MU March / April 2016

Issue 2, Volume XXVII March/April 2016 

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NEWS 

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NEW MACHINERY 

A fully automatic magazine 

loading unit suitable for any 

high speed case packer 

has been developed so that 

working conditions can be 

improved for operators 

Find out more on page 12 

INSTALLATIONS 

A turnkey filling 

line has been 

installed in China 

to help meet the 

growing demand 

for party kegs 

of Augerta beer 

PLUS 

Making proteins fresh 

The PPMA Total Show is on 

course to be bigger than the 

last time thanks to new, 

big-name exhibitor signings 

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This feature reports on how meat and fish packaging equipment 

is adapting to changing consumer demands while keeping food 

safety at the forefront of any new product development projects

Much more than simple technology 

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March/April 

Contents 

7 NEWS 

12 NEW MACHINERY 

24 INSTALLATIONS 

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36 REGULAR FEATURES 

20 SPECIAL FEATURE 

FOODEX 2016 PREVIEW 

This preview details many of the 

new product launches that will 

feature from PPMA members 

during the NEC-based event 

36 SPECIAL FEATURE 

MEAT, FISH & PROTEINS 

This feature reports on the very 

latest developments seen in the 

meat, fish and other proteins 

sectors to meet the changing 

retailer and consumer demands 

across this dynamic industry 

64 VISION 

Machine vision software that 

is powerful and also versatile 

is now available from IDS 

66 COMPONENTS 

Three pages include flexible 

and lean electronics which are 

delivering a simple solution for 

a machine builder as well as 

new pumps, drives and motors 

70 REGULATIONS 

The final update to ‘Permanent 

means of access’ legislation 

72 WHO WHAT WHERE 

People, events and diary dates 

74 CLASSIFIED 

Machinery and services 

75 BUYERS’ GUIDES 

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Gail Hunt 

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David Chadd 

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Chris Valdes 

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PPMA matters 

Facing the 

health debate 

together 

Rolling conveyor technology 

in the process flow 

Grant Jamieson 

CHAIRMAN PPMA GROUP OF ASSOCIATIONS 

(INCORPORATING PPMA, BARA & UKIVA) 

The food sector is very busy facing pressures and 

challenges all round just now. The whole obesity and 

sugar debate rages on with a sugar tax threatened and 

as the doors to Foodex 2016 open in April (our preview starts 

on page 20), designers and manufacturers of food and also its 

supply chain, are being forced to innovate with new solutions. 

Having recently attended ProSweets and ISM in Cologne, 

I can say with some certainty that the industry is very much 

alive and confident. Evidently there is a great deal of work in 

bringing together food preferences with the health benefits of 

some or all of the ingredients to make a suitable proposition. 

Our industry has been world 

leading in process and also 

packaging innovations for years 

The sweets and snacks line-up provided numerous 

alternatives and offers for nutrition-conscious consumers. 

These included vegan and sugar-reduced chocolate, lactosefree 

biscuits and sugar-reduced filled chocolates. New trend 

themes at ISM included Halal, Kosher, organic, Fairtrade, sugarfree, 

allergy friendly, functional, artisan, private label, limited 

edition, impulse and sharing packs, vegetarian and vegan. 

Nuts, got their own section, and chocolate was very well 

represented. There were lots of offerings using nuts and coatings 

or incorporating them to get the health benefits, but processed 

in a way to make them more appealing, more consumer-friendly 

and easier to pack and carry while retaining freshness etc. 

So the industry is challenged to innovate and meet the newer 

more testing expectations now set before them. 

As a diverse trade association, the PPMA members covered 

in the pages of this magazine each issue, love a technical 

challenge. Our industry has been world leading in process and 

packaging innovations for generations and this next chapter 

is another one we look forward to. 

So, just because it hasn’t been done before, doesn’t necessarily 

mean it can’t be done in the future. And this is true across all 

food categories and beyond. 

This issue is full of the latest developments and on page 36, 

you’ll find the start of our 28 page meat, fish and proteins 

feature which covers a whole host of technologies developed 

for this market, but which can be also be transferred to others. 

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News 


PPMA Total Show is 

powering ahead to be 

better than ever event 

Item-level serialisation is the issue 

Last milestone passed 

on the way to the EU 

FMD being enacted 

The recent publication of the 

delegated Regulation 2016/161 

associated with the EU Falsified 

Medicines Directive (FMD) sets 

February 9, 2019 as the date 

by which the vast majority of 

prescription and some overthe-counter 

(OTC) medicines 

dispensed or sold within the 28 

EU Member States must meet 

the requirements of the Acts. 

Failure to comply is serious, 

as it will render affected 

products illegal for sale. 

It is the requirement for 

item-level serialisation, more 

than any other, which is 

exercising those responsible 

for compliance in the wider 

supplier community as well as 

in the industry itself. 

• See page 10 for analysis 

The PPMA Total Show 

2016 this September 

will be bigger and better 

than the 2013 event following 

a host of new contract signings 

across industry sectors. 

Taking place from 

27 – 29 September at the NEC, 

Birmingham, this year’s show 

will see more space and more 

exhibitors gracing Hall 5. The 

show incorporates three major 

exhibition brands: PPMA, 

Pakex and Interphex and takes 

place every three years in place 

of that year’s PPMA Show. 

In essence, the exhibition is 

a larger version of the annual 

PPMA Show that includes 

packaging materials as well 

as machinery to become 

a total production line 

event. From components to 

materials, from processing 

to packaging machinery, 

the three-day show will offer 

visitors a comprehensive view 

of what manufacturing looks 

like in 2016. 

PPMA Total Show 2016 is on course 

Group exhibition manager 

David Harrison is delighted 

that the exhibition is on 

course to offer visitors a mix 

of machinery for the food and 

drink industries as well as the 

pharmaceuticals sector. 

“We have companies back for 

the first time in a while such as 

Bosch Packaging Technology 

which is exciting,” he tells 

Machinery Update. 

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W www.ppmatotalshow.co.uk 

Academia and industry personnel 

New partnership set 

to boost skills in the 

engineering sector 

Siemens has moved to boost skills in 

the engineering sector in the North 

West via a new partnership with the 

higher and further education sectors. 

The company, which employs 

14,000 people in the UK, has joined 

forces with the University of Salford 

and Trafford College to develop 

education and training programmes 

for school leavers to degree level. 

The three organisations 

have outlined a new Degree 

Apprenticeship which would allow 

company recruits to study block 

release at Trafford College and 

the University of Salford, working 

seamlessly from Higher National 

Certificate/Higher National 

Diploma to Bachelor Engineering 

level. Degree Apprenticeships allow 

people to study while working and 

are part government-funded. 

Technology forum 

for machine vision 

presents challenges 

THE CONTRIBUTION TO ENGINEERING IS REWARDED 

Recognising top engineers 

Group operations director at Domino Printing Sciences Rachel Hurst 

has been presented with an Achievement Medal, one of the key 

prizes of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) 2015 

achievement awards in recognition of her distinguished contribution 

to manufacturing and engineering. “Although the accolade is a 

personal one, I owe it to the team at Domino,” she says. 

The 370 machine vision experts 

and also newbies that attended 

the Machine Vision Technology 

Forum at Silverstone in March, 

found the day packed with 

useful technical information 

and live demonstrations. 

Billed as the UK learning 

and networking event for 

machine vision, the day was 

organised by Stemmer Imaging 

in conjunction with the 

European Imaging Academy. 

The seminar programme 

featured 50 seminars split 

over six parallel tracks while 

attendees saw the latest 

technology and demonstrations 

from 32 manufacturers at the 

co-located exhibition. 

TÜV SÜD achieves milestone 

Firm celebrates its 

150th anniversary 

TÜV SÜD is celebrating the 

company’s 150th anniversary 

this year having started out 

inspecting steam boilers in 

1866. Today, the company has 

a global network of operations 

including in the UK, which employs 

over 600 people providing 

testing, inspection, certification 

and consulting services.

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News 

Williamson expands association 

roles with the PPMA and VDMA 

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Inspection System 

Director – corporate 

market development 

at Stemmer Imaging 

Mark Williamson has been 

elected as the next chairman 

of the PPMA (Processing 

& Packaging Machinery 

Association). He has also been 

elected to serve on the board 

of VDMA Machine Vision for 

the next three years. 

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Williamson will be new chairman 

The PPMA represents 

suppliers of processing 

and packaging machinery, 

vision systems and robotics 

equipment to the UK and 

overseas markets and includes 

over 470 member and affiliate 

companies. VDMA Machine 

Vision is a subgroup within 

the VDMA Robotics + 

Automation Association 

in Germany, with over 

100 member companies 

supplying machine vision 

components and systems for 

both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing 

applications 

across Europe. 

Williamson is a former 

chairman of the UKIVA (UK 

Industrial Vision Association) 

and joined the PPMA board in 

2010 when the UKIVA became 

a special interest group of the 

organisation. He becomes 

vice-chair to current PPMA 

chairman Grant Jamieson 

and will take up his two year 

appointment as chairman in 

December this year. In 2018, 

he will revert to the position 

of vice-chair for a further 

year to support the then 

incoming-chairman. 

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Sector apprentice wins 

top Semta skills award 

Packaging Automation 

(PA) has received 

national recognition 

for its long established 

apprenticeship scheme as its 

employee, electrical engineer 

Christopher Eckert, was 

named the UK’s top apprentice 

at the Semta Skills awards. 

PA has trained more than 

100 apprentices since the 

scheme started 30 years ago 

with former apprentices now 

holding director, management 

and team leader roles in 

the current business. The 

company needs to continually 

recruit to meet growing 

demand for its equipment and 

has struggled to find engineers 

who have the specialist 

skills required for the design 

and manufacture of food 

packaging machinery. 

The award was announced 

at a gala dinner at London’s 

Hilton Hotel on Park Lane 

hosted by BBC journalist, 

presenter and engineering 

advocate Steph McGovern. 

Eckert was chosen over the 

other finalists who were from 

Toyota and Mars. 

“I am very shocked – to 

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Christopher Eckert (centre) receives his award at the gala evening in London 

be up against apprentices 

from enormous companies 

like Mars and Toyota, I really 

didn’t expect to win,” said 

award winner Eckert during 

the gala evening. 

“My message to other young 

people is don’t be deterred. 

“My dad didn’t really want 

me to become an apprentice 

because he felt university was 

the best option but if you are 

willing to commit and work 

hard you can get where you 

want to be,” he said. 

While working at PA, 

Eckert has completed his 

HNC in Electrical/Electronic 

Engineering with distinction 

enabling him to win an 

employer sponsored place 

to study for a BEng Honours 

degree at Manchester 

Metropolitan University. 

In brief 

DRIVES & CONTROLS FOR 

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Drives & Controls takes place at the 

NEC, Birmingham from 12-14 April. 

This biennial event is recognised 

as the UK’s leading show for 

automation, power transmission 

and motion engineering and this 

time, is co-located with six other 

industrial exhibitions. 

The exhibition has grown 

over the last decade and in 2014 

registered over 13,000 visitors. 

A live Robotic Demonstration 

Area will be featured for the 

first time to reflect this dynamic 

and fast growing sector in the 

industrial landscape. There is also 

a full conference programme. 

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News 

Three years and counting 

before FMD compliance 

As the last major milestone is passed en route to enactment of the EU Falsified Medicines Directive 

(FMD), Machinery Update talks to key players about what this means in practice 

The publication in 

February of the delegated 

Regulation 2016/161 

associated with the EU FMD 

sets February 9, 2019 as the 

date by which the vast majority 

of prescription and some OTC 

(over-the-counter) medicines 

dispensed or sold within the 28 

EU Member States must meet 

the requirements of the Acts. 

Failure to comply will render 

affected products illegal for sale. 

UNIQUE PACK IDENTITY 

Among these requirements 

is the need for every pack to 

carry a unique identity in a 

standardised format that can 

be verified at any point from 

manufacture to patient. “It is 

this requirement, item-level 

serialisation, more than any 

other that is exercising those 

responsible for compliance, in 

the wider supplier community 

as well as in the industry 

itself,” says Craig Stobie, 

director – global sector 

management and development 

at Domino Printing Sciences. 

Craig Stobie is director - global 

sector management and 

development at Domino Printing 

Enactment will ostensibly 

mark the culmination of a 

decade-long journey for many 

in the industry, a journey 

which began with the legal 

proposal put forward by the 

EU Commission in December 

2008. “At Domino, we have 

characterised item-level 

serialisation as the biggest 

challenge faced by the 

pharmaceutical industry in a 

generation and we believe that 

its ramifications will continue 

to be felt for some time beyond 

the compliance deadline,” says 

Stobie. “While manufacturers 

must become technically 

capable of producing 

serialised packs over the next 

three years, all the evidence 

suggests that productivity 

may be adversely impacted for 

some time beyond that.” 

SERIALISATION STEPS 

There are steps that can be 

taken now to mitigate the ‘side 

effects’ of serialisation but 

the extent of the impact will 

only become apparent when 

producers begin serialised 

production in earnest: for 

many this is still some time 

away, he says. 

It would be foolish to 

underestimate the amount of 

work still to be done ahead 

of the compliance deadline 

Manfred Minich is chief executive 

officer at Atlantic Zeiser 

and the occasional bout of 

serialisation fatigue can 

certainly be forgiven. 

Manufacturers, suppliers and 

other stakeholders recognise that 

no organisation can provide a 

complete solution singlehandedly 

But ceo of Atlantic Zeiser 

Manfred Minich believes any 

company that has not yet 

started the FMD journey is in 

real danger of running out of 

time. “From our experience 

from past projects, the 

majority of big international 

pharma companies know 

what needs to be done 

but they still haven’t 

implemented all relevant 

serialisation workflows, 

especially on the enterprise 

level,” he says. “However 

a multitude of smaller 

and medium-sized pharma 

manufacturers have been 

procrastinating on this issue 

for a long time.” 

Minich believes the main 

reason for this, among others, 

is the fact that the directive 

was more than 30 pages long 

containing some complex 

requirements without spelling 

out the technical implications. 

“Although the technologies 

that are necessary to generate, 

print and verify codes are 

usually common, the reliable 

interchange with a database 

solution that can administer 

workflows and guarantee 

the uniqueness of the codes 

and safety features seems to 

be undiscovered territory for 

most players,” he says. 

A POSITIVE JOURNEY 

Stobie thinks that even though 

there is still a long way to go 

for some, there are some real 

positives to be drawn from 

the journey so far. Firstly, the 

fact that serialisation will be 

a significant line of defence in 

protecting all EU Citizens from 

the trade in illicit medicines 

and secondly, the way the 

industry is pulling together to 

produce a cohesive response 

to the legislation. 

“Manufacturers, suppliers 

and other stakeholders 

recognise that no organisation 

can provide a solution 

singlehandedly, prompting 

a sharing of knowledge and 

resource unlike anything we 

at Domino have experienced,” 

he says. “This spirit of 

partnership bodes well for 

the sector as it addresses the 

challenge of serialisation and, 

we hope, far beyond that.” 

W www.atlanticzeiseruk.com 

W www.domino-uk.com


New Machinery 

Automatic magazine loading 

brings cardboard blank gains 

Cermex, the case packing 

division of Gebo Cermex, 

has introduced FlexiLoad 

to handle fully automatic 

magazine loading for any 

high speed case packing 

system. This patent pending 

solution is designed to 

improve working conditions, 

and enable operators to devote 

their time to other, higher 

added value tasks. 

Consisting of a 6-axis robot, 

a universal gripping tool 

and PC-based software, 

FlexiLoad can handle 

regular slotted containers 

(RSCs), wraparound blanks 

or trays. It can also enhance 

the ergonomics of both new 

equipment and also existing 

installed machinery, through 

a retrofit process. 

By automating a task that 

requires repetitive efforts 

by the operator, FlexiLoad 

makes a real improvement to 

working conditions and to the 

productivity of the line, says 

Cermex. Such an improvement 

can, in certain countries, lead 

to a reduction in mandatory 

contributions to state health 

insurance, which are indexed 

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FlexiLoad is compatible with any type of medium to high speed case packer with outputs above 25 boxes per minute 

on the number and length of 

interruptions for sick leave. 

Going from spending 50% 

to 80% of their time to less 

than 10% (replacing empty 

pallets with full pallets) on 

stocking up the case packing 

system, operators are available 

for working on other, higher 

added value tasks. 

For example, the operator 

has more time for performing 

quality control operations or 

for sample picking. 

The positive return on 

investment in terms of 

organisational improvement 

and of productivity gains 

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100% industrial ROI in only 

one year for a line operating 

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FlexiLoad can also 

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depending on the needs 

of industrial clients, such 

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Tube fillers can be supplied 

for any effervescent tablets 

Loma’s finger print access device 

New access device 

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Loma Systems has launched 

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device which has been specially 

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quality assurance & technical 

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CCP (critical control point). 

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last year, Romaco is now in a 

position to offer tube filling 

systems for effervescent 

tablets for the first time. 

These systems for the 

primary packaging of 

effervescent tablets will now 

be sold worldwide under 

the umbrella brand Romaco 

Siebler and three different 

tube filling systems in different 

performance classes are 

currently available in the MF 

series. With a maximum output 

of 120 tubes per minute, the 

Siebler MF 120 is designed for 

very high production speeds. 

The mid-range MF 70 is 

currently the top-selling model 

while the semi-automatic 

Siebler MF 20 achieves up to 

20 tubes per minute. 

All series MF machines apply 

the rotation principle to fill 

tubes with effervescent tablets. 

In operation, the effervescent 

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tablets are first guided through 

up to eight channels, where 

they are counted still lying 

flat and then fed to the filling 

station. They then pass through 

filling tubes which rotate at 

high speed. The resulting forces 

cause the tablets to stand up 

automatically and slide upright 

into the waiting tubes, which 

are also rotating quickly. 

The suction effect of this 

rotation creates air cushions, 

which centre the tablets and 

prevent them from hitting 

the tube walls. The fragile 

effervescent tablets are thus 

processed gently. 

T 01252 444334 

W www.pharmamachinery.co.uk 

Continuous ink jet printers, and their inks, 

can be fully integrated with egg graders 

The line overview is easy to use 

Easy line control 

and also monitoring 

With just a few mouse clicks, 

a line monitoring system can be 

implemented using the Aprol 

process and factory automation 

system from B&R Automation. The 

system provides information to help 

eliminate any problems early which, 

in turn, helps to increase efficiencies 

and boost production output. 

T 01733 371320 

W www.br-automation.com 

Coding and marking systems 

from Domino Printing 

Sciences can be fully 

integrated with Moba and 

Sanovo graders on egg 

processing lines. 

By combining continuous 

ink jet (cij) printers with new 

High contrast codes are achieved by A-Series i-Tech printing systems 

EU and FDA compliant direct 

food contact inks, Domino’s 

A-Series i-Tech systems are 

capable of printing high 

contrast codes on brown and 

white eggs. 

Domino’s i-Tech cij range 

of printers has been designed 

in partnership with grader 

manufacturers to ensure 

performance as well as 

reliability and ease of use, 

are maintained throughout 

production. They allow 

direct connection to the latest 

Moba egg graders, with 

no additional interface 

necessary. 

T 01954 782551 

W www.domino-uk.com


New Machinery 

High speed print and apply is 

available, even at entry level 

Logopak International 

has extended its product 

range with a new 

high speed print and apply 

machine for case and also 

pack labelling. 

The new Logopak 300 

is a cost effective solution 

for simple, high speed 

applications but the price 

point does not mean that 

quality has been compromised. 

The development team in 

Germany took the opportunity 

to improve or simplify every 

aspect of the machine; with 

a particular emphasis on 

improving ease of use, says 

the company. 

Speeds of up to 80 packs a 

minute can be achieved on 

this uncomplicated labeller. 

Just the three most common 

applicators – top, front and side 

are offered which makes its 

availability much quicker, too. 

The new design is clean, 

hygienic, curved and 

sleek, and meets the latest 

machinery safety directives. 

The reduced footprint 

maximises the available space 

on a line, and the 15in display 

is mounted on the machine 

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Performance and speed are offered by the Logopak 300 print and apply unit 

itself for optimal positioning. 

