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Berrington Spring Water order a
Makro Labeller
Berrington Spring Water, based in Herefordshire, will be upgrading one of their bottling lines in
February with the installation of the new Makro Mak-Line RFL labeller. The current equipment was
put under strain due to increasing demand.
The Mak-Line RFL is a linear roll
fed labeller capable of speeds up
to 12,000 b.p.h. and for Berrington
it will handle bottle sizes of 750ml,
500ml and 350ml applying
wraparound film labels to either
still or sparkling water.
Richard Portman, Managing
Director of Makro Labelling UK
said, “This is the first of the linear
Makro labellers in the UK. The
main roll feed labelling station is
identical to the rotary labeller
machine range, and as such is
capable of much higher labelling
speeds. The labellers can come
with either a single or double reel
station and offer smaller drinks
manufacturing clients the option of
being able to dress their bottles in
the same way as the market
leaders, without the larger
investment of rotary labelling
machines. The speed and price are
lower than a rotary unit, without
sacrificing any of the high-quality
roll feed labelling technology and
at a later date the machine can be
upgraded to a rotary carousel if
required. “
Richard continued, “We had a
great deal of interest in these
machines at drinktec in
September. Smaller soft drinks
producers of niche brands and
emerging mineral water brand
owners want their products to
have the same quality appearance
as the major brands even though
their production runs are lower.
Change over times are very quick
on these labellers so there is very
little down time, in this case a very
important issue as Berrington
Spring do a lot of contract bottling
and therefore need to be very
agile in changing bottle format and
label dress.”
In recent months, Makro UK have
also received orders for
7 complete craft spirit bottling
lines. These lines comprise,
Rinsing, Filling, Capping, Capsule
Application and Labelling
equipment which has been sourced
in Italy from machinery suppliers
with whom Makro Labelling UK
have exclusive UK representation.
This latest labeller order from
Berrington Spring Water
completes 2017 as the best year
to date that Makro have had
regarding sales in the UK and
orders already taken for
installation in the New Year puts
them on a par with sales for this
year for 2018 and has
necessitated a move to new
premises in Burton on Trent to
accommodate new staff in after
sales and service. ■
Makro Labelling UK Limited
www.makro-labelling.co.uk
www.foodmagazine.eu.com issue four | 2017