MU May / June 2015

Issue 3, Volume XXVI, May/June 2015 

The machinery only journal for processing & packaging | www.machineryupdate.co.uk 

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INSTALLATIONS 

A dairy in Finland is 

now exporting its 

products thanks to 

the efficient handling 

of its beverage 

cartons by a 

Schubert machine 

PLUS 

Meet changing needs 

The PPMA Total Show that 

includes materials as well 

as machinery will now take 

place in September next year 

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We report on how the confectionery business not only requires 

machinery that operates flexibly but also equipment that is flexible 

enough to cope with the yet to be devised packaging formats

Much more than simple technology 

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www.machineryupdate.co.uk MAY/JUNE 2015 MACHINERY UPDATE 3 

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Contents 

7 NEWS 

Lots of news packed into six 

pages including the official 

opening of Linx Printing’s 

new UK facility in Cambs 

22 

15 NEW MACHINERY 

Six pages of new options include 

a new multihead weigher for 

produce as well as a washing 

machine for vials and ampoules 

22 INSTALLATIONS 

Equipment installed includes 

collaborative robots to meet the 

case packing needs of tea 

32 SPECIAL FEATURE 

CONFECTIONERY 

This 26 page feature reports 

on the latest machinery 

developments that are delivering 

the NPD projects, pack styles and 

processing trends in confectionery 

32 

REGULAR FEATURES 

58 LABELLING, 

CODING & MARKING 

Abrasion-proof labels for 

enhanced pharma security and 

a continuous ink jet coder to 

control production costs 

60 COMPONENTS 

Power supply units deliver space 

savings and also new safety 

functions for a servo drives range 

64 REGULATIONS 

Revisions to functional safety 

standards to be published 

56 WHO WHAT WHERE 

People, events and diary dates 

68 CLASSIFIED 

Machinery and services 

69 BUYERS’ GUIDES 

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Gail Hunt 

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www.machineryupdate.co.uk MACHINERY UPDATE 5 

PPMA matters 

How to attract 

the young into 

engineering 

Andrew Stark 

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER PPMA GROUP 

OF ASSOCIATIONS (PPMA, BARA & UKIVA) 

By the time you read this we will have a new government. 

And even though the UK’s ‘economic recovery’ has been 

built to some extent on the success of UK manufacturing, 

a fundamental challenge will remain. 

That is the shortages of skilled people in all engineering 

disciplines and at all levels from graduate design, production 

engineers to service and maintenance technicians, to shop floor 

fabricators and all the supporting apprentices. 

This is a long term challenge as unlike Germany with their 

strong apprenticeship history and other nations like China who 

currently have more Chinese students studying engineering in 

the UK than we do, in the UK we have lost our way over the last 

few decades, neglecting manufacturing for other sectors. 

Two young graduate 

engineers from Mondelez gave 

a fascinating sector insight 

We appear to be turning a corner however, as many UK 

manufacturing companies are enjoying increased demand 

and the associated manufacturing challenges this brings. 

One exciting trend is that more businesses are looking to expand 

production not just through outsourcing but looking again 

at insourcing manufacturing. 

Automotive, aerospace, energy and other high profile industries 

often steal the limelight in the manufacturing arena, however 

one enormous sector closer to home is food. It is estimated by the 

FDF (Food and Drink Federation) as an £80bn sector in the UK. 

I was at an Appetite for Skills event recently at Sheffield 

Hallam University, where secondary school students were 

discovering what a career in engineering in food could bring. 

In addition to various PPMA members offering hands on 

taster experiments and discussing what kind of careers their 

businesses could offer, there were two young graduate engineers 

from Mondelez who gave a fascinating insight into the kind of 

work they do. I don’t know how many of the students throughout 

the day were tempted by engineering, but the combination of a 

wide range of projects and good salaries in a highly efficient and 

still growing UK market sector seemed very attractive to me. 

Apprenticeships and staff development programmes are 

critical, but so is giving our time to help inspire future generations 

into engineering. Offering work experience, mentoring, factory 

visits and school talks can only help in the process. 

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News 


Show rebranding makes 

more sense for everyone 

The PPMA’s Richard Little on left 

PPMA is invited to 

make a difference 

to industry research 

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) 

launched a new industry 

research partnership with 

Cranfield University entitled 

Sustainable Manufacturing 

for the Future during a 

roundtable event attended 

by invited industry experts 

including vice chairman 

of the Processing and 

Packaging Machinery 

Association (PPMA) and 

managing director of Jenton 

International Richard Little. 

Little took part in the 

discussions held at CCE’s 

Milton Keynes factory, hosted 

by representatives from both 

CCE and Cranfield University. 

A full report on the debate 

that outlined the key topics 

impacting the sustainability 

landscape today can be found 

on page 10 of this issue. 

The Total Processing and 

Packaging exhibition 

is now under the sole 

ownership of the Processing 

& Packaging Machinery 

Association and has been 

rebranded as the PPMA Total 

Show. 

Continuing to run once 

every three years, the first 

new-look show will take place 

in the autumn of next year 

(September 27-29, 2016). 

“This aligns nicely with the 

annual PPMA Show which 

runs again this September,” 

explains chairman of the 

PPMA Group of Associations 

Grant Jamieson. 

The PPMA Total Show is 

the UK’s largest and most 

complete processing and 

packaging exhibition for 

machinery, equipment, 

materials and services. 

Hosting hundreds of suppliers 

from over 30 different 

countries it brings the world’s 

processing and packaging 

Next year’s 

show will see 

materials 

and design 

being added 

to the three 

day event at 

the NEC in 

Birmingham 

suppliers to the UK. 

Once every three years, this 

PPMA Total Show replaces 

the annual PPMA Show 

and incorporates two other 

established international 

exhibitions – Pakex and 

Interphex – alongside the 

PPMA Show. In essence, the 

exhibition is a larger version 

of the annual PPMA Show 

with the main addition being 

packaging materials. 

“Visitors can therefore see 

the latest developments in 

machinery and materials, 

making it a total packaging 

and processing event,” says 

the PPMA’s head of marketing 

& publishing Grant Collier. 

T 020 8773 8111 

W www.ppmatotalshow.co.uk 

Potential threats to the 

supply chain is the top 

continuity concern 

Croatia-bound mixer 

is just one success in 

confectionery sector 

A third of businesses in the 

manufacturing industry 

are extremely concerned 

about potential supply 

chain disruption according 

to research released by the 

business standards company 

BSI and the Business 

Continuity Institute. 

More than three quarters of 

manufacturing firms report 

increasing supply chain 

complexity as the fastest 

growing risk in business 

continuity, with malicious 

attacks via the internet (68%) 

and increased regulatory 

scrutiny (58%) taking second 

and third place. 

W www.bsigroup.com 

PP ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE IS A FUTURE STAR 

Young engineer of the year 

Third year apprentice at PP Electrical Systems Scott Gullick beat off 

competition from across the UK to secure Manufacturing Technologies 

Association’s ‘Young Engineer of the Year’ title. The 24-year-old impressed 

judges with the way he has embraced a number of roles at the control and 

automation specialist’s Walsall factory. See more on this story on page 62. 

Winkworth has supplied a 

mixer to Atlantic Grupa as 

part of a supply chain that 

allowed a new factory for the 

production of energy bars 

to be built in Nova Gradiška 

Industrial Park, Croatia in 

just ten months. 

“Our client had very specific 

demands and working through 

our line integration partners, 

we carried out proving trials 

and line testing using our pilot 

Z blade machine,” explains 

Tim Simpson, technical sales 

director at Winkworth. 

Another mixer from the 

company is outlined on 

page 40, part of our 26 page 

confectionery feature.

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News 

Machinery demonstrations are 

offered across a range of units 

Clean inside and out 

Tough, reliable, and not afraid of getting wet. 

The A520i is a versatile performer – even in the 

harshest of environments it maintains its sleek 

operation, delivering seamless performance. 

Whatever the wash-down routine outside, its 

robust, 316 grade stainless steel casing protects all 

the intelligence inside. 

The unique plenum airflow cooling system keeps 

the printer cool and the electronics sealed. 

And with the Domino service-free i-Tech ink 

management system, the A520i minimises planned 

downtime, while reducing your solvent footprint – 

driving down the overall cost of ownership. 

Ink jet printing that does more for you. 

Packaging machines 

from VC999 Packaging 

Systems (UK) will be put 

through their paces during a 

special Home Show being held 

over three days in June. 

From Thursday 18th – 

Saturday 20th June, the 

company will host this one 

off show at its premises in 

Northampton to demonstrate 

the many benefits of its 

packaging systems. On show 

and in full production will be 

its best-selling SL600 slicer, 

the iSeries thermoformer; 

K5, K9 and K12 vacuum 

chamber machines; TS200, 

TS500, TS1500 tray sealers 

and the VT2007 Viewtech 

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“Visitors to the event will 

be able to get up close and 

personal to a diverse range 

of top quality packaging 

equipment,” says Rona Nixon, 

general manager of VC999. 

“Every piece of equipment 

will be in full operation to 

demonstrate their performance, 

flexibility and capacity.” 

The company is confident 

that its equipment can perform 

efficiently at speed while also 

being cost effective to run. 

Nixon believes that to 

help grow any business, the 

machinery supplier needs 

to understand how to improve 

the packaging process. 

“VC999 can identify the most 

commercially advantageous 

formula that maximises 

performance, is future proof 

and offers greater business 

opportunities,” she says. 

To reserve a place to this free 

to attend exhibition, contact 

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New site brings benefits for 

employees as well as clients 

Linx Printing Technologies 

has unveiled its new, 

purpose designed and 

built UK headquarters. 

The 41,000sq ft 

development is at Compass 

Point Business Park in St 

Ives Cambridgeshire and 

represents an investment of 

about £8m in manufacturing. 

It also brings together Linx 

employees in a single facility 

to replace separate buildings 

in Burrel Road, St Ives, where 

the company has been based 

since 1989. 

And as Linx managing 

director Nigel Hood explained to 

Machinery Update, the facility 

is primarily built for colleagues, 

although he believes customers 

will also benefit. 

“The new headquarters 

building not only underlines 

Linx’s commitment to 

developing the leading coding 

and marking equipment 

for customers and the best 

working environment for 

employees, but also our 

environmental credentials 

as a conscientious local 

employer and an international 

manufacturer,” he says. 

“This new facility will 

enable Linx to build even 

further on our success with 

purpose designed product 

development, manufacturing, 

L-R: Founder of Linx Mike Keeling, Jonathan Djanogly, the MP for Huntingdon, Hill Weinberg, also founder of Linx 

and Nigel Hood, managing director of Linx Printing Technologies at the official opening held in March 

training and service facilities 

that will allow us to compete 

at the highest level in global 

markets.” 

Hood is also keen to point 

out that the building offers 

lower running costs going 

forward as sustainability was 

at the forefront of the new 

building’s design. Energy 

use is minimised by the 

highly-insulated composite 

panels used primarily in the 

building’s construction, heat 

recovery technology within 

air handling units and the 

use of low-energy LED lighting 

in most areas. 

Solar panels on the roof will 

mean Linx itself can generate 

up to 13070 KwH per year, 

which will abate 6914kg of 

carbon dioxide emissions. 

Linx believes the new 

building will bring benefits 

to every department as the 

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open plan layout of one site 

has literally removed barriers 

between various sections. 

The production area is more 

streamlined, with several 

cleanroom areas, and there 

is even a small machine shop 

to test out new components. 

Ink labs, engineering labs and 

a dedicated environmental 

lab to simulate all conditions 

are now also at this one 

new facility. 

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News 

What will a sustainable 

factory be like in 2050? 

Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon 

GCA hopes 

relationship 

is changing 

Industry experts gathered at CCE’s Milton Keynes factory for the roundtable event hosted by CCE and Cranfield Uni 

Coca-Cola Enterprises 

(CCE) launched a new 

industry research 

partnership with Cranfield 

University entitled Sustainable 

Manufacturing for the 

Future during a roundtable 

event attended by invited 

industry experts including 

a representative from the 

Processing and Packaging 

Machinery Association (PPMA). 

Richard Little, vice 

chairman of the PPMA and 

managing director of Jenton 

International took part in 

the discussions held at CCE’s 

Milton Keynes factory, hosted 

by representatives from both 

CCE and Cranfield University. 

He joined a number of 

leading academics and 

industry experts to debate 

the key topics impacting the 

sustainability landscape 

today, and those anticipated 

in the years to come. 

The study will take place 

over the next six months with 

researchers set to deliver their 

findings this autumn. 

CCE’s partnership with 

Cranfield University, chosen 

for its strong credentials 

and dedicated sustainable 

manufacturing team, is 

part of CCE’s commitment 

to advance its business 

and the broader food and 

drink industry in all areas 

of operational efficiency. 

The study will investigate 

the current sustainability 

landscape across the supply 

chain, investigating topics 

such as resource security, the 

circular economy, sustainable 

technologies and waste 

management. 

It will also look to the 

future, forming a vision of 

what a sustainable factory 

will look like in 2050. 

The project was announced at 

the same time as CCE unveiled 

its plans to invest £66m into its 

operations this year, surpassing 

the £1m a week it injected 

in 2014 and bringing total 

investment by the business to 

nearly £300m over the last five 

years. CCE’s latest investment 

will go towards a range of 

efficiency and operational 

upgrades across all of the 

company’s GB sites this year, 

in areas such as automation 

and water treatment. 

“We are excited to be 

embarking on this journey 

with Cranfield, as we look 

to the future of sustainable 

manufacturing in our 

industry,” says Steve Adams, 

group director of supply chain 

operations at CCE. “At CCE we 

take our responsibilities in 

this area very seriously and 

we are constantly looking for 

new ways to progress 

and improve, which is why 

we have again pledged to 

invest significantly across 

our operations this year. 

“We view the research 

project as a collaborative 

effort, and will look to involve 

our industry peers as we 

assess the findings from 

Cranfield, starting with 

the knowledge-sharing 

session held at our Milton 

Keynes facility.” 

Groceries Code Adjudicator 

(GCA) Christine Tacon believes 

the very existence of the Groceries 

Supply Code of Practice, and her 

powers to police it, are making 

a difference to relationships 

between suppliers and retailers 

despite current trading conditions 

being fiercely competitive. 

Tacon told a Westminster 

Food & Nutrition Forum that 

“if you think about the hugely 

competitive situation we’ve got 

in retailing at the moment, you 

would expect things would be 

getting worse. 

“Well I’m actually being told 

that things are getting better,” 

she said. 

She did call on direct suppliers 

to supermarkets to make sure 

they use her office, and asked 

for them to give her evidence 

so she knows exactly what is 

going on. It is also worth noting 

that the Adjudicator can receive 

information from anyone, not 

only direct suppliers. However, 

the issue raised must be about 

the direct supply agreement 

with the retailer. 

“Suppliers are saying to me 

you’re very existence is making a 

difference,” she said, but Tacon 

wants suppliers to get better 

trained and raise actual breaches 

of the Code, rather than just 

allude to it. 

She once again called on trade 

associations to be a conduit for 

information in this area.

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News 

PPMA stalwart Beryl 

Nassé has sadly died 

Beryl Nassé, who served 

as PA to the then general 

secretary Andrew Manly 

and secretary to the president 

and board of the PPMA for 

over a decade, has sadly died. 

Here, former PPMA head 

Manly pays tribute. 

“Beryl joined at a time 

when the Association was 

growing rapidly and also took 

on the role of HR manager as 

staffing levels increased. Her 

administrative powers were 

formidable. Such that many 

members of the Board were 

struck with terror by the size 

and scope of their meeting 

information packs – which 

answered any questions they 

would care to ask as well as 

a whole lot they had never 

even thought of! 

Her tendency to want to be 

‘mother’ to the staff did not 

always endear her to them, 

but she did it out of genuine 

concern for their welfare. 

She was loud and lived 

life – and often work – with 

gusto. She began a long and 

courageous fight against 

cancer in 2006, which caused 

her to retire from the PPMA, 

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Beryl Nassé worked for the PPMA at a time when it was growing rapidly 

but such was her energy that 

she began a whole new life, 

moving to Goa in India, 

where she remained until 

shortly before her death. 

She built a new career and 

found many new friends 

there and was held in great 

affection. 

The untimely death of her 

husband Pete, a Burmese by 

origin, was a great blow to 

her. But her faith and two sons 

Mark and Stuart as well as 

her Godchildren and latterly, 

her grandchildren were at the 

centre of her life. 

My abiding memory of Beryl 

is her energy and enthusiasm. 

A party animal to the end, 

wherever she is, she is still 

dancing.” 

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Best innovation is 

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Pictured left to right at the Nestlé Supplier Awards event is Mike Gillis and 

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group md John Marlee and Ian McDermott from Bradman Lake 

Bradman Lake Group 

has been awarded the 

inaugural Nestlé UK 

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Award in the category of ‘Best 

innovation’ – Indirect. 

This new award recognises 

a company that has 

introduced an effective 

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to its business. The judges 

focused on companies that 

had demonstrated genuinely 

proactive and innovative 

thinking as well as a 

collaborative approach that 

delivered a solution that goes 

far beyond the day to day 

requirements of the business. 

Bradman Lake Group’s 

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work undertaken with Nestlé 

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and Nestlé York for ‘the many 

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in the delivery of a flexible 

packaging cell to provide 

Nestlé with the ability to 

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In an address to the 

Bradman Lake workforce 

group managing director 

John Marlee congratulated all 

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for their contribution whether 

direct or indirect. He went on 

to say that everyone within 

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“This award was secured 

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Produce left undamaged 

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Non-contact gluing offers gains 

Non-contact gluing 

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WH Leary demonstrated its 

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system at the SPA Corrugated Show 

in March which is designed to offer 

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Featuring special auto-flushing 

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is designed to guarantee precise 

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This gluing station has been 

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Based on Sigma technology, 

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optimum performance and 

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speed. With features based 

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weigher is also suitable for 

weighing and counting whole 

onions or citrus fruits. 

This newly designed 

machine is now capable of 

weighing 100 packs a minute 

for 1kg packs, and 80 bags a 

minute for 2.5kg packs. 

“With fresh produce such 

as potatoes or citrus fruit it is 

important to ensure correct 

handling,” explains Steven 

Spencer, sales manager at 

Yamato. “Our clients demand 

speed, efficiency and gentle 

handling of products so that 

they remain looking as good 

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The F3 is robust with strong 

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It also features advanced 

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into clear and distinct batches, 

to further boost speed and 

accuracy through a wider 

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“This machine has been 

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feedback we’ve had from 

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clients,” says Spencer. 

“The Sigma technology 

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New Machinery 

Grippers make robotics 

accessible to any users 

RA Rodriguez is 

extending the scope of 

its service to include the 

supply of Robotiq grippers 

which completes the Universal 

Robots package it offers. The 

company believes this is an 

ideal combination as 

it makes affordable 

automation accessible to 

any manufacturer. 

Rodriguez has become 

the only supplier in the UK 

to offer the complete range 

of Robotiq grippers. These 

are off-the-shelf products 

available in 2-finger and 

3-finger configurations and are 

designed for easy integration. 

One popular model in the 

range is the 2-finger 85 which 

has been specifically designed 

for collaborative work in 

terms of payload, flexibility 

and user friendliness. 

Completing the Robotiq 

range is the FT-150 force torque 

sensor that provides flexible 

handling and sensor feedback 

to the Universal robot. This 

6-axis force torque sensor is 

designed for force and position 

control, is easy to integrate 

and offers immunity from 

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external noise. The signal 

can be used directly as digital 

input to a robot controller 

without the need for an 

external signal processing 

box, says the company. 

Meanwhile, the Universal 

robots from Rodriguez are 

proving popular for human/ 

collaborative working across 

the board. Indeed, the latest 

generation of these sixjointed 

arms includes a newly 

developed and patented 

safety system that enhances 

the robots use for tasks that 

require human interaction. 

T 01462 670044 

W www.rarodriguez.co.uk 

The Robotiq grippers are available 

in 2-finger and also 3-finger 

configurations depending on the client 

Worn parts can be exchanged 

Worn parts can be 

replaced to prevent 

production losses 

The Rovema volume dosers 

VDD/VDX with flap closure 

are known for gentle product 

handling and precise dosing 

and a specially compiled wear 

part kit has been devised to 

meet the high demands on the 

closing mechanism of each 

cup. Deformed flaps can cause 

dosing inaccuracies and weight 

fluctuations. 

Now, the worn parts can 

be exchanged immediately 

if required. This effectively 

prevents unplanned downtime 

as well as any loss of production. 

In addition, the wear part kit 

containing eight flaps and a 

closing cam for the flap closure 

system offers an optimal 

selection of parts for the 

respective volume doser. 

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W www.rovema.co.uk 

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Residue-free cleaning is speedy 

operation for vials and ampoules 

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Anew exterior washing 

machine has been 

developed by Bosch 

Packaging Technology 

for vials, ampoules and 

cartridges. 