The display shows current 

label view and will give the 

operator immediate fault 

diagnosis messages on screen. 

Meanwhile, a single plate 

allows easy access to the 

internal drive system for 

maintenance while the height 

adjustable support frame is 

now standard to allow for 

variable height labelling. 

The more ergonomic design 

has simplified the consumable 

web path, with threading 

directions engraved onto 

the machine body, openended 

rollers, and tool-less 

collapsible label rewind 

for fast, easy threading. 

Inside core gripping of the 

consumables means there are 

no drive location pegs to line 

up, and a new quick-release 

aluminium mandrel disc 

makes changing the 400m 

media rolls even quicker. 

“Standard features that 

have always made Logopak’s 

machines stand out have 

been preserved in the 300, 

including matched labels 

and ribbons, refurbishable 

printheads for easy ‘plug 

and play’ replacement in less 

than 30 seconds, and the ‘test 

label’ button to print a label 

for documentation or audit 

purposes,” confirms UK 

sales director at Logopak 

Howard Jagger. 

The new printheads utilise 

the latest long life HD print 

plates from Rohm. They are 

available in 100 or 150mm 

widths and are compatible 

with older PL3 printheads. 

The impressive speed is due 

to the label roll having a 

new perfectly pre-tensioned 

mechanical unwind while 

the barcode label has 

excellent print quality as 

it is printed ‘picket fence’ 

fashion, as per GS1 guidelines, 

says Logopak. 

T 01904 692333 

W www.logopak.co.uk 

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YPS will offer full spares and 

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Biscuits and cracker line offers 

upkeep and hygiene time gains 

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Baker Perkins has 

upgraded its range 

of sheet forming and 

cutting lines for hard sweet 

biscuits and crackers to 

TruClean standards, offering 

benefits in maintenance and 

hygiene with lower costs and 

faster changeovers. 

These lines comprise either a 

3-roll sheeter or a laminator to 

take a bulk feed of dough and 

form it into a sheet, ready to 

pass through gauge rolls which 

achieve the chosen thickness, 

and then a rotary cutter before 

baking. But the market was 

demanding a higher standard 

which is why the radical 

redesign has taken place to 

achieve reduced maintenance 

needs and make access much 

easier where it is needed. 

Visit W H Leary 

and Robatech 

Hall 6 

Stands D60 & D62 

TIME FOR A CLEANING 

C 

ROUTINE IS REDUCED BY 

40% 

on the upgraded sheet forming 

and cutting lines for biscuits 

Improving visibility and CMY 

access for cleaning, simplifying 

K 

removal and replacement of 

components and assemblies, 

cutting the number of 

components, and reducing 

accumulation of debris were 

the principle design requirements. 

Baker Perkins says it has 

achieved all of this without 

compromising any fundamental 

process performance 

parameters and attributes such 

as output and weight control. 

As well as time gains, it is 

now possible to clean a line 

more thoroughly than previously 

as allergen-level cleaning can 

be achieved between product 

runs, a requirement on which 

an increasing number of 

companies insist. 

T 01733 283000 

W www.bakerperkins.com 

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New Machinery 

Latest horizontal flow 

wrapper provides gain 

Ulma Packaging is now 

offering the UK market 

a high tech version of 

its Atlanta range of horizontal 

flow wrapping 

machines. 

The Atlanta 

Hi-tech can 

produce a three 

seal pillow pack 

and is designed 

to improve 

efficiencies 

across many sectors. 

Key target markets include 

bakeries, dairies, fresh produce, 

confectionery, biscuits and pies, 

medical sachets, hardware and 

even stationery. 

This latest model includes 

as standard the ‘no product, 

no bag’ feature, misplaced 

product detection and access 

to a bespoke software ‘UDAQ’ 

allowing integration with 

remote line monitoring and 

data capture. Designed for 

the most demanding 

applications, the machine 

can be installed as part of an 

automatic packing line or as 

a standalone manual feeding 

solution. 

Versatility and flexibility is a 

Versatility and flexibility is a key feature with all Atlanta models 

key feature with all the 

Atlanta models and the 

Hi-tech takes this even further 

thanks to the integration 

of a multi-axis servo motor 

solution where all three 

motors can be synchronised 

through an electronic control 

panel and simple to use colour 

graphics screen, says the 

company. The 10 inch colour 

touch screen has built-in 

fault finding diagnostics 

and an icon menu to make 

it easy to use for operators. 

The operator language format 

can be changed easily via the 

screen interface, and comes 

as standard with the new 

horizontal machine. 

Pack length, size and 

cutting speed are all 

controlled from the touch 

screen, which has a built-in 

memory allowing the 

parameter storage of up to 

50 products. Capable of up 

to 400 packs a minute where 

speed is the important factor, 

or if versatility is required, the 

model can handle products up 

to 500mm in length. 

T 01909 506504 

W www.ulmapackaging.co.uk 

Changeover times are quicker 

Label manufacturer 

has installed an 

updated Kama unit 

Kama has updated its compact 

die-cutting and finishing machine 

which is now available with a new 

sheet feeder, a modern touch 

panel and new software. 

The latest ProCut 58 is capable 

of handling format sizes up to 

580 mm x 400 mm, 50 mm 

more than previously, says UK 

agent Friedheim International. 

Indeed, Kama has already 

delivered the first of the new 

generation ProCut 58 die-cutters 

to a company in Belgium that 

produces labels and folding 

boxes for pharmaceuticals and 

cosmetics – a market with an 

increasing demand for short runs 

and small formats. 

Changeover from die-cutting 

to hot foil stamping or back again 

takes about ten minutes. 

T 01442 206100 

W www.friedheim.co.uk

Source new solutions at Foodex 2016 

Whatever part of the industry you represent, at Foodex and its 

co-located shows you’ll find a show-floor full of ideas to enhance 

productivity, improve efficiency and boost your business. 

Held every two years, the shows bring together over 1200 suppliers 

plus over 100 informative sessions from more than 250 experts. 

By registering for Foodex you’ll also gain free access to Food & Drink Expo, Farm Shop 

& Deli Show and National Convenience Show 

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Preview 

Over 100 sessions 

and 250 speakers 

deliver rich content 

As well as showcasing the 

latest trends across the food 

manufacturing sectors, Foodex 

2016, will include over 100 sessions 

and 250 confirmed speakers 

so visitors can hear from the 

industry’s leading experts on a 

wide range of topics including food 

and drink fraud, protecting supply 

chains and opportunities and 

threats in exporting. 

The sugar debate will also 

be covered in regard to diet 

and obesity, as an issue that 

manufacturers have a key role 

to play, while other subjects 

include practical ways to combat 

campylobacter. 

Highlighting one of the biggest, 

ongoing issues facing the industry, 

the skills gap will be addressed at 

the Foodex Future Skills Summit. 

A number of leading experts will 

gather to address the challenges 

facing the industry and what can be 

done to encourage fresh talent to 

climb the ranks. Key spokespeople 

will join the panel from the Institute 

of Food Science and Technology 

(IFST) and National Skills Academy 

with further keynote speakers still 

to be announced. 

Food and drink industry 

will gather at the NEC 

Foodex, the trade event 

for the food and drink 

processing, packaging, 

ingredients and logistics 

industries, has sold out more 

than two months ahead of 

kick-off in April. 

The biennial show at the 

NEC, Birmingham from 

18-20 April, will represent 

eight sectors of the industry 

comprising bakery, beverage, 

dairy, fresh, ingredients, 

logistics, meat and seafood. 

About 60% of the 350 

exhibitors at the three-day 

event will be new for 2016, 

with 40% of companies 

returning to the show following 

success at the 2014 exhibition. 

The UK food and drink 

manufacturing and processing 

industry is set for growth of 

between 3-4% in the short to 

medium term while reaching a 

value of about £113bn in 2018- 

2019 according to a Research 

and Markets report. There 

are over 9500 manufacturing 

sites and factories in this 

sector, with the bakery, meat 

processing and dairy industry 

operating the largest number 

of processing sites. 

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Foodex runs from 10am, Monday 18 April until 4pm on Wednesday 20 April 

Sector uplift is clear to see as 

Foodex continues to grow. 

In addition to a wealth of 

insight, debate and exposure 

to the latest innovations, 

visitors will be able to enjoy 

a host of competitions. 

The Great New Idea is new 

to the 2016 show whereby 

exhibitors will put forward 

their best innovation. Entrants 

will be whittled down to three 

through voting online ahead 

of the event, before judges 

will choose a winner during 

live presentations at the 

show itself. 

Foodex 2016 is co-located 

with the Farm Shop & Deli 

Show, National Convenience 

Show and Food & Drink Expo. 

To register for free, receiving 

entry to all co-located shows, 

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Seal testing along with 

pack stacking and UV 

UV Torpedo conveyor from JenAct can be discussed on the Jenton International stand at the three-day event in April 

Jenton Ariana is expanding 

its range of products for 

food manufacturers this 

year as vistors will see. 

In addition to its range of 

seal testers for gas flushed 

thermoformed packs (typically 

for bakery), the company has 

developed and sold several 

seal testers for ready meals 

applications with random 

infeed up to 140 per minute. 

“We see this market growing 

because of the conflicting 

demands of long shelf life 

delivered by barrier films 

with perfect seals contrasting 

with the need for easy peel,” 

says Richard Little, managing 

director of Jenton. 

For 2016, Jenton Ariana has 

also introduced a new high 

speed pack stacker which has 

already been sold for food as 

well as non-food applications. 

It can be combined with auto 

banding for shelf loading/easy 

handling applications. 

The design team at Jenton 

has also been busy with 

revising the equipment offered 

for the picking and placing 

of cut pads for fresh fish. 

Scrolling denesters from the 

range will be at the show. 

JenAct Ltd is the subsidiary 

of Jenton that specialises in 

UV disinfection. In the food 

industry, applications include 

the treatment of HVAC coils 

and air ducts and surface 

applications such as conveyor 

belts as well as the direct 

treatment of food. JenAct has 

ten granted patents on this 

technology and can act in a 

consultative role to help advise 

what UV can actually achieve 

in any given application 

before then advising which 

the most appropriate 

equipment for the job is. 

STAND G299 

W www.jenton.co.uk 

Themed focus areas will reflect the current 

retail and production trends for food packs 

This year Multivac will be 

showcasing a number of focus 

areas reflecting current retail 

and production trends. These 

areas will have themes such 

as increased efficiency, low 

investment and maintenance 

cost and high flexibility 

as well as head to head 

comparisons of skin tray vs 

skin thermoformed packs. 

A fully integrated line 

will demonstrate that 

thermoforming machines 

are anything but inflexible 

or expensive and with the 

introduction of the new R 085, 

investment and real estate 

requirements are low 

while flexibility is very high. 

“The R 085 is the best of both 

worlds: the low pack cost 

of a thermoformer and the 

flexibility of a tray sealer,” 

explains Laura Affleck, 

marketing manager at 

Multivac UK. 

Also on the stand will be a 

Laska KU130 bowl chopper 

and a Risco RS110 filler as 

well as the recently launched 

Baseline range of chamber 

machines, which are value 

driven models designed and 

built to exacting specifications 

but without the complexity 

of the existing range. 

Of particular interest to 

many visitors will be the 

T300 and R105MF comparison 

area, where the two 

technologies capable of 

producing skin packs for the 

protein markets can be seen 

head to head (see more details 

on page 50). 

STAND P200 

W www.multivac.co.uk 

In brief 

INNOVATION IN STYLE 

FOR FOOD FLEXPACKS 

An automatic system to produce 

sandwich ‘grab-bags’, stand-up 

bags with pockets and a series of 

reclosable bag options are among 

the latest flexible packaging 

options for food that will be 

featured by Italian machinery 

manufacturer PFM. 

In addition, there is the latest 

version of PFM’s servo flow 

wrapper, the Pearl, developed 

to provide smaller or start-up 

operations with all the efficiency 

advantages of multi-axis servo 

drive, but at an entry level cost. 

STAND P260 

W www.pfmuk.com 

ENERGY SAVING DOORS 

PROVIDE EFFICIENCIES 

Efaflex UK will be showcasing 

a range of door options and 

demonstrations will show the 

benefits such as reduced energy 

costs and increased productivity. 

On show will be the S Series with 

its patented design and opening 

speeds of up to 4m a second. 

Installing a door has shown 

to save costs across sectors 

with one customer saving 

4,600 litres of heating oil per 

heating period. 

STAND N229 

W www.efaflex.com 

VERTICAL BAGGERS ARE 

A HIGH SPEED OPTION 

Ulma Packaging will unveil the 

latest addition to its range of 

high speed bagging equipment as 

well as demonstrating an 

upgraded flow wrapping model 

with improved productivity as 

well as automatic tray sealers. 

The new VTI 640 vertical 

bagger is designed for a wide 

variety of food products and will 

share the spotlight with the VTC 

840 VFFS continuous motion 

baggers. The Sienna flow 

wrapper on show is ideal for 

wrapping loose, irregular shaped 

products such as fresh fruit 

and vegetables. 

STAND M250 

W www.ulmapackaging.co.uk


Preview 

Latest automated case 

loading methods shown 

Increased handling 

capabilities, flexibility 

and output have pushed 

automation to the forefront 

for many food manufacturers 

which is why Pacepacker 

Services will showcase new 

automated case loading 

systems at the show. 

Three new inventions using 

Fanuc and Festo robots will 

demonstrate how Pacepacker 

has successfully automated 

laborious manual retail case/ 

crate loading tasks found in 

many food factories. 

With a fast ROI, the 

Cartesian case loader cell can 

pick and place an array of 

packaged foods – from trays 

of fresh meat to punnets of 

fruit – with precision and 

efficiency. The robot cell 

incorporates a Cartesian style 

robot and a multi-purpose 

Fanuc M20-iA/35M articulated 

robot arm to harmoniously 

load and palletise retail crates 

simultaneously. 

“For the first time we will 

reveal to Foodex visitors two 

different options for case 

loading – using Cartesian 

and articulated systems. 

Using robots from Fanuc/Festo, Pacepacker is automating onerous tasks 

By bringing these two robot 

types together we are showing 

that there is more than one 

way to achieve the same end 

result,” says Paul Wilkinson, 

Pacepacker’s business 

development manager. 

Incorporating Festo 

mechatronic motion, the 

twin-axis Cartesian case 

loader robot picks individual 

products from a single line 

or entire layers and packs 

them into secondary trays or 

cases. Capable of speeds in 

the region of 120-180 packs 

per minute, the system allows 

users to pick and place with 

different accelerations, 

decelerations and an infinite 

number of positions which, 

says the company, proves that 

there are cost efficient options 

for high speed pick and place 

applications beyond a delta or 

six-axis robot. 

STAND L229 

W www.pacepacker.com 

High speed print and apply labeller launch 

joins integrated barcode verifier on stand 

Logopak International will 

be demonstrating a range of 

equipment including the new 

Logopak 300 print and apply 

machine (see more details 

on page 16), and Vericoder, 

the first integrated barcode 

verifier for checking every 

label to ISO or ANSI standards 

which removes the need for 

manual intervention. 

The Logopak 300 is a high 

speed case and pack labeller 

for entry level applications that 

has a simple and clean design 

The Vericoder is among exhibits 

with German build quality. 

Speeds of up to 80 packs a 

minute can be achieved 

on this uncomplicated 

labelling unit. 

Logopak says its 

machines offer 

mechanical reliability 

as they are optimised 

for speed as well as 

productivity, while 

its thermal transfer 

labels and foils are 

manufactured to provide 

excellent print quality. 

STAND G289 

W www.logopak.co.uk 

Weighing 

solutions for 

foodstuffs 

Yamato Scale Dataweigh will 

demonstrate the vital role that 

checkweighers, multihead 

weighers and table top weighers 

play throughout the food 

packaging process. The company 

will be exhibiting both its 

table top semi-automatic 

Dataweigh range and its I-Series 

checkweighers at the event. 

Yamato’s I-Series checkweigher 

is a high performance, resilient 

piece of weighing machinery 

that has applications across the 

food and non-food industries, 

with several bespoke options 

available to provide the optimised 

solution for the handling and rapid 

weighing of products. 

If products are delicate, or 

fragile in nature, then a low impact 

solution such as the table top 

semi-automatic Dataweigh may 

provide the perfect solution, 

says the company. 

This combination scale 

allows fixed weight packages 

of vegetables and meat to be 

manually checked and weighed at 

up to 30 packs per minute. 

“We’re excited to be 

showcasing our equipment at the 

exhibition,” says Andrea Spencer, 

commercial operations manager 

for Yamato Scale Dataweigh UK. 

“Many customers are 

interested in the process and 

machinery that keeps their lines 

running behind the scenes,” she 

continues. “This event gives us a 

valuable opportunity to engage 

with them and discuss how they 

can best achieve their objectives 

with Yamato’s checkweighers and 

our range of weighing machines.” 

STAND P290 

W www.yamatoscale.co.uk 

Yamato will show its equipment


QA expertise will 

be tested at show 

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Ishida Europe will literally 

be putting its quality 

control expertise to the test 

by inviting visitors to bring 

their own packs to the stand 

to be tested for contaminants, 

leakages or other QC issues. 

A competition on the stand 

will also be running, with 

visitors invited to select a 

box of confectionery to run 

through the Ishida x-ray 

machine. Anyone choosing a 

box with a contaminant will 

then be entered into a prize 

draw to win an iPad. 

Equipment demonstrated 

includes its recently-launched 

AirScan leak detector and 

its IX-GA-4075 x-ray system, 

while the company will 

also be showing a 14 head 

multihead weigher from its 

RV series of equipment. 

The new Ishida AirScan 

minimises spoilage in a wide 

variety of pre-packed retail 

food products, including 

fresh, cooked and cured 

meat, poultry, seafood, fruit, 

vegetables, cheeses and also 

ready meals. 

STAND K279 

W www.ishidaeurope.com 

Foodex 

H291 

Leaks in sealed MAP packs are identified at speeds up to 180 packs a minute 

Meeting demand for efficient 

and sustainable tray seals 

The ability to meet food 

manufacturers’ demands for 

efficiency, flexibility and quality 

in their tray sealing operations 

will be demonstrated on the 

Proseal stand, where the 

company will showcase its 

electric heat seal technology 

that also delivers valuable 

environmental benefits. 

The Proseal GT2e is a high 

speed tray sealer capable of in 

excess of 120 trays per minute, 

which combines its E-seal 

electric sealing technology 

with the functional and 

reliability benefits of Proseal 

equipment. 

One benefit of the ‘e’ design 

is the machine’s flexibility in 

being able to handle any type 

of tray including atmospheric, 

MAP, vacuum MAP, skin, 

skin plus and skin deep. 

Customers can select the 

format types they require 

and these can be added or 

removed easily. 

STAND H300 

W www.prosealuk.com 

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Installation News 

Flexible and gentle handling 

is a key ingredient for bakery 

Switching to servos has resulted in a super-efficient 60sq m machine that can now be manned by a single operator 

At the New Jersey-based bakery, two F44 robots on the Schubert system fill the carton trays with product that has previously been packed in flow wrap bags 

Schubert has developed 

a TLM final-packaging 

system for individually 

packaging croissants and 

Danish pastries produced by 

International Delights in New 

Jersey, USA. Thanks to the 

Schubert scanner, the highly 

flexible system works in a way 

that is very gentle on these 

products as well as being able 

to handle other products and 

tray formats easily. 

Nine different layouts and 

approaches were developed 

with the customer before the 

ideal solution was found. 

For the most part, space 

requirements, ease of use 

and considerations regarding 

possible future products and 

packaging formats played 

an important role. As is quite 

common with American 

companies, the machines for 

manufacturing and packaging 

products were developed 

simultaneously. Both the 

space requirements for the 

Schubert system as well 

as the packaging process, 

including packaging speed, 

had to be altered several 

times in the project design 

phase and adapted to the 

changing parameters of the 

manufacturing process. 

The Schubert line, which 

eventually proved successful, 

receives the baked products – 

croissants, Danish pastries and 

pains au chocolat – from the 

cooling or freezing coils and 

places them on a conveyor belt 

at predetermined intervals 

with three F4 robots. This 

feeds the products into a flow 

wrapping machine. 

