, a division of the Scobie & Junor group, offers meat netting and bone guard solutions tailored for every type of customer. From butcher netting tubes to the most advanced netting machines, we can meet the needs of every level of automation in the meat industry.
Scotnet - What We Do
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Our product groups
Keywords
- Elastic Meat Netting eelastisches Fleischnetz
- Netting Machinery Netzmaschinen
- Shank Cap Protection Schaftkappenschutz
- Fibrous/Collagen Casing Machinery Faser-/Kollagenhüllenmasc
- Bone Guard Protection Knochenschutz
Our Products

Elastic netting
Our experience and production efficiency allow us to offer the highest quality of elastic netting at the most competitive prices to add value and support the meat industry world-wide.
We offer the following nets:
- Beef Nets
- Economy
- Economy Easy to Strip
- Standard
- Standard Easy to Strip
- Premium
- Ham/Bacon Nets
- Traditional
- Traditional Anti Cavity
- Economy
- Superior Anti Cavity
- Lamb Nets
- Economy
- Economy Easy to Strip
- Standard
- Standard Easy to Strip
- Premium
- Pork Nets
- Economy
- Economy Easy to Strip
- Standard
- Standard Easy to Strip
- Premium
- Poultry Nets
- Economy
- Economy Easy to Strip
- Standard
- Standard Easy to Strip
- Premium
- Fixed Diameter Nets
- Reduce cost
- Reduce cavities
- Increase slicing yield
- Reduce product giveaway
- Improve appearance
- Add value to lower cost products
- No special machinery required
- Increase efficiency
- Create new products
- Increase output
All nets are availbale in a variety of colours and can be made bespoke to your specification and colour.

Shank Caps
Scotnet’s Recyclable Lamb Shank Caps – The Smarter, Greener Choice
Protect your meat, reduce waste, and lower your carbon footprint with Scotnet’s high-quality recyclable lamb shank caps.
Designed for efficiency and sustainability, our LDPE shank caps provide a secure fit for bone protection while offering a 100% recyclable solution—helping meat processors meet their environmental and operational targets.
Key Benefits of Scotnet’s Lamb Shank Caps
- Lower CO₂ Impact – Uses 61% less material per unit than waxed boneguard, cutting emissions by up to 75% per bone.
- 100% Recyclable LDPE – Keeps plastic in the circular economy, reducing the need for virgin plastic.
- Lightweight & Efficient – At just 1.36g per cap, it is precisely molded for maximum protection with minimal waste.
- Faster Processing – No cutting, no offcuts, no mess—simply snap it on and go. Saves labour time and reduces material handling.
- Strong & Secure Fit – Provides consistent protection against punctures in vacuum packaging, reducing product loss.
- Cost-Effective & Sustainable – Less waste, lower emissions, and a streamlined process mean better efficiency for your business.
Upgrade to Scotnet’s recyclable shank caps today and take the next step toward a greener, more efficient meat processing operation.

Elastic Twines
Elastic Twine
The SCOTNET SOLUTIONS ranges of twine have been developed and sourced by working with our customers to achieve the results best suited for their product.
By combining practical experience with our state of the art manufacturing process we are able to design and deliver elastic netting and twine efficiently and accurately.
Our Scotnet Quality System is unique and operates to our own SAFE-T standard. From the smallest butcher, to the largest processor SCOTNET SOLUTIONS has something for everyone.
Elastic Machine Twine is designed to be used on all automatic tying machines.
Made from the highest specification food grade polyester and food grade natural latex rubber, we have used the latest winding technology to create a world beating twine that is oven safe up to 220°C.
- Key Benefits
- Blue Plastic Core,
- Food grade plastic core, no cardboard to absorb moisture or bacteria.
- Individual Batch Numbers
- Each roll has a batch number for full traceability.
- BRC Accredited
- Made in our UK AA grade BRC accredited plant, audited by SAI GLOBAL, a must for the food industry.
- Smoothflow™
- We make the twine using a special technique to give smooth dispensing from the cone every time.
- Balanced Threads
- During manufacture, we balance the threads which eliminates twisting and knotting.
- No Breaks
- We guarantee that there is no breaks in our twine, one continuous length with no knots, for less down-time.
- Cone Sizes
- We manufacture our twine to the industry standard. We can also make bobbins in any size up to 2kg’s.
- Easy to use
- Our Machine Twine and Elastic Machine Twine load directly on to the cartridges of most stringing machines.
- Roast Stable
- All of our twine, even the coloured ones can be cooked at oven temperatures up to 220ºC.