The machine removes 

product residue and other 

contamination from filled and 

closed glass containers via a 

newly developed, high pressure 

cleaning process. The transport 

system grips the containers 

at the closure, ensuring an 

effective clean of virtually the 

entire container surface. 

THE NEW MACHINE CAN 

PROVIDE CLEANING AT 

400 

containers a minute for the 

first time when combined 

with a fast transport system 

“With the RAN 3080, we are 

consistently expanding our 

product portfolio for processing 

and filling of liquid dosage 

forms,” explains Tobias Göttler, 

product manager at Bosch. 

“By combining the new exterior 

washing machine with our 

numerous other solutions, we can 

design a flexible line concept.” 

The machine consists of a 

rotary platform for cleaning 

and an identical rotary platform 

for drying. Once gripped by 

their closure caps, newly 

developed ring nozzles in the 

cleaning station, which for 

the first time operate at high 

pressure, wash the containers 

from top to bottom. Additional 

bottom nozzles provide for 

clean container bases. 

Three individual washing 

stations are featured in the 

RAN 3080 which enable the 

cleaning processes to be 

optimally adapted to different 

customer demands. 

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W www.boschpackaging.com 

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Foodesign has launched 

the immerso-cook 16 

direct-fired fryer range 

which optimises production, 

lowers operating costs and 

improves environmental 

performance. The new machine 

is designed for chips, snacks, 

prepared foods, meat, poultry 

and seafood as well as battered 

and breaded products. 

The range features a belt 

feed system that can be 

customised for a wide range 

of foods to minimise the risk 

of product damage while 

optimising speeds. 

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USE THE IMMERSO-COOK 

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continuous frying system to 

optimise production while 

lowering overall costs 

To ensure product quality 

is not compromised by the 

waste typically associated 

with breaded and battered 

applications, the system’s 

base-mounted mesh belt 

conveyor continuously 

discharges debris to remove 

all waste from the fryer. 

Through the continuous oil 

filtration process, the fryer 

maintains the clean oil critical 

in delivering a quality end 

product through particulate 

removal and fresh oil infeed. 

This prevents oil overheating 

and removes the potential for 

harmful fatty acids and free 

radicals to form. 

“Our immerso-cook 16 

range offers a heavy duty, 

highly efficient system that 

can be customised for a wide 

variety of applications and 

processing requirements,” says 

Joe Mistretta, general manager 

of Foodesign. 

T 0121 628 8900 

W www.foodesign.com


Shock and pressure is 

detected and changed 

Software for the ‘shocks’ and ‘pressure’ audits are installed on a tablet or laptop to record real time data 

Gebo Cermex is adding two new 

options to its efficiency improvement 

tool to measure any scratches, 

abrasions, deformations and breakages 

for containers running on its lines. 

The two new options, the ‘shocks’ 

audit and the ‘pressure’ audit will soon 

be incorporated into its overall EITTM 

(Efficiency Improvement Tool) solution. 

In operation, they will detect, locate, 

and measure the critical points on the 

packaging line and this information 

will then be analysed to provide 

recommendations for improvement and 

implement any resulting changes. 

Natural variations in temperature 

and humidity, condensation, servicing, 

maintenance and production tool 

cleaning, use of primary packaging that 

is lighter, and optimisation or elimination 

of secondary packaging can combine to 

weaken containers travelling along the 

packaging line. Shocks that are too violent 

or repeated too often and/or untimely 

pressures at certain points of the line can 

then affect them, in particular glass and 

PET bottles, cans, and glass jars. The 

beverage sector is particularly affected 

by such malfunctions and it can result in 

abrasion of labels, scratches, deformations, 

or indeed cracking and container breakage. 

The ‘shocks’ and ‘pressure’ audits study 

all of the conveying and accumulation 

phases, and also what occurs inside 

machinery such as fillers, cappers, case 

packers, bundlers, wrappers, or palletisers/ 

depalletisers. 

This service is offered to clients regardless 

of whether their lines and/or machines 

have been supplied by the company. 

T 01480 455919 

W www.gebocermex.com 

Compact x-ray contaminant inspection 

machine is suitable for first time users 

Loma says its new compact X5c model is 

aimed at food manufacturers, processors 

and packers running multi-product, retail 

ready lines that are keen to make the 

switch to x-ray technology for the first time. 

This new machine is designed to reduce 

the cost of ownership of x-ray inspection 

technology by 30% and offers good quality 

contaminant inspection using a reduced 

number of proven subcomponents and 

streamlined design. It measures just one 

metre in length. Produced from brushed 

stainless steel, it also offers an ultrahygienic 

design for easy cleaning. 

Designed for detection of glass, 

calcified bone, rubber, stone as well as 

ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless steel 

metal in various forms of packaging, 

the X5c operates at line speeds up to 50 

metres a minute. It can handle products 

up to 100mm high by 300mm wide that 

weigh no more than 3kg. 

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New Machinery 

Wrappers stretched 

to meet all demands 

The new generation of stretch 

wrappers developed by Taiwanesebased 

Extend are now available 

from stock from Contact Packaging. Two 

new units – at the top end of performance 

and also an entry level model – have been 

developed following feedback from the UK. 

“We have always believed the 

combination of price and build quality 

across the middle range of Extend 

equipment was excellent, however we 

felt improvements needed to be made 

at the lower and top end of the range,” 

says Andrew Saxton, sales manager at 

Contact Packaging. 

The result is the new Exp-403 

stretchwrapper that gives the operator 

full control over how much film is 

applied to the pallet. This includes fully 

programmable numbers of top, middle 

and bottom wraps, up and down or 

up-only wrap cycles, adjustable overlap 

with secure top sheet function, quick 

release tension control and adjustable 

turntable speed. 

“Most importantly we have been able 

to achieve all this extra functionality 

with only a small increase in cost to give 

an ideal solution to those customers on a 

budget,” says Saxton. 

In addition, a new top of the range 

semi-automatic model Exp-133 has 

also been 

developed. 

“This 

machine 

gives us five 

completely 

independent 

wrapping 

New maintenance contract is presented 

Krones UK has developed a tailor made 

maintenance contract for all current 

Krones and Kosme customers in the 

UK and Ireland. Reduced output and 

downtime are just one of the tell tale 

signs of ageing equipment which can 

have a detrimental effect on company 

profits, so Krones says this newly 

developed contract will help customers 

as they head towards the all-important 

summer months. 

T 01942 845000 

W www.krones.com 

programmes that are password 

protected,” says Saxton. “Not only can 

the customer choose the number of wraps 

and speeds but they can also select the 

film stretch ratio from 100 to 300% for 

each of the programmes.” 

This allows users to lower the ratio 

and make the film thicker for pallets 

with sharp corners 

for one cycle but 

maximise the film 

usage on another. 

“One of the most 

exciting features is 

the ability to change 

the tension settings 

for different sections 

of the pallet which 

allows us to ensure 

the very best wrap 

programme for each 

individual pallet, 

all with the touch of 

one button,” Saxton 

tells Machinery 

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W www.contactpackaging.co.uk 

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Installation News 

Collaborative robots meet the 

case packing demands of teas 

Frontline Packaging has 

designed and built a case 

packer that includes a 

collaborative robot as part of 

a complete line for Fairtrade 

tea producer Clipper Teas. 

Known more as a distributor 

of end of line equipment, this 

new machine is the first the 

company has designed and 

built from scratch and is the 

result of the company’s move 

to new premises last July and 

its ability to therefore ramp up 

its engineering offer. 

RE-ENGINEERING 

As managing director of 

Frontline Tony Hacker 

tells Machinery Update, 

“We have always used our 

re-engineering skills on 

machinery we customise for 

our customers, but this is the 

first time we have designed 

and built a machine from the 

ground up. 

“And the use of Universal 

Robots supplied to us by RA 

Rodriguez has been the key to 

the success of the machine,” 

he says. 

Hacker first saw these 

robots in action at the PPMA 

Show a couple of years ago 

and was impressed with 

their small footprint. “These 

robots are compact as well 

Tony Hacker set up Frontline in 

2012 and now represents several 

companies in the UK 

Robots allow carton collations to be tilted to avoid any clash with top flaps 

as versatile and we can now 

offer this combination for case 

packing,” he says. 

He believes that as a small 

company, it recognises the 

need to be flexible and is open 

minded to changing customer 

demands. It is currently 

working on new robotic case 

packing options, for instance. 

“It’s a first for Frontline 

Packaging in many ways,” 

says Hacker. “We’re very happy 

with the way it went as we 

handled the whole Clipper Tea 

project in-house, including 

machinery supplied by other 

companies and it has worked 

extremely well since the day it 

was commissioned on site.” 

Due to an increase in 

business, particularly from 

the export market, Clipper 

needed to increase its 

production capacity for string 

& tag tea. This led to the 

purchase of an additional tea 

machine to manufacture the 

tea bags which in turn created 

the need for a whole new 

packaging line to pack the 

tea cartons into perforated 

shelf-ready cases. 

The line needed to produce 

and pack a wide selection 

of case collations including 

cartons containing many 

different flavour variants. 

COMPLEX PROJECT 

Hacker believes Clipper chose 

Frontline for this complex 

project because it displayed 

a clear understanding of the 

brief and had performed well 

when it previously supplied 

and installed four automatic 

shrink-wrapping systems 

and a pallet stretch wrapper. 

Frontline initially surveyed 

the application and proposed 

a complete solution for 

packing the tea cartons from 

the point where they exit from 

the tea bag making machine. 

The final line includes 

the Frontline designed and 

manufactured case packer 

and conveyor as well as a 

carton closer, case erector, 

case sealer and print & 

apply labeller. The company 

installed and commissioned 

the complete system through 

in-house project management. 

It also worked closely with 

Clipper to ensure the design 

of the cases worked efficiently 

within the new system. 

This is the first time that we 

have designed and built a case 

packing machine from scratch


There were a number of 

specific technical challenges 

that had to be overcome 

with this project. The main 

challenge was to place the 

rectangular cartons into the 

case without clashing with 

the open case flaps. The 

Universal robot supplied by 

RA Rodriguez was chosen for 

this part of the task because 

it allowed Frontline to tilt the 

collations of cartons to deflect 

the top flaps of the case and 

therefore avoid any clash. 

CARTON ORIENTATION 

Another key challenge was 

to orientate the cartons into 

the right position for packing, 

which required three ninetydegree 

rotations as they travel 

through the system. Each 

rotation had to be consistent 

and reliable to ensure the 

cartons were delivered in the 

correct orientation to the next 

stage of the process. 

At the heart of the system 

is the case packer and the 

collaborative Universal robot The combination of these 

was key to its design. It is features allowed the machine 

specifically designed to allow to fit into the limited space 

enhanced and safe human/ available and to be adapted 

robot collaborative working easily to the varied nature of 

- making it easier and safer the application. 

to use in areas with limited The shelf-ready cases posed 

space. It also has a very easy another challenge. They are 

to understand, intuitive particularly long and narrow 

touch-pad control system which makes them difficult 

which allows the customer to to erect, load and seal. A key 

easily modify or create new factor in overcoming this 

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programmes. 

was Frontline’s contribution 

These collaborative robots are easy to understand and easily modified 

to the design of the cases 

and to various features that 

were incorporated into each 

machine within the system. 

Steve Norris, engineering 

manager at Clipper Teas is 

very happy with how the 

project went. “The fact that 

Frontline had control over 

the whole of the packaging 

project is the main reason 

that it worked so well and was 

up and running so quickly,” 

he says. “This allowed us to 

concentrate on the tea bag 

production side of the project, 

safe in the knowledge that 

Frontline was taking care of 

the downstream equipment. 

“We’re extremely pleased 

with the system and it’s 

performing really well 

and we were particularly 

impressed that it was up 

and running so soon after 

delivery,” he says. 

“Another benefit of having 

Frontline control the whole 

project was the speed of 

delivery and commissioning,” 

Norris continues. “Delivery 

of the equipment took place 

on a Saturday, it was moved 

into place on Sunday and it 

was running by Wednesday, 

followed by commissioning 

and training being completed 

on Friday. 

“Since then, the system has 

been extremely reliable and 

we have already proved its 

versatility by adding a new 

format that was not part of the 

original design brief.” 

The success of the project 

marks another significant 

milestone for Frontline since 

its formation in 2012 by 

showing that it can handle 

the design and manufacture 

of its own case packing 

machines as well as project 

management of complete 

turnkey systems. 

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W www.frontlinepackaging.com 

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Dairy cartons are packed and 

palletised in compact manner 

Schubert has installed two identical lines at leading Finnish dairy Valio and here, a TLM-F2 robot is setting the cases down onto the waiting pallet 

Finnish dairy products 

producer Valio has 

boosted its exports since 

installing two lines from 

Schubert to handle various 

sizes of its beverage cartons. 

The two TLM packaging 

lines are identical in design 

and each one consists of four 

sub-machines. Each line is set 

up to handle dairy products 

in beverage cartons of 750 ml, 

1 and 1.5 litre sizes in various 

configurations at up to 233 

cartons a minute and then 

palletises the packed cases at 

up to 24 pallets an hour. 

Thanks to the modular 

TLM technology from 

Schubert, Valio can add to 

these lines to handle future 

output requirements or 

additional carton sizes. 

In operation, two singletrack 

product belts feed the 

upright beverage cartons. 

The erection of cases from flat 

blanks also takes place in the 

first sub-machine. A TLM-F3 

robot removes two case blanks 

with attached lid from the 

magazine and transfers them 

to a TLM-F2. 

The two-axis robot guides 

the blanks past a hot-glue 

nozzle, erects them in a folding 

frame and places the erected 

cases onto a Transmodul 

waiting for them below. 

This Transmodul then 

moves the cases to the next 

sub-machine. 

The patented Transmodul 

is an intelligent rail-based 

transport robot that is 

the central element of the 

Schubert packaging system. 

These transport robots 

autonomously guide products 

and packs through all areas 

of the packaging system, 

Cartons are packed in lidded cases 

ensuring positive control 

through the entire process. 

In the second sub-machine, 

each of the two product belts 

feeds the beverage cartons to a 

separate NC axis assembly. The 

NC axes assembly forms two or 

three rows with three or four 

beverage cartons per segment, 

depending on the size. 

TRANSMODUL IN ACTION 

A Transmodul with two cases 

then stops in the second submachine. 

Two TLM-F2 robots 

pick up the product groups 

and place them in their cases. 

The Transmodul moves 

downward and then stops in 

the third sub-machine, where 

the case lid is closed. 

In the closing station, a 

TLM-F2 robot folds over the 

side sections of the case to 

which hot glue has been 

applied and seals them. 

The robot picks up the closed 

cases and places them on 

two discharge belts in an 

alternating fashion. 

The palletising process 

occurs in the fourth submachine. 

The four-axis TLM- 

P4 robot picks up two rows of 

cases with a powerful suction 

tool and places them on the 

pallet. The finished pallet is 

then discharged. 

Incorporated in the line is 

an electronic service module 

which displays upcoming 

maintenance work and reports 

when wear parts are to be 

replaced. Should an error 

message appear the operator 

receives instructions on how it 

can be corrected. 

The patented TLM 

Transmodul is a one-axis, 

rail-based robot. Individual 

Transmoduls move 

autonomously, and the rail 

section can run through any 

number of sub-machines. 

One of the major benefits of 

the Transmodul is its ability 

to run in intermittent or 

continuous motions, or a 

combination of both. This 

allows it the facility to apply 

the most efficient transport 

motion for each individual 

sub-machine. 

A turning unit located at 

each end is where unloaded 

modules turn around and 

travel back to the other end of 

the machine on the lower track. 

T 01676 525825 

W www.schubert-uk.co.uk


Robot palletising system order to 

handle a variety of luxury foods 

SCM Handling is 

currently building a 

fully automated robot 

palletising system to fulfil 

an order from a specialist 

company handling a variety 

of luxury foods. This company 

has experienced exponential 

growth during recent years 

and as a consequence 

has turned to automation 

to not only fulfil current 

commitments but also to take 

the business to another level. 

Gentle handling is crucial for user 

The system itself accepts 

boxed products from two 

existing production lines and 

is capable of palletising up to 

7000 boxes in an eight hour shift 

across the two lines. Utilising a 

Kuka KR180 palletising robot, 

the system offers both a flexible 

and cost effective solution, 

ensuring the customer remains 

a market leader and ahead of the 

competition, says Mike Crarer, 

sales and marketing manager 

at SCM Handling. 

“Dealing in high value 

goods, the customer needed 

the peace of mind that their 

products would be handled 

efficiently yet carefully by the 

robot gripper,” he continues. 

“A key factor in awarding the 

contract to SCM was the history 

of innovative gripper design 

we were able to display, 

coupled with our strong 

track record in delivering 

robot palletising systems.” 

SCM specialises in 

integrating all of the critical 

elements required to complete 

the automation of the 

palletising process. 

T 01823 431838 

W www.scmhandling.com 

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In brief 

TURNKEY LINE ORDER 

DESTINED FOR FRANCE 

PLF International has secured an 

order to supply a complete turnkey 

canning line that forms the heart of 

a brand new (161 million Synutra 

International drying, mixing and 

packaging facility in France. 

The equipment being supplied 

includes a PLF high speed rotary 

vacuum powder filling machine, 

pre-gassing technology and a PLF 

high speed laser coding system. 

Powdered milk and fat-enriched 

demineralised whey will be 

manufactured at the facility which 

is set to become a leading site for 

infant powder milk production 

to be supplied to the burgeoning 

Chinese market. 

“Our bespoke packaging 

machinery will be key to the 

plant’s output and we are really 

looking forward to delivering the 

equipment later this year and 

seeing it in action in 2016,” says 

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Weighing and packaging company 

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supplier status with international 

food company The Danish Crown 

Group which includes the Tulip, 

Plumrose and Sokolow businesses. 

Ishida has become an A Class 

supplier to the meat producer, 

processor and exporter following a 

series of installations. 

The supplier agreement means 

that Ishida will have the opportunity 

to bid for all relevant projects at 

Danish Crown’s plants around the 

world. In addition, the agreement 

provides a regular twice-yearly 

forum where the company will 

update the Group on its latest 

developments to help meet 

changing industry requirements. 

Ishida’s director of business 

solutions Ulrich Nielsen is 

delighted with the status and says 

it confirms the company’s hard 

work and commitment. 

T 0121 607 7700 

W www.ishidaeurope.com 

Depalletiser makes light 

work of mixed snacks 

To meet supermarket 

demands for mixed 

pallets of crisps and also 

peanuts, a major European 

snack manufacturer has 

installed a depalletiser from 

Dan Palletiser which has 

helped to increase production 

at the plant. This installation 

has replaced an inefficient 

manual handling system 

used in its warehouse to 

meet these specific customer 

requirements. 

An order for four different 

boxes of crisps had to be 

mixed onto the same pallet 

and the repalletising process 

was slow and required many 

operators. At this customer, 

manual re-palletising was 

even harder, not only because 

of the many heavy lifts, but 

also due to the extremely high 

stacks – the finished pallets 

being over two metres high. 

Danish manufacturer of 

Mixed loads are demanded by clients 

mixed load palletisers Dan- 

Palletiser was therefore asked 

to develop a solution from its 

existing range of depalletising 

and repalletising equipment. 

A system was devised to 

function well while also 

being “well proven, easy to 

operate and easy to upgrade”. 

The bespoke system was 

developed closely with the 

snack food manufacturer and 

consists of a fully automatic 

Replacing the manual system for handling mixed loads has been a success 

depalletising system, 

including a fully automatic 

palletiser and a stretch 

wrapping machine. 

In operation, four pallets 

with four variations of 

crisps that are to be mixed 

onto one pallet arrive at the 

de-palletising system. The 

depalletiser handles one 

layer at a time, lifting the 

upper layer 40-50mm, after 

which a ‘safety curtain’ is 

pushed underneath the 

layer. The layer is then 

placed onto the curtain to 

provide 100% reliability, 

thereby preventing the 

boxes from being dropped 

on their way to the sorting 

position. 

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From here the boxes 

are moved out onto the 

accumulating conveyors, 

before moving on to the 

palletiser. This procedure 

applies to all four product 

variations. 

The different types/flavours 

of crisps and variations 

in order patterns are 

accommodated via a Siemens 

touch panel on the palletiser. 

The number of pallets 

required in a chosen mix can 

also be stipulated. 

When the mix has been 

selected, the palletising 

system starts – an 

uncomplicated, automatic 

procedure requiring no special 

skills from the operator. The 

palletiser then accumulates 

the layers and as soon as a 

layer is ready, it is unloaded 

onto the right pallet with the 

correct mix. 

The boxes are provided 

with a loose cover with stack 

cams to ensure ‘straight’ 

loading. The result is regular 

pallet loads without gaps, 

ensuring efficient transit 

through the supply chain. 