Subsequently, another 

robot distributes the packaged 

baked goods on two belts. 

The dual-lane transport 

reduces the belt speed of the 

Picker robots place the products on the belt at predetermined intervals 

line, so that a large amount of 

products can be packaged in a 

gentle manner. An F2 and an 

F3 robot are used to form the 

trays, while the F3 robot takes 

the flat tray blanks from the 

magazine and transfers them 

to the F2 robot. This leads the 

blanks over gluing nozzles, 

presses the blank through the 

folding unit and setting the 

finished erected carton tray on 

a Transmodul’s size part. 

Two F44 robots then fill 

the cardboard trays with the 

products packed in flow wrap 

bags or, optionally, unwrapped. 

DIFFERENT FORMATS 

There are two different 

packing formats for six- and 

twelve-packs. The twelve 

packs contain two layers of 

six products each, whereas 

the six packs are filled with 

only one layer consisting of 

six products. Two further


and position. Careful product 

handling is very important, 

especially for croissants, 

since pieces can easily break 

off if wrongly handled or if 

excessive gripper pressure 

affects their shape. 

“For the otherwise very 

traditional baked goods 

business, the Schubert 

machine, with its flexibility, 

its adaptability to changing 

market requirements and its 

gentle product handling, is 

a true milestone,” explains 

International Delights owner 

Spiro Sayegh. “And yes, we 

are already talking about the 

next line,” he says. 

T 01676 525825 

W www.schubert-uk.co.uk 

Gentle product handling is achieved 

your carton 

F2 robots work together to 

close the flaps and their 

palletising is then completed 

on subsequent machines. 

The system concept 

was designed so that the 

packaging of the products 

could either be changed to 

clamshells (thermoformed 

plastic trays) or plastic boxes 

(for supplying to restaurants). 

This flexibility enables the 

customer to save space and 

to quickly adapt to changing 

market requirements, without 

having to purchase a new 

machine every time. 

packaging 

solution! 

MEETING NPD DEMAND 

“This is especially important 

in the baked goods sector, 

where retailers need to offer 

something new practically 

every month in order to survive 

against the competition,” 

explains Giorgio Calorio, sales 

engineer at Schubert. 

Through a combination of 

the Schubert scanner with the 

gripper system, gentle product 

handling can be combined 

with optimum quality control. 

This is especially important 

considering the variable size 

of the baked goods. 

During cooling after the 

baking process, which takes 

about an hour, the volume of 

goods can be difficult to control 

with precision. The scanner 

recognises if the product is 

markedly too large or too small, 

and it will not signal the product 

to the robot, so that its grippers 

will not pick it up. Damaged 

products are not packed either. 

Furthermore, products 

with only minor variations, 

which are within the specified 

tolerances, can nonetheless be 

picked up, since the scanner 

reports their exact shape, size 

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Erecting 

eco-trays 

is fresh 

Kliklok has won an order to 

supply two more JR carton 

forming machines for Heilmann 

in Germany. The machines will be 

erecting tapered trays made from 

biodegradable and recycled board 

used to pack fresh fruit and also 

vegetables. 

This brings the total number of 

Kliklok installations at Heilmann 

to nine, as the companies develop 

their working relationship. 

With economic and 

environmental factors 

continually playing a strong 

role in the packaging business, 

with particular emphasis on 

sustainability, the preference for 

using recycled carton board trays 

indicates a noticeable retreat 

from traditional plastic punnets. 

Kliklok says it is able to offer a 

suitable cartoning machine to 

ease the transition from hand 

erecting to automatic carton 

forming with the JR former 

providing automation benefits. 

Kliklok says the JR carton 

former was selected for its 

long-standing reputation as 

a versatile and dependable 

machine, designed to 

accommodate small to medium 

sized cartons at up to 60 cartons 

a minute. It provides a steady flow 

of formed cartons or trays for 

either hand filling or automatic 

product loading. 

T 01275 836131 

W www.kliklok-int.com 

Tapered trays are produced 

Sortation system brings 

accuracy and efficiency 

The system incorporates features such as fibre optic sensors to detect the smallest of Jiffy bags of only 15mm high 

Due to a substantial 

increase in business 

at its Hams Hall site 

near Birmingham, arvato, 

one of the largest third-party 

logistics providers in Europe, 

has upgraded its handling 

process to improve accuracy 

and efficiency in the flow of 

picked goods. 

arvato has worked with 

Conveyor Systems Ltd (CSL) 

on several large projects 

over many years so when 

it expanded its direct-toconsumer 

fulfilment operations 

it looked to CSL for help. 

The logistics provider needed 

a partner to deliver a packing 

and sortation system that 

could help to effectively 

manage seasonal sales peaks 

in demand. 

TENDER PROCESS 

After a rigorous tender process, 

CSL was selected and its use 

of the latest 3D CAD Drawing 

software (to help visualise 

the system as a life-like 

representation at the arvato 

site) was key to meeting the 

brief and winning the contract. 

CSL’s brief was to combine 

packed consignments from 

two packing areas including 

special belt conveyors with 

over 36 integrated packing 

stations. 

All stations were fitted 

with a PC-based warehouse 

management system and 

despatch labellers, allowing 

parcels to be sorted into four 

despatch zones for separate 

carriers. The conveyor system 

can handle over 60 packages 

per minute of varying sizes 

and weights and a range of 

packaging types from poly 

bags, jiffy bags and various 

sizes of box containing 

diverse products, from 60g 

gauze bags up to a full case 

of specialist beers packed in 

glass bottles. 

To ensure sufficient gaps 

between packages on the 

conveyors prior to barcode 

checking and weighing, CSL 

designed a special solution 

where operatives place items 

on bespoke conveyor belts 

in clearly marked placement 

zones. 

To check and sort the wide 

variety of packed orders, the 

automated conveyor system 

uses an array of nine integrated 

barcode scanners capable 

of reading the labels placed 

anywhere on the visible sides 

and a checkweigher system to 

cross reference against actual 

weight measurements before 

items are fed onto a high speed 

sortation conveyor system. 

OPERATIVE ACCESS 

The sorter, based on a 

modular belt design, is 

situated at overhead height 

both to accommodate a 

fall on the chutes and to 

allow operatives access 

underneath. It has several 

lanes of despatch chutes 

each accumulating a buffer 

of packages and a ‘run-out’ 

no-read/pack error chute at 

the end. 

T 01283 552255 

W www.conveyorsystemsltd.co.uk

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Manufacturing execution system 

has delivered efficiency benefits 

Astec Solutions was 

called in by the Molson 

Coors Brewing Company 

(UK) as part of the brewer’s 

parent company’s global drive 

for efficiency in its operations 

across the world in order to 

maximise asset utilisation 

and performance. 

The packaging business 

unit at the UK site had very 

limited MES (Manufacturing 

Execution System) functionality 

and made use of a home 

grown, custom downtime 

data capture system which 

had increased in size over a 

number of years on an ad-hoc 

basis. This was not meeting 

the needs of the business and 

needed to be changed. 

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LINES OPERATE AT UP TO 

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units per minute at Molson 

Coors’ UK production site 

Astec’s challenge was to 

implement a system to 

help drive the continuous 

improvement program, with 

a focus on maintaining and 

improving the efficiency 

of the packaging lines. 

The requirement was to 

seamlessly upgrade the 

existing efficiency system 

and implement the new MES 

with minimum disruption to 

the production process, while 

also supporting the change 

of MRP. The MES project was 

very much functioning as the 

enabler solution to drive data 

in to and out of the newlyinstalled 

SAP system. 

Molson Coors was looking 

for a low risk, product based 

solution, so a clear mandate 

was provided to ensure the 

system used globally available 

and supportable commercial 

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The project at Molson Coors transformed business processes and operations 

required little or no custom 

software development. 

Astec regularly utilises a 

broad network of partners 

across the globe that are 

often able to provide valuable 

resources to accelerate project 

delivery. In this instance, 

one of GE Digital’s key North 

American solution providers 

was able to support the 

project. This followed its close 

involvement with Molson 

Coors’ MES development 

throughout Canada and the 

USA over many years prior 

to this project. 

The packaging lines 

comprise equipment of 

varying ages and configurations 

with a range of different PLCs. 

The key efficiency KPIs 

delivered by the system 

similar to OEE (operational 

equipment effectiveness), 

focused on enabling the 

system to evaluate the status 

of each machine within each 

packaging line correctly; 

whether it was working, and if 

not, why not? The management 

team at Molson Coors wanted 

and needed to gain insight to 

enable them to undertake root 

cause analysis. 

EFFICIENCY APPROACH 

In terms of efficiency, the 

approach was taken to 

automatically gain the reasons 

for machine stoppages from 

the existing automation 

system, working alongside all 

production personnel to gain 

additional, more granular 

causal insight. The filler is 

presented as the line’s rate 

limiting machine so, for the 

purposes of maintaining 

efficiency, it is essential that 

unfilled containers arrive 

at the maximum rate of the 

filling machine and that 

downstream activities such as 

shrinkwrap, labelling, board 

packaging and palletising are 

able to operate at least as fast 

as the output from the filler. 

PACKAGING COMPONENTS 

With packaging components 

such as cans, bottles, caps, 

labels and cartons not being 

manufactured in-house, 

monitoring and control of 

delivery order dates, volumes 

and lead times was essential 

to avoid unnecessary 

overstocking. At a throughput 

of 2000 units per minute, 

operations are high pressure 

and complex. 

The financial and customer 

relationship implications 

of delaying production on 

this scale, particularly in 

the filling area, are serious 

and escalate quickly. The 

Astec partnership was able 

to provide a system that 

could identify faults and 

quickly communicate these to 

operators for remedy and team 

leaders for improvement. 

T 01543 888134 

W www.astecsolutions.com 

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Speedy new assembly 

for engine control unit 

Vibratory 

sieve is easy 

for users 

Russell Finex has supplied a 

chemical manufacturing company 

looking for a new separation 

solution with a customised 

vibratory sieve which has 

replaced two rotary sieves that 

were used previously for this 

product process. 

For this application, several 

modifications were made to the 

1500mm Russell compact sieve 

supplied to ensure production 

efficiency and to also minimise 

downtime. As there were only 

small amounts of oversize 

contamination that needed to 

be removed, the vibratory sieve 

was supplied without an oversize 

outlet. This also provided the 

added benefit of reducing the loss 

of good product. 

For the little amount of oversize 

that stayed on the mesh, the 

customer manually cleaned the 

screen. To minimise the time 

of this cleaning process, eight 

connection points were added to 

the lid and sieve deck. 

By using a winch, the lid and the 

sieve deck can easily be lifted either 

separately or together for vacuum 

cleaning, and to easily change 

the mesh screen. 

Meanwhile, a combination 

of a large inspection hole and 

three smaller inspection holes 

were added to the lid to allow the 

operator to check the amount of 

oversize on the mesh, easily. 

Lastly, a quick release clamping 

system was installed on each lid 

of the inspection holes to make 

the operation quicker. 

T 020 8818 2000 

W www.russellfinex.com 

Acombination of operator 

and machine was the 

optimum solution in 

the latest system delivered 

by Altec Engineering to a 

manufacturer of automotive 

engine control units. 

Now in full production, 

the machine has reduced the 

manpower needed to achieve 

production volumes while 

improving productivity and 

guaranteeing quality. 

The sequence begins with 

the operator placing a plastic 

moulded box and populated 

PCB to the first station on the 

rotary indexing machine. 

As the parts are being loaded, 

the 2D data matrix label on 

the PCB is scanned and the 

information stored within 

the PLC data memory. 

This information is then 

picked up via a PC interfaced 

with the customer traceability 

system to keep track of the 

parts as they are assembled. 

Data is transferred around 

each station, with the prior 

step information added for 

each operation, to ensure the 

customer has full traceability 

Drug development services 

company the Almac Group is 

using the Gaspace Advance 

Micro from Systech Illinois 

to test oxygen levels in 

pharmaceutical packaging 

as part of its pharmaceutical 

development process. 

The headspace analyser is 

designed to analyse very low 

volumes of headspace, less 

than 1cc in pharmaceutical 

packaging. It is simple to use 

and provides the laboratory 

scientists with repeatable 

and accurate results ensuring 

Quality as well as productivity is boosted on Altec’s latest assembly system 

of each part at any point 

during the assembly. 

The operator then loads the lid 

and presses the start button, 

initiating a machine vision 

system operation to verify 

the presence and correct 

orientation of the box and lid, 

before the machine indexes 

to the first of the automated 

stations, at each of which a 

they can provide consistent 

evidence of oxygen levels at 

a specific tolerance. 

“Recent customer demands 

include packaging of pharma 

products in glass bottles with 

low oxygen content,” explains 

different assembly task is 

performed. A final index of 

the machine presents the 

assembly to a scanner 

which reads and verifies the 

2D data matrix code before 

the finished assembly is 

presented to the operator 

for unloading. 

T 0191 377 0555 

W www.alteceng.co.uk 

Oxygen analyser for pharmaceutical R&D 

labs provides repeatable, accurate results 

A variety of oxygen tests are offered 

Louise Donnelly PhD, 

formulation development 

scientist at Almac. 

“The Gaspace Advance 

Micro has proved to be a 

useful tool for simple, rapid 

measurement of oxygen in 

bottles prior to capping. 

“The results, in combination 

with further analysis of the 

sealed bottle, give assurance 

that the product is maintained 

within the desired packaging 

conditions.” 

T 01844 216838 

W www.systechillinois.com

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Washer/dryer system is a first 

project for logistics operations 

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Industrial Washing 

Machines (IWM) has 

delivered a turnkey solution 

to PHS Teacrate in Durham 

after a major investment at 

the distribution centre. 

The T2000 washer/dryer 

system is ideal for logistics 

operations says IWM and, 

thanks to the monitoring 

system, it helps to save energy, 

water and also gas. 

Designed, manufactured 

and installed by the IWM 

team of engineers, the T2000 

was created to wash and dry 

supermarket distribution 

crates, dolly’s plastic crates for 

foodstuffs and bread baskets. 

Robust, versatile and easy to 

use, the trays can be loaded 

and unloaded manually. 

LIGHT TO MEDIUM SOILED 

TRAYS ARE WASHED AT 

1600 

trays per hour minimum and 

up to 2000 trays maximum 

High performance washing 

is achieved thanks to the 

stainless steel screw type 

nozzles that cover the product 

on a 360 degree angle. The 

high capacity tank holds 1500 

litres of water which is pushed 

through the system via six 

bespoke pumps with capacities 

ranging from 3 – 5.5kW. 

Equipped with a triple 

tank and two conveyorised 

lanes for incoming trays, the 

T2000 comes complete with a 

blow dryer module. Once the 

trays pass through it, they are 

quickly dried by the stainless 

steel high velocity air-knife 

system coupled to the fans. 

Electricity, gas and water 

consumption are carefully 

recorded through the purpose 

built monitoring systems. 

T 0121 459 9511 

W www.indwash.co.uk


Assurance system meets 

retailer codes of practice 

Maître Prunille 

is a French 

company 

supplying dried fruit 

and nut products to a 

number of UK retailers 

and is using OAL 

Autocoding to ensure 

all of its products 

leave its factories in 

France with the correct 

packaging and also the 

right labelling. 

It was its UK agent 

Univeg that highlighted 

the need to comply with 

retailer codes of practice 

relating to the correct 

packaging and labelling 

of products and also 

recommended the OAL 

system for the largest 

manufacturing site in 

Casseneuil which is 

responsible for 70% of its 

total production. 

Subsequently, the site has 

installed OAL Autocoding 

to ensure that all fruit and 

nut products leaving their 

factories in France have 

the correct packaging and 

labelling before reaching 

the UK. OAL Autocoding has 

Complete packaging control is now achieved 

also now been rolled out to 

two more of Maitre Prunille’s 

manufacturing sites in France. 

“Having used the system 

before, I felt I could recommend 

OAL Autocoding because 

it meets the compliance 

requirements and more 

importantly it’s easy to use 

and set up,” explains Myriam 

Payan, the technical 

manager at customer 

Univeg UK. 

In operation, the 

OAL Autocoding 

system provides 

complete packaging 

control. Every foil is 

scanned to match foil 

to product. If any foil/ 

pot/product mismatch 

occurs, the line stops 

and operators are 

alerted to the line 

which is in error. 

The system 

also incorporates 

scheduled quality 

checks that have 

helped remove 

unnecessary 

paperwork from the 

packing line. This 

also includes start and 

end of run quality assurance 

checks that also ensures 

package security. 

Significantly, the system 

provides a full operator audit 

trail which is particularly 

useful for compliance with all 

retailers codes of practice. 

T 01733 394700 

W www.oalgroup.com 

Integrated conveyor system handles cereal 

cartons at high speeds between equipment 

Astec Conveyors has supplied 

a further high speed carton 

conveyor system to a UK 

cereal manufacturer following 

the success of previous 

installations. The latest system 

handles a range of carton 

sizes at high speed that are 

discharged narrow edge 

leading from a checkweigher/ 

x-ray machine in single lane 

before being fed onto the 

infeed of two case packers. 

On the discharge from the 

inspection equipment, the 

cartons are divided into two 

lanes via a specially designed 

high speed lane divider which 

proportionally splits the carton 

feed to either case packer. 

Cartons are then oriented from 

vertical to a horizontal position 

using twister conveyors to 

achieve the correct presentation 

to the case packers. 

On product selection via 

the HMI, the conveyor speeds 

are automatically set for each 

specific product size being 

handled at the time. 

Between the twister conveyors 

and the case packer infeed, low 

back pressure accumulation 

conveyors are incorporated into 

the system to accommodate 

any possible minor downtime 

issues arising from the case 

packers. The system is 

designed to be versatile and 

flexible in transporting various 

carton sizes with minimum 

line disruption on any product 

size changeovers. 

T 01283 210333 

W www.astecconveyors.com 

Party kegs 

are filled 

in China 

KHS has delivered a turnkey 

filling line for large cans to China 

to meet the growing demand for 

‘party kegs’ of beer from Tsingtao 

Brewery Group. 

This fully automatic filling line 

has a capacity of up to 400 party 

cans an hour and is the first of 

its type delivered to China. 

KHS developed a system equipped 

with four filling stations as 

the brewery wanted modern 

technology with flexibility. 

The KHS Innokeg Multibloc F 

is an automatic filler which can 

be incorporated into any system 

concept easily. Up to seven 

independently operating filling 

stations achieve a production 

capacity of up to 700 containers 

an hour. Sizes catered for range 

from 3 to 10 litre cans and party 

kegs and also large bottles. 

The system capacity can be 

expanded by installing parallel 

formations. 

In China, the machine at 

Tsingtao fills premium Augerta 

beer into 5 litre cans with and 

without CO2 cartridges. In the 

future, the line will also be able to 

fill 3 litre party cans. 

The Chinese brewery group 

already operates other KHS filling 

technology with the group’s KHS 

machines filling between 36,000 

and 72,000 cans per hour. These 

cans are 330 and 500ml. 

T 0121 713 6900 

W www.khs.com 

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Celtic Pure is one of 

Ireland’s finest natural 

spring waters and the 

family-run firm has invested 

2.5million euros in the latest 

Krones technology to increase 

its capacity to produce 

100million bottles a year. 

“I started my search for the 

new line at the last Drinktec, 

having evaluated a number of 

suppliers I chose the Krones 

proposal not only for the 

quality of equipment and the 

reputation they have within 

the industry, but also for 

the after sales and service 

back up from its UK base 

in Bolton,” explains owner 

Padraig McEneaney. “Its new 

blow fill technology is really 

cutting edge and now that it 

is installed it will make huge 

energy savings and improve 

our carbon footprint,” he 

continues. 

The company has installed 

a Krones Contiform S3 8 

cavity blower and the 32 head 

Modufill VODM PET filler 

together with a Contiroll 15 

head labeller with autosplice. 

Krones also supplied all the 

mass flow bottle conveyors. 

The Krones Contiform 

produces five bottle sizes at 

the site: 250ml, 500ml, 750ml, 

1 and 1.5 litres for still water at 

rates of 18,000 bottles an hour. 

