Issue 3 2016

62 company news
Quick and easy changeovers of case packing formats with
Bosch technology
Cereals, biscuits, chocolate, cheese, frozen food or coffee can now be case-packed
with even more flexibility. Bosch Packaging Technology, a leading provider of
processing and packaging technology, has developed a modular collation platform for
its Elematic case packing series. This platform consists of standardised assembly
groups for the infeed and accelerator belt, collation chain and product transfer, which
can be configured as required. Products can be fed horizontally, vertically, in line or at
a 90-degree angle.
Bernhard Vaihinger, Head of Product Management, Innovation and Technology at
Bosch Packaging Technology in Remshalden, Germany, says: “The growing product
variety on the manufacturer side requires increasingly flexible packaging solutions.
With the new modular collation platform, our case packers will be able to offer even more
flexibility. In future, the platform will be available for the entire Elematic series – from the wrap-around case packer and
side load case packers for pre-glued blanks, right through to the top loaders.” The new grouping platform on the Elematic
3001 case packer will be presented for the first time at the FachPack 2016 trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, from 27–29
September, 2016.
Grouping folding boxes, bags or flow wraps
The case packer Elematic 3001 packs products into full wrap-around, into a tray or into two-part shelf-ready display
cases. Different pack styles can be grouped, such as folding cartons, flow wraps, stand-up pouches, doy packs, cans or
tablets. Standardized assembly groups enable different infeed scenarios for various pack styles. Series technology allows
for quick and easy setup, and replaces the need for customised developments of special solutions. Customers benefit
from proven technology and fast throughput times.
Format changeover in eight minutes
The ‘Elematic click system’ enables easy, reproducible and completely tool-less changeovers on the Elematic 3001. It
indicates acoustically to the operator when parts successfully lock into place. This eliminates the need for fine
adjustments and removes the risk of errors when reading from scales, while also reducing scheduled downtimes. Format
changeovers can be performed in just eight minutes – depending on the grouping pattern. n
Cameroonian cocoa sector makes good strides in
sustainable production
Over 9,500 cocoa farmers in Cameroon have received more than €1.4
million (958million cfa) in premium payments – the largest ever certification
premium payments made for sustainable cocoa in the country – under the
Cargill Cocoa Promise. These payments directly reflect the growing
appetite of customers for certified cocoa products and appreciation for the
efforts undertaken by cocoa farmers in Cameroon to become more
professional and achieve certification.
While Cargill as part of the joint venture Telcar has been training cocoa
farmers in Cameroon since 2011, the Cargill Cocoa Promise efforts on the ground
have become more advanced in the last year training nearly 21,000 cocoa farmers at over 600 farmer field schools and
building 11 boreholes for local communities to increase access to potable drinking water.
By working through these programs, farmers strive for improved profitability and productivity. Another 10,000 new
farmers are expected to undergo this training in 2016/2017 and a further eight local communities have been identified for
new borehole projects.
The premium payments are made to certified farmer cooperatives with 50% going directly to individual members, and the
remainder being invested in projects that boost productivity or farm development for the farmer organisation or projects
that will benefit the wider community. For Cameroon this has so far included boreholes, 100 scholarships, 10 Cassava
grinding machines for women’s groups and credit/discount schemes for crop protection products. n
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