T 00 45 5838 2193 

W www.dan-palletiser.com

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Case erecting and packing 

brings benefits to McCain 

When 

McCain 

Foods 

launched Ready 

Baked Jackets 

in 2012, the 

product proved so 

popular that by 

2013 the company 

needed to add a 

complete new line 

to its Scarborough 

facility. This 

gave the food 

producer a great 

opportunity to 

invest in its end of 

line processes for 

which it turned to 

Quin Systems. 

Choosing 

Versapack from 

Quin Systems offered McCain 

a compact, fast, reliable and 

scaleable case erector and 

case packing machine that, 

says Quin’s managing director 

This case packer has proved a key for effective packing 

Mike Webb, has a far simpler 

set up and operation than 

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McCain’s engineering and 

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“I was very pleased 

with the planning and 

attention to detail of the 

Quin Versapack as it met 

McCain’s high quality 

standards,” explains Jim 

Crookes, project engineer 

for the Bakes Line at the 

Scarborough plant. “The 

machine is very easy to 

operate and change over 

from one product to another,” 

adds McCain training 

officer Terry Machin. 

“We are delighted that 

McCain chose Versapack to 

improve end of line packing 

for this product,” says 

Webb. “It is a unique 

machine for the market, 

and appeals to increasing 

numbers of manufacturers 

who want to improve the 

speed and reliability of 

their case packing without 

expensive refurbishments 

or extensions.” 

T 0118 977 1077 

W www.quin.co.uk 

The SFR cartoner meets needs 

End load cartoner is 

packing flow wraps 

of pastry shells fast 

In a joint project with its Belgian 

agent AP Technics, Kliklok has 

won an order to supply its SFR 

end load cartoning machine to 

Pidy Gourmet, producer of pastry 

and cake products. 

An SFR with an extended 

infeed system has allowed the 

food producers existing product 

loading system to be used at the 

Ypres-based plant. Additional 

customisation has included 

over-height product detectors, 

automatic lubrication, open flap 

detector and extended carton 

hopper, all of which combine to 

offer a fully automatic solution in 

a short footprint. 

The machine operates at up to 

140 cartons a minute and is an 

‘opposite hand’ configuration to 

fit into the factory layout. 

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Proseal traysealers are 

achieving speeds of up 

to 115 packs a minute on 

soft fruit lines at grower and 

packer S&A Produce. 

Since the introduction of 

the tray sealers, S&A says 

that in addition to the high 

throughput, the machines 

have helped to improve 

product quality as well as 

significantly reducing the 

amount of packaging used 

compared to trays with clip-on 

lids previously. 

S&A currently has eight 

Proseal machines within the 

group, the majority of which 

are GT2 Twin-X models, with 

a ninth on order. They are 

packing trays of strawberries, 

blueberries, blackberries and 

raspberries in sizes between 

125 and 700g. 

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Proseal says its latest GT2 

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maintain high throughput 

speeds thanks to their servodriven 

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high accuracy tray positioning 

system. An intelligent film feed 

system provides enhanced 

control of the sealing operation 

for improved seal quality 

with easy film threading 

and dynamic control of film 

movement throughout the 

film feed cycle to maintain 

constant tension and avoid 

film snapping. 

S&A’s group operations 

director Jan-Willem Naerebout 

says fruit is undamaged, while 

waste is reduced and for these 

reasons the production team 

preferred Proseal. 

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Cheese is 

made by 

a start-up 

Western Mechanical Handling 

(WMH) has recently completed 

a project as part of its policy 

of supporting dairy farm 

diversification by supplying 

a range of cheese making 

equipment suited to smallscale 

farmhouse dairy cheese 

production. The company has 

supplied a curd mill and waxing 

trough to Simon Raine at 

Weardale Cheese who has started 

production in the restored and 

converted POW camp hut 16 

at the Harperley POW camp in 

County Durham. 

The all stainless steel curd 

mill, capable of processing up 

to 350kg of curd an hour has 

become an essential element 

in the production of Weardale 

Cheese’s hard cheeses such as 

the white ‘Weardale’ and blue 

‘Prince Bishop’. Soft cheeses 

such as ‘Brie de Weardale’ and 

‘St Cuthbert’ blue are also made. 

The trough is used for covering 

the outside of the hard cheeses 

with a protective and attractive 

coating of wax. 

“Setting up the dairy and 

starting cheese production in 

Weardale has been very exciting 

indeed and having the right 

equipment is essential for quality 

of product and efficiency of 

process,” explains Raine. “Both 

the curd mill and waxing trough 

from WMH fit the bill perfectly.” 

WMH supplies microenterprises 

like Weardale right 

through to blue chip multinational 

clients. 

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W www.wmh-uk-ltd.com 

Equipment from WMH is used 

Case sealer ensures an 

end to scrambled eggs 

Upgrading to a fully 

automatic case sealing 

system has enabled 

egg producer Bird Bros to 

overcome downtime, increase 

efficiency and eliminate 

wastage on its egg production 

line – a line which sees a 

weekly output of 3 million eggs. 

The company supplies 

over 40 different lines and 

it was this variety of work 

that was putting strain on 

its production processes at 

its Sunny Farm facility in 

Swineshead, Bedfordshire. 

Eggs are graded and 

packed into egg boxes before 

being placed into a case 

and transported via a long 

conveyor through a case sealer 

ready for palletising. There 

are over 15 different case sizes 

depending upon customer 

requirements. While running 

at speeds of 12-15 cases per 

minute this system was 

proving to be the bottleneck 

in production. 

“The efficiency of our 

production line and 

pack presentation was 

compromised as the semiautomatic 

system was pushed 

to its maximum capacity,” 

explains operations director 

at Bird Bros Matt Bird. 

“Busy periods would lead 

to a backlog of boxes and 

the case sealing system was 

unable to process the boxes 

gradually resulting in boxes 

being crushed and eggs being 

damaged – as a result at 

least 25 full cases were 

wasted each week.” 

To overcome this bottleneck 

Bird Bros has installed a 

734 fully automatic random 

case sealer from Endoline 

Machinery. The 734 is fitted 

with a barcode reader which 

identifies the bar code on an 

individual case as it moves 

through to the sealer and 

automatically adjusts its 

sealing and folding head – 

Since installing the case sealer product wastage is down to under 0.5% 

at a maximum speed of 20 

cases a minute. 

As well as achieving the 

high efficiency goals of Bird 

Bros, the 734 machine has 

overcome the ‘crushing’ 

problem as the conveyor 

feeding the machine is fitted 

with automatic stops to ensure 

that each case is transported 

through the sealer with 

sufficient space between 

each case. “The 734 has gated 

infeed spacing controls,” 

explains Andrew Yates, 

Endoline’s sales & marketing 

manager, “A blade stop is 

automatically activated after 

a case passes the barcode 

reader to ensure that a second 

case doesn’t enter the sealing 

area to0 early. 

“This will police the 

throughput of cases to 

ensure there is a suitable gap 

between them and ensures a 

consistent flow of cases into 

the machine.” 

Up to 3,000 boxes of eggs 

are now running through 

the case sealer each day and 

wastage is down to under 0.5%. 

T 01767 316422 

W www.endoline.co.uk

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Feature: Confectionery 

Endangered Species has installed equipment from Bosch Packaging Technology that meets its needs today and tomorrow – full details on page 34 

Handling new formats 

Machinery Update reports on the very latest equipment developed to meet 

the ever-changing demands for new packaging styles in confectionery 

The impulse purchase nature of 

many confectionery products 

means that brand managers are 

always looking for new ways 

to attract the consumer to their 

chocolates, bars and sweets. 

This, of course, makes things tricky if 

you commit to buy thousands of pounds 

worth of kit to handle your products one 

day, and you completely change this 

format the next. The answer therefore 

seems to be to buy equipment that can 

be adapted very quickly to packaging 

formats that may not have even reached 

the drawing board just yet. 

For instance, Gerald Schubert, 

executive director at Schubert says that 

many UK producers have partnered 

with the German company to supply 

packaging systems that not only meet the 

demands of today, but also the demands 

which may come up in the near future. 

And this sentiment is echoed by Daniele 

Bellante ceo of Cama Group. “When I talk 

about flexibility, I’m not simply referring 

to the capability of the machines to 

comply with different product formats 

once in operation, but also the 

possibility to easily refurbish the system 

to process completely new products 

or packaging styles,” he says. 

“Given the pace of growth and 

competitiveness in the chocolate sector, 

selecting the right packaging line is 

essential to keep up and stay ahead,” 

explains Martin Tanner, director business 

development and marketing at Bosch 

Packaging Technology. 

Of course as well as flexibility in the 

broadest sense, confectionery producers 

are also looking for quicker changeover 

times to suit shorter production batches, 

higher output, ease of cleaning and 

operation to help increase profit margins 

in a sector that has seen many raw 

material price hikes of late. 

“The unchanged trend is automation,” 

explains Schubert. “To be competitive 

Keeping pace with 

changing pack formats 

is a constant challenge 

for machinery makers 

and maintain a strong business, UK 

confectionery producers need to increase 

efficiency and reduce labour costs. 

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need to offer high efficiency and are 

required to inspect and ensure product 

quality,” he tells Machinery Update. 

Neil Giles, marketing communications 

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“As a result of legislative changes and the 

increasing use of new packaging formats, 

more and more manufacturers are 

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competitors in a crowded market place. 

Smaller pack sizes, doy-style packs 

and even tall, rigid cylindrical containers 

are now seen in this sector which has 

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Reducing total cost 

of ownership is the 

secret ingredient to 

chocolate packing 

“ Meeting the burgeoning 

global demand 

for chocolate is no 

easy feat,” says 

Martin Tanner, 

director business development 

and marketing, product division 

confectionery and food, Bosch 

Packaging Technology. For mass 

produced chocolate, production 

lines operate at high speeds and 

volumes. What’s more is that 

chocolate is a breakable, fragile 

product that requires gentle care to 

ensure quality. “Add to this the need 

for a wide diversity of product types 

in various sizes and packaging 

formats, as well as critical hygiene 

and line cleaning needs, and it’s 

clear that chocolate producers have 

their hands full,” he says. 

Given the pace and also the 

competitiveness of the chocolate 

manufacturing environment, 

selecting the right packaging line 

is essential to keep up and stay 

ahead, he asserts. The installed 

equipment on the line should also 

contribute to a low total cost of 

ownership (TCO) and an increase 

of operating profit margins. 

There are numerous features 

that should be considered when 

selecting a chocolate packaging 

line, whether primary or 

secondary, horizontal or vertical. 

Quick changeovers, high output 

and ease of cleaning and operation 

all contribute to lower TCO and a 

faster return on investment. 

Tanner believes automating 

manual operations with smart 

technology can help manufacturers 

reach unprecedented volume levels 

and high speeds and Endangered 

Species Chocolate experienced 

this first-hand. It has achieved 

more than a 230% boost in output 

after incorporating the Bosch 

Pack 401 horizontal flow wrapper 

with integrated Pack Feeder 4, an 

inline feeder, into its packaging 

line for organic chocolate bars. 

By automating the transportation 

Lower cost 

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Partnering with 

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is a recipe for 

success, says 

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of chocolate from the moulding 

process to the flow wrapper, which 

was previously done manually, 

Endangered Species witnessed a 

production jump from 120 to 400 

pieces per minute, meeting current 

and future production needs. 

“As competition intensifies, 

chocolate manufacturers need 

innovative products and packaging 

styles at the point-of-sale to capture 

consumer attention,” says Tanner. 

That means packaging machines 

must be flexible enough to not only 

accommodate current pack style 

needs, but also adapt to future 

High output is critical to 

meet demand; flexibility is 

important for brand appeal 

requirements. Ideally, a single 

machine should have the ability 

to handle multiple product types, 

sizes and pack styles. 

Nestlé Dubai employed a 

seamless system from Bosch to 

meet the speed and flexibility 

requirements of its chocolate 

production. The two companies 

worked together to develop two 

packaging lines to handle and 

flow wrap a variety of products 

at very high output rates, both up 

to 1,440 products per minute. 

The lines are able to wrap twoand 

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and Quantum and Chunky wafer 

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cartoning, all with high operational 

efficiency. This is achieved by 

the seamless integration of all 

equipment in the line, says Tanner. 

T 01332 626262 

W www.boschpackaging.com

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Machinery Update 

talks to Pacepacker 

about end-effectors 

Robotic end-effectors 

are a hotbed for 

innovation in pick and 

place lines right now, 

says Paul Wilkinson, 

business development manager at 

Pacepacker Services, and attached 

to each is a powerful vacuum system 

that delivers the suction required 

to move products ranging from 

individual chocolates to heavy 

bags of icing sugar in an efficient 

and controlled manner. And in 

practice, any type of end-tooling, 

from suction caps to grippers, 

clamshells or magnets can work 

with these vacuum systems. 

As the range of product 

variations emerging from 

confectionery factories continues 

to grow, the use of vacuum 

systems within this sector is also 

rising due to their flexibility. 

Confectionery manufacturers can 

opt for multi-use end-effectors 

which can perform multiple 

tasks which results in fewer tool 

changeovers. Vacuum systems also 

address previous concerns over 

post suction marking on delicate 

products, explains Wilkinson. 

The design of a vacuum system has 

to take into account many factors. As 

well as the size, weight and texture of 

the load being handled, automation 

engineers need to consider everything 

from operating pressure and the 

size and type of generator systems, 

to gravitational and acceleration 

forces. “Generally speaking you 

can lift almost anything by vacuum 

providing you get the science right and 

calculate the holding force and suction 

pad diameter correctly,” he says. 

Vacuum handling specialists 

will have vital knowledge and 

experience and can provide anything 

from pumps, cups, generators 

and pneumatic pump sets. With 

a choice of hundreds of various 

end-effectors to accommodate 

different products as well as lots of 

different configurations it is vital 

that manufacturers and systems 

integrators work with vacuum 

experts to determine the most 

Vacuum is a 

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There’s a choice 

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end-effectors to 

suit individual 

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lots of different 

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appropriate automated vacuum 

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specific requirements. 

The first phase of any pick and 

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right system for the job. Generally 

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to choose from, each offering 

particular benefits depending on 

the application and manufacturing 

sector. Within each, there are 

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of automation configurations. 

Users can choose from a vacuum 

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the valves can be tailored to the 

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is they can be multi-functional. 

Suction cups, also part of the 

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The IF316 is the latest machine within the ‘break-through generation’ of equipment from Cama Group 

The IF316 is the 

latest machine 

within the ‘breakthrough 

generation’ 

of equipment from 

Cama Group. It is an all-in-one 

packaging machine designed 

specifically for confectionery 

production, where speed and 

flexibility need to be combined 

with a reduced footprint and 

sustainable efficiency. 

According to Cama ceo 

Daniele Bellante, investing 

in packaging automation 

is an important step for 

confectionery manufacturers 

to cope with the high 

production volumes the sector 

demands, but in an ever 

changing world, confectionery 

producers are also looking 

for packaging systems 

that can evolve with their 

production needs. 

“So when I talk about 

flexibility, I am not simply 

referring to the machines 

capability to comply with 

different product formats 

once in operation, but also the 

ability to easily be refurbished 

or redesigned to handle 

Flexibility is 

key attribute 

Machinery Update talks to Italian secondary packaging 

specialist Cama Group about how it serves the market 

new products or packaging 

styles,” he says. These new 

formats may not have even 

been thought of when any 

new equipment was specified 

but modern machinery has to 

be flexible enough to change. 

Bellante believes that Cama 

Confectionery is in our DNA 

as it has represented about 30% 

of our annual turnover for 30 years 

offers successful solutions to 

this sector because it has the 

experience and capability to 

offer turnkey solutions thanks 

to the integration of robots 

into its equipment. 

“We have to consider at 

least two issues in this area: 

cost and usability,” he tells 

Machinery Update. 

“In terms of costs, chocolate 

buyers behave no differently


to any other, they look for 

a packaging system that 

can guarantee long term 

sustainable efficiency,” he 

says. “That is to say a machine 

and robots that maintain 

high performance levels 

throughout their operational 

life.” 

Speed is the most important 

factor combined with 

flexibility, he says. 

In terms of UK and 

European market differences, 

Bellante thinks that the UK 

pays more attention to how 

the packs look on shelf and 

how long they take to get 

there. “Retail ready packaging 

is requested by UK users to 

meet supermarket needs 

but not necessarily by their 

continental counterparts,” 

he reveals. 

The ‘break-through 

generation’ of machinery 

represented a complete restyle 

of Cama’s equipment and 

was first seen at interpack 

last year (see Machinery 

Update – July/August, 2014). 

In practice, the control 

cabinets with the electrical 

and pneumatic components 

are integrated into the machine 

pedestal angles. This reduces 

the machine’s footprint, 

minimises cabling and eases 

placement of utility devices. 

The latest IF316 model in the 

range is small and compact 

and described as the perfect 

monoblock for top loading 

bars and tablets. Designed 

with support from a major 

confectionery manufacturer, 

the 316 can handle up to 500 pick and placing and the 

incoming products a minute robotic closing unit is all 

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Making a fondant 

needs mixing skill 

The creation of a globally 

successful rolled fondant 

product not only requires 

high quality ingredients 

and baking industry 

expertise but several mixing stages 

and the right mixers. 

So when Satin Fine Foods 

Founder and ceo Kevin O’Reilly 

began developing its Satin Ice 

Rolled Fondant product, he chose 

Winkworth as his main mixer 

supplier. 

The company, which is based 

in New York state and now has a 

100,000sq ft production facility, 

has sourced the bulk of its plant 

from Winkworth including 

Z mixers, paste feeders, a new 

cutter system and melt vessels. 

In the time the company has 

been working together, Satin has 

purchased eight MZ450 mixers and 

four XF200R paste feeders while 

last year, it purchased the MV200 

shortening/butter melt vessel. 

The Z blade mixers mix icing 

sugar with flavours and gums 

to produce sugar paste ‘dough’ 

which is then emptied into the 

XF200R paste feeders beneath 

and continuously extruded as a 

rectangular shape, for packaging. 

Winkworth worked with another 

UK company to design, develop 

and supply a paste cutting/ 

conveying system which takes the 

extruded paste and accurately cuts 

the rolled fondant in pack sizes for 

onward flow wrapping for retail. 

“Winkworth has been excellent 

to work with and they always go 

Traditional coating pans are produced 

Mixing with 

a US range 

New York statebased 

Satin Fine 

Foods has 

sourced the bulk 

of its plant from 

Winkworth to 

help process its 

ice rolled fondant 

the extra mile to meet our mixing 

needs by incorporating tailormade 

features into the machines,” 

explains O’Reilly. 

“Over the years we’ve purchased 

thirteen brand new machines 

from Winkworth which have 

enabled us to streamline 

production, increase throughput, 

reduce labour costs and increase 

the quality and accuracy of the final 

product,” he adds. 

To help Satin Fine Foods solve 

the problem it had with the mixing 

and extrusion of high viscosity 

paste products, Winkworth made 

a number of bespoke changes to 

the machines it supplied. These 

included designing the MZ450 

mixers so they could work on a 

platform with the facility to load 

from the front or back which also 

made cleaning easier. 

Being on a platform meant the 

product in the mixer could be 

dropped through a chute into a 

second unit underneath – the XF 

paste feeder. The paste feeder has 

been specially designed to take 

the capacity of a mixer as well as 

having a shaped series of 

discharge nozzles to allow a 

rectangular strip to be extruded, 

to match the packaging size and 

weight required. 

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Tray sealers are 

making it simple 

for confectioner 

Two high output packaging lines featuring tray sealers from 

Sealpac are achieving production and marketing gains for the 

chocolate covered marshmallows produced by Lotte Wedel 

at its historic building located in the centre of Warsaw 

When Lotte Wedel invested 

in tray sealing technology 

for its best-selling product: 

Ptasie Mleczko it worked 

in close partnership 

with Sealpac and its Polish distributor 

Premac who designed two high output 

packaging lines for its chocolate covered 

marshmallows. 

Ptasie Mleczko is a chocolate-covered 

candy filled with soft milk soufflé 

produced in high volumes with different 

kinds of filling, such as chocolate, vanilla, 

lemon, coconut and caramel flavour, but 

always covered with a chocolate layer. 

NEW PRODUCTION LINE 

When Wedel first invested in a new 

production line for its Ptasie Mleczko, two 

open trays were stacked on top of each 

other with a paper insert in between, and 

then placed in a cardboard box. However, 

not only did it make the chocolate covered 

marshmallows vulnerable to damage, 

it also meant the use of a considerable 

amount of packaging materials. 

An alternative packaging solution was 

therefore sought. 

Now, the fully automated tray sealing 

system has increased overall production 

efficiency while also allowing the 

expensive paper insert to be dispensed 

with, resulting in a more sustainable 

pack. Also, the chocolate covered 

marshmallows are better protected 

due to the top film that is sealed to the 

tray. Furthermore, shelf life is extended 

compared to the previous solution. 

Two double lane traysealers; an A8 

and A10 are achieving this. 