Meat Stuffers / Meat Presses / Automatic net loaders
Scotnet Automation has meat netting and casing solutions for every kind of customer.
From butcher netting tubes, to the most advanced netting machines, we can cover the needs of every automation level in the meat industry.
* Manual Butcher Tubes
* Automatic Net Loaders
* Single Stuffers
* Double Stuffers
* Double Press
* Autocutter Double Stuffers
HIGH SPEED AUTOMATIC NET LOADER, LOADS UP TO 2500 METERS PER DAY
Our SCOTNET Autoloader is a pneumatically powered elastic net loading machine, used to load elastic meat netting onto netting tubes before stuffing meat through them.
We have a solution for all users, from hand-stuffing systems to single stuffers, double stuffers and double stuffers with and without meat pressing, and with automatic net cutting.
This model is for tubes that are 460mm long, and between 100mm and 200mm in diameter.
SINGLE STUFFER
OUTPUT: UP TO 800 UNITS PER HOUR - 1500 METERS PER DAY - WITH TWO OPERATORS
Our Single Stuffers are ideal for small to medium-sized producers, looking to move up from a manual stuffing operation. The Single Stuffer is available with either netting or casing (finger style) tubes.
This model is for tubes that are 460mm long, and between 70mm and 200mm in diameter. It is complete with a stand.
HIGH SPEED DOUBLE STUFFER
OUTPUT: UP TO 1200 UNITS PER HOUR - 2500 METERS PER DAY
This Double Stuffer is the perfect meat stuffing netting machine. Our Double Stuffers are popular meat netting machinery with meat processing businesses. This Scotnet meat stuffer machine is one of the leading elastic netting stuffing machines on the market.
This model is for tubes that are 600mm long, and between 70mm and 200mm in diameter. It is complete with a stand.
HIGH SPEED DOUBLE MEAT PRESS
OUTPUT: UP TO 1000 UNITS PER HOUR - 2200 METERS PER DAY
This model has an extra-long chamber at 800mm and is for tubes that are 300mm long, and between 70mm and 200mm in diameter.
These Double Meat Press machines are also known as ham presses, meta press, dual press or a euro press. Frequently used for ham making machinery, it first presses the meat, before stuffing it into casings or netting.
We design our own meat pressing machinery, which are focussed on meat casing machinery and ham making machinery. The 'Scotnet Meat Press' is one of the market leaders in for double meat press machines.
HIGH SPEED AUTOCUT DOUBLE MEAT STUFFER
OUTPUT: UP TO 1000 JOINTS PER HOUR - 7000 JOINTS PER DAY WITH ONE OPERATOR
SCOTNET manufacture a whole range of meat-stuffing machinery. The AUTOCUT Double Stuffer is the latest and most advanced double stuffer so far! The standard Double Stuffer, invented by us, has become the meat netting stuffing machine of choice for all larger processors. The Autocut version is already proving to be the next major advance in automating meat stuffing into elastic meat netting, by halving the labour required. SCOTNET has installed these meat-stuffing machines in factories all over the world.
This model is for tubes that are 700mm long, and between 70mm and 200mm in diameter. It is complete with a stand.

Automatic tying machines
Scotnet's Automatic String Tier is the most advanced, fastest and easiest to service tying machine on the market.
If you are looking to maximise your throughput and increase the efficiency on this process, there are many innovations and features that make this the best machine on the market:
AST - AUTOMATIC STRING TIER - Currently the Fastest Automatic String Tier Ever Made
OUTPUT: UP TO 86+ KNOTS PER MINUTE - WITH 30MM INCREMENTS
SCOTNET are renowned worldwide for its meat stuffing and pressing machines. Using our manufacturing expertise and our knowledge of the meat industry, we have developed the most advanced and fastest automatic meat string tier available.
We have worked with our customers to understand the weaknesses in the market and taken a ground-up approach as we have developed our Automatic String Tying machine.
What we have engineered is revolutionising the market with the fastest speed, lowest maintenance costs and highest OEE in the industry.
Key Features
- Exchange Knotting Head Service - the entire knotting head is removed in minutes and can be replaced with an exchange one, keeping downtime to a minimum.
- Reduced skill required on-site, simply replace the head with two bolts to remove.
- Works with all colours of twine, even black.
- Use Polycotton or Elastic Twine interchangeably.
- Single button press for pitch (gap between bands)
- Pneumatics manufactured by Festo. Spare parts are easily accessible worldwide through Festo distributors or direct from SCOTNET.
- Ewon - Operating on either LAN or sim card - our remote access to the machine allows your engineers or ours to log output and diagnose faults remotely.
- The entire SCOTNET AUTOMATION AST range is controlled by PILZ safety relays. All connections are at least IP65 or above, ensuring reliability in even the wettest environments.
- HMI controlling machine functions, reporting output and efficiency figures, password protection and engineering diagnostics.
- Sides open for easy cleaning and fast tool-less belt changes.
- Emergency Stop button mounted centrally.
- Operated with compressed air and three-phase power supply.
- CE marked.
- Braked Castors and adjustable feet ensure secure footing while working and easy movement when required.
- Easy release belts for easy cleaning, and access to the knotting head
Auto adjust product placement belts, guaranteeing the best joint positioning
Whole knotting head removable in under 3 minutes
Works with all twines, either elasticated or polycotton twine on all colour variants
Large product capacity, up to 220mm diameter handled with ease
Our Events
Autocutter
The AUTOCUT Double Stuffer is the latest and most advanced double stuffer so far! The standard Double Stuffer, invented by us, has become the meat netting stuffing machine of choice for all larger processors.

Automatic String Tying Machine
Scotnet's Automatic String Tier is the most advanced, fastest and tying machine on the market.
If you are looking to maximise your throughput and increase the efficiency there are many innovations and features that make this the best machine on the market

Autocutter
The AUTOCUT Double Stuffer is the latest and most advanced double stuffer so far! The standard Double Stuffer, invented by us, has become the meat netting stuffing machine of choice for all larger processors.

Automatic String Tying Machine
Scotnet's Automatic String Tier is the most advanced, fastest and tying machine on the market.
If you are looking to maximise your throughput and increase the efficiency there are many innovations and features that make this the best machine on the market
