Machinery Update March / April 2017

Issue 2, Volume XXVIII, March/April 2017 

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

INSIDE 

NEWS 

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NEW MACHINERY 

A new flexible tray sealer that 

is optimised for medium to 

large batches along with quick 

product changes was launched 

by Multivac UK last month and 

will also be shown at interpack 

Find out more on page 14 

INSTALLATIONS 

Sterilising equipment 

at animal healthcare 

company Norbrook 

Laboratories has 

been upgraded by 

changing all the 

control systems 

PLUS 

Drinks need change 

Registration is open for the 

free-to-attend Machine Vision 

Conference at the Arena MK, 

Milton Keynes on 17 April 

Drinks is a fast-moving, consumer-led market that sees frequently 

changing demands posing problems for its production facilities. 

We look at the latest developments that help with future-proofi ng

Much more than simple technology 

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March/April 

Contents 

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66 REGULAR FEATURES 

17 NEW MACHINERY 

24 INSTALLATIONS 

32 SPECIAL FEATURE 

INTERPACK PREVIEW 

This 24 page preview details 

many of the new products to 

be launched at the 19-hall show 

taking place in Düsseldorf this 

May, to help you plan your visit 

56 SPECIAL FEATURE 

DRINKS 

This feature reports on how the 

latest technology is being used 

to meet the ever-changing needs 

of the fast-paced drinks sector 

including faster pouch options 

70 LABELLING, 

CODING & MARKING 

The Herma wraparound labeller 

is a new solution for challenging 

and unsteady cylindrical items 

to be labelled at higher speeds 

72 COMPONENTS 

A new system is set to minimise 

downtime by making predictive 

maintenance techniques better 

76 REGULATIONS 

Guidance for the increasing use 

of cobots in the workplace was 

published last year and here, 

we explain how this works 

78 WHO WHAT WHERE 

People, events and diary dates 

79 BUYERS’ GUIDES 

Machinery and services 

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Gail Hunt 

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Chris Valdes 

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From Concept to Reality 

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CARTONING 

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Hall 8a 

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LIQUID & POWDER FILLING 

BOTTLE UNSCRAMBLING 

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SERIALISATION 

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www.machineryupdate.co.uk MACHINERY UPDATE 5 

PPMA matters 

Nothing rivals 

face-to-face 

opportunities 

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Mark Williamson 

CHAIRMAN PPMA GROUP OF ASSOCIATIONS 

(INCORPORATING PPMA, BARA AND UKIVA) 

As the incoming Chairman of the PPMA Group I am 

extremely excited to have been asked to guide our 

500 plus member association over the next two years. 

I’m a strong believer in the adoption of new and efficient 

technologies in collaboration and content delivery and 

pleased that after initial meetings with the PPMA executive we 

have started a number of initiative’s that will enable modern 

digital consumption of the associations products, including 

this very magazine. You can, of course, already read Machinery 

Update on-line, but we plan to enhance the information 

available on the website over the coming months. 

In my own company (Stemmer Imaging), we recently 

undertook an independent customer survey and although 

digital information delivery is growing in importance in the 

buying cycle, the most valued form of contact with a supplier 

remained exhibitions and trade shows. 

The most valued form of 

contact between buyer and seller 

is still meeting at trade events 

This confirms that face-to-face meetings remain the best way 

to gain trust when purchasing equipment, which is certainly 

borne out by the ever-increasing numbers visiting our own 

PPMA Show. In this issue of Machinery Update, we preview the 

colossal German show that is interpack, to help you plan your 

visit in May (the preview starts on page 56). 

We also include more details on the first Machine Vision 

Conference free-to-attend day which takes place on April 27 in 

Milton Keynes (see page 10). I invite you to attend this event and 

gain first-hand knowledge of what this innovative technology 

can do for your factory processes. 

Another big topic that will affect our industry in the coming 

years is Industry 4.0 and the so-called ‘internet of things’. Being 

on the German VDMA trade association board, I have seen this 

subject become a hot discussion point in Germany over the 

last few years and I’m pleased that the PPMA will be holding 

an Industry 4.0 networking event for our members at MTC 

Coventry in April. Sharing knowledge on this subject can only 

help all of our members and their customers in its adoption as 

the connected factory is certainly coming. And machines that 

communicate status and maintenance needs and link directly 

to ERP systems will become the norm over the next 10 years 

especially in larger factory environments. 

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Rulmeca drum motors provide the ideal drive 

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Engineering

News 

The Ahmedabad factory is certified 


Keynote speeches at new 

event see vision as an 

every market must-have 

Certification across 

all global sites for 

German company 

The KHS Group’s production 

sites are all now certified 

according to the new, revised 

ISO 9001:2015 standard, the 

regulation that replaces 

ISO 9001:2008 rules. The KHS 

factory in Ahmedabad in 

India has been awarded the 

certificate for the first time. 

TÜV Rheinland Cert 

GmbH has now confirmed 

a uniform standard at all 

KHS production locations, 

giving customers of the 

manufacturer of filling 

and packaging systems the 

world over, extra assurance. 

In the new, revised edition 

of the quality management 

standard there is now an even 

stronger focus on continuous 

improvement and process 

and customer orientation. 

• Drinks feature is on page 56 

Turn to page 10 for further details 

Both keynote speeches 

at the UKIVA Machine 

Vision Conference in 

April will illustrate how vision 

technology has become vital 

to everyday life in sectors as 

varied as household cleaning 

and online shopping. 

Dr Mike Aldred, the 

electronics category lead – 

robotics and cordless at Dyson 

Ltd will talk about the design 

journey that brought the 

Dyson 360 Eye robot vacuum 

cleaner to market while 

robotics research team leader 

at Ocado Technology 

Dr Graham Deacon will look 

at the challenges in developing 

a 3D vision guided robot that 

is capable of picking and 

placing fruit and vegetables 

for shopping orders. 

Both are taking part in 

the UKIVA Machine Vision 

Conference and Exhibition to 

be held at the Arena MK 

in Milton Keynes on April 27. 

This free-to-attend day will 

also include 50 technical 

vision seminars and a 

dedicated exhibition featuring 

48 of the world’s leading 

vision suppliers. 

More details of the day can 

be found on page 10 of this 

issue or visit the website for 

the full programme and 

to register for the event. 

W www.machinevision 

conference.co.uk 

Team celebrating 20th anniversary 

Multipix Imaging 

is celebrating 20 

years in business 

This year sees Multipix Imaging 

celebrating 20 years of success 

distributing machine vision 

components to the UK and Ireland. 

When it was formed, the 

company wanted to promote 

machine vision to a wider 

audience and twenty years on, 

the technology has become 

widely accepted in traditional 

production environments and 

beyond, says the company. 

“I am extremely proud that 

in 2017, Multipix is still offering 

world-leading products, support 

and knowledge to an everincreasing 

range of customers 

and applications,” says Julie 

Busby, co-founder and director 

at Multipix Imaging. 

Award winner shows 

the business value 

of safety at work 

SPONSORSHIP IS ALLOWING MORE TIME ON WATER 

Team work brings success 

Commercial manager of Kite Packaging’s Portsmouth branch Richard 

Anderton, along with his team mate Tom Gillard, are continuing their 

winning ways in the Fireball World Championships thanks to new 

sponsorship from the employer that says it understands the true 

importance of how strong partnership can achieve great results. 

OCME has been honoured 

in the Manufacturing Safety 

Excellence Awards organised 

by Rockwell Automation. 

The award rewards 

companies that have a holistic 

safety programme based on 

three key pillars: a strong 

safety culture, well-executed 

compliance procedures and 

effective use of contemporary 

safeguarding and automation 

technology. 

“We follow rigorous safety 

standards when designing 

our machinery and go beyond 

compliance to deliver systems 

that help improve safety for 

our customers,” says Antonino 

Eneide of OCME. 

interpack opens at 10 on May 4 

Colossal exhibition 

takes centre stage 

The Düsseldorf -based 

interpack exhibition is billed as 

the place where the packaging 

world gathers and visitors will 

be greeted by about 2,700 

exhibitors across the 19 halls. 

Our 16 page preview starts 

on page 32 and includes new 

machinery and systems on show 

as well as visitor details.

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News 

Machinery safety assessment 

software takes out all the risk 

Enable innovation in 

manufacturing 

The connected, smart and collaborative factory 

Innovation by automation 

As the trend towards digitalisation and the mobile information 

society increases plus higher expectations regarding the 

personalisation of products, information and services means that 

both manufacturers and machine builders need to face these 

challenges now and take steps towards realising a transparent 

supply chain and the so-called ‘Smart Factory’. 

We support this transformation towards a transparent, smart and 

interactive factory and supply chain based on three pillars: 

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Intelligent automation 

Turning factory floor data into high-value information. 

Interactive automation 

Creating harmonious interaction between humans and 

machines. 

Safety systems 

& services 

Energy 

management 

TÜV SÜD Product Service 

has launched mCom+, 

a machinery safety risk 

assessment management 

system for OEM’s and end users. 

The mCom+ software is 

available worldwide, in two 

formats: a bespoke serverbased 

version for larger multisite 

organisations and a 

cloud-based browser version 

designed to provide a cost 

effective solution to managing 

risk assessments. 

Covering up to date support 

for both CE marking and 

Provision and Use of Work 

Equipment Regulations 1998 

(PUWER) obligations, mCom+ 

guides users through the 

compliance process. A simple 

checklist system ensures that 

no vital steps are missed, with 

a final report generating a 

prioritised action list for any 

areas of non-compliance. 

COVERING CE MARKING 

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software guides OEM’s and 

end users through the process 

The mCom+ package 

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process, backed-up with 

support from TÜV SÜD’s 

engineers, who will train 

machinery owners in both 

software use and legislative 

requirements. At the end of 

each year, a mentoring visit 

from TÜV SÜD will ensure 

that the software is still being 

used effectively. 

Remote access to mCom+ 

data via a browser means that 

managers will be able to gain 

an immediate overview of the 

status of the entire machinery 

portfolio across multiple 

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News 


ukiva’s new chairman 

takes reins of association 

at a very exciting time 

The site will undergo refurbishment 

A food machinery 

specialist will move 

to new Bristol site 

Bradman Lake has secured 

new premises for its Bristol 

operation in the UK. 

The 40,000sq ft building, 

which is located on a two 

acre site and has potential for 

further expansion, is situated 

approximately four miles 

away from its existing facility. 

The new site will undergo 

extensive refurbishment 

before the Bristol facility 

relocates later this year. 

“It was important to find 

premises that were not only 

suitable for the expanding 

needs of the business, but 

also located relatively close 

to our existing location, 

in order to minimise any 

disruption,” says Bradman 

Lake md John Marlee. 

Paul Wilson, 

managing 

director of 

Scorpion Vision 

has become 

the new chairman 

of the UK 

Industrial Vision 

Association 

(UKIVA), 

taking over the 

reins from Ian 

Alderton. 

Wilson established 

Scorpion Vision in 2006 

and has grown it from a 

component sales business to 

a machine vision specialist 

integrator. He had served two 

years as vice-chairman of the 

association and will hold his 

new position for a further two. 

Allan Anderson, managing 

director of Clearview Imaging, 

has been elected as the new 

vice-chairman. 

In taking up his new 

role, Wilson noted that the 

association was going from 

Paul Wilson (pictured left) is the new UKIVA chairman 

strength to strength and 

paid tribute to outgoing 

chairman Ian Alderton for 

his tireless efforts and for his 

contribution towards bringing 

to fruition the UKIVA’s biggest 

undertaking to date, the 

forthcoming Machine Vision 

Conference (see page 10). 

Wilson urged all UKIVA 

members to play their part 

in making the Conference 

a successful event. 


conference.com 

Paul Doody has very sadly died 

Sad passing of a 

true marketing 

person and friend 

Paul Doody, global marketing 

director at Domino Printing 

Sciences, passed away in January 

with a memorial service held 

in his honour in Cambridge the 

same month. 

Paul took up the role at 

Domino the year before, drawing 

on his extensive experience 

to define and drive effective 

marketing campaigns following 

a varied and distinguished career 

at Unilever and also at Linx 

Printing Technologies. 

He brought a wealth of 

experience to his role at Domino, 

along with a healthy dose of 

enthusiasm and creative flair 

and he is sadly missed by all. 

Engineering must be 

more diverse and 

inclusive to succeed 

OPEN DAY INCLUDED SEVERAL ROBOTICS DEMOS 

Integrated systems on show 

Systems integrator SCM Handling welcomed nearly 50 customers to 

its Open Days in March which, as well as showing several systems it has 

developed for clients, also included demonstrations from suppliers such 

as Festo, Kuka Robotics (UK) and Leuze electronic. The guest speaker 

was Michael Fraede from Kuka Robotics who talked about Industry 4.0. 

Semta’s new Engineering 

Skills for the Future report 

sets out the path to overcoming 

the sector’s looming skills 

crisis by encouraging more 

women to start their career 

in engineering. The report 

shows that female engineers 

are more attracted to an 

‘interesting career’ than to 

the salary they receive. 

Despite the sector’s best 

efforts to date, just 3% of 

engineering apprenticeships 

are started by women and, 

according to Semta chairman 

Allan Cook, “We simply 

have to do more on diversity 

because we are ignoring 

half of our population.” 

Graduates with the new technology 

Graduate trainees 

get future tastes 

Rising stars of the food industry 

saw and tasted the future when 

they visited the University of 

Lincoln’s National Centre for 

Food Manufacturing as part 

of their graduate development 

programmes at Marks & Spencer 

and Bakkavor. The graduates 

enjoyed training days that showed 

various robotics and automation.

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News 

Exhibition to include a 

range of new products 

Dr Mike Aldred is from Dyson 

Keynotes 

give insight 

to projects 

Dr Mike Aldred from Dyson Ltd and 

Dr Graham Deacon from Ocado 

Technology will deliver the keynote 

speeches during the UKIVA 

Machine Vision Conference. 

Aldred’s presentation will cover 

the design journey that brought 

the Dyson 360 Eye robot vacuum 

cleaner to market while Deacon will 

look at the challenges in developing 

a 3D vision guided robot capable 

of picking and placing fruit and 

vegetables for shopping orders. 

Aldred manages the robotics 

team on the Dyson 360 Eye robot 

vacuum cleaner which utilises 

images from a 360 degree Field Of 

View camera to locate itself within 

its environment. He and his team 

developed bespoke algorithms 

for everything from exposure 

control to feature tracking to 

location recognition as part of the 

development cycle for the robot. 