In the first months after installation, 

Premac and Wedel put a lot of effort into 

increasing the output of the lines for 

Ptasie Mleczko by gradually optimising 

the various steps in the production 

process. After producing the chocolate 

covered marshmallows according to their 

secret recipe in Wedel’s kitchen, they 

enter the loading zone, where they are 

picked up by robot arms and loaded six 

pieces at a time into the automatically 

denested tray. 

The trays are then transported to the 

buffer zone, where they are stored until 

they are handed over to the Sealpac A8 

traysealer. Arriving single lane, Sealpac’s 

lane divider arranges for a smooth 

double-lane tray in-feed. Sealed ten trays 

at a time, the sealed trays are converged 

back to single lane and then loaded by 

SUMMARY 

SEALING AT SPEED 

In operation, the tray sealers offer 

a host of benefits such as… 

■ Less damage to the delicate product 

■ …with less packaging materials 

■ Faster production speeds 

■ An extended shelf life 

■ Easy top film changeovers 

■ Less overall downtime 

■ Reduced air consumption and maintenance 

robots into their cardboard secondary 

packaging. 

In the case of the A10 double lane 

traysealer, both the in-feed and out-feed 

are double lane. Here, 14 trays are sealed 

in each cycle. 

Both traysealers are positioned on the 

first floor of the historic Wedel building 

in the centre of Warsaw. As such, the 

impact of the equipment on the floor had 

to be calculated to see whether extra floor 

support would be necessary. With the 

A8 and A10 using servo technology, the 

vibration impact on the floor remained

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Ptasie Mleczko is the flagship brand 

Each tray is sealed with a printed film 

Running at over 12 cycles a minute, the traysealer achieves outputs up to 175 trays a minute 

InsideCut technology is used in sealing 

within safe boundaries. Using servodriven 

lifting and gripper systems also 

allows for gentle handling of the tray 

and its contents. Furthermore, servo 

technology reduces air consumption and 

maintenance costs, says Sealpac. 

The two traysealers are currently 

running at over 12 cycles a minute, 

achieving outputs of up to 175 trays a 

minute at the plant. To cope with the 

fragile nature of the product, heatresistant 

protection plates were applied 

in the sealing station to avoid the risk 

of melting the chocolate. And, with 

the factory running 24 hours a day, 

7 days a week, it is crucial that downtime 

is reduced to a minimum. Special 

crash detection inside the traysealer 

automatically recognises if one of the 

chocolates is protruding from the tray 

shortly before sealing. If so, the tooling 

will not close, hence preventing a 

potential crash and any subsequent 

cleaning time. 

With such high speeds, the supply of 

top film needs to be replaced quite often. 

Therefore, the A8 and A10 traysealer are 

both equipped with a tandem film arm, 

allowing easy changes to the next roll 

of film should the other one run out. 

In operation, the Ptasie Mleczko is 

primarily packed 18 pieces to a tray 

(380g). Each tray is sealed with a printed 

film that remains easily peelable for 

consumers throughout its shelf life. 

In the sealing process, Wedel uses 

InsideCut technology, where the film 

is first cut and then sealed within the 

inside of the tray. This provides a better 

look than a traditional outside cut, and 

reduces film consumption to a minimum, 

says Sealpac. It also ensures that the trays 

fit snugly into their secondary boxes. 

T 0845 302 3056 

W www.sealpac-uk.com



Re-working no 

longer necessary 

OCS Checkweighers has eliminated false rejects at a 

large confectionery producer to improve efficiencies 

Substantial 

false rejections 

experienced by one 

large confectionery 

manufacturer have 

been solved by equipment 

from OCS Checkweighers. 

Downtime and unnecessary 

product re-working has been 

stopped thanks to the high 

repeatability of the HC-A 

checkweigher from the 

company. 

So much so that the 

confectioner says that OCS’s 

ability to supply a tailored 

solution to its level of 

individual needs was a big 

plus that they weren’t offered 

by its previous equipment. 

Also, these higher accuracy 

levels allow the confectioner 

to set its production 

tolerances tighter to specific 

pack weights. This higher 

performance means the line is 

also now MID (legal for trade) 

approved. 

The special electromagnetic 

force restoration 

The HC-A checkweigher from 

OCS can run at a maximum speed 

of up to 600 pieces an hour 

weigh cell and clever 

construction of the HC-A were 

key to achieving this level of 

accuracy. The HC-A allowed 

the customer to run its line at 

the same speeds as previously, 

however the overall effective 

throughput has been 

increased significantly. 

This is due to unnecessary 

re-working of falsely rejected 

products being almost 

eliminated. 

As the HC-A can run at a 

maximum of up to 600 pieces 

an hour, it is also future proof 

for the confectioner. 

Previously, packs clearly 

within tolerance were being 

wrongfully rejected causing a 

lot of labour intensive re-work 

and sorting. With the new 

checkweigher, the standard 

Throughput has been increased 

deviation of the weighing 

process has been improved, 

significantly. This is, in part, due 

to the Mean Value Regulation 

feature that gives feedback to the 

entire filling process, says OCS. 

It gives a financial saving and


optimal product handling 

together with a customisable 

belt construction to ensure 

the best possible method of 

transport and transfer to the 

weighing conveyor.” 

It is all these features that 

has provided the accuracy 

levels for the customer. At the 

same time, OCS underlines 

its flexibility to adapt these 

designs to meet individual 

customer needs. 

T 01993 701970 

W www.ocs-cw.com 

also improved process safety. 

The confectionery 

manufacturer made it clear 

that achieving reliable weight 

readings consistently, was 

critical. “We were confident 

of meeting this demand as 

our HC-A checkweigher is 

designed from the ground 

up for reliability and perfect 

product handling,” explains 

Ingolf Latz, managing director 

of OCS Checkweighers. 

“The HC-A has a robust 

frame with a low centre of 

gravity for stability and it 

has servo drives for better 

control of the motors that 

are mounted to unique 

conveyor technology,” he 

continues. “This allows for 

More flexible production without 

compromising quality? 

Certainly. 

Robotic automation can enable you to enhance your production flexibility and boost 

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Confectionery is a 

great way to carry 

OTC medications 

The pharmaceutical, 

healthcare and nutrition 

industries are turning to 

confectionery to carry 

over-the-counter 

medications or dietary supplements 

as consumers realise that the 

treatment of minor ailments and 

augmentation of their diets need 

not be unpleasant experiences. 

The accuracy and hygiene of 

modern cooking and depositing 

techniques from Baker Perkins 

has, says the company, broadened 

the range of potential applications 

for functional, and especially 

medicated confectionery. 

Of the technologies available to 

the medicated and functional 

confectionery sectors, depositing 

seems the most appropriate 

because of the efficiency, hygiene, 

accuracy and product quality it offers. 

Additionally, the process adheres 

to the principles of GMP and is 

readily capable of validation to 

FDA/EMEA standards. 

Medicated products include 

ingredients such as antiseptics, 

menthol and eucalyptus oil to 

alleviate the symptoms of minor 

ailments such as coughs, colds, 

sore throats and nasal congestion. 

And it is the high accuracy dosing 

and maximum effectiveness of 

the active ingredients that Baker 

Perkins believes makes depositing 

uniquely suitable for medicated and 

functional products. Additionally, 

glossy finish, consistent size and 

smooth mouth feel are in keeping 

with the high quality consumers 

expect of healthcare products. 

Smooth mouth feel and 

continuous release make hard 

candy ideal for medicated 

products, while jelly and fruit 

products may be more suited 

to functional applications. 

In both cases, sugar-free and sugar 

versions can be manufactured. 

Product set up is completely 

recipe driven, with ingredient 

calls, temperatures, flow rates, 

speeds and depositor profiles 

all downloaded from the 

Medicating 

with sweets 

The functional 

sector ranges 

from boosting 

nutrients intake 

to adding other 

supplements to 

the diet 

control system to the machines 

automatically. Recipes can be 

locked and every operator change 

during production logged against 

a user ID so traceability right 

up to CFR 21 Part 11 standards is 

possible. Hygiene is a significant 

processing factor with full washout 

capability of the cooking and 

depositing systems. 

Meanwhile, plant control 

developments from the company 

enable complete automation of 

cooking and depositing systems for 

any type of confectionery. 

Baker Perkins says this is a 

significant two-stage step forward 

in plant control. It introduces the 

integration of the cooking system, 

plus linkage to the depositing and 

cooling operation for total plant 

automation from raw ingredient 

Depositing is uniquely 

suitable for medicated and 

also functional products 

weighing to cooled candy. 

Operators control an entire line 

from a single HMI that includes 

full process visualisation, recipe 

management, calibration and 

alarm handling. 

Removing manual input of 

recipes, plus precise downstream 

control of critical process 

parameters including time, 

pressure and temperature ensures 

quality and consistency. Linking 

depositing and cooling to the 

cooking system ensures that the 

flow of syrup to the depositor 

matches the required output, 

minimising costly waste. 

Equipment upgrades cover the 

Autofeed ingredient weighing 

and mixing system; Microfilm 

cooker and Colour and Flavour 

Addition (CFA) system. 

All are modular and specified to 

individual requirements and all 

are redesigned and re-engineered 

to meet and exceed requirements 

for hygiene, ease of cleaning and 

also maintenance. 

T 01733 283000 

W www.bakerperkins.com

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Feature: Name Confectionery here 

Multipond’s work 

with Swizzels is a 

sweet experience 

Maker of Love Hearts 

Swizzels-Matlow was 

founded in 1928 and 

as well as investing in 

its workforce over the 

years, it also seeks out the latest 

packaging technology. 

Having employed various 

brands of combination weighing 

technology in the past, the 

company now relies on Multipond 

as its reliable partner. According 

to Swizzels engineering manager 

Chris Marshall, having a 

partnership with a system supplier 

that creates a solution as early as 

the planning phase is incredibly 

important. “This is precisely the 

kind of partnership we are seeing 

with Multipond UK,” he says. 

The decision to go with 

Multipond was down to its 

experience in the confectionery 

sector as well as the technical 

benefits its equipment offers. 

Precision, reliability, a clear 

performance increase and reduced 

maintenance from Multipond 

equipment have been key to this 

flourishing relationship. 

In the North Derbyshire factory, 

an MP 28-400/400-C was installed 

followed with a MP 22-1000/400-H 

to drive the ongoing modernisation 

Chris Marshall is engineering manager 

at Swizzels-Matlow and he says its 

collaboration with Multipond UK is 

absolutely seamless 

Weighing a 

partnership 

Up to 180 weighs 

per minute are 

achieved for the 

sticky sweet 

products from 

the company 

of the packaging operation. 

Previously, the products had been 

packed by hand. During the course 

of the automation process, output 

has been significantly increased 

and the giveaway quota reduced to 

an absolute minimum. 

Simple operation, precise 

weighing results and faster 

speeds create the ideal platform 

for optimising the company’s 

processes, says Multipond. 

In operation, the system weighs 

and packs sticky sweet products 

with a target weight of 160g at a rate 

of up to 180 weighs per minute. 

Products are fed to the weighing 

system over a Multipond vibratory 

feeder. Once at the top of the 

weigher, they are first conveyed to 

the prefeed hoppers via the radially 

positioned feed trays and then to 

the plastic weigh hoppers below. 

The system operates on the 

principle of combining partial 

portions. A computer uses the 

partial portions to determine 

the combination that achieves 

or approaches the target weight. 

Finished portions are finally 

delivered to the timing hopper, 

from which they are discharged to 

the exact centre of the format tube 

in the form, fill and seal machine. 

All product contact parts can be 

removed quickly and without tools, 

and have been precisely matched 

to the requirements of the products 

to be weighed in order to ensure a 

perfect product flow. 

“One of the most important 

criteria for us was a weigher system 

that is fast and easy to use,” says 

Marshall. “Our employees quickly 

become familiar with the handling 

and operation of the machines. 

“As the company works 

towards wider market coverage 

and the development of new 

product variants, Swizzels will 

undoubtedly continue to rely on 

Multipond,” he concludes. 

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Yamato Scale has 

boosted speed and 

operational gains 

Big Bear Confectionery, 

a subsidiary of Raisio 

Group, has boosted its 

new packaging line’s 

production by 7000 

packs per shift by investing 

in a multihead weigher and 

checkweigher from Yamato Scale 

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By boosting not only its speeds, 

but also the operational flexibility 

of the line in question, Big Bear 

Confectionery has achieved 

considerable improvements in 

its weighing and checking of 

its chocolate and sugar coated 

products. It produces more than 

1,000 products for the branded 

and RPL confectionery markets 

both in the UK and abroad, selling 

to large supermarket chains such 

as Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, 

Morrisons and Aldi. 

After identifying inefficiencies in 

its previous solution, as well as 

requiring a layout change to resolve 

congestion issues, the confectioner 

contacted Yamato for new weighing 

machinery. Factory space was at a 

premium and the company wanted 

to both expand its capabilities 

while also streamlining the 

product handling process. In the 

end, purchasing the weigher and 

checkweigher combination allowed 

two lines to be merged in to one. 

The older packaging line was 

still performing well, but the site 

project team was aware that recent 

equipment breakthroughs would 

significantly increase output, and 

this became the driving factor in 

the need to upgrade. The accuracy 

that Yamato’s new weighing 

machines could offer Big Bear 

meant that it could offer flexibility 

to its clients, as the machinery 

could be easily adjusted to suit 

the different weights and pack 

sizes required. 

Big Bear’s continued investment 

in technology at its Blackburn site 

means that it can continue to be 

at the forefront of its industry by 

being able to respond to consumer 

demand, and an increase in output 

Flexible and 

fast advance 

Chocolate and 

sugar coated 

products are 

produced by 

Big Bear 

Confectionery 

in Blackburn 

to suit the wide-ranging needs 

of its clients. 

This undertaking marks a new 

level of aspirational investment 

by Big Bear. “It looks fantastic, 

and will provide an exceptional 

standard of packing for our 

clients,” says Sandra Fawcett, 

operations manager at Big 

Bear’s Blackburn site. “The new 

Yamato weighing and packing 

line is a professional and modern 

solution that gives us world class 

capabilities.” 

For portioning and feeding to 

the bagging machine, an Omega 

Equipment handles retail 

and also bulk sized packs on 

one new streamlined line 

multihead weigher was installed. 

This 14-head machine with 6 litre 

capacity can reach speeds of up to 

110 packs a minute on retail packs 

of Big Bear products, and 12 packs a 

minute on the larger 4.5kg packs. 

Additionally, an end of line 

I Series checkweigher was supplied, 

which has a maximum pack 

weight of 6kg, allowing Big Bear 

additional flexibility with future 

operations and processes. 

This I Series checkweigher also 

features a Ceia metal detector 

and diverter arm. 

“Yamato is proactive, and offers 

excellent customer service,” 

continues Fawcett, “and our 

engineers were keen to continue 

working with the company 

as a result of years of positive 

experiences.” 

T 0113 322 1546 

W www.yamatoscale.co.uk

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Coders flexibility 

is key to success 

The adaptability of three cij models from Linx allows 

confectionery to be handled with speedy reliability 

The flexibility, 

simplicity and 

reliability of 

continuous ink jet 

(cij) printers from 

Linx are meeting the needs 

of various different types of 

confectionery products. 

For instance, producer 

of high end bag-in-box 

confectionery products 

Universal Flexible Packaging 

says the reliability and 

simplicity of a Linx cij 

printer is helping it meet 

the increasingly exacting 

demands of its customers. 

After trialling it against 

a competitor machine, the 

company was so impressed 

it bought six Linx CJ400s 

to replace various thermal 

transfer printers, label printers 

and drop on demand printers. 

The company produces bagin-box 

confectionery products 

which then go into a shipping 

carton. The Linx CJ400s print 

onto filled preformed pouches 

while the pouch is passing 

through a sealer. They also 

code onto inner and outer 

boxes on a semi-automatic 

line and onto secondary 

packaging, where the coder 

is placed on the out-feed of 

a case taper. 

Meanwhile, Linx cij printers 

are providing the reliability 

and flexibility to meet leading 

confectionery manufacturer 

Thorntons’ coding requirements 

across the company’s wide 

range of famous products, 

as well as premium own brand 

confectionery for other high 

street retailers. 

The installation of the two 

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Linx 7900s and three Linx 

5900s, to update previouslyinstalled 

Linx equipment, 

has reaffirmed the long 

standing relationship between 

the two companies. 

The machines are used 

to print up to three lines of 

information including best 

before date, date and time 

packed and a traceability code 

onto printed boxes and paper 

outer labels at Thorntons’ 

Derbyshire manufacturing base. 

Their adaptability means 

they are able to cope with 

the wide variety of box sizes 

and shapes, says Linx. 

The printers are in use for at 

least 16 hours a day, five days 

Coders are produced at the 

right price in terms of initial outlay 

and ongoing low cost of ownership 

The cij printers offer simplicity 

a week, coding up to 20,000 

boxes a day on each line after 

checkweighing. Production 

ramps up significantly to meet 

seasonal demand and the 

reliable performance of the 

coders is therefore critical at 

these peak times. 

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as requirements change. 

A key advantage of the two 

Linx models is that parts are 

interchangeable. 

Both machines use Linx 

3103 non-MEK black mixed 

base ink, which offers a 

low odour ink that dries 

very quickly and adheres 

well. The use of a common 

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of consumables across the 

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“Linx is a long term partner 

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delivers a premium service 

and reliable product,” he 

explains. “Linx continues to 

produce machines which meet 

those requirements at the right 

price, both in terms of the 

initial outlay and the ongoing 

low cost of ownership.” 

Delivering simple, 

automated code set up, the 

Linx 7900 reduces the risk 

of costly errors and cuts 

the time required to switch 

products, making it ideal for 

frequent changeovers on busy 

production lines. The Linx 

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and consistent coding and 

marking performance with 

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Multihead’s gentle 

slopes help deliver 

fragile treatment 

Ishida Europe is demonstrating 

its experience in handling 

extremely fragile food 

products with the installation 

of a special ‘Gentle Slope’ 

CCW multihead weigher at one of 

the Balkans largest confectionery 

companies. Evropa produces 

chocolate products such as 

biscuits, wafers and candies with 

over 10,000 tonnes per year going 

through the factory. 

Evropa was seeking an 

automated solution for the packing 

of its wafer and biscuit brands, 

Jadran and Berta, which would 

reduce the high costs, slow speeds 

and excessive giveaway of the 

existing manual operation while 

at the same time avoiding chipping 

or product breakage. 

The process of hand weighing 

and sealing in bags had been 

extremely labour intensive, 

involving 30 personnel to pack 

about 27 bags a minute. 

Now, with the installation of 

the Ishida CCW-RS Gentle Slope 

multihead weigher linked to an 

Ilapak bagmaker, the company is 

achieving 30 bags a minute with 

just five people. 

Equally important, giveaway has 

been reduced from 5% to 0.7%. 

As a result, payback on the 

machine was achieved within 

18 months. The improvement 

in pack quality also enabled 

Evropa to export its products 

throughout the EU, meeting the 

high standards of retailers. 

The Ishida Gentle Slope design 

has a number of important 

characteristics that are critical for 

the delicate task of packing fragile 

food products. Key features are 

specially-designed hoppers and 

a ring shutter, which is placed 

between the weigh hoppers and the 

timing hopper. 

Also, the reduced angles of the 

hoppers enable the products to 

slide rather than fall through the 

weigher into the bagmaker. 

Once the combination of weighed 

product leaves the weigh hoppers, 

Being gentle 

with wafers 

This latest project 

joins a previous 

weigher at the 

company that is 

handling hard 

candies, toffees 

and caramels 

it reaches the ring shutter which 

is coated in a special absorbent 

Bancolan material. The ring 

shutter holds the products before 

discharging them into the timing 

hopper, which then places it into 

the bagmaker. By slowing down 

the speed of each weighment as 

it passes through the weigher, 

breakages have been reduced 

significantly. 

Ishida’s agent for the Balkans CD 

System carried out the installation 

and supervised the entire project as 

well as providing ongoing support 

The timing hopper has 

helped slow weighments so 

any breakages are reduced 

for Evropa in terms of service and 

training. In addition, CD System 

devised a further gentle handling 

solution to the installation by 

placing the bagmaker at an angle 

underneath the weigher. In this 

way, product also slides rather than 

falls into the bagmaker. 

The Ishida weigher has the 

flexibility to handle different pack 

weights of 125g, 150g and 200g 

with changeovers carried out by 

the touch of a button on the remote 

control unit. As a result, the only 

machine adjustment required is 

to the forming shoulder on the 

bagmaker, allowing changeovers 

to take place in just ten minutes. 

Ishida’s CCW-RS Gentle Slope 

multihead weigher is operating 

16 hours a day. 

T 0121 607 7700 

W www.ishidaeurope.com

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Printers can 

cope with a 

harsh facility 

Express Packaging is an award-winning 

contract packaging company in the 

US that provides tailored primary and 

secondary packaging solutions for a 

variety of brands including Nestlé, Kraft 

and Hershey. 

