Case studies
Meating the brief
Butcher and meat supplier Sykes House Farm no longer has any worries about incorrect date codes after replacing a manual hand stamping operation with an RF-Lite offline thermal inkjet coder from Rotech
Berry good sorting
Swedish organic processor Blåtand has invested in optical sorting technology from Bühler to deliver cleaner berries and ensure consistency in the shape, flavour and colour of its produce
High speed oil
In Hungary, one of Europe’s fastest bottling lines for edible oil has recently gone into operation.
Flow wrapper reduces cost of fudge packing
Due to growing demand for its products, Radfords Fine Fudge has invested in new equipment from Tisomi Packaging Machinery.
Hanovia keeps production pure
Microbial growth due to contaminated water or ingredients can cause discolouration, off flavours and shortened shelf life.
Ensuring quality of craft ale malt
Simpsons Malt has installed a high intensity magnetic separator from Eclipse Magnetics to ensure the maximum quality and integrity of its craft ale malt.
Production launch using SIG filling technology
Sternenfrucht Produktions is entering the world of aseptic beverage filling.
Tomra ships world’s largest steam peeler
Tomra Sorting Food has delivered the world’s highest capacity steam peeler to a leading potato processing company.
Vacuum conveying
Wrigley Poland recently decided to follow the company move toward process automation by simplifying its conveying process to reduce downtime.
Reduced bottle weight
PET Technologies, in co-operation with Thermo-Pack, has supplied a complete filling line for 5l PET bottles with reduced weight to Jermuk Group, the largest producer of mineral and spring water in Armenia.
Move to automation
After just 12 months in business, The Great British Biscotti Co in Christchurch, Dorset, UK, is meeting rising demand – and now national distribution – for its range of biscuits with the installation earlier this year of a PFM Pearl entry level flow wrapper, capable of 150 packs a minute.
The seeds of success
Spanish olive processor Grupo Elayo is extracting the seeds from inside olive pits using Sortex technology from the Bühler Group.
Cheers to that
When Scottish craft brewer Brewdog was looking for a reliable and robust pump solution, it turned to Filpumps and Xylem.
Grab your coat
The Republic of Fish, a Norwegian manufacturer of fish based snack foods, produces a natural, handmade product called Havgull, made from arctic haddock.