Meanwhile, Deacon heads 

the robotics research team at 

Ocado Technology and his talk 

will describe some of the work 

that the team has done using 

3D point cloud cameras in order 

to pick and pack groceries with 

robots for the on-line retailer. 



Dr Graham Deacon from Ocado 

L-R: The Sick SIM4000 and the PicoCam and midiCam two will be on show, as will the In-Sight VC200 series multi 

smart camera vision systems from Cognex and finally the VeriSens vision sensor models supplied by Baumer 

The UKIVA Machine 

Vision Conference and 

Exhibition will feature 

48 of the world’s leading 

companies operating in 

the field of vision in a 

dedicated exhibition area. 

Taking centre stage for 

Baumer is the new VeriSens 

vision sensors. Users will 

benefit from doubled 

productivity in image-based 

quality inspection thanks 

to enhanced processing 

performance. Integrating 

Industrial Ethernet, these 

vision sensors feature the high 

The conference element of 

the free-to-attend day 

will feature 50 technical 

seminars across six separate 

presentation theatres. 

The UKIVA has put together 

a rich programme of the latest 

developments, technologies 

and applications as well as 

machine vision basics. 

It is designed so visitors can 

tailor their day according 

to their particular interests 

and also their level of vision 

knowledge. The programme 

level of connectivity required 

by the Internet of Things and 

cutting down on integration 

and cabling effort while 

easing set up for users. 

multi smart cameras 

Meanwhile, Cognex will 

showcase the In-Sight VC200 

series, a family of multi smart 

camera vision systems. 

This series brings the proven 

performance and reliability 

of In-Sight vision systems to 

multi-camera vision 

applications, explains the 

specialist company. 

Conference will feature 50 technical vision 

seminars offering a rich programme for all 

will suit experts as well as 

beginners in equal measure. 

The six theatres will 

house seminars covering 

the following themes: Optics 

and illumination; Camera 

technology; Systems and 

Sick UK will be revealing 

standout developments 

to its machine vision and 

imaging capabilities. 

The exhibition will be the 

first time in the UK that vision 

specialists, system integrators 

and end-users will have an 

opportunity to experience at 

first hand, through interactive 

exhibits, key advances in 

user-programmability and 

‘snapshot’ 3D Vision as part 

of the company’s 2D and 3D 

vision portfolio. 



applications; 

3D vision; Software 

and embedded 

vision and also, 

Understanding 

vision technology. 

Also, the first 

100 delegates 

through the doors of the 

Arena MK, Milton Keynes 

on the 27 April will be treated 

to a free breakfast. 

Visitor registration is now 

open at www.machinevision 

conference.co.uk

26 – 28 September 2017 

NEC, Birmingham 

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PRODUCTION LINE EVENT 

for processing and packaging machinery, 

materials, robots and industrial vision 

See the latest 

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Gain valuable insights 

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News 

Forum says act now on FMD 

to avoid missing its deadline 

Industry experts gathered at a Serialisation Forum in January to share 

best practices in how to upgrade pharmaceutical production lines to 

meet the traceability deadlines that are fast approaching the sector 

As drug counterfeiting 

rises globally and 

regulatory deadlines 

are fast approaching, PPMA 

member Crest Solutions 

joined forces with a series of 

experts including PCI Pharma 

Services at a Serialisation 

Forum in Slough this January. 

Nearly one hundred 

interested parties, including 

many pharmaceutical 

manufacturers, contract 

manufacturing organisations 

and brand owners attended 

the educational seminar. 

During the day, they found 

out more about how all supply 

chain partners will need to 

make crucial decisions to 

upgrade their production 

lines to meet compliance and 

traceability deadlines. 

The seminar started with an 

audience show of hands to see 

how many pharma companies 

were well on their way to 

compliance. Only a third of 

the brand owners present 

said they were which, said 

Christoph Krähenbühl took part 

Live equipment demonstrations from Antares Vision and Crest Solutions took place to help delegates’ understanding 

Ian Parsonage, senior director 

global serialisation services 

at PCI Pharma Services, 

was pretty much the average 

for the industry. 

What is more alarming, 

of course, is that the time to 

find a solution and/or vendor 

company/companies is fast 

running out. Some saying at 

the event, that it may already 

be too late, for many. 

Deadline for compliance 

with the Falsified Medicines 

Directive (FMD) is February 

2019. Companies that have 

already started their journey 

may be OK, but there will be 

many that will be close to not 

making this deadline which 

means they will not be able to 

sell their products beyond this 

date. Vendor availability is one 

of the added barriers in the 

path to compliance, of course. 

Christoph Krähenbühl, 

senior director of 3C Excellis 

Europe, a leading company 

in this area delivered the 

opening speech. He has been 

involved in serialisation 

projects since 2006, latterly as 

product security manager at 

AstraZeneca, one of the early 

adopters and global leaders 

in pharma serialisation 

before becoming a specialist 

consultant in this area. 

GLOBAL REGULATIONS 

He set out the impending 

global regulations and talked 

about the work that pharma 

companies had to complete 

to meet all the requirements. 

“The devil is in the detail,” 

he said and integration 

issues represent a high risk 

factor. He could not stress 

highly enough, however, 

in saying that “the time 

for trial and error is gone”. 

He told delegates that they 

should secure their external 

manufacturing with solid 

partners and also to get experts’ 

input and support to secure 

any serialisation programme. 

Meanwhile, Ian Parsonage 

of PCI Pharma Services is 

responsible for serialisation 

systems across plants in the 

US and UK at the contract 

manufacturer. He warned 

the delegates that the 

company has seen significant 

differences in overall 

equipment effectiveness 

scores during the process but 

said that it does settle down 

in the long run. He also spoke 

about the 25 dedicated people 

in the PCI team that work on 

delivering serialisation and 

that this figure reaches nearer 

100 personnel when you 

include site teams. 

Speakers advocated the use of 

laser printers as these were judged 

as more reliable than ink jet units


The company is up and 

running at two plants in 

the US and the UK site will 

be operational in February 

this year. 

PCI use Antares Vision 

products in their plants, for 

which Crest Solutions is the 

exclusive UK and Ireland agent. 

Frank Madden, the ceo 

of Crest Solutions talked 

about the company’s journey 

towards serialisation and 

how the company had now 

installed about 50 lines. 

SIX TOP TIPS OUTLINED 

He outlined the top six things 

a company should think 

about when embarking on a 

serialisation project. Firstly, 

the team running the project 

must be cross functional or 

cross discipline. “This is not 

an IT project,” he told the 

conference. “You need supply 

chain, packaging, validation, 

regulatory personnel etc as 

well as IT, and you also need 

to have an overall project 

Frank Madden, the ceo of Crest Solutions outlined the top six things a company should think about during the pathway 

manager as well as subject 

matter experts,” he said. 

Madden also talked about 

programme management, 

keeping the scope of the project 

manageable, and then the 

technology platform, which 

he thought was one of the 

easiest parts of the journey. 

In terms of technology, he 

talked about the mature and 

scalable software layer; line 

level solution options; site 

server architecture and carton 

or bottling lines. He then went 

on to talk about the turnkey 

solution delivery and warned 

that serialisation was not just 

for Christmas! “This is not just 

a project so you need a longterm 

solution partner,” he said. 

His fifth element of a 

successful programme was 

the quality and compliance 

approach. “Validation people 

are critical to the success of a 

serialisation project and they 

need to be on board from the 

very start,” he told delegates. 

The final part of 

implementing a successful 

project should be a 

serialisation strategy and 

roadmap. “You need to 

understand the regulations 

and timelines; understand 

your product portfolio 

and also you need to fully 

understand your sites/lines.” 

After the presentations, 

delegates were able to see live 

equipment demonstrations 

from Antares and Crest 

Solutions to further help the 

pharma companies to execute 

serialisation strategies. 

Further information on the 

day is available from Crest 

Solutions. 

T 00 353 21 452 4767 

W www.crestsolutions.ie 

PROCESSES AND PACKAGING 

LEADING TRADE FAIR 

JÖRG WOLTMANN 

MANAGING DIRECTOR KPM 

For further information contact 

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News 

Three-day showcase included 

latest traysealer introduction 

Multivac UK welcomed 

visitors to its 

Traysealing Showcase 

in February, a three-day event 

that saw the Swindon-based 

company introduce the 

G700 traysealer. 

Billed as a new machine 

based on a proven design, 

the G700 borrows technology 

from the established T700 

skin machine to bring its 

benefits to tray sealing. 

The unit costs 25% less than 

the skin version, however. 

quick changeovers 

This new, flexible tray 

sealer is optimised for 

medium to large batches along 

with quick product changes 

and is tailored to packing 

convenience products in 

MAP packs such as ready 

meals or their components. 

It can also be used for packing 

snacks, fruit, vegetables, 

salads and fresh cut products. 

The compact, inline 

traysealer is designed as a 

single-track and in operation, 

uses minimal compressed 

air and no cooling water. 

“We only use air for the 

locking pin,” explains 

The G700 traysealer was star of the show at the Traysealing Showcase held at Multivac UK’s Swindon showroom 

Ian Weatherstone, product 

manager – traysealing 

at Multivac UK. In terms of 

output, when sealing only, 

up to 18 cycles a minute are 

achieved while gas flushing 

brings 15 cycles a minute. 

Die change, including 

heading-up can be performed 

in five minutes and is a simple 

operation guided by the HMI 

that includes words and 

pictures. On the day, this 

was demonstrated by a visitor 

to the event. This means it is 

not only a simple operation 

but also a reliable and 

ergonomic one as recipe 

change, film change and die 

change are handled this way. 

Based on the company’s 

Hygienic Design for maximum 

hygiene and simple cleaning 

routines, the machine also 

offers energy efficiencies, 

thanks to the servo drive. 

This new machine will be 

demonstrated at interpack 

in Düsseldorf this May. 

• Our full exhibition preview 

starts on page 34. 

T 01793 425800 

W www.multivac.co.uk 

Active Pouch enters 

development stage 

A student research project 

conducted with Krones has 

resulted in an origami shape 

being transferred from paper 

to plastic, resulting in the Active 

Pouch which has won the 

Newcomers’ Prize in a German 

packaging competition. 

New risk software can simplify machinery 

compliance, helping users meet standards 

DD IT Solutions has launched 

software that simplifies 

machinery safety compliance. 

Based on detailed checklists, 

the software helps users 

assess and record machinery 

safety issues in compliance 

with European regulations. 

The Compliance risk 

software can be used by 

any competent machine 

designers, control system 

designers as well as safety 

professionals, consultants 

and machinery end users. 

It supports preparation of the 

Technical File and CE Marking 

in accordance with the 

requirements of the Machinery 

Directive 2006/42/EC, as well 

as CE audits, machinery risk 

assessments and EN ISO 13849 

Control Integrity Assessments. 

Soon, the software will 

also be suitable for PUWER 

(Provision and Use of Work 

Equipment Regulations) 

inspections. It is available 

to purchase or a 30-day 

demonstration version can 

be downloaded free of charge. 

User-friendly checklists are 

used throughout the software 

so that even the most complex 

requirements of a standard 

or regulation are broken down 

into clear statements with 

which the user must agree, 

disagree or dismiss as ‘not 

applicable’. Where ‘disagree’ 

is selected, the user is prompted 

to conduct a risk assessment. 

e info@ddits.co.uk 

W www.compliancerisk 

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New Machinery 


Laser coders bring benefits 

to wider range of products 

FFS will now sell Italian range 

Screw feeders and 

dosing equipment 

are available in UK 

Fabcon Food Systems (FFS) has 

been appointed as the sole UK 

and Ireland distributor for the 

range of equipment produced in 

Italy by Definitive Innovation. 

“This exclusive agreement 

gives FFS an addition to our 

existing portfolio of process, 

product handling and seasoning 

equipment for the potato, 

snack and other food products,” 

says Trevor Howard, sales and 

managing director at FFS. 

“The equipment can be supplied 

separately or integrated into FFS’s 

lines for sale in the UK or abroad.” 

FFS designs, manufactures, 

installs and services complete 

systems for a wide range of 

products, providing processors 

with ideal solutions for processing, 

product handling, sorting, precision 

flavouring, weighing and packing. 

T 01603 482338 

W www.fabcon.co.uk 

Linx Printing Technologies 

is launching two laser 

coders that it says will 

open up the benefits of the 

technology to more companies 

and applications. 

Key benefits of the new 

Linx CSL range are even faster 

printing speeds and greater 

versatility which makes 

the coders ideal for a wider 

variety of products, along 

with quicker 

and easier 

installation 

and set-up that 

help to make 

laser coding 

simpler and 

more 

accessible. 

The Linx 

CSL10 (10 watt) 

and CSL30 

(30 watt) laser coders feature 

a new, more powerful 

processing board that is able 

to relay the message from the 

control unit to the marking 

head more quickly, therefore 

delivering higher speeds. 

Equally important, the coder 

can handle complex messages 

and graphics without any loss 

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of quality which is ideal for 

the requirements of high speed 

packing and bottling lines. 

Both models apply crisp 

codes onto many different 

packaging materials including 

coated paper and card, plastics, 

glass, rubber, coated metal 

and anodised aluminium. 

A new marking head has 

been introduced for wide web 

applications, enabling the 

Coders can be specified in an IP65 version, to operate in harsh conditions 

coders to code across multiple 

lines using just a single 

laser where previously two 

machines would have been 

required. An area of up to 

440 x 600mm can be coded – 

ideal for applications such 

as flexible sheet for lids. 

In addition, a wider range 

of marking heads and 

positions mean that the 

Linx lasers offer over 20,000 

standard configurations, 

and can therefore be tailored 

to the precise requirements 

of each coding application. 

“This feature makes the 

Linx CSL10 and CSL30 

the most versatile laser coders 

available,” says Matt Eastham, 

laser business manager 

at Linx. Tailoring the laser 

application to 

the customer’s 

precise 

requirements 

means optimal 

use is made of 

the laser system, 

contributing 

to the lasers’ 

long tube life. 

An increased 

choice of conduit 

lengths – 3, 5 and new 10m 

sizes – together with a new 

more flexible conduit design, 

detachable marking head, 

connectors and conduit, and 

quick disconnect umbilical 

cable, have made installation 

of the coders easier. 