Specialising in a variety of pack types 

that include pouches, cartons, shrink 

wraps and label printing, the company is 

capable of running 10-20 food packaging 

lines per shift and has more than 60 

Domino printers installed and in use 

across its four plants. Because of the large 

quantity of orders processed on a daily 

basis, the company required a coding 

solution that could not only handle high 

volume, but also withstand the harsh 

production environments that include 

airborne syrup, sugar or powders that are 

typical of the confectionery industry. 

“We believe no one is more committed 

to food safety or to hitting their schedules 

on time than we are,” says Fred Hartzler, 

president of Express Packaging. 

“But when you’ve been using coding and 

packaging machinery in an environment 

like ours over a long period, you’re 

eventually going to experience some 

issues along the production lines. 

“So it’s in situations like these that 

I’m interested in seeing how a supplier 

can support us with these problems,” 

he continues. “That’s what made me 

eventually go with Domino’s offering, 

because the support they deliver is just as 

efficient as the equipment they provide.” 

Express Packaging has installed 

Domino’s latest continuous ink jet printer, 

the A520i, as well as the newest thermal 

transfer overprinting system, the V230i, 

onto its production lines. 

T 01954 782551 

W www.domino-uk.com 

Express Packaging has 60 Domino printers 

The Clarisuite software has increased factory automation and also reduced running costs 

Coding sweets 

meets demand 

Message management has been successfully 

streamlined at the Jelly Belly Candy Company 

The Jelly Belly Candy Company 

has implemented Clarisuite 

software from Videojet 

Technologies to streamline 

coding, marking and labelling 

message management to successfully 

maintain production demands of 

1,680 beans per second. 

With more than 50 flavours of jelly 

bean and over 100 gourmet candies, 

the company has integrated the software 

into its existing equipment from Videojet 

to ease the process of coding variable 

data on both primary and outer case 

packaging while also reducing lead times 

and inventory costs. The equipment 

includes thermal transfer overprinters, 

large character marking systems and 

continuous ink jet printers. 

Implemented across its facilities in 

the US and in Thailand, the software 

helps to mitigate coding inaccuracies 

by significantly reducing the chance 

of human error in the message set up 

process, says Videojet. 

“It is critical that we are able to network 

the printers so we 

use software from 

Videojet to maintain 

a central library 

and database of all 

of our messages,” 

explains Jelly 

Belly plant engineer Jim 

Schneider. “All our plants access 

this single source of information via 

Videojet Clarinet network software 

at each plant and with the number of 

product items and ingredients lists we 

have, it is important that any updates 

to packaging information are uniform 

across all our facilities,” he says. 

T 0870 240 5542 

W www.videojet.co.uk 

Varying batches of 

candy packs are coded 

accurately and at speed


Sector requires 

compliance aid 

Mettler Toledo believes vision inspection plays a 

vital role in meeting growing legislative demands 

The European Union (EU) 

Directive 1169/2011 introduced 

in December last year requires 

manufacturers in the 

confectionery sector and across 

the food industry to upgrade the labelling 

on their product packaging to incorporate 

a range of new ingredient as well as 

allergen information. 

STRICT REQUIREMENTS 

These new regulations feature strict 

requirements for the printing of 

information about every ingredient by 

quantity, energy content, caffeine content, 

and allergenic properties, which must all 

be displayed in a clear, legible and above 

all easy to understand manner. 

Meanwhile, the newly updated British 

Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard 

Version 7, launched this January, also 

contains new guidance for food product 

packaging and labelling. It requires 

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manufacturers to list all raw materials, 

processing aids and new product 

development ingredients on their product 

labels. These stipulations, and the 

provisions of EU 1169/2011, have been 

incorporated with the aim of optimising 

the safety and wellbeing of consumers. 

In addition, of course, manufacturers 

in the confectionery sector must also 

ensure their products include information 

on expiration date, as well as barcodes 

and LOT numbers for easy traceability in 

the event of a product recall. 

This is why Neil Giles, marketing 

communications manager at Mettler 

Toledo Product Inspection Division 

believes confectionery manufacturers 

are searching for vision inspection 

technologies, such as those provided 

by Mettler-Toledo CI Vision. “Solutions 

capable of inspecting labels for accurate 

and comprehensive product information, 

label legibility and even correct label 

The V6300 inspection series from Mettler 

placement can support manufacturers 

in complying with these increasingly 

rigorous guidelines, helping them to 

ensure all products on their line feature 

consistently high-quality labelling,” 

he tells Machinery Update. 

GLOBALISATION ISSUES 

The globalisation of the confectionery 

market has led to a surge in the cost of 

raw ingredients, which is putting pressure 

on confectioners not only to produce 

confectionery at the same retail price as 

before, but also to enhance the efficiency 

and productivity of their manufacturing 

processes to cut operating costs and 

protect profit margins, says Giles. 

“We have therefore developed CIVCore 

proprietary software which allows 

multiple forms of vision inspection, 

such as label inspection, seal integrity 

checks, and issues with the quality 

of the packaging, to be performed 

simultaneously,” he says. 

This allows manufacturers to ensure 

regulatory compliance and to uphold 

product quality while also boosting 

throughput rates and productivity. 

T 0116 235 7070 

W www.mt.com 

“Skerman” Coating Pans 

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Labelling, Coding & Marking 

Lasers bring 

unique codes 

to Lucozade 

Lucozade Energy is using 

Domino’s D320i scribing lasers to 

produce permanent unique codes 

directly onto its bottles as part of 

the ‘YES Project’, an interactive 

cross media promotional campaign. 

Laser coding on Lucozade bottles 

Central to the success of this 

operation was that the application 

of these codes would cause no 

interruption to production output 

at its bottling plant in Coleford, 

Gloucestershire. Following a 

series of consultations, four 

Domino D320i scribing lasers and 

DPX 1000 extraction systems 

were installed onto the outfeed 

conveyor of the bottling lines. 

These lasers are connected to 

a networked software solution 

that automatically downloads 

the codes to each laser from a 

centralised server. The lasers then 

etch the permanent codes directly 

onto the bottles at speeds of up 

to 50,000 bottles an hour, before 

they receive their outer sleeves. 

The compact nature of the 

lasers allowed for easy integration 

into the bottling production line 

while its flexibility enables it to 

produce high quality text as well 

as graphics and 2D Datamatrix 

codes in any orientation. 

T 01954 782551 

W www.domino-uk.com 

The Domino D320i scribing laser 

Abrasion-proof labels for 

enhanced pharma security 

When coding 

pharmaceutical 

products, 

manufacturers must be able to 

rely 100% on the flawless and 

durable printing of variable 

data, such as the use-by 

date and batch information 

and, says Atlantic Zeiser, its 

Digiline Label printing system 

meets these needs. 

In many cases, however, the 

printed image produced by 

thermal transfer technology, 

which is most widely used 

at present, does not offer 

resistance to wear and 

abrasion, it says. 

The Digiline Label printing 

system has recently offered a 

solution in a plant operated 

by a global manufacturer of 

vaccines. The danger of the 

codes being damaged by 

friction occurring between 

the vials of serum on the 

production line or inside the 

secondary packaging has been 

successfully eliminated in a 

project that Atlantic Zeiser 

collaborated on. The greater 

process security afforded 

by Digiline Label has also 

minimised the risk of costly 

Videojet has added V418 

ink to its 1000 Line range 

which has been formulated 

to enhance adhesion and 

abrasive resistance on flexible 

film packaging used in meat 

and poultry as well as fish 

and seafood manufacturing 

facilities. 

The new ink is designed 

to provide long-lasting and 

accurate codes in harsh 

environments, especially on 

traditionally hard to print 

on materials such as PE. 

Abrasion proof pharmaceutical labels offer users enhanced process security 

production interruptions 

throughout the packaging line. 

Digiline Label uses high 

performance, uv-curable 

inks developed in-house. The 

system is designed to provide 

excellent print quality along 

with resistance to abrasion 

and alcohol-based solvents. 

In the absence of ink ribbons 

and print bars, operating costs 

can be reduced by as much 

as 30%, says the company. 

Compared to thermal transfer 

technology, the system offers 

other substantial advantages 

in view of printing speeds that 

can be up to four times higher. 

T 01264 324222 

W www.atlanticzeiser.com 

New ink enhances adhesion and abrasive 

resistance on flexible food packaging 

“We discovered that certain 

facilities can experience poor 

or inconsistent ink adhesion 

on their products when 

conditions are wet or cold, 

or where the packaging may 

come into contact with oily 

residues or condensation,” 

explains Heidi Wright, 

business unit manager for 

ink at Videojet. 

The V418 ink has therefore 

been formulated to actively 

repel water and a variety of 

oils after drying and testing 

Videojet’s V418 ink for film packs 

has verified resistance to 

many types of oils and 

animal fats. 

T 0870 240 5542 

W ww.videojet.co.uk


Continuous ink jet coder can 

control production line costs 

Anew continuous inkjet 

coder is set to help 

food and beverage 

manufacturers control 

production line costs more 

effectively according to 

coding and marking specialist 

Markem-Imaje. 

Part of the 9400 Series, the 

9450 will help manufacturers 

improve traceability and 

prevent product recalls 

using its Mark & Read realtime 

vision system which 

checks code integrity. It also 

offers a substantial choice of 

codes including barcodes, 

Datamatrix and QR codes 

as well as the ability to print 

logos and alphanumeric texts. 

“Traceability sits very 

high on the agenda for food 

and beverage businesses 

and coding and labelling 

equipment fulfils a vital beverage businesses. 

role in achieving it,” says 

“Promotional coding 

Martin Bailey, UK operations provides something that 

manager at Markem Imaje. on-pack promotions, which 

“Better and clearer codes have no link to purchase, 

are just the start for the 9450,” cannot do,” he continues. 

continues Bailey. “The ability “Giving consumers a unique 

to easily integrate promotional code to make their claim also 

coding into the packing line provides brands with the sort 

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Markem-Imaje says better and clearer codes are just the start for the 9450 

that price cutting promotions 

never can.” 

Offering increased line 

efficiency and reliability, the 

9450 is designed specifically 

to lower the total cost of 

ownership and can achieve 

up to 20% reduction on 

consumables and energy 

consumption when compared 

to similar coding solutions 

on the market, claims the 

company. 

A large selection of high 

adhesion, high contrast and 

coloured inks can be used 

by the printer for optimum 

legibility on products. 

Inks with ‘tracers’ which 

provide an anti-counterfeiting 

measure are also available 

and it is possible to change 

inks without interrupting 

production runs, which cuts 

downtime. 

The 9450 achieves print 

speeds up to 6.6 metres a 

second in two resolutions: 

71 and 115 dpi. 

Other features include 

a 7-inch colour touchscreen, 

intuitive interface, 

main printing performance 

indicator display and local 

language menus. A longevity 

service pack is included in the 

initial purchase price; there is 

a 5-year warranty on the pump 

and IP56 protection rating 

(IP66 optional) for pressurised 

water and detergent washdowns 

is included. 

T 0161 333 8555 

W www.markem-imaje.co.uk 

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Components 

Latest clamping 

handles now come 

in stainless steel 

WDS Component Parts has 

launched what it says is the UK’s 

first range of clamping handles 

made entirely from 316 stainless 

steel. This material makes them 

ideal for use where frequent 

wash-downs are required such 

as in food and pharmaceutical 

manufacture. 

The ergonomic clamping 

handles provide easy operation 

and feature a ‘pocket-free’ design 

which prevents dirt build-up to 

make the cleaning process much 

easier. As the entire product is 

constructed from 316 stainless 

steel, the range is suitable 

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Handles are precision 

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Space savings offered 

by power supply units 

When bdtronic GmbH 

developed a new 

concept for its B5090 

mixing and dispensing 

machine, the aim was to 

create a more compact design 

which included space saving 

in the control cabinet. Using 

Murrelektronik’s Emparro 

power supplies combined 

with MICO was an important 

contribution to this project. 

An important business 

area of bdtronic is developing 

and producing machines 

and process solutions for 

dispensing reactive resins 

and material preparation. 

These systems are built in a 

modular design and can be 

adapted to the users’ specific 

requirements. 

The fully automatic lean 

dispensing cell B5090 

is an efficient system for 

processing components in 

batch production with liquid 

to paste-like reactive resins. 

A high level of automation 

ensures an application of 

The Emparro power supply units 

consistent quality and high 

productivity. In the course of 

re-engineering this machine, 

bdtronic’s designers aimed to 

find a more compact design 

for the machine including the 

control cabinet. 

Therefore, the electronics 

engineers decided to use 

Murrelektronik’s Emparro 

power supply units. They 

supply the same amount 

of power as the units used 

before. However, with a width 

of 85 mm (the 20 A unit) or 

65 mm (the 10 A unit) they 

are clearly smaller. 

Due to their high efficiency 

(up to 95%), Emparro power 

supplies generate very 

low heat loss. Therefore, 

a relatively small safety 

distance is required. 

Bdtronic uses the intelligent 

VDC current monitoring 

system MICO Basic to protect 

the cables. Four channels 

that used to be protected with 

individual circuit breakers are 

now monitored by a 35 mm 

wide cabinet component. 

And in the event of overload, 

they are safely switched off in 

a channel-specific way. 

T 0161 728 3133 

W www.murrelektronik.co.uk 

New online tool from Festo 

Handling solutions 

in just 20 minutes 

Festo has developed a new 

system for configuring readyto-install 

handling systems in 

less than 20 minutes. The new 

online tool is a faster and more 

cost effective option for design 

engineers looking to configure 

handling systems for palletisers, 

assembling and laser cutting. 

Called the Handling Guide 

Online (HGO), it significantly 

reduces design, assembly 

and delivery times. 

T 01252 775000 

W www.festo.co.uk/HGO 

Hygiene for liquid level measurement in 

food and life science sectors is boosted 

Siemens UK & Ireland has 

enhanced its Sitrans LR250 

transmitter for liquid level 

measurement to deliver 

greater hygiene and sanitation 

in food, beverage and also 

life science production 

processes. 

The LR250 pulse radar level 

transmitter offers continuous 

monitoring of liquids in 

storage and process vessels, 

including high temperatures, 

to a range of 20 metres. It is 

now available with a hygiene 

encapsulated antenna, which 

utilises a two wire 25GHz 

pulse radar level transmitter 

and boasts European Hygienic 

Engineering & Design 

Group (EHEDG) 

approvals. The EHEDG 

certifications include 

EL Class 1, EL Class 1 

Aseptic and 3-A, 

demonstrating its ability 

to meet stringent 

requirements in 

hygienic, sanitary and 

aseptic applications. 

In addition, the 

LR250 with hygienic 

encapsulated 

antenna incorporates 

FDA and USP Class 

V1-approved materials, 

making it an ideal level 

measurement solution in 

Liquid level 

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pharmaceutical and also 

chemical processes. 

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Components 

Safety function updates 

bring user friendly gains 

With Safemotion 

Release 1.9, 

B&R Industrial 

Automation has updated 

the safety functions for the 

ACOPOSmulti servo drive 

family. In addition to two 

new functions – remanent 

safe position (RSP) and 

safely limited acceleration 

(SLA) – this update also 

introduces machine 

options for Safemotion 

parameters and improves 

both system availability and 

user-friendliness. 

In order to obtain a safe 

absolute multi-turn position, 

homing used to be necessary 

each time an axis was 

restarted. In some situations, 

this can require considerable 

effort, especially for complex 

multi-axis systems. Today 

however, the RSP function 

allows Saferobotics SLS, SLP 

and SLO functions to be used 

without homing after every 

power-on cycle. 

Meanwhile, the SLA function 

monitors the acceleration 

or deceleration of an axis. 

If the limit being monitored 

is exceeded, the Safemotion 

module goes into an 

acknowledgeable error state. 

B&R has added new safety functions to its ACOPOSmulti servo drives 

Using the SLA safety 

function for coupled axes, for 

example, makes it possible 

to significantly reduce the 

maximum remaining distance 

an axis will move in the event 

of an error. The speed limit 

set in the SLS Saferobotics 

function can therefore be 

configured closer to the point 

where there is real danger. 

When commissioning 

some machines, it is 

necessary to make machinespecific 

settings for certain 

parameters, such as the 

homing offset or the unit 

system. “You can now use 

the machine options function 

to selectively transfer the 

safety parameters from the 

functional application to a 

Safemotion module,” explains 

Simon Goodwin, general 

manager at B&R UK. 

These safe machine 

options can be used to update 

parameters, for example via 

the HMI application on the 

operator panel. 

T 01733 371320 

W www.br-automation.com 

Apprentice named 

young engineer of 

the year by MTA 

On page 7 of this issue you will 

have seen a photograph of PP 

Electrical Systems’ Scott Gullick 

being awarded the MTA’s Young 

Engineer of the Year award. 

He is currently on his way to 

completing his NVQ/ONC in 

electrical engineering, with the 

longer-term plan to secure his 

HNC and then move into design 

engineering. 

Here, he talks about winning 

this prestigious award. 

“A career in manufacturing 

has always been something 

I wanted to explore so to 

secure such a prestigious 

title so early in my career is a 

tremendous feeling,” explained 

Scott, who studies at Walsall 

College. 

“I started as a general 

operative, but before long I 

knew I wanted to go down the 

apprentice engineer route,” he 

continues. “This gave me the 

chance to work in different areas 

of the business and receive 

mentoring from some excellent 

professionals. 

“Winning Young Engineer 

of the Year will give me the 

confidence to continue to learn 

and attempt new things and 

hopefully one day, I can pass 

what I know on to the next 

generation.” 

Dynamic drive performance simulator was centrepiece 

of Hanover display that also celebrated 50th birthday 

A simulator showcasing 

dynamic drive performance 

was central to Nord 

Drivesystems’ presentation at 

the Hanover Fair in April. 

Systems consisting of an 

asynchronous motor, a helical 

bevel gearbox and an SK 200E 

series decentralised frequency 

inverter demonstrated high 

precision and superior agility 

in complex motion sequences. 

Solutions based on such 

intelligent drive configurations 

enable cost efficient servolevel 

applications, says Nord. 

Integrating a PLC, the inverters 

demonstrate support for 

drive-related functions 

according to IEC 61131. 

They are also suited for 

safety applications featuring 

synchronisation and multi 

axis operation. 

The company also celebrated 

the business being 50 years old. 

T 01235 534404 

W www.nord.com 

Co-ordinated drives 

manage complex 

handling tasks with 

ease, says Nord


Celebrating 70 years of safety 

trading with new development 

LMT104UKjunior.pdf 1 22/04/2015 15:21 

A trade fair stand from the 1960s 

Machine safety specialist 

the Schmersal group 

celebrates its 70 year 

Jubilee this year by continuing 

to expand its presence in 

international markets and its 

leading position as a supplier 

of technical safety solutions. 

Over the years, Schmersal 

has applied for patents for 

almost 300 of its inventions 

and today, the company 

focuses its development efforts 

on electromechanical and 

electronic safety switches, as 

C 

well as on safety controllers. 

Third generation family 

M 

members now work in the 

Y 

business that operates from 

seven production sites in 

Europe, Asia and South 

America and is represented 

with subsidiaries and 

representative offices in more 

than 60 countries worldwide. 

K 

This year, the company 

is strengthening its Safety 

Consulting organisation. 

A worldwide network of 

qualified safety engineers will 

assist Schmersal customers 

with risk assessments of 

machines and the selection of 

suitable protection equipment 

among other things. 

T 01684 571980 

W www.schmersal.co.uk 

CM 

MY 

CY 

CMY 

Level probes - extended 

Several new variants of ifm's popular LMT point level sensors have been added 

to the range. Longer probes, up to 250 mm, are particularly useful in overfill 

applications. Internal timer functions can be set using standard IO-Link accessories. 

At the SPS IPC Drives show last year 

www.ifm.com/uk/lmt 

ifm Telephone 020 8213 2222


Regulations 

Revisions to functional 

safety standards 

Stewart Robinson 

PRINCIPAL ENGINEER AND FUNCTIONAL SAFETY EXPERT AT TÜV SÜD PRODUCT SERVICE 

Changes to ISO 13849-1 have been published as a ‘Final Draft Amendment’, meaning that there 

will be no further editorial or technical changes, with the publication of the amended standard 

following within a few months 

To help clarify the 

functional safety 

requirements, the ISO 

is making some revisions to 

ISO 13849-1. These changes 

have been published as a 

‘Final Draft Amendment’, 

meaning that there will be no 

further editorial or technical 

changes, with the publication 

of the amended standard 

following within a few months. 

Meanwhile, EN 62061 has been 

updated to include references 

to other related standards 

which have changed, with 

no technical changes to the 

standard itself made. 

Within the updated ISO 

13849-1, Table 1 is to be 

removed, and replaced by 

a reference to the technical 

reports published in 2010 for 

guidance on the choice of 

which standard to adopt. 