“It was a huge decision for 

us to invest in the cutting edge 

Krones technology but I am 

so pleased with the outcome 

of the Krones line that I want 

to invest in their technology 

again,” says McEneaney. 

The bottler is also planning 

to invest further in its glass 

line to produce a range of high 

end flavoured waters. “I see 

the water market levelling 

out a bit in a few years’ time 

so the idea of producing 

flavoured water products 

either under the Celtic Pure 

brand or for own label clients 

is something I want to do in 

the future,” he says. 

T 01942 845000 

W www.krones.com

End of Line Solutions? 

You’ve got to hand it to 

ROBOPAC, established in 1982, is world leader in the stretch film wrapping 

technology with a production of over 5,000 machines/year, 70% of which 

exported to the main world markets. 

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arms for stretch film load stabilization (core business), stretch film horizontal wrapping 

machines for elongated products, shrink film packaging machines and taping 

machines. Thanks to a worldwide capillary distribution network and to the spare parts 

servicing centers present in our foreign affiliates, ROBOPAC ensures a quick and 

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Feature: Name Meat, fish here & other proteins 

A new poultry plant has been developed to keep pace both with growing demand and with changing consumer preferences – more details on page 53 

Meeting need changes 

Machinery Update reports on the very latest equipment developed to meet 

the changing consumer needs driving NPD in meat, fish and other proteins 

Last year in this feature, we talked 

a lot about skin packaging and 

how this technique was bringing 

all sorts of benefits to meat, 

especially larger joints with 

extremely awkward shapes. 

Development in this arena continues 

apace with different sizes of meat and fish 

being handled and the benefits of longer 

shelf lives being delivered. 

Meanwhile, other areas where new 

product development has occurred has 

been in meeting the increased demands 

for sliced meats and fish, the growing 

popularity for fixed portioning of products 

which allows consumers to buy to budget, 

not on product weight while, of course, 

food safety is still top of everyone’s 

agenda. Especially as the spectre of the 

horsemeat scandal still looms large. 

This time around, another trend seen 

by packaging machinery manufacturers 

includes the popularity of reclosable 

flow wrap packaging in Europe for sliced 

meat which, according to PFM Packaging 

Machinery, appears set to take off in the 

UK later this year or early next. 

“Current inquiries suggest that the 

next round of investment by several of 

the major meat packers will include flow 

wrap machines for sliced meat in place 

of the more traditional thermoform, fill 

and seal equipment,” says PFM sales and 

operations director Chris Bolton. 

“At least two retailers are also studying 

the format for own brand products,” he 

tells Machinery Update. 

INCREASE IN SLICED PRODUCTS 

In Holland for example, PFM has now 

supplied eight high speed flow wrapping 

lines to a principal contract packer for 

sliced beef, turkey, chicken and ham, 

producing modified atmosphere packs 

with a zipper reclosure, while similar 

machines are also in operation in Ireland, 

Denmark and Norway. 

Ian Wells, product manager for tray 

sealing at Multivac UK says price per 

pack has never been as important. 

Keeping pace with 

changing pack formats 

is a constant challenge 

“Retailers are trying to regain market 

share from each other so assets have to 

be worked hard to achieve lower cost of 

ownership for our customers supplying 

the retail market,” he says. Torsten Giese 

from Ishida Europe agrees. “Retailer 

demands and competition mean there 

is a continual drive to reduce costs and 

enhance efficiencies, and also a growing 

focus on just-in-time supply,” he says. 

NPD in this area has also seen various 

meats and fish with added sauces or 

coatings which packaging machinery has 

had to cope with. 

FUTURE PROOFING EQUIPMENT 

Tony Burgess, head of sales and control 

systems at Proseal says that with the 

pace of product development showing 

no signs of slowing, it is vital that today’s 

tray sealers will also be able to cope with 

tomorrow’s trends. And this is probably 

true across technologies. New features 

and enhancements that can be retrofitted 

to existing models are definitely going to 

be interesting to customers wrestling with 

retail demands and their own issues like 

paying the living wage. 

The next 26 pages will reveal more…


Feature: Meat, fish & other proteins 

Assuring the 

safety of meat 

at all times 

Sparc Systems specialises in meeting the weighing and inspection 

needs of high care food production environments and so meat 

plants are right up its street. Machinery Update reports 

W 

eighing and inspection 

systems manufacturer 

Sparc Systems has a history 

in engineering controls and 

pharmaceutical counting 

machines but, in the last five years, 

has turned its attentions to developing 

weighing and combination inspection 

machines to bring bottom up design to the 

meat and bakery industries in particular 

although its equipment is used across a 

diverse range of sectors. 

Managing director David Buckley 

believes that its equipment has been well 

received in meat plants because it offers a 

combination of benefits that when added 

together, makes a real difference to the 

operation. “We have spent time doing 

the simple things well,” he says, “like 

designing complexity out of each system.” 

Another thing that appeals to this 

market of course, is the robustness of 

the equipment. 

“These machines have to withstand 

a lot of hammer when handling whole 

chickens and joints of meat,” he tells 

Machinery Update, “so we try to ensure 

our equipment is up to the job”. 

The company offers various 

checkweighing and label inspection 

equipment, contaminant inspection, 

checkweighing and label inspection units 

as well as x-ray inspection machinery. 

X-RAY INSPECTION SYSTEM 

One company that has installed the latest 

x-ray inspection equipment from Sparc 

Systems is Esro Food Group. This Dutch 

company produces raw materials for the 

meat and snack industry and wanted 

an x-ray system that could not only find 

contaminants but also remove them so 

it could guarantee high quality products 

for its customers. 

The company invited several x-ray 

system manufacturers to test their systems 

before the purchase decision was made 

Working with Sparc Systems’ 

distributor in the Netherlands, Belgium 

and Germany Jansen Control Systems, 

Any equipment has to withstand a lot of 

hammer when handling whole chickens or 

joints of various meats during processing 

David Buckley is the MD at Sparc Systems 

the Dutch food group was happy to 

choose Sparc equipment following 

excellent trial results. Features that 

proved crucial to the decision were the 

compact nature of the equipment as well 

as the fact that it has a robust but also 

hygienic design so that cleaning is easy. 

Furthermore, Esro found the operation 

of the machine simple and user friendly. 

The fact that the equipment can be 

networked so that the QA manager can 

access reports easily was also a crucial 

buying decision factor. 

This 250 pipeline x-ray system inspects 

raw materials at the plant for bones, 

teeth, metal, glass, ceramics and high


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Working with its distributor in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, Sparc Systems 

has installed its latest x-ray inspection equipment at the Esro Food Group 

The pipeline system withstands washdown 

density plastics. Previously, these 

potential foreign bodies were searched 

for manually so cost savings have been 

delivered. Indeed, Jansen delivered a 

complete line including stainless steel 

piping as well as mixer controls to 

automate the entire process. 

Patrick van de Berg, production manager 

at Esro has been pleased with the outcome. 

“Jansen advised us on the total process 

and delivered a high quality x-ray system 

which has proved reliable,” he says. 

FOOD SAFETY IMPORTANCE 

Further projects between the companies 

are planned. 

The role of x-ray technology for 

inspection purposes has become 

increasingly important due to the everincreasing 

emphasis by consumers and 

regulatory authorities on food safety 

and quality, says Buckley. “Emerging 

issues such as fraud and the intentional 

contamination of food have also 

highlighted the importance of food 

x-ray inspection technology in keeping 

consumers safe,” he says. 

The company introduced the Iris 250 

pipeline x-ray inspection system at the 

end of last year which is built specifically 

to operate in harsh food processing 

environments for all types of pumped 

liquids, pastes, slurries and meats. 

The system provides superior safety 

through contamination detection of glass, 

metal, mineral stone, calcified bone, and 

high density plastics in pumped food 

applications in the early stages of the 

production process. 

Typical pumped meat and poultry 

products include muscle meats, ground 

meat, sausage meat, and poultry trims 

such as breast fillets and thigh meat that 

may contain chicken bones – the most 

common contaminant, closely followed 

by steel shot (buck shot), needles and teeth. 

The three models in the Iris product 

range are designed to quickly and simply 

integrate into existing rigid or flexible 

pipe systems. 

Compliance with HACCP and other 

quality control methods means it is 

essential for manufacturers to keep 

accurate records which is why the 

intuitive software provides step-by-step 

guidance for simple quality assurance 

testing and record keeping. It can connect 

via Ethernet or USB to download data 

direct to an existing network. 

Contaminants within slurries, semisolids 

and fluids are varied. Depending 

on the application, the Iris pipe x-ray 

inspection system can detect metal 

down to 0.5mm. 

The average throughput for muscle 

meats, slurries, semi solids and fluids is up 

to 14,000 kg an hour for meat and poultry 

applications on the Iris equipment. 

FLOW RATE CHANGES 

The systems are designed to automatically 

adapt to changes in the flow rate of the 

product. All three models in the Iris x-ray 

inspection system range can adjust the 

scan speed as well as the associated reject 

timing in accordance with an encoder 

signal from the upstream equipment. 

A fully integrated, servo actuated 

rotary reject valve provides accurate and 

repeatable reject system performance which 

both saves on product waste by minimising 

the amount rejected and it does so in 

accordance with all current reject integrity 

codes of practice, explains Buckley. 

“The Iris 250 is designed to specifically 

address the unique requirements posed 

by product flowing through a pipe, as 

well as helping manufacturers comply 

with stringent HACCP protocols and food 

safety requirements.” 

The company has also developed 

precision weighing and inspection 

technology for packaged products. Its 

combination products such as the Cerberus 

(metal detection and checkweighing) 

and Theia 420, a combination of x-ray 

inspection and checkweighing, have been 

successful in the proteins market. 

The Theia 420 provides both flexibility 

and accuracy, making it suitable for 

the sliced meat, cheese and also ready 

meals applications. It can accommodate 

all pack formats in sizes up to 300 x 300 

x 100mm. Fast and accurate rejection 

of out-of-tolerance or contaminated 

packs into dedicated lockable stations 

is provided by an in-line, servo driven 

reject system which removes the need 

for compressed air, offering potential 

savings of up to £4,000 a year on running 

costs compared with machines based 

on compressed air operation, explains 

Buckley. “Our combination units are 

remarkably compact even when they 

incorporate SparcEye continuous top and 

bottom label inspection which identifies 

inaccuracies in product labelling,” 

he tells Machinery Update. 

T 01684 310000 

W www.sparc-systems.co.uk



PFM believes that 

recloseable MAP 

offers meat gains 

Italian machinery manufacturer 

PFM has supplied eight high 

speed flow wrapping lines to 

a principal contract packer for 

sliced beef, turkey, chicken 

and ham, producing modified 

atmosphere packs with a zipper 

reclosure, while similar machines 

are also in operation in Ireland, 

Denmark and Norway. And, the 

company believes this pack format 

is set to take off in the UK later this 

year or early next as the popularity 

in Europe for sliced meats is 

mirrored in this country. 

Behind the choice of packaging, 

in part replacing thermoform, 

fill and seal, are two particular 

drivers, says PFM sales and 

operations director Chris Bolton. 

“From a marketing point of view, 

the attraction to consumers of a 

reclosable pack for sliced meat is 

following the same rationale as 

cheese some six to seven years 

ago when major brands in the 

UK began to adopt zipper and other 

reclosure methods as a method 

of providing extra life in the fridge 

at home.” 

However, he asserts, the flow 

wrap approach also brings 

economic and operational 

advantages to the packer, 

compared with thermoform, fill 

and seal or lidded trays. 

“When trays are flow wrapped, 

rather than heat-seal lidded, 

accuracy of product placement and 

its height is far less demanding,” he 

says, and as a result, fewer or even 

no additional line operatives are 

required for manual rectification of 

any product close to or on the flange 

of the tray or standing proud. 

In addition, he points out, size 

change is virtually instantaneous 

with no tooling costs involved. 

The eight lines in Holland are 

based on PFM’s extra-long dwell 

time BG2800 Zip machine, which 

operates in just the same way as a 

conventional MAP flow wrapper 

but with the longitudinal seal made 

at the side where the zipper profiles 

are also attached to the inner faces. 

Adopting a 

new format 

Ireland is now 

one of the 

countries to 

introduce 

reclosable MAP 

packs for sliced 

meat products 

Also, instead of the traditional 

box or D-motion sealing jaws 

employed on high speed MAP 

machines to give longer dwell 

times for hermetic sealing, there is 

a series of jaws set around a cam 

wheel. These provide much higher 

dwell times, typically ten times 

greater, improving the quality of 

hermetic sealing while allowing 

the seals to be made through 

At least two UK retailers 

are studying the new format 

for own brand meat products 

the zipper by giving time for the 

polymer in the profiles to flow and 

prevent voids and hence leaks in 

the cross seals. 

“Since this allows the zipper 

profile to be fed continuously, 

rather than be cut to length and 

placed between the cross seal 

positions, machine speed can 

be raised some 5-10 per cent to 

typically around 150 packs a 

minute,” says Bolton. 

Further machines installed 

elsewhere by PFM for reclosable 

packs of sliced meat are able to use 

adhesive tape or mini hook and 

loop profile. 

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W www.pfmuk.com

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Jamones Arroyo is 

a long-established 

Spanish family firm 

that has been positioned 

and recognised as one 

of the best companies in the 

ham sector specialising in easy 

to use products, in this case, 

sliced ham. 

Its main business concerns 

manufacturing hams and 

Serrano and Iberian ham 

shoulders, 90% of which 

are destined for slicing, 

something increasingly in 

demand across the sector. 

To this end, the company 

is developing every type of 

vacuum packaging system, 

in protected atmospheres, 

or even products suitable for 

sale outside refrigerators. 

Among its star products are 

chunks and cubes of ham, 

which represent 40% of its 

turnover. 

The company turned to 

Domino when it needed to 

renovate its fleet of printing 

devices a few years ago 

and today, eighteen A320i 

printers are in operation at the 

plant. Once this equipment 

was installed, production 

became more reliable and 

homogeneous which has led 

Domino and Jamones Arroyo 

to work together ever since. 

Most notably, Jamones 

Arroyo was a customer that 

opted for Domino’s ‘Relax’ 

operating lease which 

provided the company with 

a fixed cost of ownership 

that, in the words of Jamones 

Arroyo’s commercial director 

Jamones Arroyo has installed eighteen A320i printers at its ham plant in Spain which are proving to be reliable 

Consistency 

is delivered 

A ham factory in Spain is relying on Domino coders 

to deliver productivity as well as traceability gains 

Global sector manager Louise Adcock 

Javier Arroyo: “Provides 

the possibility of paying for 

the equipment comfortably, 

without incurring major 

expenses and, above all, 

without getting into debt. 

“The essential thing is 

that Domino ensures the 

maintenance,” he says. With 

this Relax programme, the 

machinery, the inks, the 

maintenance, the service and 

the replacements are covered 

for five years. 

According to Louise Adcock, 

global sector manager at 

Domino, this 

programme has 

proved popular 

with companies 

large and small 

as it can be 

tailored to meet 

individual 

needs. “Relax 

provides our 

customers 

with a 

fixed cost 

of ownership 

and allows 

organisations 

Serrano and Iberian ham slices 

to flex capital expenditure 

towards other avenues 

of their business,” she 

tells Machinery 

Update. “This 

brings added 

value to our 

customers. 

“Coding 

manufacturers 

must focus on the 

outcomes that 

their solutions 

can provide 

to customers 

especially in


today’s economic trading 

environment,” she continues. 

“This is what we concentrate 

on to drive value.” 

She believes it is all about 

looking ahead, to customers’ 

five year plans, not just their 

current requirements. 

At Jamones Arroyo, Domino 

also made sure that staff on 

the production lines had a 

thorough knowledge of how 

the equipment worked by 

providing all of the workers 

with training courses. 

And let’s not forget, 

the A320i printers are 

habitually employed in cold 

environments. “Meat and 

fish industry plants can 

be some of the harshest 

environments for coders 

to work in, which is why 

providing equipment that 

can withstand this is so 

important,” says Adcock. 

And Javier Arroyo agrees. 

“The reliability of coding and 

marking is guaranteed for 

Jamones Arroyo, due to the 

considerable experience that 

Domino Printing brings to 

the table,” he says. 

“Domino has contributed to 

enhancing Jamones Arroyo’s 

productivity with a hugely 

significant reduction in the 

number of incidents, and 

today, the level of stoppages 

due to breakdowns is 

practically zero.” 

One of the printers 

exclusively marks ham cube 

packs, while another three are 

Batch and expiry dates are used 

used for marking the blisters 

of cured meats on which the 

batch and expiry date are 

Meat and fish processors need 

coders that are reliable, even in 

harsh production environments 

marked on two lines. 

The production process 

has different phases: the first 

one involves the slicing of the 

meat, before it is passed onto 

a conveyor belt and finally 

packed and stamped. It is at 

this stage that the Domino 

equipment is employed 

for marking the film for 

the products, which are 

afterwards cut into individual 

packs of slices. 

Another key issue in the 

meat and fish market is 

traceability. “An overriding 

problem is consumer trust,” 

says Adcock, “which is why 

traceability provided by our 

coders and software solutions 

is so important as it allows our 

customers to track product 

throughout the entirety of 

their supply chain”. 

T 01954 782551 

W www.domino-uk.com

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Adding value 

to fresh meats 

space-saving retail presentation and, 

due to the tight-fitting film, these packs 

can be presented hanging or standing. 

The contents, including marinade, are 

securely fixed in the tray, with no visible 

drip loss, irrespective of how they are 

displayed. This also prevents any issues 

with a contaminated top film. As such, 

Sealpac believes the system achieves an 

optimal appearance which is enhanced 

further by the 3D effect created. 

TraySkin packs can be produced on 

Skin packs are meeting BBQ demand for more all Sealpac A series traysealers. These 

efficient machines, which can be used 

value added products such as marinated chicken for various tray-sealing applications 

and tray formats, are all equipped with 

a special tooling quick exchange system 

Be it chicken breast, chicken legs Depending on the product and hygiene that allows fast changeovers to different 

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TraySkin system can enhance sometimes be improved by up to 50%. 

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vacuum packaging system hermetically 

seals the products inside the tray with a 

barrier film that fits the contours of the 

product like a second skin. 

As the contents in the tray are securely 

held, the product is closely surrounded by 

its marinade, allowing it to fully develop its 

flavour. This leads to excellent aroma and 

perfectly tender meat, says the company. 

The TraySkin system not only offers 

meat quality, but also protects the 

product inside the securely sealed tray. 

And the EasyPeelPoint system means 

the skin film can be removed quickly and 

with minimum effort. 

In addition, manufacturers, retailers 

and consumers all benefit from the 

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Automated lines on 

new haggis range is 

Delicious Everyday 

for Macsween 

Two specially constructed 

Endoline high speed 

packing lines has helped 

leading Scottish haggis 

producer Macsween 

automate the production of a new 

haggis brand to meet retail demand. 

When combined, both lines can run 

up to 40,000 cases of product per 

day, increasing overall output by 200 

even in compact production areas. 

Third generation family business 

Macsween has a haggis factory in 

Edinburgh and to boost all-yearround 

demand outside Scotland, the 

company developed the ‘Delicious 

Everyday’ range to offer a variety of 

haggis based delicacies including 

black pudding and vegetarian 

options, to appeal to non-Scottish 

customers. “The Delicious Everyday 

range opens haggis up to a brand 

new audience as customers realise 

the diversity of this ingredient 

that they can use in their everyday 

cooking,” explains md of the 

company James Macsween. 

Automating a packing line was 

a first in the 60 year lifespan of 

Macsween however the company 

immediately contacted Murray 

Packaging, Endoline’s Scottish 

distributor, as they had worked 

together previously. 

Also, both lines needed to be 

installed within the original factory 

The new Everyday 

range is handled 

on two new lines 

Automating 

boosts sales 

Case sizes vary 

depending on 

individual 

customer requests 

where space was tight. Murray 

Packaging and Endoline therefore 

designed a ‘cruciform’ system with 

three conveyors running in parallel. 

Each of the packing lines has 

an elevated conveyor which runs 

the product from the power roller 

to a packing station where four 

manual packers are ready to pack 

the products into a formed box. 