T 01480 302100 

W www.linxglobal.com 

Lantech modular case erector capable 

of up to 30 erected cases per minute 

• Unique vacuum pick up frame 

• Ergonomic magazine for easy filling of case blanks 

• Small footprint 

• Easy size change from one format to another 

• Supplied as a hot melt glue option or adhesive tape 

• Colour operator touch screen panel 

• Can be a stand-alone machine or integrated into 

other machinery 

• Installed and commissioned with after sales support 

C1000/2000 

case erector 

from Lantech 

17 Elizabeth Court, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 8PF 

T: 01480 382739 M: 07764 772965 E: andrew@maters.co.uk www.maters.co.uk


Labelling, New Machinery Coding & Marking 

Palletising software is 

offering robotic gains 

Two strapper variants are offered 

Strapping range 

combines quality 

with low prices 

Kite Packaging has launched a 

range of strapping machines on 

its e-commerce website at, what 

it says are market beating prices. 

Kite stocks two variants of 

strapping machines: one semiautomatic 

and the other fully 

automatic. Fast and reliable, 

Kite’s semi-automatic machine is 

ideal for small and medium sized 

items and requires the user to 

feed straps manually. This semiautomatic 

strapping machine 

will automatically tension and 

seal the polypropylene strapping 

around goods and is a cost 

effective, time saving device. 

Kite’s fully automatic option 

is a high volume packaging and 

strapping station that is suitable 

for larger and wider packs that 

can be integrated into a packaging 

production line if required. 

T 024 7642 0065 

W www.kitepackaging.co.uk 

PalletSolver is 

the name of the 

latest robotics 

palletising software 

suite introduced 

by Yaskawa for its 

Motoman robots. 

It enables faster 

development and 

integration of a 

system through 

user-friendly 

configuration, set-up 

and customisation 

and while also 

facilitating 

maximum system 

uptime without 

compromising 

production 

schedules. 

The software 

incorporates two 

main components: 

PalletSolver-PC, 

an offline pattern 

generation tool 

that operates on 

a Windows powered 

PC and PalletSolver-Engine, 

which includes robot control 

programs, motion planning 

and I/O maps that reside on 

PalletSolver software allows quick changeovers 

without interruption to production runs 

the robot controller DX200. 

The key benefits include 

an intuitive user-interface 

with a guided pattern file 

for the generation of steps, 

while it supports virtually 

unlimited products as 

confirmed by its ability 

to operate with all 

common gripper types, 

for example, vacuum, 

clamp, fork or bag. 

Furthermore, a dynamic 

gripper zone configuration 

enables change to be 

implemented for each 

cycle. In operation, the 

software also supports 

multiple cells and it 

incorporates interference 

constraints per station to 

ensure quick changeover 

without interfering with 

production. 

Other features include 

import pallet patterns 

generated by TOPS 

or CAPE software, an 

export/import cell and 

gripper database that 

can be shared between 

projects and the facility to 

produce 2D layer and 3D build 

pictures generated to help 

with drop box recovery. 

T 01295 272755 

W www.yaskawa.eu.com 

Maximising value 

from mass of data 

Rockwell Automation is 

expanding its information 

solutions capabilities to support 

manufacturers as they move 

through their own digital 

transformation and realise 

their version of the Connected 

Enterprise. New information 

solutions offerings are designed 

to help manufacturers connect, 

manage, validate and optimise 

production with manufacturing 

execution system and 

manufacturing intelligence. 

T 0870 242 5004 

W www.rockwell.com 

Inline leak detection for packaging in even 

the smallest of spaces in a production area 

Witt Gas Techniques has 

released a new variant of 

the tried and tested Leak- 

Master Mapmax for the 

inline leak detection of 

packaging, and it’s a 

particularly compact version. 

Minimal space requirements 

and a high test speed make this 

‘short’ version of the Mapmax 

an attractive choice where 

space is limited. With up 

to 14 test cycles per 

minute, the Compact 

version enables the 

automatic testing of the entire 

A compact version of the tester is new 

production volume on a 

single packaging line. 

The reduced installation 

dimensions required 

for this unit make the 

operation of an inline 

leak detection system possible 

for the very first time for a 

larger number of users. 

It enables the non-destructive 

detection of even the smallest 

leaks using CO2 as a trace gas, 

and integrates seamlessly 

into any packaging line. 

T 01925 234466 

W www.wittgas.com

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New system delivers real-time 

management of all work flow 

Sick has developed an 

all-in-one solution that 

integrates Dimensioning, 

Weighing and Scanning (DWS) 

for automated track and trace 

of goods in transit through 

storage, materials handling 

and distribution operations. 

This Master Data Analyzer 

enables easy, real-time 

management of work flow 

by combining barcode 

reading, full dimensioning, 

visual profiling and accurate 

weighing in a single unit. 

The system is simple to install 

and use, with a plug-andplay 

set-up that eliminates 

the need to invest in expert 

programming or integration. 

“The Master Data Analyzer is 

a clever, ‘no-hassle’ answer to 

revenue optimisation and safe, 

space-effective loading and 

storage,” explains Mark Harris, 

Sick UK’s auto-identification 

and systems product manager. 

“The system enables the 

standardised recording, 

manipulation, analysis and 

maintenance of master data 

for consistent DWS data 

values, no matter what profile 

of object is measured. 

“It can replace all those 

legacy systems of separate 

dimensioners, ident readers 

and weighers with an 

all-in-one unit,” he continues 

“Therefore, there is no need to 

invest in expert programming 

skills to make the data from 

diverse systems compatible 

and readable, or for skilled 

engineering to integrate 

different systems together.” 

The unit has electronic 

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The all-in-one solution combines barcode reading, full dimensioning, visual 

profiling and accurate weighing in one, easy to use single unit for logistics 

scales, horizontal and vertical 

light grids as a weighing and 

dimensioning/profiling portal 

and a hand held 1D/2D barcode 

scanner for identification. 

The portal is operated by a 

controller, with a local data 

display monitor, which feeds 

the raw identification, weight, 

dimensions and profile data 

through a Sick-developed 

advanced algorithm and 

uploads it in real time to 

the control system, without 

the need for an external PC 

or screen. 

All objects, even if 

transparent and foil-packed, 

are reliably measured despite 

variations in shape, surface 

or material properties and 

even the smallest products 

can be dimensioned. 

There is no need to align 

the object and it can be 

measured from both directions, 

so the system avoids errors 

associated with false readings 

and consequent downtime. 

It has a volume accuracy 

down to 5mm, a weight 

accuracy to +/- 10g and a 

maximum object size of 800 x 

800 x 600mm. Measurement 

is extremely stable, thanks 

to the in-built self-diagnosis. 

• In our last issue, we included 

the incorrect temperature 

range for Sick’s LFP Inox 

probe which is used by dairy 

processors to measure liquids 

accurately by cutting out the 

froth. The probe actually 

covers temperatures from 

-20deg C to +150deg C. 

T 01727 831121 

W www.sick.co.uk 

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Washing solutions are supplied 

with tray handling equipment 

Industrial Washing Machines 

(IWM) has worked with 

Autarky Automation to 

develop a new and highly 

customisable range of tray 

washing solutions that can be 

supplied with automated tray 

handling equipment for the 

infeed and exit of the IWM tray 

washer. This development is in 

response to the requirements 

of food distributors that need 

to wash large volumes of the 

trays used to transport goods 

to retail outlets. 

At the heart of these solutions 

is IWM’s T4000 tray washer. 

THE T4000 IS CAPABLE OF 

WASHING AND DRYING 

4000 

trays per hour and it can be 

customised to suit each 

individual customer needs 

In a three-stage T4000 

machine, the trays receive 

a pre-wash to remove the 

majority of the soiling, 

followed by the main wash 

with detergent and hot water. 

The final wash stage is jetting 

with hot water to remove 

detergent residue. The water 

at this stage can be heated to 

85deg C to ensure sanitisation. 

After the intensive threestage 

washing process, the 

trays receive a fresh-water 

rinse and, according to user 

requirements, they can be 

dried rapidly and completely 

with an air-blast drying section. 

IWM and Autarky offer 

customisation options that 

include infeed and outfeed 

conveyors, automatic tray 

de-nesters, and also tray 

stackers that can be arranged 

in almost any layout to make 

best use of the space available 

on any site. 

T 0121 459 9511 

W www.indwash.co.uk 

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be integrated perfectly into our 

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time to the control center.» 

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Managing Partner (Technology) 

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Machinery leasing options allow 

for easier access to automation 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antalis Packaging has 

formed a strategic 

partnership with 

equipment leasing and 

finance supplier Johnson 

Reed to offer customers a new 

leasing service. 

Automated solutions such 

as pallet stretch wrappers and 

carton erecting machines can 

deliver significant long-term 

savings, however for some 

businesses the initial outlay can 

be prohibitive. This new service 

is called Antalis Commercial 

Finance and it has been created 

specifically to provide these 

types of customer with an easy 

route to obtaining the right 

equipment without impacting 

on cash reserves. 

COSTS CAN BE SPREAD 

With flexible finance options 

available, the cost of the 

purchase can be spread across 

regular fixed repayments 

which are agreed in advance 

and repaid over a period 

of three to five years. 

Johnson Reed leasing 

manager Ian Gage has talked 

about the new finance option. 

“With our support, the 

businesses that take advantage 

of the new service will have the 

tools to operate more profitably 

and efficiently,” he asserts. 

In addition to the cost 

savings and efficiency 

benefits experienced by 

having automated packaging 

solutions in place, every 

lease payment can be 100% 

allowable as a tax-deductible 

expense, reducing the overall 

cost of the purchase. 

Finance is organised in five 

steps: Agree purchase and 

pricing with Antalis; agree 

finance with Johnson Reed; 

contracts are agreed and 

signed; machinery is delivered 

and the contract is then 

activated. 

T 0370 241 1466 

W www.antalispackaging.co.uk

Components 


Pallet system is vision-based 

Inspecting pallets 

with vision system 

stops costly damage 

Automated handling, robotic 

solutions and conveyor systems 

supplier CKF Systems is trialling 

a vision-based pallet inspection 

system in conjunction with 

Leuze electronics. 

The system identifies damaged 

pallets at an early stage of the 

automation process and stabilises 

them to ensure a smooth passage 

through its lifetime. 

“The financial impact on 

production of a damaged pallet 

is something that resonates 

with manufacturers across 

many industry sectors,” explains 

Kevin Staines, sales director 

at CKF. “Our vision-based pallet 

inspection system is a low cost 

solution, utilising proven and 

robust technologies, easily 

maintainable and capable of 

25 scans per second.” 

Testing took place at CKF’s 

Factory Test and Trial facility 

in Gloucester. 

T 01452 728753 

W www.ckf.co.uk 

Filler meets demand for 

latest pre-filled syringes 

Marchesini Group 

demonstrated its new 

Extrafill syringe filler 

at Interphex in New York. 

The filler is designed to fill 

and stopper nested syringes 

and has been developed to 

meet the growing demands 

of packaging disposable 

pre-filled syringes in the 

North American market. 

Extrafill is a compact 

machine, designed to 

accommodate from two to 

five filling and stoppering 

stations and can produce up 

to 12,000 pieces an hour. 

Batching precision is 

guaranteed by systems that 

centre the syringes and 

completely protect them 

during the filling phase to 

avoid contamination and 

to ensure a sterile process, 

says the company. Extrafill is 

equipped with rotating piston 

pumps and a special statistical 

batch control weighing system 

which offers economic and 

technical benefits compared 

with traditional solutions. 

All the production phases 

are integrated in one 

monobloc unit designed 

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All the production phases on the filler are integrated into one monobloc unit 

to combine the two tub 

opening and syringe filling/ 

stoppering operations under 

just one isolator. 

Designed into Extrafill is 

a robotic arm which peels off 

the Tyvek protective film and 

pushes the tub of syringes 

onto a loading belt to continue 

towards the filling and 

stoppering stations. The robot, 

with a gripper system that 

moves just like a human hand, 

is the outcome of research 

and development activities 

carried out by Marchesini 

Group aimed at devising 

a specific system capable 

of handling the product with 

efficiency in sterile conditions. 

T 01525 216201 

W www.marchesini.com 

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Installation News 

Secondary packaging formats 

are handled with speedy ease 

When Mackle Petfoods 

decided to bring its 

secondary packing 

operation in-house, it needed 

to achieve the correct 

combination of automation 

and manual changeovers 

to handle the multitude of 

SKUs it produces at its County 

Armagh plant. 

To meet these requirements, 

Gebo Cermex engineers 

worked closely with the 

company to design not only 

the optimal line configuration, 

but also to identify and 

integrate the best machines 

for each required task. The 

resulting line features robotic 

depalletising and palletising 

equipment and two shrink 

wrappers that can handle 

anywhere between 15,000 and 

50,000 products an hour and 

25 SKU configurations, with 

just two to three operators. 

The line starts with six 

pallet infeeds leading to 

two Depal-Vite 4010 robotic 

depalletising cells from Gebo 

Cermex. Each cell is equipped 

with a Fanuc M-410iB 

four-axis robot, which uses a 

single gripping head to handle 

The Mackle Petfoods line features a low total cost of ownership and can be easily upgraded with new options in future 

cans, interlayers and pallets. 

The depallatised cans are 

placed on the conveyors that 

merge into two rows of three 

lanes leading to a VersaFilm 

5S-T SFR shrink wrapper 

capable of producing mixed 

product multipacks. 

From here, another shrink 

wrapper – the 3S-T MB – 

handles the repacking of 

multipacks (for instance, 

three six packs), after which 

a Divislat 1-2 pack diverter 

diverts one conveying line 

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of shrinkwrapped multipacks 

into two. These conveyors 

carry the multipacks to two 

Pal Pack 4750 layer-by-layer 

automatic palletisers, which 

are also from Gebo Cermex. 

The pet food company felt 

that secondary packaging’s 

main purpose used to be 

the secure transportation 

of product, but nowadays 

its goal is also to enhance 

product or brand awareness. 

“For us, secondary packaging 

has become a critical element 

in the product selling cycle, 

which we use to convey our 

commitment to providing 

local, sustainable and high 

quality nutritional food,” 

says Philip Hamilton, 

operations director at Mackle. 

And with the variety 

of products the company 

manufactures, creating its 

own packs has proved 

to be the most cost effective 

solution. 

T 01480 455919 

W www.gebocermex.com 

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Luxury cakes 

are wrapped 

up in style 

Reliability, versatility and 

confidence in after-sales service 

were the key ingredients that 

helped Ulma Packaging 

stand-out from the crowd says 

a leading manufacturer of 

hand-crafted, luxury cakes 

requiring packaging machinery 

to help boost production. 

Fiona Cairns, a family-run 

business making over two million 

cakes every year from its bakery 

near Leicester, counts retailers 

such as Harrods, Fortnum & 

Mason, Selfridges, Waitrose, 

Bon Marche and Dunnes among 

its customer base. 