SOME CONSISTENCY 

Previously the expression 

“average probability of 

a dangerous failure per 

hour” had been used in full 

throughout the standard. 

Now, the abbreviation PFHD 

is also used, delivering some 

consistency between EN ISO 

13849-1 and other functional 

safety standards. Likewise, 

the term “subsystem” is now 

included as an alternative 

term for Safety Related Parts 

of Control Systems (SRP/CS). 

Summing up the PFHD of each 

SRP/CS in series alignment 

to establish the PFHD of the 

function is also made clear. 

For Category 4 

architectures, the 100 years 

Mean Time To Dangerous 

Failure (MTTFd) capping 

can be increased to 2,500 

years. This is to overcome the 

limitations imposed on the 

calculated PFHD that results 

in an artificial limit to the 

number of subsystems in a 

series alignment. Annex K has 

also been expanded to take 

account of this. 

AN ALTERNATIVE 

PROVISION IS ADDED 

The current ‘assumption’, that 

for Category 2 architecture the 

demand rate should be ≤1/100 

test rate, now has the added 

alternative provision that 

Category 2 can also be claimed 

if testing occurs immediately 

upon demand of the safety 

function, and safety times and 

distances are also satisfied. 

There is clear guidance 

given that where nonelectrical 

components are 

used in the output part of the 

SRP/CS, the use of specified 

categories is to be considered. 

For example for Performance 

Level d (PLd) a Category 3 

architecture is required, 

while for PLe a Category 4 is 

specified. 

For PLd with Category 2 

architectures it is now a 

normative requirement for the 

Output of Test Equipment to 

initiate a safe state. 

There is also clarification 

that the use of the Risk Graph 

is not mandatory, and that 

other methods to establish the 

performance level required 

(PLr) of the safety functions 

can be used instead. 

The guidance on selecting 

some of the parameters is 

expanded, and it is made 

clear that the selection of P1 

or P2 should consider both the 

possibility to avoid and the 

probability of occurrence of 

the hazardous event. 

Some of the wording in 

parts of Annex C has been 

changed so that it is clear that 

the information in this Annex 

is more relevant to SRP/CS 

To make EN ISO 13849-1 work 

for them, machine builders should 

concentrate on functional safety 

manufacturers than to endusers 

of SRP/CS subsystems. 

Finally, Annex I ‘Examples’ 

has been completely revised 

with example A (single 

channel) having a PLr of PLc, 

and example B (dual channel) 

having a PLr of PLd. More 

detail is now also given to the 

reliability data used in the 

examples to make them more 

in keeping with actual ‘real 

world’ applications. 

PAY MORE ATTENTION 

To make EN ISO 13849-1 work 

for them, machine builders 

need to pay more attention 

to the concept of functional 

safety, identify the individual 

safety functions of a machine, 

and then assign performance 

requirements against each 

of these to ensure that they 

comply. While breaking each 

function into further sub 

systems is a detailed and time 

consuming process, it can 

help with the calculations 

and also help to ensure that 

nothing is missed. 

CALCULATIONS ARE 

NOT ALWAYS SIMPLE 

Performance data is available 

from most of the safety 

product manufacturers 

which can be used for the 

calculations. However, even 

when the relevant data 

is available, it would be 

misleading to pretend that 

carrying out the calculations 

required by EN ISO 13849-1 

is a straightforward task. 

To make things a little easier, 

several software packages 

have been produced that 

guide users through the 

entire process. 

In spite of the availability 

of software support, ensuring 

compliance with EN ISO 

13849-1 is still going to be 

a task which few system 

integrators or machine 

builders will want to 

undertake for themselves, 

or have the resources 

available to do so. 

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Who What Where 

Who’s done what and gone where... 

Linx Printing 

John Tierney 

has joined Linx 

Printing as 

marketing 

director to help 

strengthen the leadership 

team. He has held a number 

of marketing and product 

management positions in 

technical and engineering 

companies and brings best 

practice expertise to further 

strengthen the company’s 

distributor network. 

Ruaridh 

Nicolson has 

been appointed 

channel 

development 

director at the company, 

joining from Teknek, an ITW 

company, where he was sales 

and marketing manager. He 

has over 20 years’ experience 

in global sales and also 

marketing. 

John Schmidt 

has taken on the 

role of channel 

development 

manager for 

EMEA at Linx Printing, joining 

from Ricoh while Raghu 

Vangipuram is the new 

distribution sales manager 

for India at the company. 

Mitsubishi Electric 

The Future Manufacturing 

Event organised by Mitsubishi 

Electric and hosted by the 

Advanced Manufacturing 

Research Centre at Sheffield 

University, proved so 

successful that it was twice 

oversubscribed and extended 

to a second day to meet 

demand. It combined seminar 

sessions with an exhibition 

and brought together engineers 

and technologists to discuss 

practical implementations 

of the current trends in the 

manufacturing and processing 

industries. 

Watson-Marlow 

Watson-Marlow Fluid 

Technology Group has, by 

buying Asepco, strengthened 

its biopharmaceutical offering. 

Asepco specialises in the 

design and manufacture of 

high purity aseptic valves. 

Linx Printing 

Gary Street has 

joined Linx 

Printing 

Technologies 

as customer 

service manager along with 

three new field service 

engineers – Joshua Crofts, 

Mark Baker and Michael 

Lock. Street will be 

responsible for managing the 

Linx customer service 

administration teams, 

including order processing, 

UK helpdesk and customer 

feedback. Crofts, Baker and 

Lock will provide customer 

visits and support for the 

Midlands, South East and 

North regions respectively. 

HepcoMotion 

Graham Smith 

has been 

promoted to UK 

sales manager 

at HepcoMotion. 

He has been part of the sales 

team for fourteen years, most 

recently as regional manager, 

but will now be responsible for 

this team. His technical and 

product knowledge will support 

the company’s engineers as 

well as its customers. 

Diary 

Dates 

29 SEPT – 1 OCT 

PPMA Show 2015 

NEC, Birmingham 

www.ppmashow.co.uk 

15-19 JUNE 

Achema 2015 

Frankfurt am Main, Germany 

www.achema.de 

18 JUNE 

PPMA Seminar 

Better communications 

skills at work 

Manchester Airport Marriott Hotel 

christine.jordan@ppma.co.uk 

17-20 JUNE 

Propak Asia 

Bangkok, Thailand 

www.propakasia.com 

23 JUNE 

PPMA Seminar 

PUWER 

Marriott Hotel, Northampton 


Apprentice is rewarded in EEF 

Future Manufacturing Awards 

HepcoMotion apprentice 

Robert Hardie was 

the runner up in the 

outstanding achievement by a 

first year apprentice category 

in the national EEF Future 

Manufacturing Award. 

As part of the judging, 

Hardie attended an interview 

in front of a panel of five judges 

and had to take evidence of 

his training and education 

including college reports as 

well as a piece of his own work. 

HepcoMotion apprentice Robert Hardie at the EEF National Gala Dinner 

15-17 JULY 

Propak China 

Shanghai, China 

www.propakchina.com 

29 SEPT-1 OCT 

Fachpack 2015 

Nuremberg, Germany 

www.fachpack.de 

28-30 SEPTEMBER 

Pack Expo Las Vegas 

Las Vegas, USA 

www.pmmi.co.uk 

24-26 NOVEMBER 

SPS IPC Drives 2015 

Nuremberg, Germany 

www.mesago.de


Processing & Packaging Machinery Association 

Technical Seminars 

& Training Courses 

• MACHINERY DIRECTIVE 

• ROBOTIC SAFETY FOR 

INTEGRATORS 

• MACHINERY RISK 

ASSESSMENT 

• MACHINERY GUARDING 

• PUWER (SHWW) 

• FUNCTIONAL SAFETY 

Held at several locations including; 

Northampton - Manchester - 

Dublin - Edinburgh 

• Management & Development 

training courses are also 

available throughout the year 

For further details please e-mail; 


Exclusive Recruitment 

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Specialists in recruitment to the packaging 

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Robot Association 

If you need to recruit, 

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• Management 

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• Operations 

• Design 

• Service 

• Production 

Call Mike Horsley on 

01604 758857 

or email him at 

mph@wallacehind.com 

www.wallacehind.com


CLASSIFIED 

Advertise: Bill Lake T 020 8773 8111 E bill.lake@ppma.co.uk 

LOW COST 

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They can be fitted directly 

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JENTONariana 

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Buyers Guide: Ancillary Equipment 

Advertise: Christine Valdes T 020 8773 8111 E chris.valdes@ppma.co.uk 

INDUCTIVE SENSORS 

PIPEWORK / DUCTING 

SAFETY LIGHT CURTAINS 

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking 

Lloyds Bank, SME Key Markets Office, 3rd Floor, 

12 Cavendish Place, London, W1G 9DJ 

07764 625666 

David.Atkinson@Lloydsbanking.com 

www.lloydsbankbusiness.com 

AS-i / IO-LINK NETWORKS 

ifm electronic Ltd 

Oldfield Road, Hampton, 

Middlesex TW12 2HD 

T: 020 8213-2222 

E: enquiry.gb@ifm.com 

www.ifm.com/uk 

Schmersal Ltd 

Worcestershire, WR14 1GL 

T: 01684 571980 E: uksupport@schmersal.com 

www.schmersal.co.uk www.schmersal.net 

JACOB (UK) LTD 

T: 01694 722841 

E: sales@jacob-uk.com 

www.jacob-uk.com 

PNEUMATIC CONTROL 

EQUIPMENT 




T: 020 8213-2222 



PILZ Automation Technology 

Pilz House, Little Colliers Field, Corby, 

Northants, NN18 8TJ 

T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 

E: sales@pilz.co.uk www.pilz.co.uk 




T: 020 8213-2222 



CABLES / POWER SUPPLIES 




T: 020 8213-2222 



CONVEYORS – BELT 

CKF Systems Ltd 

The Pavilions, Olympus Park, 

Gloucester, GL2 4NF 

T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 

E: info@ckf.co.uk www.ckf.co.uk 

CONVEYORS – MOTORISED DRUMS 

Interroll Ltd 

Orion Way, Kettering, 

Northampton, NN15 6NL 

T: 01536 312770 

E: gbsales@interroll.com www.interroll.co.uk 

CONVEYORS – ROLLER 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 


CYLINDER SENSORS / ENCODERS 

SICK (UK) LTD 

Waldkirch House, 39 Hedley Rd, 

St Albans, Herts AL1 5BN 

T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 

E: info@sick.co.uk www.sick.co.uk 

LEVEL SENSORS 




T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


LINEAR MOTORS 

Quin Systems Ltd 

Oaklands Business Centre, 

Oaklands Park, Wokingham, Berkshire RG41 2FD 

T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 

E: rmaidment@quin.co.uk www.quin.co.uk 

MACHINE GUARDING SYSTEMS 

Axelent Ltd 

Modular Machine Guarding 

Unit 9 County Park, Shrivenham Road, 

Swindon, SN1 2NR 

T: 01793 523535 F: 01793 432424 

E: sales@axelent.co.uk www.axelent.co.uk 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


Schmersal Ltd 





T: 01694 722841 



PRESSURE SENSORS 




T: 020 8213-2222 



PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


RFID / DATA MATRIX 




T: 020 8213-2222 



ROBOT PROGRAMMING TRAINING 

IRbTraining 

Newcastle upon Tyne 

T: 0191 265 9151 

www.irbtraining.co.uk 

ROBOT SYSTEMS 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


Schmersal Ltd 




SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


SENSORS FOR AUTOMATION 

Balluff Ltd 

Cheshire, CW9 7UA 

T: 0161 282 4700 

E: sales@balluff.co.uk www.balluff.co.uk 

SERVO CONTROL SYSTEMS 




T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


SERVO DRIVES 




T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


SERVO MOTORS 




T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


TEMPERATURE SENSORS 




T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


Fanuc UK Ltd 

Seven Stars Industrial Estate, 

Whitley, Coventry, CV3 4LB 

T: 02476 639669 

E: uksales@fanuc.eu www.fanuc.eu 




T: 020 8213-2222 



DATA MATRIX READERS 

SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


ENCODERS 

SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


FLOW SENSORS 

MOTION CONTROL 




T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


PHOTOCELLS / 

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT 




T: 020 8213-2222 



PHOTOELECTRIC SENSORS 




T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


Western Mechanical Handling UK Ltd 

Callington, Cornwall PL17 7SD 

T: 01579 383788 

E: enquiries@wmh-uk-ltd.com 

www.wmh-uk-ltd.com 

SAFETY COMPONENTS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


VACUUM GRIPPERS 

JOULIN (UK) 

T: 0191 265 9151 

E: joulinuk@joulin.com 

www.joulin.com 

VALVE FEEDBACK 




T: 020 8213-2222 



VIBRATION MONITORING 




T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


Schmersal Ltd 







T: 020 8213-2222 


www.ifm.com/uk


Buyers Guide: Processing Equipment 





07764 625666 



AUTOCLAVES & STERILIZERS 

Holmach Ltd 

The Dingle, Pilsgate, 

Stamford, Lincs PE9 3HW 

T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 

E: sales@holmach.co.uk www.holmach.co.uk 

BAKERY PROCESS EQUIPMENT 

Baker Perkins Ltd 

Manor Drive, 

Peterborough, PE4 7AP T: +44 1733 283000 

E: bpltd@bakerperkins.com 

www.bakerperkins.com 

BAKING 

Reiser UK Ltd 

Maidstone Road, Kingston, 

Milton Keynes, MK10 0BD 

T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 

E: salesuk@reiser.com www.reiser.com 

Steck Depositors Limited 

Copthorne, West Sussex, RH10 3LF 

T: +44 (0) 1293 873439 

E: sales@steckdepositors.com 

www.steckdepositors.com 

BISCUIT PROCESS EQUIPMENT 


Manor Drive, 




BLENDING 

T: 01260 272894 

E: sales@jrboone.com 

www.jrboone.com 

Multivac House, Rivermead Drive, 

Rivermead, Swindon SN5 7UY 

T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 

E: sales@multivac.co.uk www.multivac.co.uk 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


BREAKFAST CEREAL 

PROCESS EQUIPMENT 


Manor Drive, 




T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 

E: info@mixer.co.uk www.mixer.co.uk 

BULK PRODUCT 

HANDLING SYSTEMS 

Coperion K-Tron GB 

4 Acorn Business Park, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 1AS 

T: 0161 209 4810 

E: ckb@coperionktron.com 

www@coperionktron.com 


T: 01694 722841 



piab 

Oaks Ind. Est., Festival Drive, 

Loughborough, LE11 5XN 

T: 01509 857010 F: 01509 857011 

E: info-uk@piab.com www.piab.com 

Riley 

Automation Ltd 

Foresters Business Park, 

Sinfin Lane, Derby, DE23 8AG 

T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 

E: sales@rileyautomation.com www.rileyautomation.com 

Weber Packaging Solutions 

Macmerry Industrial Estate, 

Tranent, East Lothian, EH33 1HD 

T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 

E: patrick.hughes@weber.co.uk www.weber.co.uk 

COATING 

AMP-Rose 

Heapham Road North, Gainsborough 

Lincs, DN21 1QU 

T: +44 1427 611 969 

E: sales@amp-rose.com www.amp-rose.com 

T: 01260 272894 



Valco Melton UK 

Hortonwood 32, 

Telford TF1 7YN 

T: 01952 677911 F: 01952 677945 

E: UK@valcomelton.com www.valcomelton.com 

T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


CONVEYORS 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


DAN-Palletiser A/S 

Borgergade 17 

DK-4241 Vemmelev, Denmark 

T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 

E: sales@dan-palletiser.dk www.dan-palletiser.com 

Shemesh Automation UK 

Berkeley Square, Mayfair, 

London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 

E: shai.s@Shemeshautomation.com 

www.shemeshautomation.com 

CONVEYOR BELT BANDS 


Borgergade 17 


T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 


Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



COOKING KETTLES 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


COSMETIC & TOILETRY 

PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


DEPOSITORS LIQUIDS/SOLIDS 

Euroflow Engineering Limited 

Marsh Lane, Boston, 

Lincolnshire PE21 7PJ 

T: +44 (0)1205 357887 

E: sales@euroflow.com www.euroflow.com 

Grote Company 

Wrexham Technology Park, 

Wrexham, LL13 7YP 

www.grotecompany.com 

E: sales@intl.grotecompany.com 

T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 

Karmelle Ltd 

Unit 17, Queens Mill Industrial Estate, 

Queens Mill Lane, Huddersfield HD1 3RR 

T: 01484 533356 

E: Karmelle@gmail.com www.karmelle.com 

G Mondini (UK) Ltd 

Whitebridge Lane, 

Whitebridge Estates, Stone, Staffs ST15 8LY 

T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 

E: info@gmondini.co.uk www.gmondini.co.uk 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Raque Food Systems Sales Ltd 

Unit 7P Estate Road 6, South Humberside Ind. Est., 

Grimsby, DN31 2TG 

T: 01472 239786 

E: sales@raque.co.uk www.raque.com 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Riggs Autopack Ltd 

Premier Mill, Brunswick St., 

Nelson, Lancs BB9 0HU 

T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 

E: info@autopack.co.uk www.autopack.co.uk 

SP Filling Systems Ltd 

Unit 28, Ddole Industrial Estate, 

Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 6DF 

T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 

E: sales@sp-filling.co.uk www.sp-filling.co.uk 



T: +44 (0) 1293 873439 





T: 01579 383788 



DRUM FILLING 

Adelphi Group 

Mill Green Road, Haywards Heath, 

West Sussex RH16 1XQ 

T: 01444 472300 

W: www.adelphi.uk.com 

Silverson 

Waterside, Chesham, 

Buckinghamshire HP5 1PQ 

T: 01494 786331 

E: sales@silverson.co.uk www.silverson.co.uk 

T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


CONFECTIONERY PROCESS 

EQUIPMENT 

T: 01260 272894 






T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


EXTRUSION 

T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


BOWL CHOPPER 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


AMP-Rose 



T: +44 1427 611 969 



Manor Drive, 




T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


DAIRY EQUIPMENT 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


FILTRATION EQUIPMENT 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Yorkshire Packaging Systems Ltd 

Woodkirk Freight Terminal, Quarry Lane, 

Woodkirk, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire WF12 7JJ 

T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 

E: enquiries@yps.co.uk www.yps.co.uk 

Sullivan House, Fenton Way, Laindon, 

Essex, SS15 6TD, UK 

T: +44 (0)1268 410 666 - F: +44 (0)1268 410 777 

E: dh@dhi.co.uk - www.dhi.co.uk

Advertise: Christine Valdes T 

020 8773 8111 E 

chris.valdes@ppma.co.uk 


T E Processing Equipment 

FLUID BED DRYERS/GRANULATORS 

Schmersal Ltd 




FOOD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 

Busch (UK) Ltd 

Hortonwood 30, Telford, 

Shropshire TF1 7YB 

T: 01952 677432 F: 01952 677423 

E: sales@busch.co.uk www.busch.co.uk 

Grote Company 





T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 





T: 01472 239786 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




T: 01579 383788 



T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


GRILLING 



T: 01579 383788 



HEAT EXCHANGERS 

Krones UK Ltd 

Westregen House, 

Great Bank Road, Wingates Industrial Park, 

Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 3XB 

T: 01942 845000 F: 01942 845091 

E: sales@krones.co.uk www.krones.com 

HIGH PRESSURE 

PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


HOMOGENISATION 

T: 01260 272894 



Silverson 



T: 01494 786331 


MINCING & GRINDING 

Bizerba (UK) Limited 

2-4 Erica Road, Milton Keynes, MK12 6HS 

T: 01908 682740 

E: info@bizerba.co.uk 

www.bizerba.com 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


MIXING MACHINES 

T: 01260 272894 





T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Orbital Foods 

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 7HT 

T: +44(0)1284 725255 

E: sales@orbitalfoods.com 

www.orbitalfoods.com 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Silverson 



T: 01494 786331 


T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


MIXING VESSELS 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 


T: 01260 272894 





T: +44 (0)1268 410 666 - F: +44 (0)1268 410 777 

E: dh@dhi.co.uk - www.dhi.co.uk 

T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


OVENS 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


PASTA COOKERS 

PASTEURISERS 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


KHS UK Limited 

6 Monkspath Business Park, 

Highlands Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4NY 

T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 

E: info@khs.com www.khs.com 

PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESSING 



T: 0161 209 4810 



Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


PILOT PLANT 

T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


PIZZA EQUIPMENT 

Grote Company 





T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 




T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 


Multipond Limited 

Genoa Way, High Wycombe, HP11 1NY 

T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 

E: info@multipond.co.uk www.multipond.com 




T: 01472 239786 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




T: +44 (0) 1293 873439 



PUMPS 

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum 

Leatherhead Road, Chessington, 

Surrey, KT9 2QL T: 01372 737300 

E: sales.vacuum.ln@oerlikon.com 

www.oerlikon.com 

SANDWICH PREPARATION 

EQUIPMENT 

SAUSAGE PRODUCTION 

EQUIPMENT 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


SLICING & DICING 



T: 01908 682740 



Grote Company 





T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


VC999 Packaging Systems 

Round Spinney, Northampton NN3 8RQ 

T: 01604 643 999, 

E: info@vc999.co.uk 

www.vc999.co.uk 

SMOKE GENERATORS 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


SMOKE OVENS 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


SNACK PROCESS EQUIPMENT 


Manor Drive, 




Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


SORTING EQUIPMENT 

T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


Grote Company 





T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 

Scorpion Vision Ltd 

Efford Park, Milford Road, 

Lymington, Hants. SO41 0JD 

T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 

E: sales@scorpionvision.co.uk 

www.scorpionvision.co.uk


Buyers Guide: 

Processing 

Equipment 

SPECIAL PURPOSE MACHINES 

Aylesbury Automation Ltd 

Unit 2 Farmbrough Close, Stocklake 

Industrial Park, Aylesbury, HP20 1DQ. 