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Technology 

that offers best 

fit is supplied 

Machinery Update talks to Multivac UK about its ability to offer 

both tray sealing and thermoforming equipment for skin packs 

which, it argues, always allows it to supply the best fit machine 

When Henry Ford famously 

said “Any customer can 

have a car painted any 

colour that he wants so 

long as it is black”, it was 

because it suited Ford’s production lines. 

There is, however, no such constraint for 

Multivac UK in offering fresh meat and 

fish customers the choice between tray 

sealing and thermoforming to produce 

skin packaging. Indeed, the company 

The vacuum skin process for larger joints 

is including a T 300 (traysealer) and 

R 105MF (thermoformer) comparison area 

on its stand at Foodex in April (see pg 21), 

where the two technologies capable of 

producing skin packs for the proteins 

market can be seen going head to head. 

With similar investment levels but 

offering different flexibility and pack 

presentation visuals, visitors can compare 

the two technologies and decide which 

is best for their product and production 

requirements. “The investment into 

skin equipment over the past few years 

has increased dramatically, driven by 

the retailers to ensure that the product 

presentation focuses on the product 

not the pack,” explains Multivac UK 

marketing manager Laura Affleck. 

COMPARING PACK APPEARANCE 

“This area will allow food producers 

to compare pack appearance, capital 

investment levels and pack costs and decide 

without bias, which technology is best for 

them and their customers,” she says. 

Batting for the tray sealing side is Ian 

Wells, product manager for tray sealing 

at Multivac UK. “Because we offer both 

thermoformers and tray sealers we are 

not geared to one technology and can 

therefore offer customers the best machine 

to do the job,” he tells Machinery Update. 

“And this is key for our customers in 

the proteins business as it is an 

SUMMARY 

SKIN PACK WARS 

■ ■ The company offers both tray sealers 

and thermoformers for skin packs 

■ ■ The MultiFresh range meets all the 

requirements of pack size, output and 

the level of automation 

■ ■ All machines offer robust and reliable 

operation, even in harsh environments 

■ ■ They offer a competitive price per pack 

ever-changing market place.” 

Equipment has to meet the changing 

shopping habits of consumers and, says 

Wells, this doesn’t mean less demand, 

just different demand. “Today, turnover 

in the fridge is much higher, portions 

sizes are changing, food waste is an 

issue and eat me, keep me is becoming 

more relevant,” he says. “This is why 

food producers have to offer constantly 

changing variety to keep consumers on 

board with their products.” 

One company that has to meet the 

packaging needs of a diverse range of 

customers is Lions Speciality Foods, 

processor of salmon, mackerel and 

haddock delicacies. Its products go to 

the retail and wholesale trade as well 

as event organisers and caterers and a 

fully automatic T 300 tray sealer is now



Attractive skin packs for retail are a success 

which is designed for the MultiFresh 

vacuum skin process from Multivac. 

The results instantly convinced 

Dovecote Park. “The shelf life of our 

products doubled from six to twelve days, 

sales shot up by almost 20%, and we 

were able to reduce the consumption of 

packaging material by more than 

30 tonnes per year.” says production 

director David Redman. Its major customer 

was also delighted with the results. 

Hot-smoked Scottish salmon is packed on the T 300 traysealer at Bellshill in Central Scotland 

These joints present different challenges 

in operation. It is a particularly compact 

machine and is designed for running 

a wide spectrum of trays in small and 

medium-sized batches. 

“We were looking specifically for a 

machine manufacturer with whom 

we could work together to produce our 

innovative new products in attractive skin 

packs for retail,” says William Callaghan 

factory manager at Lions. 

Hot-smoked Scottish salmon is packed 

on the T 300 traysealer in Bellshill in three 

pack formats; two different MAP packs as 

well as one vacuum skin pack which can 

be produced with a very quick changeover 

time. The skin packs allow the shape and 

structure of the fish to be retained, and the 

shelf life is extended. 

Despite an overall length of only 

2.45 metres, the T 300 offers a loading 

area with two loading positions, 

which enables the trays to be filled in 

the tightest space, and which can be 

expanded to three tracks if required. 

It is capable of being washed down, 

and with its high-quality and durable 

stainless steel construction, it is designed 

for the highest hygiene requirements. 

“With the new packaging machine it 

is practically a case of a plug-and-play 

system,” says Callaghan. “The positive 

feedback from our customers, and the 

very pleasing rise in sales, shows that 

our new salmon products have been well 

received by retailers and consumers.” 

When leading independent meat 

processor Dovecote Park decided to test 

vacuum skin packs for the first time 

on a range of steaks a few years ago, 

it initially rented a compact R 175 MF 

thermoforming packaging machine, 

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“This fantastic packaging technology 

enables us to offer our customers a 

better quality product, which takes up 

less space in the refrigerator or freezer, 

and which at the same time is more 

environmentally friendly,” said buyer 

at Waitrose Rachel Pearson. 

As a consequence of this, Dovecote Park 

ordered several thermoforming packaging 

lines with MultiFresh technology. And 

since this time, the company has started 

to use the vacuum skin process for calf 

shanks. As these meat cuts are up to 10cm 

high, Multivac came up with a further 

machine development to cope with this, 

and also meet the high output demands. 

“Our objective was to offer Waitrose 

supermarkets a high quality and 

attractive pack, to optimise the speed and 

flexibility of our lines and to reduce our 

packaging costs overall,” says Redman. 

The result of these demands is the 

R 575 MF PRO which includes an 

additional upper web forming station to 

increase process reliability. 

According to Wells, food safety and 

hygiene standards will only increase 

which is why reliable and robust 

equipment is so important in this market. 

“Assets have to be worked hard in 

today’s environment with value for money 

and price per pack important to everyone, 

whatever the size of the business,” he says. 

T 01793 425800 

W www.multivac.co.uk

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Ishida has supplied 

two plants with a 

range of equipment 

The accuracy, reliability 

and hygienic design 

of Ishida multihead 

weighers have helped to 

transform the packing 

operation of leading French burger 

manufacturer McKey. 

McKey produces millions of 

burgers every working day – some 

42,000 tonnes annually – for one 

of the world’s largest restaurant 

chains. The burgers are produced in 

about 20 different weight variants, 

predominantly 110g. They are 

placed in pockets which are then 

inserted into cartons, usually of 

13.5kg. The best performance the 

previous weighing equipment 

(installed in 1992) could achieve 

was to get within ± 5 burgers 

(~550g) of the target weight. 

The accuracy of the new Ishida 

CCW-RS multihead weighers – 

14-head, waterproof models, each 

equipped with 5-litre hoppers – 

means that McKey now achieves an 

approximate deviation from target 

weight of just 1g in each carton. 

Another key reason for the 

selection of the Ishida weighers 

was their reliable operation. 

The burgers have to be kept moving 

continuously through the process 

and any downtime in the packaging 

section could cause real problems. 

Ishida’s attention to detail in 

designing out bacterial traps 

and making cleaning simple and 

effective, covering not just food 

contact surfaces but also structural 

elements such as legs and struts, 

led to the company also being made 

responsible for the conveying and 

infeed equipment from the exit of 

the IQF tunnels to the multihead 

weighers. On the weigher platform 

Ishida installed a ‘wash wall’ where 

contact parts can be cleaned and 

allowed to drain. 

The Ishida weighers are a key 

component of five new packing 

lines which also comprise 

bagmakers and casepackers, 

installed as part of a €25.5 million 

modernisation plan at McKey’s 

Everyone is 

lovin’ it… 

The burger giant 

has reduced its 

downtime and 

maintenance 

costs since it 

installed the 

Ishida weighers 

factory in Fleury-les-Aubrais in 

Northern France. 

Given the importance of 

uninterrupted supply to the chain 

of restaurants, the modernisation 

process was carefully planned to 

take place within a two-week 

window. This was accomplished 

as planned, something of a record 

for such a major project. 

And the choice of Ishida 

weighers has gone well. 

“Since the introduction of the 

Ishida multihead weighers, we 

have had zero maintenance costs,” 

explains McKey ceo Grégory Blin. 

Meanwhile, Ishida has been 

Approximate deviation 

from target weight is now just 

1g in each carton of burgers 

supplying a range of equipment to a 

37,500 birds-per-hour poultry plant 

created for leading Saudi Arabian 

food company Almarai which has 

been developed to keep pace both 

with growing demand and with 

changing consumer preferences. 

Meyn, the poultry processing 

systems experts, and Ishida, the 

weighing, packing and end of line 

specialists, came together to form 

Meyn Ishida as a one-stop shop for 

complete-factory projects like these. 

“Meyn provided fast and efficient 

processing systems and machinery, 

as well as the expertise needed to 

train staff and production managers 

while Ishida provided automation 

of the weighing and packing 

processes to the same advanced 

level,” explains Larus Asgeirsson, 

general manager of Almarai’s 

poultry division. 

T 0121 607 7700 

W www.ishidaeurope.com



Inspection units 

operate in harsh 

seafood conditions 

Reinforcing a longstanding 

relationship 

that spans some 20 

years, Joseph Robertson 

has recently installed 

two further CW3 combination 

checkweigher and metal detection 

units and a standalone IQ3 metal 

detector from Loma Systems. 

This equipment, which 

complements three existing CW3 

machines, provides extra inspection 

capacity in line with growth and 

also replaces outdated models at 

the seafood manufacturing plant 

in Aberdeen. 

Installed on three separate 

packing lines, the new Loma CW3 

combination checkweigher and 

metal detection units and IQ3 metal 

detector are inspecting a wide 

range of Joseph Robertson seafood 

products, including frozen and 

chilled coated fillets and fishcakes, 

for contaminants at speeds up to 

80 packs a minute. 

Established as Joseph 

Robertson’s preferred supplier 

of inspection equipment, Loma’s 

robust systems are designed to 

cope with the rigours of a fish 

processing facility. Loma also offers 

the benefit of a dedicated Scotlandbased 

service and support team 

who can be on site within hours. 

Simon Robertson, director at 

Joseph Robertson explains: 

“We have used Loma equipment 

on and off for over 20 years, mainly 

due to its functionality, reliability 

and ease of use. 

“Built with heavy-duty conveyor 

components and high quality 

electronics, the CW3 combination 

unit in particular is ideal for tough 

production environments like 

ours,” he says. 

“As well as providing high 

performance inspection systems 

that offer low cost of ownership and 

good management of process KPIs, 

Loma’s industry knowledge helps 

ensure we keep up to date with 

increasingly stringent legislative 

requirements.” 

The preparation of seafood 

Inspecting 

a tough site 

The latest three 

machines were 

delivered on 

time while the 

‘plug and play’ 

functionality 

allowed for easy 

installation 

involves processes such as 

trimming, boning, gutting, 

skinning and filleting and, 

says Loma’s Alex Learmonth, 

a quality control system such 

as the CW3 combination allows 

early identification of foreign 

bodies during this production 

process. “To maintain best quality 

in the unlikely event of metallic 

contamination from knives and 

mechanical equipment, Joseph 

Robertson passes all its products 

through Loma inspection 

equipment for reassurance that 

even the tiniest particles are 

detected and removed,” he says. 

The CW3 combination systems 

and standalone IQ3 metal detector 

handles a wide range of Joseph 

The company can’t afford 

downtime as a result of any 

unreliable inspection units 

Robertson products including 

frozen and chilled coated fillets, 

fishcakes, scampi and ready meals, 

all of which are packed in plastics 

trays. “The metal detector offers 

variable frequency meaning items 

can be automatically calibrated 

in a matter of seconds, ensuring 

optimum speed and efficiency,” 

says Learmonth. “Frequency data 

for many different products can 

be stored allowing for minimum 

set up time, ease of operation and 

optimum sensitivity across 

a complete range.” 

Simon Robertson has been 

extremely happy with the 

functionality and performance of 

the three Loma CW3 combination 

checkweighing and metal detection 

systems already in use at the plant. 

“Choosing Loma and these models 

in particular ensure we continue 

exceeding the expectations of our 

customers in terms of quality and 

also safety,” he says. 

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W www.loma.com

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IFFA 2016 will open its 

doors in Frankfurt am 

Main from 7 to 12 May and 

will give trade visitors 

the opportunity to gather 

in-depth information about 

machinery and equipment for 

all stages of the meat process 

chain from slaughtering, via 

production, to packaging. 

Visitors to the six-day 

event will be greeted by 960 

exhibitors from 47 countries 

spread across seven halls 

of the exhibition centre. 

Organiser Messe Frankfurt 

expects to welcome about 

60,000 trade visitors from 140 

countries during the event. 

Visitors to the six-day event will be greeted by 960 exhibitors from 47 counties spread across seven halls of the fair grounds 

INTELLIGENT PORTIONER 

One PPMA member that will 

be showcasing its products at 

the exhibition is SF Engineering. 

The company will be 

showing the Marelec intelligent 

portioner, called the Portio 3A, 

on Marelec’s stand (hall 9, 

level 1, stand B11). 

This Portion cutter cuts fresh 

meat or fish into portions of 

fixed weight, fixed thickness 

or a combination. The machine 

uses laser-guided cameras 

to scan the volume. With 

the volume and the density 

recorded, the machine 

instantly calculates where to 

cut so that the desired weight 

or thickness is achieved. 

The company believed that 

by using three cameras in 

the process, it offers the best 

possible precision. 

The angle of the rotating 

knife can easily be tilted, 

Cleaning 

is easy on unit 

Meat worlds 

meet in May 

IFFA opens its doors in Frankfurt in May to showcase 

the latest machinery for all stages of meat processing 

without the use of tools, over 

30deg or 45deg which results 

in a cut under angle, with 

fixed weight and the look of a 

natural hand cut. 

Also, the portioner 

is designed for 

optimum cleaning 

and hygiene. 

The machines 

are easy to access 

as they can be 

opened completely 

and they are 

equipped with a 

Cleaning In Place 

(CIP) on all belts 

and guiding 

of the knife. 

Options exist to 

prevent the products 

from rolling, to hold them 

from the top (APH) or to hold 

them from the back. 

The portioner can also be 

placed in line with a grader, 

to maximise the yields. In 

this case, the machine selects 

the optimal cutting pattern to 

reduce trim while the outfeed 

product holder ensures that all 

portions are separated before 

coming onto the weighing belt. 

Other portioning machines 

in this range available from SF 

Engineering include the Portio 1 

for flat products, and the 

Portio 1D, a dual lane machine 

for increased capacities in 

a small footprint. On both 

models, the option to cut 

under angle is available. The 

latest model is the Portio 1F 

which is designed for fillets. 

Marelec believes its range of 

portioning equipment answers 

retail trends first seen in the 

All meat processing stages are 

covered at the show which runs for 

six days in Frankfurt from 7 May


UK but now spreading rapidly 

throughout Europe and other 

continents. There is a strong 

tendency these days to see 

a variety of meat products 

offered at fixed prices per 

tray with all the trays identical. 

For example, a family pack 

of a number of steaks for a set 

price. This sees consumers 

buying according to the 

available budget rather than to 

a required volume or weight. 

market in Central Europe is 

growing very strongly and 

the competition is great,” says 

Dominik Eberhard, product 

manager for thermoforming 

packaging machines at 

Multivac. “With the new R 235 

we are offering this sector 

an efficient and economical 

solution.” 

W www.iffa.com 

T 01793 425800 

W www.multivac.co.uk 

T 00 353 71 916 3334 

W www.sfengineering.ie 

TECHNOLOGY SPREADS 

And other meat processing 

industries are following fast, 

says Marelec, with the supply 

of meat products to large 

hotel chains as one example. 

Meat for ready meals is another 

market requiring fixed-weight 

portions as well as airline 

catering, schools and hospitals. 

Another PPMA member 

that will be demonstrating its 

products at IFFA is Multivac 

(hall 11.1, stand C11). 

Among the equipment will 

be the R 235 thermoforming 

packaging machine which 

has been specially developed 

for packing sliced product. 

Multivac says the machine, 

which has a medium-output 

range, is particularly 

economical and offers a 

practically based selection 

of equipment options. 

It is equipped with format 

sets and sealing dies that 

are tailored to producing flat 

packs of sliced products as 

standard. The R 235 can be 

equipped with additional 

preheating in the area of the 

forming station to ensure that 

the maximum cycle output is 

achieved. “The sliced products 

Maximum yields can be achieved



Biltong pouches 

are customised 

with offline coder 

AKBA-Metronic feeding 

system from PrintSafe, 

fitted with an ICE 

Zodiac thermal transfer 

printer is helping 

biltong producer Cruga to improve 

production efficiencies while 

reducing packaging costs. 

The company replaced its 

vertical form, fill and seal (VFFS) 

packaging machines with two 

pouch fillers a couple of years ago 

as the three sealed edges on the 

bags produced were vulnerable to 

faults. “When you pack biltong, 

you need to remove oxygen from 

the pack to maintain quality 

and we also felt that the finished 

pack was less attractive than 

pouches,” explains company 

founder, David Low. 

To reduce packaging costs, Cruga 

uses a range of generic pouches 

that it overprints with a barcode 

and data denoting product-specific 

information. This gives it the 

flexibility to respond to changes 

in customer orders while also 

minimising wastage. 

When using the VFFS system, 

Cruga was able to print this 

information on to the film prior to 

filling but the change to pouches 

meant this was no longer possible. 

“We could print date, batch 

and time information with ink jet 

printers integrated into the pouch 

fillers, but barcodes could not be 

printed to the standard required,” 

explains Low. 

“We needed a separate printer 

that would allow us to convert 

our generic packaging for specific 

products prior to filling.” 

Cruga Biltong originally 

purchased two offline vacuum 

pouch-feeding systems through 

its machinery supplier partner 

but these quickly became 

unreliable. It was the company’s 

engineering manager that found 

the udaFORMAXX and then 

visited PrintSafe where a range 

of pouch types and sizes were 

tested successfully. 

Taking out 

pack costs 

Biltong is now 

a significant 

segment of the 

meat snacks 

industry across 

the UK 

“He was also impressed by the 

build quality and its simplicity of 

operation,” says Low. 

Today, Cruga is using the narrowbelt 

model where the pouches 

are fed past the thermal transfer 

printer using a tight grip belt 

conveyor to ensure that there is no 

pouch movement. In addition, the 

udaFORMAXX ‘i’ stops briefly so 

that the pouch is stationary at the 

moment of printing, increasing 

accuracy and reducing wear on 

the printhead. 

Low says that these two factors 

have made all the difference. 

Cruga Biltong initially purchased 

one udaFORMAXX, wanting to 

I am confident that one 

operator will comfortably be 

able to run the two printers 

confirm that speed and accuracy 

would be maintained within the 

actual production environment. 

PrintSafe supplied the system 

fitted with an ICE Zodiac thermal 

transfer printer. “The speed is 

phenomenal,” says Low. 

“In the first four weeks, we 

printed more on one system than 

we printed in six months on the 

previous equipment. 

“The pouch feeders are fast and 

reliable and the ICE Zodiac thermal 

transfer printer is very easy to 

use,” he says. “Our non-English 

speaking operators have absolutely 

no problem running the machines 

including handling all of the 

ribbon changes.” 

Confident in the long-term 

performance, Cruga has since 

placed an order for a second unit. 

T 01962 761761 

W www.printsafe.co.uk 

T 0115 964 0144 

W www.interactivecoding.co.uk



Proseal’s new tray 

sealer handles big 

trays for joints 

Heat sealing specialist 

Proseal UK has 

introduced a new 

tray sealer specifically 

designed to handle very 

large food trays. The new GT5exSD 

can seal trays up to 400mm wide, 

making it particularly suitable to 

handle large cuts of meat and joints. 

Top speeds for the single lane 

machine are up to 40 skin pack 

trays per minute. 

The GT5exSD is fully flexible and 

adaptable to handle any type of 

packing operation, including MAP 

gas flushing, vacuum MAP sealing, 

skin packaging below and above the 

flange, and skin deep. Customers 

can simply select the format types 

they require and these can be added 

to or taken off at any time. 

This, says Proseal, allows food 

manufacturers to change their 

pack formats in line with customer 

demands without having to invest 

in new equipment. 

Just as important, the GT platform 

enables future enhancements and 

new features to be retrofitted to 

existing models at a later date. 