GROWING DEMAND 

To meet growing demand 

the company required robust 

packaging machinery that could 

wrap a range of different-shaped 

products, while at the same time 

offering the shelf presentation 

that matched the luxurious 

quality of the handmade cakes, 

and teatime treat products. 

Ulma supplied the Florida 

flow wrapper, a popular entry 

level horizontal form, fill and 

seal machine, which is ideal for 

bakeries as it is flexible, easy 

to operate and also maintain. 

The Florida has touch screen 

operation with multi-product 

memory for quick changeovers 

and the machine also benefits 

from ‘no product – no bag’ and 

‘misplaced product detection’ 

systems, as well as working with 

clear and printed film. 

“We chose the flow wrapper 

because it is very reliable and it is 

so flexible and easy to operate we 

can use it to package products for 

all our customers,” explains md 

at Fiona Cairns Kishore Patel. 

T 01909 506 504 

W www.ulmapackaging.co.uk 

Robotic cell is answer 

in automation challenge 

Challenges standing in the 

way of automation 

in the food and drink 

sector often include space 

limitations and other 

constraints dictated by existing 

equipment, conundrums that 

have been answered in this 

latest installation. 

Meat supplier to Swedish 

and Danish markets 

Atria chose an integrated 

and compact robotic cell 

co-engineered by Omron 

and Case-Link to replace 

manual crate-packing, which 

has helped to quadruple 

operational speeds while 

working within the physical 

restrictions of legacy systems. 

The company wanted 

to automate and increase 

production speeds in its 

end-of-line operation. 

It required a solution which 

would take SRS (Swedish 

Return System) plastics crates 

from an existing overhead 

conveyor and load them 

with packaged meat from a 

separate infeed. 

This Case- 

Link/Omron 

partnership 

won the contract 

against four 

other bidders 

and within 

seven months, 

it had installed 

four of the 

customised 

units in Atria’s 

Malmö plant, 

with more 

planned for 

the same 

factory and for the company’s 

six additional sites across 

Scandinavia. 

“All the other suppliers 

proposed two different 

machines: one to handle 

the SRS crates and another 

to package the products,” 

says Omron field application 

engineer Ulf Svensson. 

Packing speed is now 400% faster 

The system has overcome space constraints at the meat packing facility 

“But our proposal integrates 

the crate-handling into our 

single machine.” 

Importantly, controls for the 

elevator bringing crates down 

from the high-level conveyor 

are also integrated into the 

controls for the robotic pickand-place 

unit. 

In fact, the graphical user 

interface (GUI) not only brings 

together the entire cell’s 

networked vision, control, 

robot safety, 

I/O and server 

activities 

in a single 

display, 

but it also 

simplifies 

start-up and 

troubleshooting. 

The 

operator 

simply selects 

a product 

from a menu 

and presses 

the ‘start’ 

or ‘stop’ button as required. 

In the event of an alarm or 

malfunction, the GUI displays 

a graphic of the machine, 

highlighting the zone which 

requires attention. In addition, 

Omron’s built-in trouble 

shooter provides explanations 

of any error codes which helps 

to reduce downtime. 

“Thanks to the integration 

of the robot and logic control, 

we have a very compact 

system, and there is no need 

for a separate robot cabinet,” 

says a spokesperson for Atria. 

“This compactness avoided 

substantial rebuilding costs 

at our plant will enable us 

to recover the investment 

within two years.” 

Each cell combines a Delta 

robot with four standard G5 

servo drives, Omron’s Sysmac 

automation platform, an NJ 

controller and an NS8 

human-machine interface, 

among other features. 

The integral FH Vision system 

plays a critical role – or in fact 

multiple roles, calculating 

product co-ordinates and 

orientation for the robot but 

also carrying out a series of 

quality checks. These include 

determining: whether the pack 

contains product; whether the 

product is displayed correctly; 

whether the label is correct; 

and whether the label carries 

a barcode. 

Not only did Atria reduce its 

manpower costs, but it also 

increased the speed of the 

packing operation by 400%, 

even while using machine 

vision to deliver much higher 

levels of quality control. 

T 0870 752 0861 

W www.eu.omron.com



Speedy flow wrapping 

is reached on the move 

The weigher met all objectives 

Produce 

weighing is 

delicate 

Yamato Scale Dataweigh UK 

has delivered a bespoke, salad 

specific weighing solution for fresh 

produce grower Riviera Produce. 

Yamato supplied and installed 

an Omega ADW-O-1214S 

multihead weigher with a 12-litre 

capacity and 14 heads that was 

designed specifically to work with 

salad crops and fresh produce, 

and on an existing line. 

The existing line infrastructure 

included an infeed, a slicing 

machine and a bagger all fixed 

to a bespoke platform. The 

specifications of the Yamato 

machine meant that Riviera 

Produce was able to use the roof 

space above the line and simply 

alter the configuration of the 

equipment to get the height 

needed for the weigher. 

Re-jigging the new line and 

installing the Yamato weighing 

machine had to be completed 

quickly to minimise downtime and 

lost production to avoid a negative 

impact on Riviera’s customers. 

The Omega ADW has a twostage 

top cone that features high 

amplitude to move the product 

along the machine and salad-type 

linear feed pans/feed buckets and 

weigh buckets. Yamato’s special 

Dimple is used on the bucket doors. 

This is a specific type of dimple/ 

embossed plate designed to stop 

product sticking to the machine to 

ensure product flows evenly and 

quickly along the production line. 

T 0113 322 1546 

W www.yamatoscale.co.uk 

The seven custom designed Alpha back seal units will be adapted for operation on the mobile field harvesting rigs 

Fresh produce co-operative 

G’s Growers has 

confirmed an order 

for seven flow wrappers 

customised for high speed 

operation on mobile field 

harvesting rigs from 

Paramount Packaging 

Systems, exclusive distributor 

of Fuji Machinery Company’s 

horizontal and vertical formfill-seal 

equipment in the UK 

and Ireland. 

With G’s Growers reporting 

that two Fuji Alpha VII 

flow wrappers supplied by 

Paramount Packaging early 

last year have helped increase 

production efficiencies by 

up to 25%, the seven new 

custom-designed Alpha 

VII FW3710BS/B back seal 

units will also be adapted for 

reliable, high speed operation 

on mobile field harvesting rigs. 

The bespoke Fuji flow 

wrappers, which will be 

used to pack celery, will be 

mounted on robust stainless 

steel support frames to ensure 

stability and rigidity when 

installed on G’s Growers’ 

harvesting rigs. This allows 

the machines to be easily 

repositioned when the sides 

of the rig are folded up for 

transportation between fields 

and from the UK to Spain. 

They also feature integrated 

ink jet coders and labellers. 

careful handling 

A standard flow wrapper 

requires careful handling 

and positioning so would not 

offer the performance and 

efficiency benefits required 

by G’s Growers. As a result, 

Paramount Packaging 

developed the rigid stainless 

steel frame with heavy duty 

castors to allow the flow 

wrapper to be moved around 

more easily, and to be taken 

on and off field harvesting rigs 

simply and quickly. 

It also provides a stable 

mounting for the labeller 

Inside the mobile field harvesting rigs, the machines will be packing celery 

which on an inverted 

wrapper would normally 

be freestanding on the floor 

underneath the infeed. 

Specially developed for wet 

environments, the Fuji flow 

wrappers feature an ultrahygienic 

design to help prevent 

dust and dirt accumulation, 

and offers easy access to the 

mechanical and electrical 

components. The design 

incorporates water drainage 

channels from the infeed. 

Operating at up to 120 packs 

per minute, the machines 

boast a low maintenance box 

motion sealing system and 

convenient ‘plug and play’ 

two-part infeed which allows 

it to be used with different 

types of rig and across a 

variety of applications. 

Offering fast changeover, the 

settings can also be stored 

on the front facing USB port 

and transferred to different 

machines for added flexibility. 

A 12in colour touch screen 

and multi lingual operator 

interface can be customised 

using images, words and 

illustrations for simplicity and 

fast and accurate diagnostics, 

and enables easy operation 

by overseas workers. The USB 

port facilitates machine back 

up and allows product data to 

be uploaded easily. 

T 01252 815252 

W www.paramount-packaging. 

co.uk


Heavy duty shredder is 

a multi-material option 

Untha has supplied 

its largest four shaft 

shredder – the RS150 – 

to LKM Recycling to maximise 

materials recovery and 

revenue generation at this 

increasingly diverse recycling 

specialist. Over 40 years ago, 

LKM started out as a scrap 

metal business but today, 

it handles everything from 

metals and glass, to wood, 

plastics and general waste. 

The robust 22 tonne 

machine will enable LKM 

to process an array of 

complex and often heavy 

duty applications including 

aluminium, tyres and even 

uPVC windows. Set to achieve 

throughputs of up to 12 tonnes 

per hour, the RS150 and its 

quick-change screens will 

achieve flexible homogenous 

particle sizing as small 

as 30mm, depending on 

customer requirements. 

It is also expected that 

LKM’s annual recycling 

volumes will increase by up 

to 25% in line with the team’s 

ability to now profitably 

process a wider range of 

the materials. 

“This machine will 

completely revolutionise our 

approach to recycling because 

we’ll soon be able to liberate 

all of the materials from 

the streams we process,” 

says LKM’s managing director 

Tony Hughes. “The high 

torque, slow speed eco-drive 

concept within this machine 

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The company says the low-noise operation sets them apart from competitors 

will also keep power 

consumption low, which 

minimises our carbon footprint 

and saves on energy costs. 

“You wouldn’t expect these 

efficiencies within such 

a heavy duty machine of 

this size,” he concludes. 

T 0845 450 5388 

W www.untha.co.uk 

Static issues are 

eliminated for 

adhesives supplier 

Manufacturer of bonding 

products and adhesive 

components Scapa has become 

the latest company to invest in 

Meech’s anti-static solutions, 

with the installation of five 

Hyperion 971IPS 15KV Pulsed DC 

ionising bars taking place in its 

production environment. 

Working at a site where rewind 

rolls are featured on most of the 

equipment, engineering manager 

Tony Fenwick has always been 

aware of the potential build-up of 

static charges on these rolls and 

the challenges they could pose 

and so he approached Meech to 

audit the processes. 

This audit led Scapa to buy 

five Hyperion 971IPS (Integrated 

Power Supply) 15KV bars which 

have successfully eliminated 

all static-related issues in 

the production environment, 

optimising production and 

improving operator safety 

in the process. 

Fenwick says the company 

has achieved consistent 

productivity and end quality 

across all areas since the 

installation of the bars. 

T 01993 706700 

W www.meech.com



Robust steriliser performance 

is delivered through upgrades 

Farm animal, pet and 

equine healthcare 

company Norbrook 

Laboratories decided to upgrade 

and renew its range of sterilisers 

at its Newry site rather than 

purchase new equipment. 

At this site, Norbrook runs 

eight sterile manufacturing 

lines with sterilisers from 

different manufacturers to 

ensure aseptic filling operations 

and terminal sterilisation of 

a range of products. 

The majority of the machines 

are in operation 24/7 and after 

nearly 20 years of service, the 

control system components 

of three sterilisers, including 

all mechanical parts, needed 

to be renewed. Norbrook had 

to choose between upgrading 

the sterilisers’ control systems 

or settling for entirely new 

equipment. Since all sterilisers 

were still in perfectly good 

condition, it contacted Bosch 

to help it upgrade. 

The system controls are revamped 

“We decided to revamp 

the system controls and 

visualisation technology to 

maintain robust performance 

of all three sterilisers and 

secure the high capacity of our 

manufacturing lines,” explains 

Susan O’Neill, electronics 

manager/engineering project 

manager at Norbrook. 

The company 

also wanted 

to standardise 

the equipment 

to reduce the 

number of 

spare parts 

and minimise 

operator 

training. Bosch 

was contacted 

as the required 

spare parts 

were no longer 

available, 

the original 

machine 

manufacturer 

did not provide 

the services to upgrade this 

specific equipment and the 

two companies had worked 

together previously. 

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“Given our successful 

co-operation with Bosch, 

we opted for Bosch Packaging 

Services as preferred upgrade 

partner,” says O’Neill. 

“We also knew it had 

extensive experience with 

third-party equipment 

modernisation.” 

Together with the 

sterilisation experts from 

Bosch’s Austrian subsidiary 

Schoeller-Bleckmann 

Medizintechnik (SBM), Bosch 

Packaging Services initiated 

a twelve month project, from 

evaluating existing equipment, 

installing and programming 

the new control systems, 

through to training Norbrook’s 

staff in customised workshops. 

Before implementing the 

new controls and touch panels 

in Newry, Bosch evaluated 

the sterilisers’ mechanical 

and electrical components 

on-site while at the SBM 

site in Ternitz, Austria, the 

company set up a steriliser 

with the latest control and 

visualisation technology for 

testing purposes. This meant 

Norbrook was able to gain 

a valuable first 

impression of the 

new technology’s 

look and feel. 

“Apart from 

assessing the 

functionalities 

of the new 

components, 

we also 

had the 

opportunity to 

voice specific 

requirements 

which Bosch 

Norbrook Laboratories 

has over 800 products 

Products are 

marketed to over 

120 countries 

successfully implemented,” 

says O’Neill. 

Downtime was minimal during refit 

The new equipment 

components include a Siemens 

S7 PLC control system and 

a Siemens Touch Panel 

IPC 477D, all of which are 

protected by a stainless steel 

switch cabinet containing 

key electrical components. 

The technology provides 

a higher level of precision 

during sterilising operations 

while making life easier for 

operators. Customised 

features such as an 

animated piping 

and instrumentation 

diagram ensure 

the systems meet 

Norbrook’s 

control 

requirements and 

allow for reliable 

and safe sterilising 

operations. 

The upgraded 

components further 

support smooth 

machine setup 

and operation, as 

they significantly 

simplify calibration 

and standardise operation 

procedures across different 

manufacturing lines. In case 

of a system failure, operators 

can react quickly thanks to the 

clearly structured service menu. 

INVENTORY REDUCED 

It considerably facilitates 

troubleshooting and 

enables a faster turnaround 

on breakdowns, while 

the systems’ high level of 

standardisation has enabled 

Norbrook to cut down on its 

critical spare parts inventory. 

Operator and maintenance 

training was also considerably 

reduced, as operators who 

have been trained on one of 

the upgraded sterilisers can 

operate all others, too. 

Norbrook is now planning 

to upgrade seven additional 

sterilisers across the company. 