T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 

E: enquiry@aylesbury-automation.co.uk 

www.aylesbury-automation.co.uk 


Borgergade 17 


T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 





T: 01472 239786 


Sewtec Automation Ltd 

3 Riverside Way, 

Ravensthorpe Industrial Estate, 

Dewsbury WF13 3LG 

T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 

E: sales@sewtec.co.uk www.sewtec.co.uk 

SPICE & HERB STERILISATION 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


STERILISING TUNNELS 

TMG Marchesini UK Ltd 

Unit M3 & 4, Cherrycourt Way, 

Leighton Buzzard, Beds LU7 4UH 

T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 

E: sales@marchesini.co.uk www.marchesini.com 

TABLET, CAPSULE AND 

CONFECTIONERY PRINTING 

MACHINES 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


TABLETTING & 

TABLET COUNTING 

Cremer Speciaalmachines BV 

Heereweg 5, 2161 AB Lisse, The Netherlands 

T: +31 252 419038 F: +31 252 418718 

E: sales@cremer.com 

www.cremer.com 

UV CURING 

Jenton International Ltd. 

9/10 Ardglen Ind. Estate, Ardglen Road, 

Whitchurch, Hants RG28 7BB 

T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 

E: sales@jenton.co.uk www.jenton.co.uk 

VACUUM PROCESS VESSELS 

T: 01260 272894 





T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


T: 01256 305600 F: 01256 305630 


VEGETABLE PROCESSING 




T: +44 (0)1205 357887 


Buyers Guide: Packaging Machinery 





07764 625666 



ADHESIVE APPLICATORS 

ADSOL UK Ltd/Meler 24/7 Technical support 

Liverpool, L24 9HZ 

T: 0845 309 65 22 

E: sales@adsoluk.com 

www.adsoluk.com 

Brunel Engineering Services Ltd 

The Street, Broughton Gifford, Melksham, 

Wiltshire SN12 8PH 

T: 01225 784019 F: 01225 783400 

E: general@brunelengineeringservices.co.uk 

www.brunelengineeringservices.co.uk 

Nordson (U.K.) Ltd. 

25 Faraday Road, Rabans Lane Industrial Area, 

Aylesbury, HP19 8RY 

T: 01296 610 140 F: 01296 610 175 

E: sales@uk.nordson.com 

www.nordson.co.uk/adhesives 




T: 01952 677911 F: 01952 677945 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


AEROSOL & SPRAY EQUIPMENT 



T: +44 (0)1268 410 666 - F: +44 (0)1268 410 777 


AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLES 

Ocme UK Ltd 

King John Hse, Kingsclere Park, 

Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 4SW 

T: 01635 298171 F: 01635 297936 

E: sales@ocme.co.uk www.ocme.co.uk 

BAGGING EQUIPMENT 

AMP-Rose 



T: +44 1427 611 969 


automated packaging systems 

Sandy’s Road, Malvern, WR14 1JJ 

T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 

Email: sales@autobag.co.uk www.autobag.co.uk 

T H E L E A D E R IN B A G C L O S I N G T E C H N O L O G Y 

Alexandra Business Centre, Enfield, EN3 7BB 

T: 0844 3722877 E: sales@fischbein-saxon.co.uk 

www.fischbein.com/eastern/products.php 

Gainsborough Engineering Company 

Long Wood Road, Corringham Road Industrial Estate, 

Gainsborough, DN21 1QB 

T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 

E: sales@gains-eng.co.uk 

www.gains-eng.co.uk 

Gainsborough Industrial Controls Ltd 

Alpha Works, Sandars Road, Heapham Road 

Industrial Estate, Gainsborough DN21 1RZ 

T: 01427 611885 F: 01427 611883 

E: sales@gic.uk.net www.gic.uk.net 

Ilapak Ltd 

Chalfont House, Silverdale Road, 

Hayes, Middlesex UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 

E: sales@ilapak.co.uk www.ilapak.com 

Optima Packaging Machinery PLC 

7 Loader Close, Kings Worthy, Hampshire SO23 7TF 

T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 

E: info@optima-gb.com 

www.optima-gb.com 

PFM 2 Pilgrim Packaging Way, Stanningley, Machinery Leeds Ltd LS28 6LU 

T: 0113 239 3401 

E: sales@pfmuk.com www.pfmuk.com 

Rovema Packaging Machines Ltd 

8 Merlin Centre, Gatehouse Close, 

Aylesbury, Bucks HP19 8DP 

T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 

E: sales@rovema.co.uk 

www.rovema.co.uk 

BAG PALLETISERS 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 






Phoenix Handling Solutions 

Dylan Harvey Business Centre, Suite 301, 

Empire Business Park, Liverpool Road, 

Burnley BB12 6HH 

T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 

E: info@phs-uk.com www.phs-uk.com 

BAG SEALERS 





RM Sealers Limited 

Valley Farm, Dagnall, Herts HP4 1QR 

T: 01442 843387 

E: enquiries@rmsealers.co.uk 

www.rmsealers.co.uk 



London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



BANDING 

Gordian Strapping Ltd 

Brunel Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XX 

T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 

E: sales@gordianstrapping.com 

www.gordianstrapping.com 




T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 


Packaging Aids Limited 

Lords Way, Basildon, Essex SS13 1TN 

T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 

E: sales@packer-products.co.uk 

www.packer-products.co.uk 

Sollas UK Ltd 

Unit 12, Ardglen Ind. Est., 

Whitchurch, Hampshire RG28 7BB 

T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 

E: sales@sollasuk.com www.sollas.com 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


BAR CODE SYSTEMS 

Acrovision 

Hertfordshire, AL3 8JP 

T: 0845 337 0250 

E: info@acrovision.co.uk 

www.acrovision.co.uk 

Advanced Labelling Systems Ltd 

Unit B, Bandet Way, Thame Ind. 

Estate, Thame, Oxon OX9 3SJ 

T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 

E: sales@als-eu.com www.als-eu.com 

Atlantic Zeiser Ltd 

53 Central Way, Andover, 

Hampshire, SP10 5AN 

T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 

E: ppma@atlanticzeiserUK.com www.atlanticzeiser.com 

T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 

E: sales@atwell-labellers.co.uk www.labeller.co.uk 

Cobalt Systems Ltd 

Cobalt House, Arden Square, 

Electra Way, Crewe, CW1 6HA 

T: 01270 539800 

E: sales@cobaltis.co.uk www.cobalt-hsg.com 

Industrial Labelling Systems Ltd 

D4 Brookside Business Park, Manchester M24 1GS 

T: 0161 655 4846 

E: sales@ilsystems.co.uk 

www.ilsystems.co.uk 

Sensor House, Phoenix Park, St Neots, 

Cambridgeshire PE19 8EP T: 01480 408 500 

E: info@leuze.co.uk www.leuze.co.uk 

Logopak International Ltd 

George Cayley Drive, Clifton Moor, York YO30 4XE 

T: 01904 692333 

E: info@logopak.net 

www.logopak.co.uk 

REA JET Ltd 

119C Olympic Ave, 

Milton Park, Abingdon, OXON, OX14 4SA 

T: 01235 835446 E: info@rea-jet.co.uk 

www.rea-jet.co.uk 

Sauven Marking Ltd 

Wintersells Rd, Byfleet KT14 7LF 

T: 01932 355191 F: 01932 354511 

E: sales@sauven-marking.com 

www.sauven-marking.com 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


BLISTER PACK SEALERS 

Anchor Plastics Machinery 

The Watermill, Royal Quay, 

Harefield, Middlesex UB9 6SA 

T: 01895 824301 F: 01895 825344 

E: info@anchor-pm.co.uk www.anchor-pm.co.uk 

BLISTER PACKERS 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 


Dividella AG 

Körber Medipak Systems UK 

Fairacres, Windsor SL4 4LE 

T: 01753 754865 

www.dividella.com 



T: 01753 754865 E: info@uk.medipak.systems.com 

www.medipak-systems.com 

Mediseal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 

www.mediseal.de 

Sepha Ltd 

Unit 25, Carrowreagh Business Park, 

Carrowreagh Road, Dundonald, 

Belfast BT16 1QQ 

T: 028 9048 4848 F: 028 9048 0890 

E: info@sepha.com www.sepha.com





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


CAMA 3 Ltd 

Suite 44, Berkeley House, 

Hunts Rise, South Marston Park, 

Swindon, Wilts, SN3 4TG 

T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 

E: cama3@camagroup.com www.camagroup.com 

CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 


Gebo Cermex UK Ltd 

PO Box 12, Huntingdon 

Cambs, PE29 6EF 

T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 

E: sales.uk@gebocermex.com www.gebocermex.com 

CAN FILLING EQUIPMENT 

All-Fill International Ltd 

5 Gateshead Close, Sunderland Rd, 

Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 1RS 

T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 

E: info@allfill.co.uk www.allfill.co.uk 




T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 




T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 


CAPPERS 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 


Advanced Dynamics Ltd 

Unit 3, 606 Industrial Park, 

Staithgate Lane, Bradford, BD6 1YA 

T: 01274 731222 F: 01274 308953 

E: info@advanceddynamics.co.uk 

www.advanceddynamics.co.uk 

Cap Coder Ltd 

Monument Business Park, 

Chalgrove, Oxford, OX44 7RW 

T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 

E: sales@capcoder.com www.capcoder.com 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 



Propack Automation Machinery Ltd 

10 Hill Wootton Rd, Leek Wootton, Warwicks, CV35 7QL 

T: 02476 470074 

E: office@propack.co.uk 

www.propack.co.uk 

Serac UK 

23 The Quadrant, 

Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon OX14 3YS 

T: 01235 537 222 F: 01235 537 815 

E: info@serac-uk.com www.serac-group.com 



London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 






T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


CARTONING SYSTEMS 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 

E: ppma@atlanticzeiserUK.com w ww.atlanticzeiser.com 

Dividella AG 



T: 01753 754865 

www.dividella.com 

Jacob White Packaging Ltd 

Riverside Way, Dartford, Kent DA1 5BY 

T: 01322 272531 

F: 01322 270692 

E: enquiries@jacobwhite.com www.jacobwhite.com 

Kliklok International Ltd 

Western Drive, Hengrove Park Estate, 

Bristol BS14 0AY 

T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 

E: sales@kliklok-int.com www.kliklok-int.com 





Mediseal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 


Norden (UK) Ltd 

2 Tanners Drive, Milton Keynes, MK14 5BN 

T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 

E: enquiries@norden.co.uk 

www.nordenmachinery.se 



T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 





T: 02476 470074 



105 Newdigate Road, Nottingham, NG16 1HN 

T: 0115 875 9846 

E: contact@raupack.co.uk www.raupack.co.uk 




T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 







T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



T: 01283 543756 

E: alan.lewis@shrinkpack.co.uk 

www.shrinkpack.co.uk 

Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


CASE ERECTING/ 

FILLING SEALING 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


Endoline Machinery Ltd 

Stratton Business Park, Biggleswade, SG18 8QB 

T: 01767 316422 

E: sales@endoline-automation.com 

www.endoline-automation.com 




T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 


Jacob White Packaging Ltd 

Riverside Way, Dartford, Kent DA1 5BY 

T: 01322 272531 

F: 01322 270692 

E: enquiries@jacobwhite.com www.jacobwhite.com 



T: 02476 470074 






T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


SCM Handling Ltd 

Broadgauge Business Park, Taunton, 

Somerset, TA4 3RU 

T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 

E: sales@scmhandling.com www.scmhandling.com 



London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



Woodward Avenue, Yate, Bristol BS37 5AP 

T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 

E: machine.sales@smurfitkappa.co.uk 

www.machinesystems.co.uk 

CASE LINING/ 

FILLING/CLOSING 

BluePrint Automation B.V. 

T: +31 (0)348 410 999 

E: sales@bpa-flexolutions.nl www.bpa-flexolutions.com 

CASE PACKERS AUTOMATIC 


T: +31 (0)348 410 999 


CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 




T: 01767 316422 






T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 





T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 







T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


T: 01283 543756 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 


Tekpak Automation Ltd (UK) 

T: 0800 633 5553 

E: sales@tekpak.co.uk 

www.tekpak.co.uk 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


CASE TAPING/ 

STRAPPING/GLUING 



T: 01767 316422 






T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01296 610 140 F: 01296 610 175 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



CENTRIFUGAL BOWL FEEDERS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 



Brunel Engineering Services Ltd 

The Street, Broughton Gifford, Melksham, 

Wiltshire SN12 8PH 

T: 01225 784019 F: 01225 783400 

E: general@brunelengineeringservices.co.uk 

www.brunelengineeringservices.co.uk 


T: +31 (0)348 410 999 


T: 01763 249255 

E: info@frontlinepackaging.com 

www.frontlinepackaging.com 





T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 

E: sales@sewtec.co.uk www.sewtec.co.uk


Packaging Machinery Advertise: Christine Valdes T 020 8773 8111 E chris.valdes@ppma.co.uk 

CHECKWEIGHER METAL 

DETECTOR COMBI UNITS 



T: 01908 682740 



The Food Machinery Company Ltd 

Rochester, Kent ME3 8RF 

T: 01634 272345 

E: contact@foodmc.com 

www.foodmc.co.uk 

CHECKWEIGHERS 

Anritsu Industrial Solutions Europe Ltd 

Saxon Business Park, Bromsgrove B60 4AD 

T: 0845 539 9729 

E: ais-europe@anritsu.com 

www.anritsu.com 



T: 01908 682740 





T: 01634 272345 



Ishida Europe Ltd 

Kettles Wood Drive, 

Woodgate Business Park, Birmingham B32 3DB 

T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 

E: info@ishidaeurope.com www.ishidaeurope.com 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



CODING & MARKING 




T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 


Allen Coding 

Unit 9 Gateway 1000, Whittle Way, 

Arlington Business Park, Stevenage, 

Herts, SG1 2FP 

T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 

E: sales@allencoding.co.uk www.allencoding.com 

ATD Marking Systems 

Marley House, The Mill, Great Bowden Road, 

Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7DE 

T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 

E: mail@atduk.com www.atduk.com 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 

E: ppma@atlanticzeiserUK.com w ww.atlanticzeiser.com 

T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 


Domino UK Ltd 

Bar Hill, Cambridge 

CB23 8TU 

T: 01954 782551 E: enquiries@domino-uk.com 

www.domino-uk.com 



T: 01634 272345 





T: 0161 655 4846 



Linx Printing 

Technologies Ltd 

8 Stocks Bridge Way, St. Ives, PE27 5JL 

T: 01480 302100 F: 01480 302116 

E: uksales@linx.co.uk www.linx.co.uk 



T: 01904 692333 





T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Open Date Equipment Ltd 

Units 8 & 9, Puma Trade Park, 

Morden Rd, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 4DG 

T: 020 8655 4999 F: 020 8655 4990 

E: sales@opendate.co.uk www.opendate.co.uk 

T: 01962 761761 E: info@printsafe.co.uk 

www.printsafe.co.uk 

REA JET Ltd 







T: 01932 355191 F: 01932 354511 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


COLLATING EQUIPMENT 




T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


CONFECTIONERY WRAPPING 

MACHINES 

AMP-Rose 



T: +44 1427 611 969 


CONTRACT LABELLING 

CONVERGERS 

T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 


Kensal Handling Systems 

Kensal House, President Way, 

Luton, LU2 9NR 

T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 

E: sales@kensal.com www.kensal.com 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



CONVEYORS 

Advance Automated Systems Ltd 

T: 01325 328930 

E: sales@advance-as.co.uk 

www.advanceconveyors.co.uk 

Astec Conveyors 

Robian Way, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 9DH 

T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 

E: Sales@Astecconveyors.com 

www.astecconveyors.com 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 



Cap Coder Ltd 

Coding Division, 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 


Colwall Conveyor Systems 

Unit 8A, Spring Lane Industrial Estate, 

Malvern Link, Worcs. WR14 1BY 

T: 01684 562625 F: 01684 573700 

E: sales@colwallconveyors.co.uk 

www.colwallconveyors.co.uk 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 



Borgergade 17 


T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 




T: 01767 316422 



FlexLink Systems Limited 

2 Tanners Drive, Blakelands, 

Milton Keynes, MK14 5BN 

T: 01908 327200 F: 01908 327201 

E: info.uk@flexlink.com 

www.flexlink.co.uk 



T: 01634 272345 



Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 





T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



Transnorm 

Unit 300B, Ashchurch Business Centre, 

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 8TD 

T: +44 (0)1684 291100 F: +44 (0)1684 291550 

E: sales@transnorm.co.uk www.transnorm.co.uk 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


CONVEYORS (AIR) 





T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



CONVEYORS – BELT BANDS 


Borgergade 17 


T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 


Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



CONVEYORS – PALLET 

Cap Coder Ltd 

Coding Division, 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 





T: +44 (0)1205 357887 




T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 


www.astecconveyors.com





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 



Borgergade 17 


T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 


Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 





T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



CONVEYORS – POWERED ROLLER 



T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 


COUNTING MACHINERY 

Cremer Speciaalmachines BV 

Heereweg 5, 2161 AB Lisse, The Netherlands 

T: +31 252 419038 F: +31 252 418718 

E: sales@cremer.com 

www.cremer.com 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


COUNTING/PACKAGING 

HARDWARE COMPONENTS 




T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


CRIMPING EQUIPMENT 

DEBLISTERING MACHINES 

Sepha Ltd 




T: 028 9048 4848 F: 028 9048 0890 

E: info@sepha.com www.sepha.com 

DEPALLETISERS 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 


ELEVATORS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 





T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 


Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 


Schmersal Ltd 







T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



FFS HORIZONTAL 

(FLOWWRAPPERS) 

Audion Swissvac UK 

Marish Wharf, St. Mary’s Rd, Langley, Berks SL3 6DA 

T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 

E: info@audionelektro.co.uk 

www.audionelektro.co.uk 



T: 01634 272345 



Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 




T: 0113 239 3401 


Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 


FFS THERMO 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


FFS VERTICAL 

AMP-Rose 



T: +44 1427 611 969 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 





T: 01634 272345 






T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Gainsborough Industrial Controls Ltd 

Alpha Works, Sandars Road, Heapham Road 

Industrial Estate, Gainsborough DN21 1RZ 

T: 01427 611885 F: 01427 611883 

E: sales@gic.uk.net www.gic.uk.net 

Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 



T: 0113 239 3401 


FILLING: ASEPTIC 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Serac UK 



T: 01235 537 222 F: 01235 537 815 


FILLING: BAG/SACK 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 


A.T. Sack Fillers 

12 Biggin Lane, Ramsey, Cambs PE26 1NB 

T: 01487 711114 E: enquiries@atsackfillers.co.uk 

www.atsackfillers.co.uk 

Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 






T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 


FILLING: CAPSULE 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 


Evolution BPS 

T: 01721 724296 

E: sales@evolutionbps.co.uk 

www.evolutionbps.co.uk 

FILLING: COSMETIC EQUIPMENT 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 


Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 




T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 





T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 





T: 02476 470074 



Serac UK 



T: 01235 537 222 F: 01235 537 815 




T: +44 (0)1268 410 666 - F: +44 (0)1268 410 777 


AMP-Rose 



T: +44 1427 611 969 





T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 





London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 


www.shemeshautomation.com





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


FILLING: DRUM & IBC 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


FILLING: GRANULES 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 



FILLING: LIQUID 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 


Cap Coder Ltd 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 





T: +44 (0)1205 357887 


Evolution BPS 

T: 01721 724296 



Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 



Serac UK 

T: 01235 537 222 

E: info@serac-uk.com 

www.oil-filling-machines.com 

www.lubricants-filling-machines.com 

www.dairy-bottle-filling-machines.com 



London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



T: 01283 543756 






T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


FILLING: MOLTEN 




T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


FILLING: PASTE 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 





T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 




T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 





T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 



FILLING: PHARMACEUTICAL 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 





T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 




T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 





T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 




T: 0115 875 9846 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


FILLING: POWDER 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 




T: 01634 272345 





T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 






T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 



FILLING: SOLIDS 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 


MULTI-FILL Inc. T: +1 801 280 1570 

E: sales@multi-fill.com 

www.multi-fill.com 



T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 



FILLING: WEIGH 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 




T: 01634 272345 



Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 




T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 


Serac UK 



T: 01235 537 222 F: 01235 537 815 


FOIL CAPPING MACHINES 

Fords Packaging 

Systems Ltd 

Ronald Close 

Woburn Road Ind. Estate, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7SH 

T: 01234 846600 F: 01234 853040 

E: sales@fords-packsys.co.uk www.fords-packsys.co.uk 

HEAT SEALERS 



T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 








Systems Ltd 

Ronald Close 


T: 01234 846600 F: 01234 853040 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