With the pace of product 

development showing no signs of 

slowing, it is vital that today’s tray 

sealers will also be able to cope 

with tomorrow’s trends. 

“Today, manufacturers have to 

offer a wide range of different pack 

formats, while at the same time 

production runs are becoming 

shorter in order to meet the specific 

needs of individual customers,” 

says Tony Burgess, head of sales 

and control systems at Proseal. 

“This highlighted the requirement 

to develop a range of machines with 

the flexibility to easily deal with so 

many formats and this GT5exSD is 

the latest example of this, focusing 

on demand for larger-size packs.” 

Maximum throughput is 

achieved thanks to Proseal’s 

Pro-Motion system which uses 

following motion and intelligent 

buffering technology to enable 

trays to feed continuously into 

the sealer without stopping. 

Big formats 

meet needs 

The new machine 

can handle large 

cuts of meat and 

joints in trays up 

to 400mm wide 

An auto-detect product flow 

monitoring system regulates 

the speed of the infeed conveyor 

according to the number of trays 

being supplied. 

This typically increases speeds 

by up to 30% in operation. 

Proseal’s E-seal technology 

meanwhile provides seal reliability 

to meet the stringent quality 

requirements of the food retail 

sector while delivering a 92% 

reduction in energy usage, which 

offers valuable cost savings and 

sustainability benefits. 

Equally important, the machine 

boasts an hygienic design with rapid 

Top speeds for the single 

lane machine are up to 40 

skin pack trays per minute 

strip down of the product handling 

conveyors allowing deep cleaning to 

be carried out quickly and easily. 

Another advanced feature of 

the GT5 range is its Pro-Tect user 

login security system, which 

provides different levels of 

authorisation access for individual 

personnel. The system keeps 

a log of information input for 

full traceability in the event of 

any problems, and any attempt 

to log in above a person’s level 

of authorisation will also be 

registered and recorded. 

The GT5 retains Proseal’s rugged 

construction to food industry 

approved hygiene standards with 

full wash-down protection. 

Also, the company’s established 

‘Auto Tool’ connection system 

enables tool changes to be carried 

out in about five minutes. 

T 01625 856600 

W www.prosealuk.com


Meeting meat 

label demands 

A Scottish meat producer has installed a second 

labeller after twelve months reliable operation 

Malcolm Allan, a premium and variance of the meat products and 

Scottish meat producer, has stretch wrapping process, which is easily 

installed a second ALTech accommodated by the machine’s label 

twin head ALbelt labelling adaption system, says the company. 

machine for its trayed 

The primary product applicator is a 

products, following more than 12 months touch screen controlled ALritma S, fitted 

successful operation of its first unit. with a Sato print engine module and 

This new ALbelt machine prints and operating with direct thermal label media. 

applies a product label to the top of the This offers Malcolm Allan the flexibility 

tray pack, followed by a promotional label to print and apply use by, weight and 

where required, at a rate of up to 60 trays barcode information without any ribbon 

a minute. It is fully integrated into the or ink consumables in real time onto the 

sausage, beef burger and black pudding label before application. 

line, sitting between a stretch wrapping Meanwhile, the second labelling head 

machine and a metal detector. 

is an ALstep unit which, says ALTech, 

While relatively simple in relation to is ideal for the application of standard 

many of ALTech’s labelling solutions, promo labels as and when required. 

precision application was essential, 

The modular design of the machines 

due to the large area of label coverage means that all of its standard labelling 

(required to display legislative content) in heads share the same technology, 

comparison to the size of some products. resulting in operator familiarity. 

The trays can often have irregularly 

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shaped surface finishes, due to the nature W www.altech-uk.com 

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Conveyors need to 

be part of the food 

safe machine offer 

W 

ith food automation 

making up such 

a large slice of 

Pacepacker Service’s 

pick, place and 

packing business, the equipment 

manufacturer recently specified a 

food safe IP69K certified conveyor 

system from UPM Conveyors as 

part of a Cartesian pick and place 

robot solution for handling packs 

of fresh meat. 

Referred to by UPM as ‘Syscon’ 

conveyors, the simplistic ‘groove’ 

design with side channels made 

from high molecular weight 

polyethylene (HMWPE), appealed 

to Pacepacker because it can be 

deployed in hygienic food processing 

areas. Ideal for transporting 

unpackaged primary products, 

this HMWPE conveyor caters to 

every type of product handling 

requirement, from raw meat and 

poultry to fresh and frozen produce. 

“Client requirements in the food 

sector can be both challenging and 

unique,” explains Pacepacker’s 

business development manager 

Paul Wilkinson. “Like us, UPM 

Conveyors specialises in creating 

bespoke automation solutions 

and its HMWPE conveyor system 

is just one of the design types 

we’re starting to integrate into our 

robotic pick and place systems 

more and more as it meets food 

manufacturers’ stringent hygiene 

requirements.” 

Providing a full array of 

conveyors, manufactured in all 

types of materials, Pacepacker can 

supply everything from gravity 

rollers to belt conveyors and heavy 

duty palletisers. “Our clients may 

need delayed stops, accelerated 

sections or turning devices,” says 

Wilkinson. “In every instance, 

the conveyor element is about 

optimising the production flow.” 

When assessing conveyor 

options for food manufacturers, 

Wilkinson cites flexibility, 

robustness and food safety as 

key criteria. 

“This food-grade conveyor 

Convey with 

food hygiene 

In creating a 

bespoke system 

for a meat client, 

Pacepacker has 

used a food safe 

IP69K certified 

conveyor system 

from UPM 

from UPM Conveyors is one of 

the few systems on the market 

that meets all of these specific 

needs and allows us to continue 

giving customers trouble-free and 

application-appropriate choices,” 

he says. “As a company, it has 

more than 40 years expertise in the 

conveyor market and the HMWPE 

conveyor has been operating 

successfully the world over for over 

two decades.” 

Since Pacepacker showcased the 

HMWPE ‘Syscon’ conveyor at its 

recent open day event, the 

companies have already collaborated 

on several client projects. 

“In traditional conveyors, the 

belt is stretched over two rollers 

Customers are offered a 

zero maintenance guarantee 

with the HMWPE conveyor 

and this requires regular tracking 

and tensioning,” explains Roy 

Fowler, sales director at UPM 

Conveyors. “With our HMWPE 

design, the belt runs in the side 

channels – top and bottom. 

“As a result, friction is significantly 

cut. And because there are no 

pinch or trap points, manufacturers 

can maintain the highest level of 

hygiene and reduce the risk of cross 

contamination,” he explains. 

The sides of the conveyor are 

made of HMWPE with stainless 

steel support frames. This makes 

it fully compliant with FDA 

regulations and being IP69K rated 

can withstand high pressure and 

close proximity washdowns. 

Having fewer parts also means 

there’s less to go wrong, which 

also reduces maintenance time. 

As a result, UPM confidently offers 

customers a zero maintenance 

guarantee. 

T www.pacepacker.com 

W www.upmconveyors.co.uk



Skin packs for poultry 

An equipment and film manufacturer have joined to supply skin packs 

Following the recent skin film 

agreement with Sealed Air 

Packaging Systems, Ulma 

Packaging has subsequently 

installed a TFS407 

thermoforming machine at a leading 

poultry producer in the Norfolk area. 

The customer, who for contractual 

reasons must remain confidential, is 

using the TFS407 with Cryovac Darfresh 

skin film for the packing of poultry portions. 

The machine is currently running in 

production at up to 11 cycles per minute. 

When the customer runs a four pack 

configuration, up to 44 packs per minute 

are produced or approximately 2,500 

packs per hour, depending on any film 

changes that are made. 

Flexibility and reliability were key 

factors in securing the sale thanks to the 

TFS407 ability’s to handle a multitude 

of pack sizes and ease of cleaning 

afterwards. The cleaning is especially 

easy because the TFS407 has been 

designed without edges, which avoids the 

build-up of product remnants in operation. 

“The customer decided on this 

particular solution because of the high 

quality construction of the TFS407 

coupled with some superb Cryovac 

Darfresh skin film features which when 

combined together provide a good 

barrier against bacteria, outstanding 

product protection and excellent pack 

presentation,” explains Ulma Packaging’s 

UK managing director Chris Pickles. 

T 01909 506504 

W www.ulmapackaging.co.uk 

Skin packaging offers extended shelf life 

and enhanced product appearance for 

maximum display in various retailer chillers 

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News Vision 

The In-Sight Micro 8000 series 

New camera 

delivers 

PC speeds 

Cognex has introduced the 

In-Sight Micro 8000 series 

smart cameras, a new family of 

ultra-compact, standalone vision 

systems. The In-Sight Micro 

8000 series delivers industryleading 

vision tool performance at 

PC speeds, all in the form factor of 

a traditional ‘dumb’ GigE Vision 

camera, says the company. 

“As line speeds increase, 

manufacturers demand greater 

accuracy, larger fields of view, and 

faster vision tool performance 

and all without a PC on the factory 

floor,” says Joerg Kuechen, 

vice president and business unit 

manager, Vision Products. 

“By combining the blazing fast 

frame rates of a tiny, self-contained 

In-Sight Micro 8000 series 

smart camera with the lightning 

speed of PatMax RedLine pattern 

matching, our customers can 

optimise resolution, speed and 

performance on even their fastest 

production lines. 

“This allows them to reduce 

cycle times, boost productivity, 

increase resolution without any 

loss of throughput, or perform 

additional inspections without 

increasing cycle times,” he tells 


The In-Sight Micro 8000 

series measures 31 x 31 x 63mm 

and includes Power over 

Ethernet minimising cabling 

to make these vision systems 

ideal for integrating into tight 

spaces on robots and hard-toreach 

machinery. They can be 

deployed almost anywhere on 

the production line for guidance, 

inspection, gauging and industrial 

identification applications. 

T 01327 856040 

T www.cognex.com 

Machine vision software 

is powerful and versatile 

Versatile and powerful 

machine vision software 

from Adaptive Vision is 

now available in the UK from 

IDS (Imaging Development 

Systems). 

Fully compatible with all 

industrial cameras from IDS, 

the Adaptive Vision package 

provides production engineers, 

integrators and application 

developers with a flexible 

‘drag and drop’ graphical 

environment in which to utilise 

the software’s comprehensive 

library of image processing 

and analysis filters. 

Packed with features such 

as task-oriented filter selection 

control, ready-made tools, 

redefined local coordinate 

systems, error handlers and 

improved interoperability 

with C++ and .NET, the new 

package comprises Adaptive 

Vision Studio software and 

Adaptive Vision Library. 

Adaptive Vision Studio 

is based on dataflow and 

provides a powerful graphical 

environment for machine 

vision engineers. 

All programming is carried 

out by linking any combination 

of image analysis filters from 

more than 1000 ready-for-use 

filters which are based on the 

highly optimised functions of 

Adaptive Vision Library. 

The software allows the easy 

development of a wide range 

SENTECH IS SHIPPING NEW USB3.0 VISION CAMERA 

New high resolution camera 

Sentech has launched and is now shipping new high resolution cameras 

that feature 3.2 and 5.1 MegaPixel Global Shutter CMOS sensors in both 

monochrome and colour, while the compact size of the cameras makes 

them ideal for a wide range of machine vision applications, says UK 

agent Alrad Instruments. 

T 01635 30345 W www.alrad.co.uk 

The new package comprises Adaptive Vision Studio software and Library 

of machine vision applications 

since integrators can create 

custom applications for both 

simple and advanced projects 

and application programmers 

can develop carefully 

optimised OEM applications 

by integrating existing or userdefined 

filters into C++ or .NET 

projects, says IDS. 

T 0118 970 1704 

W www.ids-imaging.com 

Latest camera from 

PixeLINK is offered 

for laboratory use 

Scorpion Vision, the UK’s 

primary supplier of PixeLINK 

technology, is now distributing 

the new PixeLINK offer. 

Known as the M2B, the camera 

is the latest addition to the 

PixeLINK M-Series USB 3.0 

CMOS camera kits. 

Designed to provide quality 

and versatility with a smaller 

form factor, the camera boasts 

a number of features including 

a Sony IMX174 sensor, superb 

resolution at 1920 x 1200 and 

a bit depth of 8 or 12. 

The camera is sold as part of 

a kit which is ideal for use in 

a laboratory setting. 

T 01590 679333 

W www.scorpionvision.co.uk

weQube Series 2016 

weQube − the Smart Camera 

weQubeSeries 2016 enhances the weQube modular image processing platform with numerous 

innovations! Select between weQube with autofocus or with C mount threaded connection and 

combine the software packages on your Smart Camera just as you need. 

Housing 

weQube with Autofocus 

weQubeOCR 

the character recognition package 

Software 

weQube with C mount 

weQubeOCR reads predefi ned OCR-A 

and OCR-B fonts over several lines in 

a single scanning operation. 

weQubeVision 

the image processing package 

weQubeVision combines any number 

of image processing functions in one 

application. 

weQubeDecode 

the scan package 

weQubeDecode reads all common barcodes 

as well as 2D codes even if damaged 

or poorly readable. 

Flexible Communication 

Protocol 

The new fi rmware update permits you to 

simply switch weQube with Industrial Ethernet 

to PROFINET or EtherNet/IP protocol. All 

weQube models incorporate an Ethernet TCP/IP 

and a RS-232 interface as standard.


Components 

Faster response time is 

offered by new pumps 

Piab says its new 

piCOMPACT 23 

vacuum pump, 

the latest addition to the 

range, is the most efficient 

ejector on the market 

and can handle up to 180 

items a minute. It also, 

points out Mark Grainger, 

sales director for the UK 

and Ireland at Piab, has a 

faster response time and 

more vacuum flow than 

any other similarly sized 

pump available. 

“This means that 

suction caps grip more 

effectively making the 

pick and place operation 

faster and safer,” he tells 


As with the other 

vacuum pumps in the range, 

the piCOMPACT 23 has been 

designed for industries that 

rely on medium to high speed 

pick and place. The unit, 

which weighs between 260 

and 370gm depending on the 

model chosen, is very easy to 

install to a robotic head and 

therefore simple to clean and 

also maintain. 

Piab believes new levels of 

WDS Components says that 

because it manufactures the 

majority of its components 

in-house, it is able to ensure that 

the quality of every component 

in its range is of the highest 

standard; it also monitors its 

stock levels carefully meaning 

that most orders can be 

dispatched the same day. 

The company’s online 

catalogue of more than 20,000 

parts includes fixturing 

components like jigs or clamps, 

or standard parts such as 

Reliability is key and all the pumps in the range have a five year warranty, says Piab 

flexibility have been achieved 

with this product. 

And customers can specify 

exactly the performance that 

they need at no additional 

cost, says Grainger. 

There is a choice of 

compressed air, vacuum, 

exhaust and electrical 

components on offer which 

means that there are significant 

energy savings available. 

Reliability is another 

significant factor with the 

piCOMPACT 23, says Piab as 

the lifespan of all the moving 

parts is over 50,000,000 

cycles. This has been achieved 

by installing a completely 

sealed ejector cartridge and an 

integrated compressed air and 

vacuum filter. 

T 01509 857010 

W www.piab.com 

In house manufacture means components 

can be despatched and delivered quickly 

WDS distributes globally and can take payment online or through the office 

hinges, clamps, handles, 

castors and gas struts, and has 

been grown in consultation 

with its customers. 

Manufactured from high 

quality materials, it features 

components suitable for use in 

almost any industry. Customers 

are able to browse online using 

an easy-to-use search function 

making it easy to find the product 

that best meets their needs. 

T 0113 290 9852 

W www.wdsltd.co.uk 

The upgraded inverter is tested in 

Aurich, Germany prior to delivery 

Inverters 

offer extra 

performance 

Nord Drivesystems has 

equipped all motor-mounted 

and cabinet-installed frequency 

inverters with new, more versatile 

microcontrollers and new firmware. 

Notably in the design change, 

this architectural upgrade enables 

the inverters originally designed 

for asynchronous motors to also 

control synchronous motors, 

which is becoming increasingly 

important particularly with the 

advent of IE4 efficiency motors. 

Highly dynamic drive tasks can 

now be executed without encoder 

feedback, says the company. 

With this comes substantial 

benefits: for instance, customers 

who have been using IE3 motors 

with an encoder can save energy 

and costs by switching to IE4 

motors without an encoder. 

Moreover, new generation Nord 

inverters are capable of performing 

drive-related PLC functions, which 

can significantly relieve external 

controllers. In some cases, 

previously used mini-controllers 

may even become redundant and 

be completely omitted. 

The inverters support the 

manufacturer-independent 

PLCopen function blocks for 

motion control. They can be 

freely programmed according 

to IEC 61131-3 in ‘Structured 

Text’ or ‘Instruction List’. This 

makes application development 

less complex and reduces the 

associated costs, says Nord. 

Customer-specific drive-related 

functions can be implemented by 

means of the inverter PLC without 

an application-specific firmware 

and free from cost intensive 

verification and validation. 

T 01235 534404 

W www.nord.com

New Machinery 


Productivity improvements are 

supplied by linear rotary motor 

O6juniorUK.pdf 1 07/01/2015 10:16 

The latest family of 

motors from LinMot 

combine a linear 

motor and a servomotor in 

a single compact assembly. 

Highly dynamic linear rotary 

motion sequences can be 

programmed to be either 

synchronous or completely 

independent of each other. 

This, says UK distributor 

Quin Systems, is a solution 

demanded by machine 

builders for a more efficient 

and flexible solution for 

applications which require 

both linear and rotary 

motions, such as threading, 

closing, pick and place, 

stacking and aligning. 

THESE LINMOT MOTORS 

REQUIRE UP TO 

C 

60% 

less closure process time than 

mechanical systems 

M 

Y 

CM 

LinMot’s PR01 range of 

CY 

motors has answered this need 

as a compact housing contains CMY 

both an electromagnetic linear 

K 

drive and a rotary direct drive, 

each controlled by a servo 

drive. Position, motion, linear 

force and rotary torque can be 

programmed with all electric 

servo motor technology and 

significantly lower energy costs 

than pneumatic alternatives. 

Various sizes are available that 

generate a peak torque ranging 

from 1.5 to 8.9 Nm. 

These motors are ideal for 

bottle capping applications 

and are particularly attractive 

for reducing the size and 

improving the performance 

of multi-axis carousel closure 

systems. Distributor Quin 

Systems says the new motors 

can increase productivity. 

T 0118 977 1077 

W www.quin.co.uk 

MY 

All new O6 series photocells optimised for harsh, hot and wet environments 

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Components 

Flexible and lean electronics 

deliver top machine solution 

The fieldbus modules are installed close to the process so sensors and valves can be connected with shorter cables, adding maximum flexibility for users 

German packaging 

machine manufacturer 

Transnova Ruf is using 

Murrelektronik’s Cube67 

fieldbus system for efficient 

wiring in its complex 

packaging machines that are 

also modular. 

Currently, the company 

is working on equipment 

destined for a Swiss 

pharmaceutical company. 

This involves medical products 

being packed into small boxes 

on any one of ten production 

lines before palletisation, 

shrinkwrapping and storing in 

a high rack warehouse. 

A large number of sensors 

and valves are integrated into 

this system. The data matrix 

codes printed on the primary 

packaging help to transport 

the boxes into the system at 

the right time as well as 

bringing them to the right 

packaging station. 

Transnova Ruf uses 

Murrelektronik’s Cube67 

fieldbus system as the 

backbone of the system’s 

electrical installation. 

Since the fieldbus modules 

are connected with pluggable 

cables, Transnova Ruf’s 

engineers are able to put 

together a very flexible 

solution that can be quickly 

assembled and disassembled 

as needed. Furthermore, the 

system is easily expandable 

as it does not require many 

modifications from the electrotechnical 

point of view. 

Often, another Cube67 

module can be integrated 

simply by connecting it 

to a nearby module with a 

Murrelektronik hybrid (data 

and power) cable. The doubleended 

hybrid cables also lower 

the risk of wiring errors. 

MODULES COLLECT INFO 

Fifteen Cube67 ProfiNet bus 

nodes are installed in this 

system. The modules collect 

information from the sensors 

(mainly light curtains that 

detect the position of the 

product) and transfer the 

signals to the valves. 