T 01332 626262 

W www.boschpackaging.com

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Pallet wrapping and handling is 

reliably efficient on both levels 

Pallet handling company 

Technowrapp has 

installed a high speed 

automatic pallet wrapping line 

at a beverage company while 

also ensuring the end of line 

system connects production 

and warehousing that are 

situated on two separate 

floors of the factory. 

The company, which is 

represented in the UK by 

Engelmann & Buckham, was 

therefore required to develop 

a pallet handling system 

coordinated between the 

two floors by using complex 

software entirely developed 

by its programmers. 

This installation involved 

one central and four peripheral 

PLCs to automatically manage 

and coordinate four different 

operations including: wrapped 

pallet handling from the 

production to the warehouse 

for their storage and shipment; 

the handling of empty pallets 

stacked in groups of 15 from 

the warehouse to the empty 

pallet dispenser; the materials 

supplied from the warehouse 

to the entire production 

line; and the handling of 

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“We were able to assess our customer’s needs 

and come up with a unique solution that surpassed 

their expectations,” says Technowrapp’s Rocchi 

the materials to be disposed 

of from the production line to 

the warehouse. 

“This was a complex 

installation as the software 

involved needed to be able 

to manage the various 

missions without interfering 

with each other,” explains 

Fabrizio Rocchi, sales 

manager at Technowrapp. 

“It also needed to be able to 

monitor all the up and down 

movements of the material 

to and from the warehouse.” 

To ensure an efficient 

flow of the line, various 

accumulation conveyors for 

both wrapped and empty 

pallets are included to 

guarantee a continuous flow 

that does not generate waiting 

times. Meanwhile, the system 

is supervised by six safety 

areas so that only the area 

of interest is stopped 

in case of emergency, 

assuring continuity to 

the rest of the line. 

Finally, a central PLC 

controls the entire system 

and communicates with other 

PLCs distributed along the 

line. One of them, for instance, 

is exclusively reserved to the 

functions of the pre-stretch 

carriage installed on the 

pallet wrapping machine, 

and it communicates possible 

anomalies in pre-stretch 

performances to the main PLC. 

T 01420 593680 

W www.buckham.co.uk 

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Cobot has 

taken over 

boring tasks 

Ring wrapper handles 

bevcans at high speed 

Real Digital International has 

installed a UR10 collaborative 

robot (or cobot) from Universal 

Robots at its Croydon facility to 

help with the packaging of mobile 

phone SIM cards. As well as 

automating previously mundane 

manual operations, the cobot, 

which was supplied by RARUK 

Automation, has allowed the 

company to repurpose employees 

to more varied tasks. 

The process of selecting a robot 

to fulfil operative tasks came down 

to a few potential suppliers but it 

was the collaborative functionality 

of the UR10 that was preferred. 

“Although we deploy camera 

validation, there is still some 

verification and logging that can 

only be done by people,” explains 

Real Digital md David Laybourne. 

“Health and safety is important 

to us and we wanted to create 

an environment that blends 

automation with humans; caged 

robots would have restricted our 

ability to be flexible in the way we 

use the machines,” he says. 

The lightweight cobots can 

work side by side with human 

workers as integral force sensing, 

set at a pre-determined level, 

means the robot comes to 

a halt in the event of contact with 

a human. The UR10 is also easy 

to program for changing tasks 

and offers repeatability of 0.1mm. 

T 01462 670044 

W www.rarukautomation.com 

Gordian Strapping has 

installed a high speed 

ring wrapper at Crown 

Bevcan in Botcherby 

(Carlisle); a five-line can plant 

where 2.2 billion aluminium 

beverage cans in sizes of 

15-50cl and 6 billion can ends 

are produced each year. 

Prior to installing the 

machine, Crown was stretch 

wrapping pallets of beverage 

cans using a semi-automatic 

stretch wrapper, which could 

wrap up to 25 pallets an hour. 

Faced with increasing demand 

from export markets however, 

the company decided to 

automate the process. 

Gordian therefore supplied 

an OMS AVR900 automatic 

pallet ring wrapper. 

Rated to 60 pallets an hour, 

the AVR900 ensures a high 

quality wrap to withstand 

potential damage in transit. 

The machine features a 

patented film clamping, 

cutting and fixing unit with 

a ‘Tuck Under’ system. 

This, says Gordian, ensures 

that film tails never become 

detached from the pack, an 

issue which can lead to rejection 

of pallets by any automated 

warehousing systems. 

The machine’s patented film 

pre-stretch carriage unit has 

also enabled Crown Bevcan 

to down-gauge from 23 micron 

Higher demand saw Crown Bevcan order an automatic pallet ring wrapper 

film to 17 micron film. 

In operation, beverage cans 

enter the palletiser, which 

stacks them up to a height of 

three metres, with layer cards 

inserted for stability. Loaded 

pallets are then passed 

through a strapper with a top 

press, which straps the cans 

to the pallet. The strapped 

pallet is then transported 

to the stretch wrapper. 

“We have been very happy 

with the strappers that 

Gordian supplied in 2012 and 

with the service backup since 

then,” explains technical 

manager at Crown Bevcan 

Ian Connelly. “We therefore 

had no reservations about 

going back to Gordian for 

this ring wrapper.” 

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T 01256 394400 

W www.gordianstrapping.co.uk 

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Preview 

German show welcomes 

the world to see exhibits 

This year’s interpack 

promises to be the place 

where the world of 

packaging meets once again 

with the exhibition recording 

the highest demand among 

exhibitors in its 55 year 

history. Visitors will therefore 

be greeted by nearly 3,000 

exhibitors from 60 different 

countries housed in 262,400sq 

metres over 19 halls at the 

Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre. 

Running alongside interpack 

will be a revised components 

trade fair which will be 

approximately 5,000sq metres 

in a central location between 

halls 10 and 16. 

interpack is open daily 

from 10:00 to 18:00 hrs – 

4-10 May and E-tickets are now 

available. A day ticket can be 

purchased online in advance 

and costs €52.00 (€65.00 at the 

box office). A three-day ticket 

can be bought online, 

in advance, for €105.00 

(€130.00 at the box office). 

Any tickets that have 

been obtained online can 

be printed out directly from 

a computer and this ticket 

or exhibitor pass, entitles 

the holder to travel to and 

from the exhibition centre 

A RANGE OF ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY WILL BE SHOWN 

Robots will be collaborative 

ABB supplies a range of industrial robots, modular manufacturing 

systems and service while focusing on helping manufacturers improve 

productivity, product quality and worker safety. It has installed more 

than 300,000 robots worldwide and this year, the company will 

demonstrate a variety of robotic technology including collaborative and 

also software designed to deliver real-world solutions to customers. 

HALL 16 STAND 16A45 

About 2,700 exhibitors will greet interpack visitors at the beginning of May 

free of charge, using the local 

transport company VRR. 

This covers all the towns and 

cities within the catchment 

area of the Düsseldorf 

Exhibition Centre. 

W www.interpack.com 

PPMA Group will 

welcome visitors to 

its stand at show 

The PPMA Group of Associations 

will have a stand at the show 

and welcomes UK visitors to 

come and take a break from 

making their way around 

the 19-hall event. 

Situated in hall 4, visitors to 

the stand can learn more about 

the latest PPMA initiatives 

such as the BEST programme, 

the PPMA Show at the NEC, 

Birmingham in September, 

pick up extra copies of this 

magazine or use the services 

of the translator. 

HALL 4 STA N D 4E55 

W www.ppma.co.uk 

The latest high speed series 400 

Weighers 

offer a range 

of user gains 

Multipond will show a range of 

weighers including the latest 

high speed series 400 with 

a memory weigher, which is 

reaching record highs on the 

market with up to 900 weighings 

per minute. The MP-36-400- 

400-J-S5 is not only fast, but it 

also weighs small-sized products 

such as jelly babies, nuts and 

spices with optimised precision 

and yet it is still extremely 

compact (the hopper is just 

0.4 litre) and suitable for low 

weights and mixtures of up 

to eight components. 

Meanwhile, the new Multipond 

protein weigher is, says the 

company, setting standards in the 

meat processing industry. 

Weighing meat mechanically 

presents great challenges, but in 

refining the MP-16-3800-1250-J 

multihead weigher, Multipond 

has created the optimum 

solution for the meat industry: 

the benefits of the proven 

J-Generation system, where 

hygiene and leak-tightness of 

the machine are key have been 

combined with a multitude of 

meat sector features. 

HALL 15 STA N D 15A03 

W www.multipond.com 

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Flexibility to be demonstrated 

across four different machines 

Schubert will demonstrate 

how its flexible TLM 

system opens up 

capabilities for the food, 

confectionery, pharmaceutical 

and cosmetics industries 

by showcasing the technology 

on four different machines. 

A further highlight of the 

stand will be the new Data 

Box, the company’s most 

recent development, which 

is a digital platform designed 

to achieve new quality levels 

in overall machine efficiency 

and availability due to a novel 

preventative maintenance 

and monitoring system. 

The Schubert Data Box 

will also be available for other 

machine manufacturers and 

will provide an interface for 

the machine manufacturer 

and for the end user to review 

relevant information to 

different levels as management, 

maintenance and operator. 

Visitors will have the 

opportunity to see the 

latest addition to Schubert’s 

portfolio: the Flowmodul. 

With this new flow-wrapping 

component, the company 

offers its customers 

the opportunity to integrate 

primary packaging into 

a TLM system seamlessly. 

The Flowmodul offers 

customers an almost 

unlimited variety of possible 

packaging formats which can 

all be changed over in minutes. 

Schubert says it is dedicated 

to ensuring optimal efficiency 

of its machines during their 

entire lifecycle. To this 

end, the company analyses 

performance data in order 

to increase productivity and 

This example sees the error notification function on the new Data Box 

(on the left) indicating that a pipe needs to be replaced 

system availability. The latest 

development in this field, 

the Data Box will, for instance, 

measure the output and 

performance of the TLM lines 

on the interpack stand. 

This solution, says Mark 

Jocelyn of the UK business, 

will enable Schubert to stay 

connected with customers 

throughout a machine’s 

entire value creation process. 

The company will use this 

data system to capture all 

relevant information – from 

simple machine operation 

to networking workflows, 

maintenance units and 

servicing periods and this 

continuous flow of data will 

be used to meet customers’ 

specific requirements. 

Finally, Schubert will 

officially introduce its 

new Schubert-Cosmetics 

business unit, where a team 

of specialists will be solely 

dedicated to the special 

needs of this industry. 

The company’s expertise in 

this field will be demonstrated 

on a TLM machine handling 

five different formats of 

shampoo bottles. 


W www.schubert-uk.co.uk 

Three stages in one machine 

delivers multipack benefits 

The focus of Krones’ stand is 

the Varioline machine which 

allows up to three-stage 

packaging processes to be 

performed in this one 

system. Space savings in 

the layout, reduced 

maintenance outlay and fewer 

operators are the result. 

The modular Varioline 

kit consists of three units: 

cartoning module, feed 

module and basic module 

which can be combined to 

form a customised packaging 

system that can handle up 

to 52,000 containers an hour. 

A Belgian brewery is one 

of more than 30 bottlers 

that have already benefited 

from the system. It bottles 

23 different beers in up to 

34 different packages, all 

from this single line. 

“We can supply our 

customers faster, the quality 

of the packaging is better 

and the automated function 

is affordable,” says the 

head brewer. 

HALL 

14 

STAND 

14E33 

W www.krones.com 

Varioline can replace six individual machines as it performs multiple tasks


Preview 

Aetna’s Robot Master wrapper 

Palletisers, 

wrappers and 

case packers 

Aetna will be demonstrating 

new wrapping and palletising 

machines during the show 

including an entry-level Robopac 

self-propelled wrapping machine, 

the Starwrap 3.0 which is the 

latest addition to the Dimac 

series of wraparound case 

packers and TopTier palletisers. 

The Robot Master has been 

designed to create a solid and 

reliable robot to wrap loads onto 

pallets. It has been developed to 

the same design, construction 

and safety criteria used to build 

top performance robots while 

being an agile and compact 

packaging option. 

While intended for typical 

industrial use, the unit is simple 

to use, even in harsh production 

environments. Robot Master 

is also equipped with technical 

solutions such as a start cycle 

siren, visible blinkers during 

product wrapping, an immediate 

stop button and emergency 

bumpers to ensure high safety 

levels in operation. 

Also on show will be the latest 

addition to the Dimac series 

which updates the wraparound 

case packer machine series. 

At the machine’s core is a sturdy 

and reliable cam system which 

has helped to deliver higher 

production capacity, easier 

format changes and high feeder 

capacity (both single and double). 

TopTier palletisers that 

combine the most recent 

advances in machine control 

technology with an intuitive 

interface HMI and EasyStack 

pattern programming software 

will also be on the stand. 

HALL 12 STAND 12F21 

W www.aetna.co.uk 

Packaging gas analysers on show include 

a permeation range for water and oxygen 

Among Systech Illinois’ 

display of gas analysers 

will be the new DualPerm 

combination OTR and WVTR 

permeation station and the 

8700 multiple bottle oxygen 

permeation analyser. 

The 8700 oxygen permeation 

analyser offers a fast 

Turbopurge feature which 

allows up to 11 bottles to be 

tested in 3 to 12 hours providing 

much greater production 

throughput. It has the ability, 

to test a variety of samples; 

bottles, packs and films as 

well as the software capability 

to allow individual packs to 

be started, stopped or delayed 

during testing. 

HALL 13 STA N D 13C31 


The IF318 

fully robotised 

monoblock 

loading unit 

demonstrates 

the latest 

advances in 

Cama’s range 

Cartons and cases can 

be handled with ease 

Cama Group will 

demonstrate two Break- 

Through Generation 

(BGT) systems on its stand. 

Firstly, the IF318 fully 

robotised monoblock loading 

unit which is a ‘pitch-less’ 

integrated platform for forming/ 

loading/closing food and nonfood 

products into paperboard 

or corrugated cartons or cases. 

Working with a given 

product infeed capacity, users 

can change the number, and 

so the pitch, of boxes handled 

at each of the three robotic 

stations, each one de-coupled 

from the other thanks to 

the independent electronic 

movers. Moreover, the clever 

variable box handling device 

allows automatic changeovers 

for all required carton/case size 

along the track of any shape 

and size, thereby making size 

changing obsolete. 

The second new system is 

an IG complete robotic line 

which packs flow packs in 

multi-flavour and multi-layer 

collations. Shown with the 

agreement of Cama’s customer, 

This 8700 is ideal to test beer bottles 

a global multi-national leader 

in its sector, the system 

comprises two robotic units. 