RM Sealers Limited 

Valley Farm, Dagnall, Herts HP4 1QR 

T: 01442 843387 

E: enquiries@rmsealers.co.uk 

www.rmsealers.co.uk 

Sealpac UK Ltd 

Units 1-3, The Concept Centre, Innovation Close, 

Poole, Dorset BH12 4QD, UK 

T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 

E: sales@sealpac-uk.com www.sealpac-uk.com 



London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



HOT FOIL PRINTERS 

Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 





T: 020 8655 4999 F: 020 8655 4990 


HOT MELT APPLICATION 

EQUIPMENT 

W H Leary, Robatech 

Basildon, Essex, SS15 6SW 

T: 01268 490035 

E: post@whleary.co.uk 

www.whleary.co.uk 



T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



INDUCTION CAP SEALING 




T: 01274 731222 F: 01274 308953 






T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


Enercon Industries Ltd 

62-64 Edison Road, Aylesbury, 

Bucks HP19 8UX 

T: +44(0)1296 330542 F: +44(0)1296 432098 

E: info@enerconind.co.uk www.enerconind.co.uk



Systems Ltd 

Ronald Close 


T: 01234 846600 F: 01234 853040 





T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 




T: 01908 682740 





T: 01904 692333 



INDUCTION FOIL SEALING 


Systems Ltd 

Ronald Close 


T: 01234 846600 F: 01234 853040 


INK JET CODERS 




T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 





T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 





T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 





T: 01908 682740 



Evolution BPS 

T: 01721 724296 



Fortress Technology (Europe) Ltd 

Phantom House, Beaumont Road, 

Banbury, Oxon, OX16 1RH 

T: 01295 256266 F: 01295 255987 

E: info@fortresstechnology.co.uk 




T: 01634 272345 





T: 0161 655 4846 



QuickLabel Systems 

11 Whittle Parkway, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 6DQ 

T: 01628 668836 F: 01628 664994 

E: info@QuickLabel.co.uk 

www.QuickLabel.co.uk 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Unit 2, Bathside Bay, Harwich, Essex CO12 3HF 

T: 01255 553822 F: 01255 241638 

E: sales@premierlabellers.co.uk www.premierlabellers.co.uk 



T: 02476 470074 






T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 





T: 020 8655 4999 F: 020 8655 4990 




REA JET Ltd 







T: 01932 355191 F: 01932 354511 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


INK JET PRINTERS 

Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 





T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 





T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 


REA JET Ltd 








T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


INSPECTION SYSTEMS 





M.D.S. Ltd Metal Detection Services 

St. Martins Studios, Greenbank Road, 

Sale, Cheshire M33 5PN 

T: 0161 286 8750 F: 0161 286 8749 

E: help@mds.org.uk www.mds.org.uk 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 





T: 01296 610 140 F: 01296 610 175 



scanware electronic GmbH 

Darmstädter Straße 9-11 

D-64404 Bickenbach 

T: +49 6257 9352-0 

E: info@scanware.de www.scanware.de 




T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 


www.scorpionvision.co.uk 




T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


Sesotec Ltd 

24 Park Gate Business Centre, 

Chandlers Way, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 1FQ 

T: 01489 553740 F: 01489 575471 

E: info@sesotec.co.uk www.sesotec.co.uk 




T: 01952 677911 F: 01952 677945 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


L-BAR SEALERS MANUAL/AUTO 



T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 



LABEL PRINTERS 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


LABELLERS 




T: 01274 731222 F: 01274 308953 






T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 


Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 


ALTech UK Labelling Technologies Ltd 

Central Park, Bridgend, South Wales CF31 3RT 

T: 0800 612 6205 

E: sales@altech-uk.com 

www.altech-uk.com 




T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 


Evolution BPS 

T: 01721 724296 



HERMA UK Limited 

The Hollands Centre, 

Hollands Road, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 8PR 

T: 01440 763366 F: 01440 706834 

E: sales@herma.co.uk www.herma.co.uk 



T: 0161 655 4846 



Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 


Sessions UK 

1 Redeness Street, York, YO31 7UU 

T: 01904 610613 

E: enquiry@sessionsuk.com 

www.sessionsuk.com 



London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


LABELLING SOFTWARE 




T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


LANE DIVIDER/COMBINER 



T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01472 239786 


Acrovision 


T: 0845 337 0250 



Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 

E: sales@sewtec.co.uk www.sewtec.co.uk


Packaging Machinery Advertise: Christine Valdes T 020 8773 8111 E chris.valdes@ppma.co.uk 



London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



LASER CODERS 

Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 





T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 


Fortress Technology (Europe) Ltd 

Phantom House, Beaumont Road, 

Banbury, Oxon, OX16 1RH 

T: 01295 256266 F: 01295 255987 

E: info@fortresstechnology.co.uk 


M.D.S. Ltd Metal Detection Services 

St. Martins Studios, Greenbank Road, 

Sale, Cheshire M33 5PN 

T: 0161 286 8750 F: 0161 286 8749 

E: help@mds.org.uk www.mds.org.uk 

Mettler-Toledo Safeline 

Montford Street, Salford, M50 2XD, UK 

T: 0161 848 8636 

E: safeline.info@mt.com 

www.mt.com/metaldetection 




T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


MULTIHEAD WEIGHERS 

AMP-Rose 



T: +44 1427 611 969 




T: 01908 682740 



PALLET STRETCH HOODING 

MACHINERY 





T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 


PALLET STRETCH WRAPPING 

MACHINERY 

Aetna UK Limited 

Packaging Heights, Highfield Parc, 

Highfield Road, Oakley, 

Bedford MK43 7TA 

T: 01234 825050 F: 01234 827070 

E: colin.barker@aetna.co.uk www.aetna.co.uk 

REA JET Ltd 








T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


LEAK TESTING 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 




Surrey, KT9 2QL T: 01372 737300 



Sepha Ltd 




T: 028 9048 4848 F: 028 9048 0890 

E: info@sepha.com www.sepha.com 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Sesotec Ltd 



T: 01489 553740 F: 01489 575471 

E: info@sesotec.co.uk www.sesotec.co.uk 

MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE 

PACKAGING 

Air Products PLC 

2 Millennium Gate, Westmere Drive, 

Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 6AP 

T: 0800 389 0202 

E: apukinfo@airproducts.com 

www.airproducts-freshthinking.com 



T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 






T: 01952 677432 F: 01952 677423 




T: 01634 272345 



Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 





T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 




T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 



T: 0113 239 3401 


MULTIPLE PACKAGING 

EQUIPMENT 


Borgergade 17 


T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 


T: 01763 249255 







T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 


PALLETISING 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 



Borgergade 17 


T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 


LINEAR VIBRATORS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 



Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 


LINERLESS LABELLERS 

T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


METAL DETECTION 



T: 0845 539 9729 






T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


ILPRA UK 

Swindon, Wilts. SN3 4AG 

T: 01793 832020 

E: reception.uk@ilpra.com 

www.ilpra.co.uk 




T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 



T: 0113 239 3401 




T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 






T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 


PALLET SHRINK WRAPPING 

MACHINERY 


Borgergade 17 


T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 


PALLET STRAPPING 

MACHINERY 

Evolution BPS 

T: 01721 724296 










T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 





T: 01296 610 140 F: 01296 610 175 



Novopac (UK) Ltd 

5 Sandwich Road, Worthing, 

West Sussex BN11 5NT 

T: 01903 249113 F: 01903 245616 

E: novopac.uk@gmail.com www.novopacuk.ltd.uk 



T: 01908 682740 






T: 01472 239786 




T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 



Ocme UK Ltd 



T: 01635 298171 F: 01635 297936 




T: 01634 272345 



Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 

E: info@phs-uk.com www.phs-uk.com



T: 0115 875 9846 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 



T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 






T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 



T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 





T: 0161 655 4846 



Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 




T: 01904 692333 



READY MEALS SLEEVING 




T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 


RESEALABLE PACKAGING 

Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


PICK & PLACE MACHINES 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 




T: +31 (0)348 410 999 


CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 


Cap Coder Ltd 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 




T: 01767 316422 



Tekpak Automation Ltd (UK) 

T: 0800 633 5553 

E: sales@tekpak.co.uk 

www.tekpak.co.uk 

POUCH FILL & SEAL MACHINES 



T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 




T: 01634 272345 



Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


ILPRA UK 


T: 01793 832020 






T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 





T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 



T: 01283 543756 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


PRINT & APPLY LABELLING 

REA JET Ltd 





Sessions UK 

1 Redeness Street, York, YO31 7UU 

T: 01904 610613 

E: enquiry@sessionsuk.com 

www.sessionsuk.com 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


READY MEALS PACKING LINES 



T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 






T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 


MULTI-FILL Inc. T: +1 801 280 1570 

E: sales@multi-fill.com 

www.multi-fill.com 



T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


RFID TRACK AND 

TRACE SOFTWARE 




T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


RINSERS AIR/& OR PRODUCT 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


ROBOTIC HANDLING SYSTEMS 

ABB Ltd 

Auriga House, Precedent Drive, 

Rooksley, Milton Keynes, MK13 8PQ 

T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 

E: michelle.jocelyn@gb.abb.com 

www.abb.com/robotics 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 




T: +31 (0)348 410 999 





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 



Borgergade 17 


T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 




T: 01767 316422 






T: +44 (0)1205 357887 





T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


FlexLink Systems Limited 

2 Tanners Drive, Blakelands, 

Milton Keynes, MK14 5BN 

T: 01908 327200 F: 01908 327201 

E: info.uk@flexlink.com 

www.flexlink.co.uk 

Fanuc UK Ltd 



T: 02476 639669 


Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 





T: 01472 239786 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Kawasaki Robotics 

Warrington, WA5 7ZB 

T: 01925 713000 

E: info@kawasakirobotuk.com 

www.kawasakirobot.co.uk 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Cobalt Systems Ltd 

Cobalt House, Arden Square, 

Electra Way, Crewe, CW1 6HA 

T: 01270 539800 

E: sales@cobaltis.co.uk www.cobalt-hsg.com 




T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 





T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


HERMA UK Limited 

The Hollands Centre, 

Hollands Road, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 8PR 

T: 01440 763366 F: 01440 706834 

E: sales@herma.co.uk www.herma.co.uk 




T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 





T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 

E: sales@kliklok-int.com www.kliklok-int.com


KUKA Robotics UK Ltd 

Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 7LL 

T: 0121 505 9970 

E: sales@kuka-robotics.co.uk 

www.kuka-robotics.co.uk 




T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 


TM Robotics (Europe) Ltd 

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1JG 

T: 01707 290370 

E: sales@tmrobotics.co.uk www.tmrobotics.co.uk 

Mediseal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 


Yaskawa UK Ltd 

2 Johnson Park, 

Wildmere Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 3JU 

T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 

E: info.uk@yaskawa.eu.com www.yaskawa.eu.com 



T: 02476 470074 






T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 




T: 01579 383788 






T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 


ROBOT INTEGRATORS 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


Fanuc UK Ltd 



T: 02476 639669 




T: 0121 505 9970 







T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 





T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 


ROBOTIC PALLETISERS 

ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 



Borgergade 17 


T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 




T: 0121 505 9970 



Ocme UK Ltd 



T: 01635 298171 F: 01635 297936 






T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 



T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 






T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 





T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


ROBOTS 

ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 



CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 



Borgergade 17 


T: +45 5838 2193 F: +45 5838 2826 


Kawasaki Robotics 

Warrington, WA5 7ZB 

T: 01925 713000 

E: info@kawasakirobotuk.com 

www.kawasakirobot.co.uk 

ROBOTS – ARTICULATED ARM 

ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 



Fanuc UK Ltd 



T: 02476 639669 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 


ROBOTS – CARTESIAN 

Fanuc UK Ltd 



T: 02476 639669 


ROBOTS – DELTA STYLE 

ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 



CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 


Fanuc UK Ltd 



T: 02476 639669 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 


SACHET MACHINES 



T: 01634 272345 






T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 






T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 



T: 01283 543756 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


SAFETY GUARDING 




Schmersal Ltd 




SEAL TESTING 




T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 





T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


SERIALISATION 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 


SHRINK SLEEVING 




T: 01274 731222 F: 01274 308953 



Fanuc UK Ltd 



T: 02476 639669 




T: 0121 505 9970 



Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


T: 01283 543756 






T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 









T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 

E: enquiries@yps.co.uk www.yps.co.uk


SHRINK TUNNELS 



T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 





T: 01903 249113 F: 01903 245616 





T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


SLEEVE FEEDERS 

T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 






Mediseal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


STRAPPING 

THERMAL PRINTERS 




T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 





T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 


Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 


SHRINK WRAPPING 





T: 01234 825050 F: 01234 827070 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 



T: 01763 249255 






T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 


Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 


Marden Edwards Shrinkwrap 

2 Nimrod Way, East Dorest Trade Park, 

Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7SH 

T: 01202 861200 F: 01202 861400 

E: info@meshrinkwrap.com 

www.meshrinkwrap.com 




T: 01903 249113 F: 01903 245616 




T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


SKIN PACKAGING 

ILPRA UK 


T: 01793 832020 






T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




SLEEVING MACHINES 

CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 


SPECIAL PURPOSE MACHINES 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 



Molins Technologies 

13 Westwood Way, 

Coventry, CV4 8HS T: 024 7642 1100 

E: info@molinstechnologies.com 

www.molinstechnologies.com 





T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


SPIRAL CONVEYORS 



T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 





T: 01582 425777 F: 01582 425776 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 


STACKING 




T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



STICK PACK MACHINES 



T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 





T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



STRETCH HOODING 

BEUMER Group UK Limited 

Bardon Hill, Leicestershire, LE67 1UE 

T: 01530 441297 

E: sales@beumergroup.com 

www.beumergroup.com 



T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 



STRETCH WRAPPERS 





T: 01234 825050 F: 01234 827070 




T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 





T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 







T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 


Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 


STRIP PACKERS 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


TAMPER EVIDENT SLEEVING 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


TEA BAGGING MACHINES 

Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


T: 0844 846 4110 F: 01444 246609 




T: 01634 272345 





T: 0161 655 4846 





T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 





T: 020 8655 4999 F: 020 8655 4990 


REA JET Ltd 








T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


THERMOFORMING 

Anchor Plastics Machinery 

The Watermill, Royal Quay, 

Harefield, Middlesex UB9 6SA 

T: 01895 824301 F: 01895 825344 

E: info@anchor-pm.co.uk www.anchor-pm.co.uk 

ILPRA UK 


T: 01793 832020 







Mediseal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 

E: sales@sealpac-uk.com www.sealpac-uk.com





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


TRACK & TRACE 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 





T: +49 6257 9352-0 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


TRAY DENESTING SYSTEMS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 






T: +44 (0)1205 357887 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 




T: 02476 470074 






T: 01472 239786 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


TRAY ERECTING/PACKING 




T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 





T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



TRAY SEALERS 



T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 



ILPRA UK 


T: 01793 832020 






T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Orbital Foods 

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 7HT 

T: +44(0)1284 725255 

E: sales@orbitalfoods.com 

www.orbitalfoods.com 




T: 01472 239786 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 




London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 





T: 01604 643 999, 



TUB/CUP FILLING & 

CLOSING MACHINES 

ILPRA UK 


T: 01793 832020 





T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 



Serac UK 



T: 01235 537 222 F: 01235 537 815 


TUBE FILLING 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 




T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 





T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 





London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


UNSCRAMBLERS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 




T: +31 (0)348 410 999 




T: 01962 620898 F: +49 (0)791/506-6500 





T: 02476 470074 





London W1J 6DB T: +44 207 887 6004 



VACUUM CONVEYING EQUIPMENT 



T: 0161 209 4810 



piab 



T: 01509 857010 F: 01509 857011 


VACUUM CUPS 

piab 



T: 01509 857010 F: 01509 857011 


VACUUM PACKING SYSTEMS 



Surrey, KT9 2QL T: 01372 737300 



Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




T: 01604 643 999, 



VACUUM PUMPS 




T: 01952 677432 F: 01952 677423 




Surrey, KT9 2QL T: 01372 737300 



piab 



T: 01509 857010 F: 01509 857011 


VACUUM TRANSFER SYSTEMS 



T: 0161 209 4810 



piab 



T: 01509 857010 F: 01509 857011 


VERIFICATION 

REA JET Ltd 








T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


VIBRATORY/BOWL FEEDERS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 



Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 


RNA AUTOMATION LTD 

Hayward Ind. Park, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham B35 7BT 

T: 0121 749 2566 F: 0121 749 6217 

E: sales@rnaautomation.com 

www.rnaautomation.com 

VIBRATORY WEIGHERS 




T: 01903 249113 F: 01903 245616 





T: 01472 239786 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 





T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 

E: info@multipond.co.uk www.multipond.com



Packaging Machinery 

VISION COMPONENTS 

Alrad Imaging 

Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2NS 

T: 01635 30345 

E: sales@alrad.co.uk www.alrad.co.uk 

Alrad Imaging is a trading division of Alrad Instruments Ltd. 

IDS 

PO Box 6917, Basingstoke, 

RG24 4TU, UK 

T: 0118 970 1704 M: 07979 193707 

E: s.hearn@ids-imaging.com www.ids-imaging.com 

MultiPix Imaging Ltd 

Enterprise House, 1 Ridgeway 

Office Park, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3QF 

T: 01730 233332 F: 01730 231062 

E: sales@multipix.com www.multipix.com 




T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 



T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 

E: info@stemmer-imaging.co.uk 

www.stemmer-imaging.co.uk 




T: +49 6257 9352-0 





T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 



T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


3D VISION SYSTEMS 

IDS 

PO Box 6917, Basingstoke, 

RG24 4TU, UK 

T: 0118 970 1704 M: 07979 193707 

E: s.hearn@ids-imaging.com www.ids-imaging.com 

Olmec-UK Ltd 

Unit 4 Falkland Way, 

Barton-Upon-Humber DN18 5RL 

T: 01652 631960 F: 08701 236437 

E: sales@olmec-uk.com www.olmec-uk.com 



T: 0121 749 2566 F: 0121 749 6217 






T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 



T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 




T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 






T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





T: 01903 249113 F: 01903 245616 





T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



VISION – HIGH SPEED IMAGING 

Alrad Imaging 


T: 01635 30345 






T: 01730 233332 F: 01730 231062 


VISION INSPECTION 

Acrovision 


T: 0845 337 0250 






T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 





T: 01908 682740 













T: 01730 233332 F: 01730 231062 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 


Olmec-UK Ltd 

Unit 4 Falkland Way, 

Barton-Upon-Humber DN18 5RL 

T: 01652 631960 F: 08701 236437 

E: sales@olmec-uk.com www.olmec-uk.com 




T: 01730 233332 F: 01730 231062 





T: +49 6257 9352-0 





T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 



T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 

VISION SYSTEMS 



Alrad Imaging 


T: 01635 30345 





T: 01908 682740 






T: 01730 233332 F: 01730 231062 





T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 



T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


VISION SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR 

VOID FILL – AIR CUSHIONS 



T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 




T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



WEIGHING MACHINES 



T: 01908 682740 





T: 0161 209 4810 





T: 01634 272345 





T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 



T: 0113 239 3401 


WRAP AROUND PACKERS 

CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 


WRAPPING/OVERWRAPPING 




T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 


Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


Marden Edwards Limited 

2 Nimrod Way, East Dorset Trade Park, 

Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7SH 

T: 01202 861200 F: 01202 861400 

E: info@mardenedwards.com 

www.mardenedwards.com 

Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


X-RAY INSPECTION SYSTEMS 



T: 0845 539 9729 





T: 01908 682740 






T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 




T: 01793 425800 F: 01793 616219 




T: 0121 749 2566 F: 0121 749 6217 






T: 01730 233332 F: 01730 231062 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 


Sesotec Ltd 



T: 01489 553740 F: 01489 575471 

E: info@sesotec.co.uk www.sesotec.co.uk

® 

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Claim your free bespoke 3D simulation 

Watch how quickly your profits could soar... 

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improve your production process. 

Call 01223 499488 or email helpline@granta-automation.co.uk 

Granta Automation Ltd, Mill Lane, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB22 4XL 

Tel 01223 499488 Fax 01223 499489 

Web www.granta-automation.co.uk Email sales@granta-automation.co.uk

MU May / June 2015

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