The fieldbus system is 

responsible for about 70 drives 

in this installation. 

These SEW motors, 

located at various positions 

along the conveyor line, are 

equipped with integrated 

frequency converters. 

“This solution doesn’t require 

any switch boxes and terminal 

boxes in the field, where the 

space is already confined,” 

says Hermann Schindler 

who is responsible for the 

hardware planning. Using 

Murrelektronik’s Movimot 

function module, Transnova 

Ruf connects a component for 

the Cube67 system that makes 

these motors easy to connect. 

Because each port on a 

Cube67 module can handle 

two signals, Transnova Ruf’s 

Efficient circuit protection with MICO is provided for the packaging machines 

engineers use T-couplers 

to split the signals in some 

applications. In these cases the 

T-couplers connect M8 cables. 

To connect the data transfer unit 

that sends information from the 

palletising unit to the high rack 

warehouse, Transnova Ruf uses 

a Cube67 valve module with 16 

contacts for the exchange of 

digital signals. 

PRACTICAL CONCEPT 

By implementing Cube67, 

Transnova Ruf achieves 

a practical and versatile 

installation concept. It fits into 

the new packaging system 

and, due to its modular 

design, it is a practical solution 

that offers the potential for 

future expansion. 

Transnova Ruf supplies 

bespoke equipment for its 

customers and therefore uses 

a modular approach where 

the individual functions are 

split into modules that can 

be assembled depending on 

the application. “This gives 

us room for a wide variety of 

solutions,” explains Michael 

Ruf, TR executive board member. 

T 0161 728 3133 

W www.murrelektronik.co.uk

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Regulations 

Permanent means of 

access rules part 4 

Paul Neil Laidler Dyson 

BUSINESS BUSINESS DIRECTOR LINE MANAGER FOR MACHINERY - MACHINERY SAFTEY TÜV AT SÜD TÜV PRODUCT SÜD PRODUCT SERVICE SERVICE 

EN ISO 14122 ‘Permanent means of access to machinery’ is a four part standard first introduced 

in 2010, with updates expected to come into force this year. Having previously covered 

Parts 1, 2 and 3 in the last two issues, we now review the key changes in Part 4 

EN ISO 14122-4 applies to 

fixed ladders which are a 

part of a machine. 

As with Parts 1, 2, and 3, 

previously Part 4 applied to 

both stationary and mobile 

machinery, whereas the new 

standard is only applicable 

to stationary machinery. 

While CEN intends to develop 

a standard for mobile 

machinery, until that is 

available we advise that 

EN ISO 14122-3 is still followed. 

In the Terms and Definitions, 

Section 3.1 introduces a new 

definition – ‘fixed ladder 

system/ladder system’. This is 

an ‘installation of at least one 

ladder flight, fall protection(s) 

where appropriate as well as 

landing(s) and/or platform(s)’. 

Two supporting diagrams 

highlight the difference 

between a ladder with one 

stile and a ladder with two 

stiles, as well as the different 

types of ladder flights (which 

is a continuous part of the 

fixed ladder). 

SAFETY CAGE 

The definition of a safety cage 

has also been updated, and 

is now defined in Section 3.7.1 

as a ‘cage-shaped protective 

device, fixed joined with 

the ladder, to minimise 

the risk of people falling 

from ladders’. Section 3.10 

introduces a definition of 

an ‘intermediate landing’, a 

horizontal structure between 

two consecutive ladder flights 

(used with ladders having 

staggered flights) which is 

designed to change the ladder 

flights or to rest. 

For the first time, a 

definition of different 

personnel is included: 

• Section 3.15, non-trained 

user are people without 

experience of how to use 

the fall arrester 

• Section 3.16, well-trained 

user are people with 

instruction and experience 

of how to use the fall arrester. 

Section 4 (choice and 

design of ladder systems) 

is new, pushing back the old 

Section 4 to become Section 5 

(safety requirements of ladder 

systems) in the new standard. 

Section 4.1.1 of the new 

standard now gives users 

a choice in construction 

approach, depending on 

available space. Section 4.2.2 

also introduces for the first 

time the concept of the ‘type 

of a fall protection device’. 

This states that the two main 

alternatives for protecting the 

users of ladders against falling 

from a height are: 

• a safety cage, or 

• a guided type fall arrester 

on rigid anchorage line 

(fall arrester). 

Section 4.3 (height of ladder 

flights and selection criteria 

of a fall protection device) and 

4.4 (platform and landings) 

are completely new, and 

include: 

• 4.3.1 Limits of space and use 

• 4.3.2 Ladder systems greater 

than 3m and less than/ 

equal to 10m total height 

• 4.3.3 Ladder systems greater 

than 10m total height 

• 4.4.1 Necessity of platforms 

on arrival and departure 

areas 

• 4.4.2 Necessity on 

arrangement of platforms 

and landings 

• 4.4.3 Selection of platforms 

and landings. 

The updated standard will 

only apply to any machinery 

manufactured after the date 

of final publication 

Section 5 of the new 

standard is the Section 4 of the 

old standard, but still contains 

many updates and additions. 

The general requirements 

state that the ladder system 

should be designed so 

that the ladder itself and 

its attachment, withstand 

reasonably foreseeable static 

and dynamic conditions, 

including as appropriate that 

the following actions shall be 

applied: 

• 5.1.1 Permanent action 

(dead load) 

• 5.1.2 Variable action 

(rated load) 

• 5.1.3 Additional and 

Accidental action. 

Other new sections, which 

also incorporate elements 

from Section 4 of the old 

standard include: 

• 5.1.4 (ladder design) 

• 5.2 (ladder with two stiles) 

replaces 4.4 (ladder) and 

adds a new element 

relating to strength so 

that the ladder elements 

meet the test requirement 

set out in 6.2 

• 5.3 (ladder with one stile) 

• 5.4 (departure and arrival 

areas) 

• 5.5 (fall protection device). 

GUARD-RAIL 

Section 5.2.3 (connection 

of ladder and guard-rail) is 

completely new, and outlines 

the minimum requirements 

for when the guard-rail 

must be fitted to connect 

with the ladder in the range 

of the hand and knee rails. 

Section 5.7 is also new, 

outlining the requirements 

for moveable parts of fixed 

ladders. Likewise, Annex A 

(requirements on the design 

of anti-climb device) is a 

new addition and includes 

illustrative diagrams. 

In all cases, the updated 

standard will only apply to 

machinery manufactured after 

the date of final publication. 

This means that for older 

equipment, the 2010 standard 

EN ISO 14122 must still be 

followed. 

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contact W www.tuvps.com 

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Who What Where 

Who’s done what and gone where... 

PLF International 

Rod Macdonald 

has joined PLF 

International 

as its new 

managing 

director to capitalise on the 

company’s strength in the 

food and drink filling markets 

as well as further developing 

key international sectors. 

He has held senior roles 

at a variety of engineering 

companies for over 17 years 

including delivering complex 

engineering projects. 

Friedheim 

Tom Baker 

has joined 

Friedheim’s 

post-press sales 

team and brings 

experience of many printing 

and packaging processes 

from a number of print and 

finishing companies. 

Jonathan 

Taylor is also 

now part of 

the post-press 

sales team and 

prior to joining Friedheim, 

his experience with finishing 

equipment goes back more 

than a decade. 

Global strategic agreement will 

deliver local handling solutions 

Gebo Cermex and BA 

Systèmes have signed 

a global strategic 

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customers. With this exclusive 

partnership, BA Systèmes 

and Gebo Cermex will be 

able to offer worldwide global 

intralogistics solutions with 

local support to their customers 

which, says the company, will 

reinforce Gebo Cermex’s ability 

to provide complete material 

handling solutions. 

MultiPix Imaging 

MultiPix Imaging in the 

UK is planning significant 

growth this year with internal 

promotions as well as 

recruitment which will 

include two new 

apprenticeship roles and 

additional sales people. 

The Hampshire-based offices 

are undergoing a partial 

re-fit to accommodate this 

anticipated growth, too. 

Mike Morgan 

has been with 

the company 

for several 

years and 

has now been promoted to 

sales manager. He brings 

a wealth of experience in 

customer related applications 

to his new role as well as a 

great understanding of the 

company’s key suppliers. 

Stefan Fox 

has also been 

promoted. 

His new role 

is support 

manager. He will be 

working with his team to 

ensure MultiPix continues 

to offer the highest level of 

customer support. Director 

at the company Julie Busby 

congratulates them both. 

WH Leary 

Phillip 

Godden has 

been promoted 

to managing 

director of the 

UK division of WH Leary. 

He joined the company 

as general manager as the 

UK division became the 

exclusive distributors in 

the UK and Ireland for 

Robatech. Over the last 

16 months, he has developed 

his technical and sales 

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Robatech range of adhesive 

application equipment while 

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Leary brand within the paper 

converting market. 

Ishida 

Jeff Say has 

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to general 

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as general manager for 

the Middle East at Ishida. 

He heads up Ishida’s specialist 

teams based in Dubai and 

Johannesburg and is tasked 

with growing the business 

throughout the region. 

The agreement will see Gebo Cermex offer AGVs made by BA Systèmes 

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Manchester Airport Marriot Hotel 

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NEC, Birmingham 

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10 - 12 MAY 

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Nuremberg, Germany 

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31 MAY - 10 JUNE 

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8 JUNE 

Packaging seminar 

BPF House, London 

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13 - 15 JULY 

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Set-Up is fast and simple 

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‘Teach’. 

There are three main 

methods of establishing 

the required correction 

angle:- 

■ Detect the angle of the 

bottle thread as shown. 

■ Position the ‘smart 

camera’ above the 

bottle to detect the 

bottle shape or motif. 

■ Position the ‘smart camera’ to the 

side of the bottle to detect shape 

or a motif. 

Bottles are precisely tracked through 

the process by synchronising the 

machine with the conveyor by 

means of an encoder. 

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

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 

AC INDUSTRIAL DRIVES 

CYLINDER SENSORS / ENCODERS 

ifm electronic Ltd 

Oldfield Road, Hampton, 

Middlesex TW12 2HD 

T: 020 8213-2222 

E: enquiry.gb@ifm.com 

www.ifm.com/uk 

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 

Schmersal Ltd 

Worcestershire, WR14 1GL 

T: 01684 571980 E: uksupport@schmersal.com 

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

SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


INDUSTRIAL MOTORS 

MOTION CONTROL 

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 

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: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


AC SERVO DRIVES 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


AS-i / IO-LINK NETWORKS 




T: 020 8213-2222 



BRAKING RESISTORS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


CABLES / POWER SUPPLIES 




T: 020 8213-2222 



COLOUR SENSORS 

SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


CONTROL SOFTWARE 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


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, 

Northants, NN15 6NL 

T: 01536 312770 

E: gb.sales@interroll.com www.interroll.co.uk 

CONVEYORS – ROLLER 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


DATA MATRIX READERS 

SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


EMC FILTERS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


ENCODERS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


ENERGY SAVING 

MONITORIING SOFTWARE 

Birmingham, B11 2BH 

T: 07780 470457 

E: miked@powercapacitors.co.uk 

www.powercapacitors.co.uk 

FLOW SENSORS 




T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


GEARED MOTORS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


HIGH PRECISION LOW 

BACKLASH GEARHEADS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


INDUCTIVE SENSORS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


LEVEL SENSORS 




T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


LINEAR MOTORS 




T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


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 




SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


MAGNETIC SENSORS 

SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


MAGNETIC SEPARATORS 

Goudsmit Magnetics Group 

Peter Buckley 

T: +44 (0)7482 983183 

E: pbu@goudsmit.eu 

www.goudsmitmagnets.com 

MANUFACTURING EXECUTION/ 

INFORMATION SYSTEMS 

METAL DETECTION 

Birmingham, B45 8JL 

Bytronic 

T: +44 (0)1564 793174 

E: enquiries@bytronic.com 

www.bytronic.com 

SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


PHOTOCELLS / 

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT 




T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


PHOTOELECTRIC SENSORS 

SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


PIPEWORK / DUCTING 

JACOB (UK) LTD 

T: 01694 722841 

E: sales@jacob-uk.com 

www.jacob-uk.com 

PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT 


T: 01694 722841 



PRESSURE SENSORS 




T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


REGISTRATION MARK SCANNERS 

SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


RFID / DATA MATRIX 




T: 020 8213-2222 



Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 





T: 020 8213-2222 




Peter Buckley 

T: +44 (0)7482 983183 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 

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



Ancillary Equipment 

ROBOT PROGRAMMING TRAINING 

IRbTraining 

Newcastle upon Tyne 

T: 0191 265 9151 

www.irbtraining.co.uk 

ROBOT SYSTEMS 

Doncaster,Yorkshire DN11 8EW 

T: 01302 711056 E: sales@bwcontainersystems.com 

www.bwcontainersystems.com 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


FANUC UK Ltd 

Coventry, CV3 4LB 

T: 02476 639669 

E: marketing@fanuc.eu www.fanuc.eu 




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 


SAFETY LIGHT CURTAINS 




T: 020 8213-2222 






T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


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 





T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


SERVO DRIVES 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


SERVO GEARHEADS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


SERVO MOTORS 




T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 





T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


TEMPERATURE SENSORS 




T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


ULTRASONIC SENSORS 

VACUUM GRIPPERS 

JOULIN (UK) 

T: 0191 265 9151 

E: joulinuk@joulin.com 

www.joulin.com 

Turbo Vacuumentation Ltd 

T: 0161 482 4004 

E: steve.hurn@turbo-vac.co.uk 

www.turbo-vac.co.uk 

VALVE FEEDBACK 




T: 020 8213-2222 



VALVES 

Gemu Valves Ltd 

T: 01925 824044 

E: customer.support@gemu.co.uk 

www.gemu.co.uk 

VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES 

(INVERTERS) 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


VIBRATION MONITORING 

Schmersal Ltd 







T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 





T: 020 8213-2222 



Buyers Guide: Processing Equipment 





07764 625666 



ADHESIVES 

Sealock Ltd 

Hampshire, SP10 5NU 

T: +44 (0) 1264 358185 

E: sales@sealock.co.uk 

www.sealock.co.uk 

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 

Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 

E: info@morton-mixers.co.uk 

www.morton-mixers.co.uk 

BAKING 

Winkworth 

T: 01256 305600 E: info@mixer.co.uk www.mixer.co.uk 

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 

BLENDING 

Winkworth 


Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 



T: +44 (0)1260 272894 

E: sales@jrboone.com 

www.jrboone.com 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Silverson 

Waterside, Chesham, 

Buckinghamshire HP5 1PQ 

T: 01494 786331 

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

BOWL CHOPPER 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


BREAKFAST CEREAL 

PROCESS EQUIPMENT 

Baker Perkins Ltd 

Manor Drive, 

Peterborough, PE4 7AP T: +44 1733 283000 

E: bpltd@bakerperkins.com 

www.bakerperkins.com 

Winkworth 


BULK PRODUCT 

HANDLING SYSTEMS 


Manor Drive, 





Manor Drive, 




Winkworth 


Coperion K-Tron GB 

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

T: 0161 209 4810 

E: ckb@coperionktron.com 

www@coperionktron.com

Advertise: Christine Valdes T 

020 8773 8111 E 

chris.valdes@ppma.co.uk 


Processing Packaging Equipment 

Machinery 


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 

Gainsborough, 

Lincolnshire, DN21 1QT 

T: +44 1427 611 969 

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

T: +44 (0)1260 272894 



Valco Melton UK 

Hortonwood 32, 

Telford TF1 7YN 

T: 01952 677911 F: 01952 677945 

E: ask@valcomelton.com www.valcomelton.com 

Winkworth 


CONFECTIONERY PROCESS 

EQUIPMENT 

AMP Rose 

Gainsborough, 


T: +44 1427 611 969 



Manor Drive, 




Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Winkworth 


CONVEYORS 

T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 

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




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


CONVEYOR BELT BANDS 

Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 


COOKING KETTLES 

COSMETIC & TOILETRY 

PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 

T: +44 (0)1260 272894 



Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 



Winkworth 


DAIRY EQUIPMENT 

AVE UK LTD 

Farnham, Surrey GU9 7UG 

T: 01252 733200 

E: sales@aveuk.net 

www.aveuk.net 


Dorchester, Dorset, 

DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 

E: info.npu@netzsch.com www.netzsch.com 

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 

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 

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 Street, 

Nelson, Lancs BB9 0HU 

T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 

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



T: +44 (0) 1293 873439 





T: 01579 383788 



DIAGNOSTIC TEST STRIP EQUIPMENT 

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 

DRUM EMPTYING 



DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 


DRUM FILLING 

Adelphi Group 

Mill Green Road, Haywards Heath, 

West Sussex RH16 1XQ 

T: 01444 472300 

W: www.adelphi.uk.com 



DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 


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 

DRYERS 

VC999 Packaging Systems 

Round Spinney, Northampton NN3 8RQ 

T: 01604 643 999, 

E: info@vc999.co.uk 

www.vc999.co.uk 

EXTRUSION 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Winkworth 


FILLING MACHINES: LIQUID 




T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


FILTRATION EQUIPMENT 

d h industries 

dh industries 

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 

FLUID BED DRYERS/GRANULATORS 

FOOD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 

T: +44 (0)1260 272894 



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 


Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 






T: 01472 239786 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 




T: 01579 383788 



Winkworth 


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 (HPP) 



DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 


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 

HOMOGENISATION 

Silverson 



T: 01494 786331 


Winkworth 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


Schmersal Ltd 




Winkworth 

T: 01256 305600 E: info@mixer.co.uk www.mixer.co.uk


MEAT PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 



DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 


MECHANISATION – UNPACKED 

MECHANICAL HANDLING 

PROCESS AREA 



DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 


MINCING & GRINDING 

Bizerba (UK) Limited 

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

T: 01908 682740 

E: info@bizerba.co.uk 

www.bizerba.com 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


MIXING MACHINES 

Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 



T: +44 (0)1260 272894 



Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Silverson 



T: 01494 786331 


Winkworth 


MIXING VESSELS 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 


T: +44 (0)1260 272894 




dh industries 



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


Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 



Winkworth 


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 


www@coperionktron.com 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Winkworth 


PILOT PLANT 

Winkworth 


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 



DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 


Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum 

Leatherhead Road, Chessington, 

Surrey, KT9 2QL T: 01372 737300 

E: sales.vacuum.ln@oerlikon.com 

www.oerlikon.com 

SANDWICH PREPARATION 

EQUIPMENT 

Grote Company 





T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 

SAUSAGE PRODUCTION 

EQUIPMENT 

SLICING & DICING 



T: 01908 682740 



Grote Company 





T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




T: 01604 643 999, 



SMOKE GENERATORS 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


SMOKE OVENS 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


SNACK PROCESS EQUIPMENT 


Manor Drive, 




Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 



Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Winkworth 


SORTING EQUIPMENT 

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 

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 



DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 





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 

Winkworth 


STERILISING TUNNELS 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


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 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


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: +44 (0)1260 272894 



Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 



Winkworth 


VEGETABLE PROCESSING 




T: +44 (0)1205 357887 


WASHING EQUIPMENT 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


WASHING/STERILISING EQUIPMENT 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


X-RAY INSPECTION 

Winkworth 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Sparc Systems Ltd 

Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6NP 

T: 01684 310000 

E: sales@sparc-systems.co.uk 

www.sparc-systems.co.uk


Buyers Guide: Packaging Machinery 




T: 0161 209 4810 






T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 





07764 625666 



ADHESIVES 

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 

Sealock Ltd 

Hampshire, SP10 5NU 

T: +44 (0) 1264 358185 

E: sales@sealock.co.uk 

www.sealock.co.uk 

ADHESIVE APPLICATORS 




T: 01225 784019 F: 01225 783400 



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 

Protek Packaging Ltd 

Warrington, Cheshire WA1 4RR 

T: 01925 819557 

E: sales@protekpackaging.com 

www.protekpackaging.com 




T: 01952 677911 F: 01952 677945 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


W H Leary, Robatech 

Basildon, Essex, SS15 6SW 

T: 01268 490035 

E: post@whleary.co.uk 

www.whleary.co.uk 

AEROSOL & SPRAY EQUIPMENT 


dh industries 



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


Fischbein-Saxon Ltd 

T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 

E: sales@fischbein-saxon.co.uk 

www.fischbein.com/eastern 

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 



T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 



Phoenix Handling Solutions 

Burnley, Lancs, BB12 6HH 

T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 

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

BAG SEALERS 

automated packaging systems 

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 READER 

VERIFICATION-OCR 



T: 01268 490035 



BAR CODE SYSTEMS 

Acrovision 

Hertfordshire, AL3 8JP 

T: 0845 337 0250 

E: info@acrovision.co.uk 

www.acrovision.co.uk 


Bytronic 

T: +44 (0)1564 793174 



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: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 


Cobalt Systems Ltd 

Cobalt House, Arden Square, 

Electra Way, Crewe, CW1 6HA 

T: 01270 539800 

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

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 


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 


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 

Gainsborough, 


T: +44 1427 611 969 


Sandy’s Road, Malvern, WR14 1JJ 

T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 

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


T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 



RM Sealers Limited 

Valley Farm, Dagnall, Herts HP4 1QR 

T: 01442 843387 

E: enquiries@rmsealers.co.uk 

www.rmsealers.co.uk 

BANDING 

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 

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 

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 

Cap Coder Ltd 

Monument Business Park, 

Chalgrove, Oxford, OX44 7RW 

T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 

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



T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 


Gordian Strapping Ltd 

Brunel Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XX 

T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 

E: sales@gordianstrapping.com 

www.gordianstrapping.com 

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 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 

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


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

Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 


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: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 




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





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



SCM Handling Ltd 

Broadgauge Business Park, Taunton, 

Somerset, TA4 3RU 

T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 

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




T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 



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 



T: 02476 470074 



Woodward Avenue, Yate, Bristol BS37 5AP 

T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 

E: machine.sales@smurfitkappa.co.uk 

www.machinesystems.co.uk 





T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


Serac UK 

Po Box 527, Ducklington, 

Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 9LL, UK 

T: 01235 537222 

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

105 Newdigate Road, Nottingham, NG16 1HN 

T: 0115 875 9846 

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


T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 






T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 





T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


CASE LINING/ 

FILLING/CLOSING 

Tekpak Automation Ltd (UK) 

T: +44 (0)113 3505694 

E: sales@tekpak.co.uk 

www.tekpak.co.uk 

CARTONING SYSTEMS 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 





T: 01225 784019 F: 01225 783400 



Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


CASE ERECTING/ 

FILLING SEALING 

BluePrint Automation B.V. 