Visitors are invited to see 

these latest technological 

innovations made as standard 

on the full range of BGT 

systems which, says the 

company, offer higher hygiene 

standards; have an open 

profile; include a flexible 

frame and a reduced footprint 

combined with energy saving 

engineering. 

W www.camagroup.com 

Custom made adaptors are 

available for a wide range of 

applications such as complete 

package testing, including 

bottles with closures. 

The 8700 is ideal for use in 

beer bottle manufacturing 

where oxygen permeability 

testing is essential, as 

permeation of oxygen barriers 

has a significant influence 

on shelf life integrity of 

the product, explains the 

company. 

W www.systechillinois.com

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Preview 

Food inspection systems that 

safely increase productivity 

For more than 40 years, 

Sparc Systems has 

supplied checkweighers, 

x-ray, label inspection and 

bespoke weighing systems to 

the high-risk food industry. 

This year, it makes its 

debut at the German event by 

showcasing the Theia with 

vision inspection, Cerberus 

with vision inspection and 

the Iris pipeline system. 

The company invites visitors 

to see some of the industry’s 

most compact, integrated 

systems on offer. 

The Theia 420 provides 

flexibility and accuracy 

and accommodates all 

product formats in sizes up 

to 300 x 300 x 100mm, says 

the company. 

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. This offers 

potential savings of up to 

£4,000 a year on running 

costs compared with 

The Iris range is designed to quickly and simply integrate into pipe systems 

compressed air-operated 

machines. 

The Cerberus is an 

accurate, fully integrated, 

combination metal detection 

packaging inspection and 

checkweighing system 

specifically designed for 

High Care food production 

environments and operates 

at 200 packs per minute. 

It is employed to check for 

potential metal contaminants, 

inspect the label and verify 

the weight of each product. 

Also, the Average Finished 

Weight Variance is calculated 

and the system can provide 

feedback upstream signalling 

it to increase or decrease the 

product fill quantity. 

Meanwhile, the Iris pipeline 

x-ray inspection system on 

show is designed to promote 

systematic product flow and 

delivers optimal detection of 

contaminants, while reducing 

the amount of product 

rejected. The Iris addresses the 

special requirements posed 

by products flowing through a 

pipe as well as complying with 

stringent HACCP protocols 

and food safety requirements. 

Finally, the pipeline x-ray 

system on show inspects 

pumped product and 

rejects contaminants prior 

to packaging or processing 

which leads to less wasted 

packaging materials and 

greatly reduced product 

loss caused by the removal 

of contaminants after the 

packaging operation. 

By removing contaminants 

earlier in the process, the 

potential for expensive 

downtime and damage to 

downstream equipment is 

reduced. 

The Iris product range is 

designed to quickly and simply 

integrate into any existing 

rigid or flexible pipe system 

while its robust, quick release 

fittings allow for disassembly, 

cleaning and reassembly in 

a matter of seconds. 

HALL 17 STA N D 17B44 

W www.sparc-systems.com 

Compact cartoning range offers plethora 

of pharma and cosmetics benefits 

Manufacturers of cartoners 

based on a rotary system, 

UET will be exhibiting its 

latest Compact 5 unit which 

is suitable for pharmaceutical 

companies and contract 

packers that need ultimate 

flexibility that can be specified 

with manual or automatic 

product feeding units. 

The integration of hot 

melt and tuck-in closing on 

separate stations enables 

many carton formats to be 

run within its large size 

range either independently, 

or as a combination. 

Measuring just 1.5 x 1.8 metres, 

the machine can be specified 

to incorporate a fully 

automated leaflet inserter for 

user information and also 

printing systems. This is 

important for pharmaceutical 

packaging as all current, 

reputable systems for 

serialisation and track & trace 

can be integrated seamlessly. 

What makes UET machines 

so special is their quality, 

compact design, robustness 

and flexibility thanks to the 

universally 

adjustable 

size star Stella 

68, says UK 

representative 

Springvale 

Equipment. 

This patented 

size star 

system reduces 

changeover time 

to about 20 minutes. 

A second machine, the 

Compact 3S will also be shown. 


W www.springvaleltd.co.uk 

This Compact 5 unit will be joined 

by the Compact 3S which handles 

miniature cartons used for trial 

sizes of cosmetics or toiletries


Five lines and twelve individual 

machines will take centre stage 

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Marchesini Group will 

demonstrate five lines 

and twelve stand-alone 

machines that cover primary 

and secondary packaging 

processes for pharmaceuticals 

and cosmetics: from blisters 

to syringes, from counting to 

stick packs, through to jars, 

tubes and their packaging 

into bundles and boxes. 

The Integra 520 V is the 

fastest of the robotic blister 

packaging lines made by 

the company and it will be 

exhibited together with the 

new labeller by Neri, the BLA 

525 and the new fast bundler 

FA 04 by Multipack, which are 

both built to manage the flow 

of 500 cartons a minute from 

the cartoner Cinquecento. 

The integrity of each tablet is verified 

Also demonstrated will 

be a pre-feeder that handles 

about 3,000 tablets a minute 

and utilises the new Valida 

technology developed 

in-house to verify the integrity 

of each individual tablet and 

rejects it before feeding it into 

the blister. Unlike traditional 

cameras that verify the 

product from the top only, 

Valida’s laser triangulation 

system is able to detect the 

thickness of the tablets and 

can consequently identify 

those broken in half and reject 

them, instead of having to 

reject the whole blister. 

HALL 8a STAND 8a A65/A79 

W www.marchesini.com 

@ 

Hall 15 – Stand B21 

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Preview 

Coding software as 

well as customised 

service is launched 

Markem-Imaje will launch 

the latest version of its coding 

software solution in addition 

to its new customised service 

portfolio for the food, beverage 

and industrial markets. 

Designed to maximise 

operational efficiency, the 

new software package 

CoLOS 6.0 is set to improve 

coding integrity, scalability 

and IT integration and help 

manufacturers achieve regulatory 

and customer compliance. 

It will also help brands to market 

fmcg products more effectively 

using unique promotional 

coding campaigns. 

“Industrialists in every sector 

have had to become more flexible 

and cope with increasingly 

complex coding requirements 

in recent years,” says Arnaud 

Laugier, EMEA marketing 

director at Markem-Imaje. 

“The new software solution will 

help businesses to adapt quickly, 

improving interoperability with 

third party systems while also 

giving production managers 

greater visibility and control over 

operational performance.” 

HALL 13 STAND 13FG13-2 

W www.markem-imaje.com 

Pallet labelling system 

offers smarter benefits 

Swedish company 

Autolabel AB, also 

known as Evolabel, 

will be demonstrating the 

new FlexWipe pallet labelling 

system which, according to 

its exclusive UK distributor 

Industrial Labelling Systems 

(ILS), is the most advanced, 

smartest and safest pallet 

labelling system available. 

The FlexWipe system 

is centred on a proven T63 

printer which negates the 

need for any expensive 

guarding while being capable 

of labelling more than five 

pallets per minute on two 

adjacent sides. Even if pallets 

are unevenly packed or 

contain products that create 

an uneven surface, the 

applicator can still function 

safely because of its special 

‘Touch and Flex Apply’ 

technology. 

This applicator offers 

maximised throughput from 

a small footprint, simplified 

integration with other 

equipment, traceability as 

standard and enhanced safety 

for operators. 

The FlexWipe pallet labelling system will be demonstrated at the show 

“FlexWipe is future proof 

due to both the compact 

nature of the unit and the 

fact that the same applicator 

can label all three sides,” 

explains Denis Brett, 

managing director of ILS. 

The system is built upon two 

rotating movements: the inner 

arm can rotate 360 degrees 

and the labels can leave 

the printer in two directions. 

The outer arm can rotate 

at 200 degrees. 

Alongside the FlexWipe, 

Autolabel will be showing 

other print & apply solutions 

for product and box labelling. 

HALL 12 STA N D A23 

W www.ilsystems.co.uk 

Range of stick pack machinery handles 

liquids, pastes, powders and granulates 

On show from Inv Pack will 

be the BY300 monodose 

vertical packaging machine 

in stick pack format which 

is designed to pack products 

as liquids, pastes, powders 

or granulates. 

The singular, compact 

construction and small 

footprint allows the machine 

to be incorporated into any 

production facility as well 

as a laboratory for test 

marketing products. 

At the show, equipment able 

to work with 1 up to 8 lanes 

will be shown. It can be linked 

to end of line equipment and 

offers a production output of 

up to 640 sticks a minute. 

Also on show will be the 

MVA900 flat sachet multilane 

machine which handles four 

side seal sachets. This new 

machine sees a redesigned 

cabin that improves 

accessibility and stability 

to facilitate easier cleaning 

and maintenance tasks. 

The MVA pharma series 

for powder products is also 

offered by the company. 

Completing the line-up is 

the SP100 high speed, stick 

pack machine which has been 

designed to form stick packs 

from 50 to 150mm width 

for powders or granulates. 

Its xtra frame represents 

an evolution of a standard 

model in terms of cleanability, 

high speed or robust and 

compact design. 

Inv Pack is represented 

in the UK by Englemann 

& Buckham. 

HALL 8a STA N D 8aD58 


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Preview 

Coding and marking solutions 

are cost effective fmcg option 

Linx Printing Technologies’ 

ability to provide costeffective 

coding and 

marking solutions across a 

wide variety of applications 

will be demonstrated, and 

the company will showcase 

models across its many 

different ranges of equipment 

and technologies. 

Highlights will include 

the newest additions to the 

company’s continuous ink jet 

(CIJ) printers and laser coders, 

which represent significant 

advances in the technologies, 

along with examples from 

its thermal transfer, thermal 

inkjet and case coder ranges. 

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FULL RANGE ON SHOW 

The full range of Linx laser 

coding solutions will be on 

display including the newly 

launched Linx CSL10 and 

CSL30 (see page 17 of this 

issue) which have opened up 

the benefits of laser to more 

companies and applications. 

Also, the recently-launched 

Linx 8900 series and Linx 10 

which are said to have 

both further extended the 

capabilities of CIJ printing will 

be shown. The Linx 8900 has 

been designed to provide the 

highest levels of ease of use 

and help maximise efficiencies 

during production for 

valuable cost and time savings 

while the new Linx 10 is a 

compact and totally portable 

entry-level CIJ printer. 

Linx’s thermal transfer, 

thermal inkjet and case 

coder ranges will also be 

demonstrated. The Linx 

IJ375 case coder is able to 

cut production costs while 

maximising line uptime and 

print quality for the coding 

of secondary packaging. 

Its ink system and printhead 

protection technology delivers 

savings on consumables. 

HALL 11 STAND 11C58 

W www.linxglobal.com

Components 


Company enjoys 60 years 

of tradition and new ideas 

Filler/capper will be introduced 

Weighing/filling 

and capping units 

are demonstrated 

Weigh filling/capping company 

Pack’R, represented in the UK & 

Ireland by Springvale Equipment, 

will be showing the new Monobloc 

rotary 12 head filler with four head 

capper and a compact filler for 

larger containers up to 30 litres. 

The new Monobloc rotary 

machine will also demonstrate 

its patented fully automatic CIP 

process providing a clean and 

ecological solution controlling 

cross-contamination risks, 

reducing effluent and providing 

fast product changeovers for even 

non-compatible products. 

A pressurised product 

hopper allows accurate control 

throughout the batch of various 

viscosities, while the latest load 

cell software with weighing 

increments of 2g can achieve 

excellent filling accuracies with 

virtually no product giveaway. 



Rovema will 

celebrate 

its 60th 

anniversary by 

showcasing the 

BV series of single 

machines as 

well as complete 

packaging 

lines covering a 

wide variety of 

industries and 

applications 

for powders, 

confectionery, 

pasta, snacks, 

frozen foods, dry 

fruit, coffee and 

liquids. 

These machines 

are equipped with 

the new Rovema 

HMI featuring a 

dashboard that graphically 

supports operators throughout 

production, making their lives 

much easier in operating the 

range of equipment. 

The company will also 

present its advanced SBS 

block packing machine, a new 

system for dust-free, compact 

and hygienic packaging 

of flour. The system uses 

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The BVC range is a flexible option across sectors 

vacuum to remove air during 

the dosing process and thus 

deposits the flour in the bag 

without creating dust. 

A total of three packaging 

lines represent the typical 

requirements for packing dry 

fruit and nuts, baby foods 

and confectionery. The dry 

fruit line demonstrates the 

uniform operating concept 

for all components, 

from the form, fill and 

seal machine up to the 

picker with integrated 

tray erector while the 

bag-in-box line for 

baby foods or baking 

mixes and cereals 

is equipped with an 

optimised, secure 

blank infeed that 

enables processing 

even of complicated 

folding box designs. 

The Vertical, 

Continuous form, 

fill and seal (FFS) 

machine BVC Flexible 

demonstrates 

packaging of 

confectionery using 

doypack-style, RoPack 

bags with zip locks; the 

Vertical FFS machine BVC 

Compact allows high speed 

packaging with an output of 

240 bags per minute while the 

BVC 600 FFS machine packs 

products with a volume of 

5kg or more. 

A liquid FFS machine 

completes the show line-up. 

HALL 

15 STAND 15B25 

W www.rovema.co.uk 

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Preview 

Protection, productivity 

and quality inspection 

The Ax150i CIJ will be shown 

CIJ printers 

offer fresh 

new thinking 

Domino Printing Sciences will 

present the recently-launched 

Ax-Series range of continuous 

ink jet (CIJ) printers, along with 

a host of coding and marking 

technologies ranging from 

fibre laser and thermal transfer 

overprinting systems to digitally 

printed label samples. 

science revisted 

The Ax-Series comprises the 

Ax150i, the Ax350i and the 

Ax550i, a range of high-tech CIJ 

printers tailored to a wide variety 

of customer requirements. 

The company has revisited the 

underlying science behind CIJ 

and introduced innovations in 

three key areas, which it refers 

to as ‘pillars’. These pillars of 

innovation are the new i-Pulse 

print head and inks, the i-Techx 

electronics and software 

platform, and Domino Design. 

The F720i is Domino’s latest 

addition to its range of high 

performance, high speed fibre 

lasers and will also be exhibited 

on the company’s stand. 

Designed to deliver clear, legible 

and durable codes on aluminium 

cans, and with an IP65 rating, 

the F720i fibre laser is especially 

suited to withstand the wet, 

sugar laden environment of 

beverage production lines, 

as well as the high-speed coding 

demands of the beverage sector. 