T: +31 (0)348 410 999 

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

CASE PACKERS AUTOMATIC 

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


CASE TAPING/ 

STRAPPING/GLUING 

Endoline Machinery Ltd 

Stratton Business Park, Biggleswade, SG18 8QB 

T: 01767 316422 

E: sales@endoline-automation.com 

www.endoline-automation.com 

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 

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 


T: +31 (0)348 410 999 


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 

CME Ltd 

Combe St Nicholas, Somerset, TA20 3NL 

T: 01460 269500 

E: cme@cme-ltd.com 

www.cme-ltd.com 

Dividella AG 



T: 01753 754865 

www.dividella.com 


T: +31 (0)348 410 999 


CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 





CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 





T: 01296 610 140 F: 01296 610 175 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



ETPACK SPRINTER UK LTD 

NEWBURY, BERKS, RG14 5SJ 

T: 01635 905090 

E: dianne@et-pack.com 

www.et-pack.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 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 




T: 01767 316422 






T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 




T: 01767 316422 



The Food Machinery Company Ltd 

Rochester, Kent ME3 8RF 

T: 01634 272345 

E: contact@foodmc.com 

www.foodmc.co.uk 

CENTRIFUGAL BOWL FEEDERS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 







T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


CHECKWEIGHER METAL 

DETECTOR COMBI UNITS 





Jacob White Packaging Ltd 

Riverside Way, Dartford, Kent DA1 5BY 

T: 01322 272531 

F: 01322 270692 

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




T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 




T: 01908 682740 



Mediseal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 




T: 02476 470074 






T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 




T: 01634 272345 


www.foodmc.co.uk



Packaging Machinery 



T: 01684 310000 


www.sparc-systems.co.uk 



T: 01904 692333 






T: 01472 239786 


Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 


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 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




T: 01684 310000 



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: info@allencoding.com 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 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 


Cap Coder Ltd 

Coding Division, 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 


Domino UK Ltd 

Bar Hill, Cambridge 

CB23 8TU 

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

www.domino-uk.com 



T: 0161 655 4846 



Open Date Equipment Ltd 

Mitcham, Surrey CR4 4DG 

T: 020 8655 4999 

E: sales@opendate.co.uk 

www.opendate.co.uk 

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

www.printsafe.co.uk 

REA JET Ltd 








T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


CODING MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 


COLLATING EQUIPMENT 




T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


CONFECTIONERY WRAPPING 

MACHINES 

AMP Rose 

Gainsborough, 


T: +44 1427 611 969 


CME Ltd 


T: 01460 269500 



CONTRACT LABELLING 

T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 


CONVERGERS 

T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


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: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 




T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 





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 


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 



T: 01767 316422 






T: +44 (0)1205 357887 


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 

Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 


Kensal Handling Systems 

Kensal House, President Way, 

Luton, LU2 9NR 

T: +44 (0) 1 582 425 777 F: +44 (0) 1 582 425 776 

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



T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


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 


CONVEYORS – PALLET 



T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 



Borgergade 17 


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


Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 





T: +44 (0) 1 582 425 777 F: +44 (0) 1 582 425 776 


CONVEYORS – POWERED ROLLER 

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: +44 (0) 1 582 425 777 F: +44 (0) 1 582 425 776 




T: 01634 272345 





T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 


www.astecconveyors.com






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 





T: +44 (0) 1 582 425 777 F: +44 (0) 1 582 425 776 




T: 0161 209 4810 



Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 




T: 01634 272345 




T: 0113 239 3401 


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: 01684 310000 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


COUNTING/PACKAGING 

HARDWARE COMPONENTS 



T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


ELEVATORS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 



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



Paramount 

Packaging Systems 

T: 01252 815252 

E: fuji@paramount-packaging.co.uk 

www.paramount-packaging.co.uk 




T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 



FILLING: ASEPTIC 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Serac UK 



T: 01235 537222 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 




T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 





T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


CRIMPING EQUIPMENT 


dh industries 



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


DEBLISTERING MACHINES 

Sepha Ltd 




T: 028 9048 4848 F: 028 9048 0890 


DEPALLETISERS 

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 





T: +44 (0) 1 582 425 777 F: +44 (0) 1 582 425 776 


Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 


Schmersal Ltd 







T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


END OF LINE BAGGING MACHINES 



T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 


FFS HORIZONTAL 

(FLOWWRAPPERS) 


T: 0113 239 3401 


Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 


FFS THERMO 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


FFS VERTICAL 

AMP Rose 

Gainsborough, 


T: +44 1427 611 969 


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 



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 



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 





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


AMP Rose 

Gainsborough, 


T: +44 1427 611 969 





T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 



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 



T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 


www.nordenmachinery.se






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





T: 02476 470074 



Serac UK 



T: 01235 537222 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


FILLING: DRUM & IBC 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 


Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 




DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 





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 




DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 




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






T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 


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 




T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


FILLING: MOLTEN 




T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


FILLING: PASTE 



DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 




T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 





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






T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 


FILLING: PHARMACEUTICAL 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 





T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 


Cap Coder Ltd 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 




T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 





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




T: 0115 875 9846 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


FILLING: POWDER 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 




T: 01634 272345 



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 537222 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


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@fordsps.com www.fordsps.com 

HEAT SEALERS 



T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 



AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 




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




T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 









T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 





T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 




Systems Ltd 

Ronald Close 


T: 01234 846600 F: 01234 853040 

E: sales@fordsps.com www.fordsps.com






T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 


MPE UK LIMITED 

Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire SK23 7DQ 

T: +44 1663 732 700 

E: mark@mpe-uk.com 

www.mpe-uk.com 



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 




T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


HANDLE APPLICATORS 

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 

HOT FOIL PRINTERS 

Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 




T: 020 8655 4999 



HOT MELT APPLICATION 

EQUIPMENT 



T: 01268 490035 





T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



INDUCTION CAP SEALING 




T: 01274 731222 F: 01274 308953 



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 


INDUCTION FOIL SEALING 

INK JET CODERS 




T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 





T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 




T: 020 8655 4999 





REA JET Ltd 








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 

Acrovision 


T: 0845 337 0250 






T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 




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 






M.D.S. Ltd Metal Detection Services 

St. Martins Studios, Greenbank Road, 

Sale, Cheshire M33 5PN 

T: Sales 0161 286 8755 T: 0161 286 8750 

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




T: 01296 610 140 F: 01296 610 175 






T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 






T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 





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 

Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 





T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 




T: 01908 682740 



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: 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: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 


AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 

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 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 




T: 01904 692333 




Systems Ltd 

Ronald Close 


T: 01234 846600 F: 01234 853040 





T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 





T: 0161 655 4846 



T: 01255 553822 

E: sales@premierlabellers.co.uk 

www.premierlabellers.co.uk






T: 02476 470074 






T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 


M.D.S. Ltd Metal Detection Services 

St. Martins Studios, Greenbank Road, 

Sale, Cheshire M33 5PN 

T: Sales 0161 286 8755 T: 0161 286 8750 

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



T: 01634 272345 






T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


REA JET Ltd 





Mettler-Toledo Safeline 

Montford Street, Salford, M50 2XD, UK 

T: 0161 848 8636 

E: safeline.info@mt.com 

www.mt.com/metaldetection 

Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


Sessions UK 

1 Redeness Street, York, YO31 7UU 

T: 01904 610613 

E: enquiry@sessionsuk.com 

www.sessionsuk.com 

Sovereign Labelling Systems 

Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0SF 

T: 01206 304182 

E: sovereign@sovereignlabellingsystems.co.uk 

www.sovereignlabellingsystems.co.uk 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


LABELLING SOFTWARE 




T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


LANE DIVIDER/COMBINER 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


LEAK TESTING 




T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 




Surrey, KT9 2QL T: 01372 737300 



Sepha Ltd 




T: 028 9048 4848 F: 028 9048 0890 


LINEAR VIBRATORS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 



Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 


LINERLESS LABELLERS 




T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 


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: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


ILPRA UK 


T: 01793 832020 






T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 





T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 




T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 



T: 0113 239 3401 


MULTIPLE PACKAGING 

EQUIPMENT 




T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 


PALLET SHRINK WRAPPING 

MACHINERY 



T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 


PALLET STRAPPING 

MACHINERY 



T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 



T: 0113 239 3401 





T: 01472 239786 




T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 





T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 01472 239786 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


LASER CODERS 

METAL DETECTION 



T: 0845 539 9729 





T: 01908 682740 





T: 01634 272345 



Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


MULTIHEAD WEIGHERS 

AMP Rose 

Gainsborough, 


T: +44 1427 611 969 


PALLET STRETCH HOODING 

MACHINERY 



T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 


PALLET STRETCH WRAPPING 

MACHINERY 

Aetna UK Limited 

Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7TA 

T: 01234 825050 

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

Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 


Fortress Technology (Europe) Ltd 

Phantom House, Beaumont Road, 

Banbury, Oxon, OX16 1RH 

T: 01295 256266 F: 01295 255987 

E: info@fortresstechnology.co.uk 




T: 01908 682740 





T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 

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



PALLETISING 

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 




T: 0161 209 4810 




Borgergade 17 


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


Evolution BPS 

T: 01721 724296 




T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 






T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: +44 (0) 1 582 425 777 F: +44 (0) 1 582 425 776 





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 

Ocme UK Ltd 



T: 01635 298171 F: 01635 297936 




T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





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 






T: +44 (0)1205 357887 


FANUC UK Ltd 


T: 02476 639669 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 




T: 01206 304182 



Tekpak Automation Ltd (UK) 

T: +44 (0)113 3505694 

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 

E: alan.lewis@shrinkpack.co.uk 

www.shrinkpack.co.uk 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


PRINT & APPLY LABELLING 




T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 




T: 0161 655 4846 



Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 




T: 01904 692333 



REA JET Ltd 





Sessions UK 

1 Redeness Street, York, YO31 7UU 

T: 01904 610613 

E: enquiry@sessionsuk.com 

www.sessionsuk.com 



T: 01206 304182 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





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: 0115 875 9846 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 


Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 


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

E: sales@multi-fill.com 

www.multi-fill.com 


T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 







T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


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: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 



T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



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: 01472 239786 

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




Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




T: 01767 316422 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 




T: 0845 265 7570 F: 0845 265 7571 





T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 


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 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 


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: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


READY MEALS SLEEVING 




T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 


RESEALABLE PACKAGING 

Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


RFID TRACK AND 

TRACE SOFTWARE 




T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


RINSERS AIR/& OR PRODUCT 

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


ROBOTIC HANDLING SYSTEMS 

AA ROBOTICS 

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 1DQ 

T: 01296 314300 

E: nbillingham@aarobotics.co.uk 

www.aarobotics.co.uk 

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 






Peter Buckley 

T: +44 (0)7482 983183 



Kawasaki Robotics 

Warrington, WA5 7ZB 

T: 01925 713000 

E: info@kawasakirobotuk.com 

www.kawasakirobot.co.uk 




T: +44 (0) 1 582 425 777 F: +44 (0) 1 582 425 776 





T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 




T: 0121 505 9970 





T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 






T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 




T: 01206 304182 





T: 01579 383788 



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 

ROBOT INTEGRATORS 





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 


FANUC UK Ltd 


T: 02476 639669 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 




T: 01925 713000 






T: +44 (0) 1 582 425 777 F: +44 (0) 1 582 425 776 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 




T: 0121 505 9970 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 





T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


ROBOTS 

AA ROBOTICS 

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 1DQ 

T: 01296 314300 

E: nbillingham@aarobotics.co.uk 

www.aarobotics.co.uk 

ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 



CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 




T: 01925 713000 





T: 0121 505 9970 



Mitsubishi Electric 

Hertfordshire, AL10 8XB 

T: 01707 276100 

E: automation@meuk.mee.com 

www.mitsubishielectric.co.uk 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 





Ocme UK Ltd 



T: 01635 298171 F: 01635 297936 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 

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



TM Robotics (Europe) Ltd 

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1JG 

T: 01707 290370 

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




T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 





T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 


SHRINK HOODING 



T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 



SHRINK SLEEVING 




T: 01903 249113 F: 01903 245616 




T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



ROBOTS – ARTICULATED ARM 

ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 



FANUC UK Ltd 


T: 02476 639669 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 



Peter Buckley 

T: +44 (0)7482 983183 






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 





Mediseal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 




T: 02476 470074 






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: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


SERIALISATION 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 





T: 01274 731222 F: 01274 308953 



T: 01283 543756 






T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


SHRINK TUNNELS 




T: 01903 249113 F: 01903 245616 




T: 01604 643 999, 






T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


SHRINK WRAPPING 



T: 01234 825050 




T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 



AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 




T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 


Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 





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 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 




T: 01604 643 999, 



SLEEVE FEEDERS 

T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 




SLEEVING MACHINES 

CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 




T: 01206 304182 



SPECIAL PURPOSE MACHINES 



T: 01634 272345 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


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: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 


www.aylesbury-automation.co.uk




CME Ltd 


T: 01460 269500 







T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


SPIRAL CONVEYORS 

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 






T: 01844 213177 F: 01844 217188 


Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 


TRACK & TRACE 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 




T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 





T: +44 (0) 1 582 425 777 F: +44 (0) 1 582 425 776 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 


STACKING 




T: 01256 892194 F: 01256 896486 


STRETCH WRAPPERS 



T: 01234 825050 




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 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 




T: 01634 272345 





T: 0161 655 4846 





T: 020 8655 4999 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


THERMOFORMING 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


TRAY DENESTING SYSTEMS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 






T: +44 (0)1205 357887 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




T: 02476 470074 



STICK PACK MACHINES 



T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 







Mediseal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


STITCHERS 


T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 



STRAPPING 



T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


STRIP PACKERS 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


TAMPER EVIDENT SLEEVING 

T: 01283 543756 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


TEA BAGGING MACHINES 

Ilapak Ltd 



T: 020 8797 2000 

F: 020 8797 2050 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


THERMAL PRINTERS 

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 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





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 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


TRAY ERECTING/PACKING 




T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 




T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 






T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 




T: 01604 643 999, 






T: 01275 836131 F: 01275 891754 

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





T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 






T: 01903 249113 F: 01903 245616 





T: 0118 977 1077 F: 0118 977 6728 





T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


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 


MPE UK LIMITED 

Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire SK23 7DQ 

T: +44 1663 732 700 

E: mark@mpe-uk.com 

www.mpe-uk.com 

TUB/CUP FILLING & 

CLOSING MACHINES 



T: 01634 272345 



ILPRA UK 


T: 01793 832020 





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






T: 01472 239786 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Serac UK 



T: 01235 537222 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


TUBE FILLING 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 




T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 





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






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 




T: 02476 470074 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


VACUUM CONVEYING EQUIPMENT 



T: 0161 209 4810 



piab 



T: 01509 857010 F: 01509 857011 


VACUUM CUPS 

piab 



T: 01509 857010 F: 01509 857011 



T: 0161 482 4004 



VACUUM LIFTING 

JOULIN (UK) 

T: 0191 265 9151 

E: joulinuk@joulin.com 

www.joulin.com 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 



T: 0161 482 4004 



VACUUM PACKING SYSTEMS 



T: 01753 546777 F: 01753 585564 



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: 01472 239786 


UNSCRAMBLERS 

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 




T: 01952 677432 F: 01952 677423 




T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 


3D VISION SYSTEMS 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 





Surrey, KT9 2QL T: 01372 737300 



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 




T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 



T: +31 (0)348 410 999 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


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: 01604 643 999, 





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





T: 01604 643 999, 






T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 


www.scorpionvision.co.uk




T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 

E: info@stemmer-imaging.co.uk 





T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 






T: 01730 233332 F: 01730 231062 





T: 01480 455919 F: 01480 451520 


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 




T: 01730 233332 F: 01730 231062 





T: 01590 679333 F: 0870 622 4092 



T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 





T: 01684 310000 



T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 





T: 01604 643 999, 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 




T: 01268 490035 



VISION – LINE SCAN TECHNOLOGY 

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 


VOID FILL – AIR CUSHIONS 




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 



WRAPPING/OVERWRAPPING 

CME Ltd 


T: 01460 269500 



VISION – HIGH SPEED IMAGING 




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 


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 

Alrad Imaging 


T: 01635 30345 



VISION SYSTEMS 

Alrad Imaging 


T: 01635 30345 





T: 01908 682740 



IMPERX, Inc. 

Florida, 33487, USA 

T: (+1)-561-989-0006 

E: sales@imperx.com 

www.imperx.com 




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 



T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 




T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



WEIGHING MACHINES 



T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 




T: 01908 682740 





T: 0161 209 4810 





T: 01634 272345 





T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 



T: 0113 239 3401 


WRAP AROUND PACKERS 




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: 0121 749 2566 F: 0121 749 6217 




Bytronic 

T: +44 (0)1564 793174 



CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 




T: 01684 310000 


www.sparc-systems.co.uk

Engineered to perform 

Packing a punch 

The heavyweight for end-of-line 

packaging machines and case packers 

SOMIC are represented and 

supported in the UK by: 

SOMIC has been engineering 

innovative packaging solutions 

for more than 40 years and no 

challenge has proven too great! 

The portfolio comprises a wide 

range of end-of-line packaging 

machines and case packers. 

SOMIC also offers handling and 

transport systems. 

Specialist industries include 

confectionery, snacks, dry 

goods, dairy products, coffee, 

tea, ready meals and premium 

foods, consumer goods, pet 

food and health care products. 

Choose a champion and call 

01256 467177 or visit 

www.somic.de 

ALPMA GB Limited 

1 Devonshire Business Park 

Knights Park Road 

Basingstoke 

Hampshire RG21 6XN 

Telephone: 01256 467177 

Fax: 01256 842917 

Email: info@alpma.co.uk 

www.alpma.co.uk

MU March / April 2016

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