Domino’s Digital Printing 

Solutions division will display 

‘Textures by Domino’, a vibrant 

range of digitally textured labels 

printed at 50 metres a minute 

with Domino’s digital label press. 

HALL 11 stAnd 11D55 

W www.domino-uk.com 

Protection, productivity 

and quality are at the 

core of Mettler-Toledo’s 

product portfolio and the 

company will demonstrate 

how focusing on these 

three principles helps 

manufacturers to improve 

processes and increase 

competitiveness in their 

particular markets. 

The focus is on 

improvements to brand 

protection and compliance, 

as the regulatory 

landscapes within food and 

pharmaceuticals become ever 

more complex; enhancing 

productivity and increasing 

operator efficiency to improve 

OEE; enhancing product 

quality through the detection 

of physical contaminants, 

ensuring accurate package 

weights, complete contents 

and correct labelling; plus, 

importantly, the safety 

of workers who operate 

inspection systems on 

production lines. 

A wide range of solutions 

will be present – from x-ray 

and checkweighing to 

Langen is introducing its 

newest benchmark in hygienic 

cartoning, called the Maestro. 

This new cartoner is designed 

to handle a large range of 

product/carton combinations 

with speed capability of 

up to 500 cartons a minute. 

It can handle a wide variety 

of applications and tailored 

solutions to suit products that 

require careful handling, 

flexibility and reliability, 

says UK representative 

Springvale Equipment. 

The Maestro is servo driven 

Four lines will demonstrate options 

vision inspection and metal 

detection – alongside software 

packages such as ProdX, 

designed to make integration 

and data management as 

straightforward as possible. 

The stand will comprise 

four operational lines: one 

for general food, one for 

dry food, one for wet food 

and a final line dedicated to 

pharmaceuticals with all four 

areas of product inspection 

technology represented. 

Visitors will be able to try 

a new Emulation feature 

based on VNC technology, for 

example, which allows users 

to remotely access and control 

multiple metal detectors via 

networked mobile phones, 

tablets, laptops, and other 

production line equipment. 

Meanwhile, two new 

checkweighing systems 

offering a performance 

increase of 30 % have both 

been developed to offer a 

full spectrum of options to 

manufacturers of all sizes in 

the food and pharma sectors. 

A number of vision inspection 

systems will be incorporated 

into the four lines on the stand 

including systems that cover 

top and bottom inspection, 

360 degree inspection and 

that feature brand new camera 

devices – including smart 

camera options. 

HALL 11 stAnd 11B55 

W www.mt.com/interpack17 

Servo driven cartoner handles large range 

of carton combinations reliably at speed 

Live demonstrations 

will run throughout 

the German show 

with open stainless steel 

construction and provides 

fast changeovers for increased 

production time along 

with hygiene, ergonomics, 

performance, accessibility, 

low maintenance and final 

product quality. 

HALL 6 stAnd 6C43 

W www.springvaleltd.co.uk

Food & Beverage Processing 

Gentle conveyance of sanitary products 

At NETZSCH we recognise the demands in applications for the food and 

beverage industry. With having over 60 years of experience in manufacturing 

and design, we offer a variety of pumps to suit your needs, ranging from rotary 

lobe and progressing cavity pumps, as well as grinders and barrel emptying/ 

dosing units, providing you with the optimum solution for all your processes. 

Our pumps designed, manufactured and tested according to EHEDG, QHD, 

3A and GOST-R standards, our elastomers are FDA-certified. 

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Preview 

Flexible advances are on show 

Units deliver 

capacity and 

efficiency 

Mespack will be presenting 

big improvements in the main 

drivers of the flexible packaging 

solutions industry: high capacity, 

efficiency and flexibility. 

Featuring its flexible packaging 

equipment on two different 

stands, Mespack and its parent 

company Duravant will exhibit 

nine different machines at the 

show. These will represent all 

the categories of its portfolio: 

Continuous and Intermittent 

motion horizontal form, 

fill and seal (HFFS); HFS to fill 

and seal premade pouches; 

and vertical form, fill and seal 

(VFFS) multiline equipment for 

stick pack and flat sachet. 

Mespack will present its most 

advanced HFFS pouch machine: 

the H-540-FE6 which is a high 

capacity unit producing between 

300 and 360 pouches per minute 

with top choke-proof spout. 

This equipment incorporates 

a servo-motorised pouch moving 

system to guarantee precision 

and accuracy while reducing 

product and film waste. 

It is specifically designed 

for high volume production of 

pouches with top spout and, at the 

same time, meeting the safety, 

cleanliness and performance 

needs of the baby food industry. 

The Intermittent & Continuous 

motion pouch machine designed 

for large fill volumes at higher 

capacities; the high performance 

pre-made pouch machine; the 

full servo high speed stick pack 

machine and the full servo flat 

sachet vertical multilane machine 

will also be on show. Talk to 

Springvale Equipment in the UK. 

HALL 15 STAND 15B03 

HALL 6 STAND 6B73 


A smart inspection cube 

will showcase portfolio 

Visitors to the Fortress 

Technology stand 

will discover the full 

scope of the company’s latest 

metal detection portfolio 

in the four key application 

formats - horizontal conveyor, 

multi-lane, gravity and 

pipeline – while integrated 

with software and ancillary 

equipment. 

Test samples will pass 

through the interactive foursided 

cube, showcasing the 

space-saving multi-lane, 

multi-aperture metal detector 

range, featuring contact data 

software and a mobile App 

for remote interrogation. 

The show will be the first 

public presentation of a triplelane 

configuration. Comprising 

a single Stealth metal detector 

mounted across three conveyor 

lines, each dedicated aperture 

measures 175 x 75mm, so is 

more sensitive to smaller metal 

particles, detecting all metal 

types down to 0.7 mm ferrous, 

0.7 mm non-ferrous and 

1.4 mm stainless steel. 

Secondly, a Stealth pipeline 

metal detector equipped 

Equipment, process and 

product developments covering 

the confectionery, snack, cereal, 

and biscuit industries will be 

launched by Baker Perkins. 

The company will 

emphasise why depositing 

is growing in popularity 

in the confectionery and 

healthcare industries. 

High levels of accuracy and 

hygiene combined with low 

production costs and an 

ability to make products that 

are unachievable with other 

methods make depositing 

Fortress says metal detection technology has evolved in the last three years 

with new Halo 2 automatic 

test technology will be 

demonstrated. Predominantly 

used in the processing of meat 

products like sausages and 

paté, as well as pumped dairy, 

Fortress will demonstrate 

how access, product flow and 

environmental conditions 

can hinder the accuracy of 

manual metal detector tests 

on pipeline applications. 

An Incline feed Stealth 

gravity metal detector, 

designed for inline inspection 

of dry, powder or granular 

products gravity fed from 

processing machines at 

high volumes, ensuring 

compliance with stringent 

HACCP regulations is the third 

technology while a horizontal 

Interceptor conveyor system, 

increasing food safety on wet 

and conductive product lines, 

including bakery, cereals, 

meat and dairy completes 

the display. 

On an adjacent plinth, 

Fortress will provide 

a practical demonstration 

on a small conveyor metal 

detector, showing how Halo 2 

offers a failsafe and more cost 

effective way to periodically 

test metal detectors. 


W www.fortresstechnology.co.uk 

Process and product developments cover 

confectionery, snack, cereal and biscuits 

attractive across the hard 

candy, lollipop, standard and 

3D jelly, gum, toffee, caramel, 

fudge and fondant sectors. 

Exhibits will include the new 

ServoForm Mini and a working 

demonstration of stick placing 

technology for flat lollipops 

along with a Turbofilm plate 

pack cooker and a Microfilm 

rotary evaporator. 

A new generation of extrusion 

equipment will include the SBX 

Master twin-screw extruder 

range for cereal, snack and 

other food applications. 

It has been redesigned and 

a new pre-conditioner added 

to increase flexibility. 

New equipment and end 

product technology for the 

biscuit, cracker and bar 

industries including a new 

3-roll sheeter and gauge roll; 

a new servo-driven version of 

its well-proven wirecut range; 

an encapsulating system for 

totally enclosed, filled cookies; 

and an HS High Speed mixer 

will also be demonstrated. 

HALL 4 STA N D 4C21 

W www.bakerperkins.com


Range of automated solutions 

for medical and pharma firms 

Multivac will occupy two 

stands at the show, one 

of which is dedicated 

to its needs-based packaging 

solutions for the medical and 

pharmaceutical industries. 

Equipment on show will 

include a thermoforming 

packaging machine in GMP 

design with a single-side chain 

guide for packing syringes. 

It is equipped with an 

automatic syringe infeed 

which ensures that up to 

300 pre-filled glass or plastic 

syringes per minute can be 

transported and monitored 

with reliability. 

The infeed system consists 

of a product infeed conveyor, 

a star wheel, a trapezoidal 

belt, a 3-axis robot and an 

H 242 handling module for 

loading syringes into the pack 

cavities. Products can be 

packed in a wide range 

of formats and materials on 

this unit. 

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QUICK-CHANGE SYSTEM 

Fast and reproducible 

conversion of the machine 

is achieved through quickchange 

systems for the dies 

and complete cutting tool. 

All the components of the 

packing line are synchronised 

with the thermoforming 

packaging machine. 

The single-side chain guide 

on the thermoformer ensures 

there is simple line clearance 

and a high degree of machine 

availability and efficiency, 

says Multivac. 

The monitored web advance 

contributes to a low level 

of start-up loss after batch 

changes, for example. 

Because the functionality 

and cleaning procedures on 

this machine are simple, 

it is particularly well-suited 

to small product runs and 

frequent batch changes. 


W www.multivac.co.uk 

weQubeOCR 

the character recognition package 

weQubeVision 

the image processing package 

weQubeDecode 

the scan package 

Flexible Communication 

Software 

Protocol 

weQubeOCR reads predefi ned OCR-A 

and OCR-B fonts over several lines in 

a single scanning operation. 

weQubeVision combines any number 

of image processing functions in one 

application. 

weQubeDecode reads all common barcodes 

as well as 2D codes even if damaged 

or poorly readable. 

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.

FUTURE TO PRESENT: 

READY FOR LANDING. 

A precision landing in flexibility and quality: 

the new Flowmodul from Schubert. 

INTERPACK 

DÜSSELDORF 

04 – 10 MAY 2017 

HALL 14 – A06 

WELCOME 

The new Flowmodul is the fi rst fl ow-wrapping unit that can be seamlessly integrated into the TLM system 

without an electrical cabinet. A separate machine for packaging products in fl owpacks is no longer required. 

This results in a space-saving solution that also ensures more fl exibility, quality and greater effi ciency. 

Format changes are extremely easy. They are carried out automatically at the touch of a button and do not 

require any manual adjustments. For more exciting details on the new Flowmodul and other innovations 

from Schubert, visit www.schubert-magazine.com

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MULTIPOND Weighing Technology and multihead 

weighing systems stand for maximum accuracy, 

performance and reliability. 

MEET US – 

AT INTERPACK 2017 

01773 717 007 

UK Based 

Delivering Worldwide 

in Dusseldorf, Germany from May 04 - 10, 2017 

Hall 15, Stand A03 

www.multipond.com 

Solutions offered 

across industries 

Multivac will be 

presenting a 

comprehensive range of 

packaging solutions for a wide 

variety of applications aimed 

at food processing companies 

as well as manufacturers 

of industrial products and 

consumer items. In addition 

to a wide range of packaging 

technologies, the company 

will also be showing solutions 

for upstream and downstream 

processes such as infeed 

equipment, pack filling, 

labelling and marking, 

quality inspection and end 

of line packaging. 

An entry-level machine 

that allows portion packs to 

be produced economically, 

even in small batches, will 

feature on the stand. 

The R 145 thermoformer’s 

special cutting system 

makes the unit 

versatile while 

reducing 

packaging 

material 

consumption. 

The H 052 

handling 

module 

converges 

these packs and feeds them 

to downstream process 

equipment. 

For ready meals, fresh fruit, 

vegetables and bakery products 

of all types, the new G 700 

traysealer will be presented 

in a fully automated line. 

The G 700 offers a high cycle 

output and can run trays in 

a wide range of materials (more 

details on page 14 of this issue). 

Various concepts for 

producing vacuum skin packs 

will also be on the stand. 

In the traysealer sector, the 

company will be showing the 

T 300 H, a high output entrylevel 

model for packing a wide 

range of products in small to 

medium-sized batches, and 

among the thermoforming 

packaging machines, the 

R 105 MF will demonstrate 

how even small companies 

can produce high quality 

MultiFresh packs cost 

e ff e c t i v e l y. 

Meanwhile, Multivac 

Marking & Inspection will 

be presenting information 

about its comprehensive range 

of inspection and labelling 

solutions. In addition to the 

L 330 conveyor belt 

labeller, which is 

specially designed 

for labelling packs 

of sliced products, 

High-resolution line scanners offer 

visual inspection above and below 

the focus will also be on 

integrated inspection systems, 

such as the I 410 with highresolution 

line scanners for 

visual inspection from above 

and below, and the I 210 

checkweigher, which meets 

the highest requirements of 

the food industry. 

The company will also 

show a range of upstream 

and downstream processes 

that demonstrate its expertise 

in complete turnkey systems 

as well as its range of chamber 

machinery. 

HALL 5 STA N D 5E23 

W www.multivac.com


Looking to the future for several 

technologies and their lifecycles 

Optima Consumer offers 

everything from 

entry-level solutions 

to high end machines and 

turnkey solutions. For coffee 

capsules, the new Optima 

CFR on show is compact, 

efficient and flexible. 

This latest modular rotary 

machine, pre-configured 

for compatible capsules, can 

be ordered with the company’s 

new starter kit. Coffee capsule 

production machines and 

cartoners will be on display 

offering different performance 

speeds depending on 

customer requirements. 

Cerberus 

End of Line Inspection Process 

SPEEDS FOR THE CAPSULE 

EQUIPMENT RANGE FROM 

400 

a minute right up to 1,000 

coffee capsules per minute 

Also on show will be an 

Optima Moduline which is 

equipped with a laminar flow 

to comply with the hygiene 

requirements in the cosmetics 

industry. The two-phase dosing 

module fills the liquid and nonmiscible 

phases of the product 

in separate containers, but this 

6-headed filling unit can also 

be operated conventionally. 

Other systems demonstrated 

include an Optima FM1 

for liquid and paste products 

in the food, cosmetics and 

chemical industries. Two 

different pump systems ensure 

a wide range of applications, 

high filling accuracy and 

gentle product handling. 

Meanwhile, the Optima 

pharma Inova VFVM 18000 

is a machine designed for high 

performance processing of vials 

and infusion bottles and the 

Inova SV125 can handle nested 

syringes, capsules and vials. 

HALL 16 STAND 16 F25-F26 

W www.optima-packaging.com/en 

Don’t compromise on quality for multiple end of line 

product inspection processes 

• Weighing 

• Metal detection 

• Label inspection 

• Configurable reject integrity system 

• Quality assurance 

• Management information 

Sparc Systems Ltd, Sparc House, Merebrook Business Park, 

Hanley Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR13 6NP 

T: +44 (0)1684 310000 F: +44 (0)1684 310970 www.sparc-systems.com 

INTERPACK 2017 

Visit us on stand 

B44 

in Hall 17


Preview 

Inspection systems deliver 

maximum food integrity 

Topload 

cartoner is 

integrated 

Increasing the convenience it 

offers to customers, Bosch 

Packaging Technology – in 

partnership with the recently 

acquired Kliklok Corporation – 

will introduce the Kliklok ITC. 

This integrated topload carton 

forming, loading and closing 

solution enables the company 

to offer its food customers 

complete system solutions for 

primary, secondary and tertiary 

packaging. The new development 

boasts one of the highest speeds 

available for a solution with such 

a small footprint, and has a large 

carton size range. This allows 

manufacturers to save production 

space and increase product output 

without compromising on quality. 

Targeting producers of 

confectionery, cereal bars, bakery 

products, biscuits and cookies, 

the ITC’s principal function is 

to form topload style cartons 

or trays and automatically load 

wrapped products into them, 

before closing if required. 

This single fully integrated 

solution helps to reduce customer 

footprint with an ergonomic 

design, avoiding the need to 

source three separate pieces 

of equipment, to interlink and 

also integrate. 

Another benefit of the ITC is 

the need for only one operator 

and one HMI which enables the 

productivity rate to be improved. 

The ITC offers food customers 

the flexibility to change formats 

and run a variety of carton styles 

and is designed for flow wraps, 

roll wraps, compartment trays 

or multi-packs. 


W www.kliklok-int.com 

Heuft will demonstrate 

further developments 

for the complete in-line 

quality inspection of products 

and packaging which puts the 

safety of food at the forefront. 

On show will be equipment 

that checks for metal in glass, 

glass in glass, checking 

the integrity of closures and 

also verifying and tracking 

product markings. 

The new FinalView II CAP 

is said to take closure 

inspection to a new level. 

In operation, the FinalView 

II CAP provides twice as 

many colour cameras and a 

resolution which is six times 

higher when compared to 

previous solutions from the 

company for the all-round 

inspection of closures. 

The reliable examination 

of up to 1,600 containers per 

minute can be achieved due 

to considerably more 

computing power on offer. 

This compact detection 

module is based on the 

Spectrum II and is designed 

to find all closure faults, 

whether they are non-brand 

Volpak, a Coesia company, will 

present the latest advancement 

in pouching technology by 

demonstrating three machines. 

According to UK agents 

Englemann & Buckham, 

the SI-440 is one of the most 

flexible and versatile horizontal 

machines in the packaging 

market today, and one that can 

adapt to several market needs. 

These include projects requiring 

large volume production of 

small and medium-sized 

formats to batches that need 

large format packaging. 

Automatic changes and audio-visual assistance makes for reliable operation 

issues or defective. It also 

identifies thread turns which 

are not pronounced enough, 

any torn tamper evident rings of 

screw closures or the damaged 

neck rings of HDPE containers. 

A special angle of rotation 

detection even carries out the 

detailed examination of the 

correct closure alignment. 

The newly applied closures 

are inspected all-round 

from all sides using powerful 

new illumination, camera 

and image processing 

technologies. In addition, 

the total surface of the lid 

is examined precisely as well 

as the contour of the whole 

closure area. Minute cracks, 

dangerous defects, faulty 

thread turns, incomplete 

tamper evident rings as 

well as non-brand colours, 

designs and logos are detected 

as clearly as incorrectly 

positioned and wrongly 

oriented container closures. 

HALL 11 STA N D 11D14 

W www.heuft.com 

Three horizontal form, fill and seal units 

show advancements in pouch technology 

Volpak will demonstrate its latest horizontal form, fill and seal machines 

The Enflex range of 

robust horizontal pouching 

machines will be represented 

at the show with two models 

demonstrated. Firstly, an 

F-14 Duplex for towelette 

packaging will feature the 

simultaneous production 

of two sachets, while the 

second is an STD-14, which 

is a horizontal Stand Up 

pouch packaging machine, 

specifically designed to 

handle dense liquids products. 

HALL 

6 

STA N D 

6D31/6E57 

W www.buckham.co.uk


Preview 

Four dedicated ‘solutions areas’ 

will feature latest developments 

The extensive range of 

weighing, packing and 

inspection solutions 

on show from Ishida is 

designed to underline the 

company’s ability to develop, 

manufacture and install 

comprehensive packing 

line solutions tailored to the 

precise needs of individual 

customers for a wide variety 

of markets and applications. 

NEWEST ADVANCES 

Four dedicated ‘solutions 

areas’ of the stand will feature 

Ishida’s latest developments 

in weighing systems, 

inspection technology, and 

complete snacks packing 

and fresh food automation 

solutions. In addition, each 

area will showcase the 

company’s newest advances 

in remote line monitoring 

(Sentinel), data capture 

and efficiency management 

(IDCS) and enhanced training 

software (Ishida Expert). 

Highlights include the 

company’s newly-launched 

advanced x-ray inspection 

and leak detection models; 

The Atlas iTPS will be in Ishida’s Snack 

Food Solutions area at the exhibition 

multihead weighers 

showcasing the breadth of 

the Ishida offering, from 

high-head multi-mix to 

specialist and niche designs 

for fresh sticky products, 

ultra-low target weight 

applications and gentle 

handling solutions; the 

latest developments in 

integrated snacks packing 

systems; a unique salad 

tray packing solution; 

and advanced grading 

solutions for poultry 

and also fish. 

On show in the 

Inspection area of the 

stand is the new IX 

series x-ray range that 

offers customers easy 

maintenance, stress-free 

operation, and a robust 

fail safe system that 

prevents a contaminated 

product reaching the 

consumer to minimise 

the potential for any 

costly recalls. 

Two of the models will 

be demonstrated working 

with the AirScan leak 

detector from the company. 

To meet rising demand 

for pre-packed fresh salads 

– often including a protein 

ingredient – Ishida will 

demonstrate a new tray 

packing solution that 

combines its 14 head RV salad 

weigher and QX-775 FLEX 

tray sealer with a speciallydeveloped 

carousel filler. 

In the Weighing area, Ishida 

will show a variety of models 

including compact versions 

ideal for high-value, lowtarget 

weight applications 

or where factory space is at 

a premium, and a high-head 

32 head version, capable of 

handling single product at 

extremely fast speeds or up 

to eight different products for 

discharge into the same pack. 

INTEGRATED LINES 

The Snack Food Solutions 

area will highlight the 

comprehensive choice 

available from entry-level 

to high-end requirements 

which supports integrated 

operation with Ishida 

multihead weighers, throat 

metal detectors, printers, 

seal testers, checkweighers 

and casepackers to maximise 

line efficiencies. 

HALL 15 STA N D 15A25 & 15A26 

W www.ishidaeurope.com 

Modular range of liquid fillers can handle 

increasing volume needs cost effectively 

Adelphi Packaging Machinery 

will be continuing the 

promotion of its new modular 

range of liquid fillers. 

This range of ‘System’ 

fillers integrates the latest 

technologies with patent 

pending design features, 

and has already sparked great 

interest from a number 

of manufacturers across 

a range of industries. 

On display will be the newly 

launched System F-1800: an 

automatic filler able to handle 

a wide range of product 

viscosities and offering users 

a number of key benefits 

including production 

versatility and flexibility, 

enhanced hygiene levels, 

low cost scalability, 

industry-leading production 

speeds, minimal production 

downtime and reduced 

running costs. 

System F-1800 is available 

as a flowmeter or volumetric 

filler and can be supplied with 

up to sixteen filling heads. 

In addition, Adelphi will 

have its semi-automatic filler 

on display. Called System 

F-600, it offers many of the 

same benefits as System 

F-1800 but it is designed 

to grow with changing 

production requirements 

rather than becoming 

obsolete. System F-600 can 

be cost effectively upgraded 

with additional filling heads, 

and automated by fitting 

a conveyor and additional 

safety guarding if changing 

volumes demand. 


W www.adelphi-pm.com 

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Feature: Drinks 

Fast-changing 

market demands 

flexible accuracy 

The drinks sector is a fast-moving consumer-led market that sees 

frequently changing needs pose problems for production lines. 

Flexibility, accuracy and also future-proofing is therefore key 

Coding equipment needs to be 

able to react quickly to changing 

market requirements in the drinks 

sector which is why future-proof 

coders are becoming more 

important, especially for smaller businesses 

growth, says John Tierney, marketing 

director of Linx Printing Technologies. 

“The drinks industry faces the same 

commercial pressures as any other 

market,” he says. “In terms of production, 

there is a need to maximise efficiencies at 

every stage of the operation; brand image 

and consumer perceptions are vital factors 

in developing and maintaining sales.” 

Coding equipment is generally 

viewed as a necessity – to meet legal 

requirements – rather than as a valueadding 

process, but its role is no less vital 

for that. Coders have to match the speed 

of the production line, and produce a high 

quality yet discreet code that complement 

rather than impinge on the overall image 

conveyed by the packaging. 

Yet within this, there are many different 

requirements in a large and fragmented 

market. At one end of the scale, there 

is the fast bottling and canning lines 

which require high performance 

continuous ink jet (cij) printers or laser 

coders, often operating in wet or chilled 

environments, he says. 

“At the same time, we are seeing the 

continual growth of smaller, more 

artisan businesses such as craft beers 

and luxury soft drinks,” he continues. 

A key challenge for these companies 

is taking the first steps from localised 

supply to a more extensive retail 

network. This may require them to 

code for the first time or to seek a 

faster, more effective and higher 

quality solution than less flexible, 

non-digital coding methods such as 

stamping or hand applied labels. 

NEW ENTRY-LEVEL CODER 

“This was one of the key drivers 

behind the development of our 

own Linx 10 portable, entry-level 

CIJ printer, launched at the end of 

last year, where the importance 

of code quality was very clear 

from our market research,” he 

says. “The right brand image 

is vital to their success and 

a quality product needs a 

quality code.” 

In terms of brand 

protection, Markem-Imaje 

has combined a new 

inkjet coder with the 

latest vision system 

to achieve this while 

at the same time, 

cutting costs. 

Gift box cartoning 

and also tube 

packaging can 

be handled 

Integrated marking and vision systems 

are helping many drinks businesses to 

reduce the number of product recalls and 

cut costs, according to the company. 

The 9450 cij printer 

offered in conjunction 

with its latest vision 

system that was developed 

with Cognex, Mark & Read 

is helping production line 

managers to maximise 

availability rates, cut the cost 

of consumables and protect 

brands from the risk of product 

recalls by ensuring every 

product is coded correctly. 

The reduction in ink and 

energy consumption of the 9450 

can reduce manufacturers total 

cost of ownership by as much as 

20% compared to similar coding 

solutions on the market today, 

says the company. 

Speed is also of the essence in this 

sector. For instance, Pensworth – 

The Dairy Company is benefitting 

from an almost 10% increase in 

production efficiencies since replacing 

its old hot foil coders with five Hitachi 

UX inkjet printers from long-standing 

supplier Allen Coding. The high 

performance systems, which incorporate 

an ergonomically-designed print head

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Feature: Name here 

Markem-Imaje has combined a new inkjet coder 

with a vision system to help protect drinks brands 

The entire process of filling bottles at Freixenet’s main plant in Spain is now completely 

automated. Fanuc robots also carefully place each bottle into controlled cellar storage 

The printers were installed at the Southampton 

plant across two days and operational quickly 

for printing onto drinks containers, are 

applying vital traceability information and 

use by dates to plastic cartons of milk. 

“We were always changing foil before 

and the print was poor,” says Scott Walker, 

site manager at Pensworth’s Southampton 

plant. “In fact, the new printers have 

reduced customer complaints about print 

quality from one or two a week to zero.” 

As well as accuracy in coding, accuracy 

in filling is also a vital ingredient in a 

drinks production plant whether for 

smoothies and juices or even high-value 

spirits such as whisky. 

Englemann & Buckham (E & B) 

represents Breitner in the UK, supplier of 

inductive flow meter filling machinery 

and renowned for its accuracy. As E & B 

sales executive Richard White says: 

“No other method of filling offers greater 

filling accuracy than the magnetic 

inductive flow meter system. 

“A key point to note is that the filling 

accuracy remains constant, independent 

of the age of the filler,” he says. 

The drinks sector also demands a 

luxury edge and since its first machinery 

installation into a major Scottish whisky 

supplier in 1992, Langen has established 

itself as a leading supplier of gift box 

cartoning and tube packing machinery 

to the spirits industry. The company, 

which is represented in the UK by 

Springvale Equipment, can offer 

horizontal cartoners for high speed 

applications, running at up to 360 bottles 

a minute, and for companies who have 

less focus on output, but maybe a wider 

range of bottle shapes and sizes to be 

packed, Langen offers its standard VCC 

vertical cartoner (achieving up to 

250 bottles a minute) or VTF vertical tube 

filler (up to 250 bottles a minute). 

COMBINED MACHINE IS OFFERED 

The company also offers a combined 

machine able to pack bottles into both 

gift cartons and rigid tubes to give 

ultimate production flexibility. 

With the global taste for Spanish 

sparkling wine continuing to flourish, 

Freixenet last year toasted two decades 

of successful collaboration with Fanuc 

and its yellow robots. 

Back in 1996, the family enterprise 

took a bold step into automation. 

Starting with just two 410 series Fanuc 

robots, the winery now comprises 

a 36-strong line-up. 

Producing in excess of 185 million 

bottles of wine and Spanish Cava 

annually, the robotic fleet – each 

affectionately named after a cartoon 

character by Freixenet technicians – 

handles all of the bottling, storage and 

palletising at the company’s headquarters 

located in the Catalan region of Spain. 

“Being the world’s best Cava is our 

biggest asset,” notes Pere Gibert Guasch, 

maintenance manager at Friexenet, 

“while automation enables us to produce 

our product safely, in the most efficient 

and sustainable form.” The entire process 

of filling bottles at Freixenet’s main plant 

is now completely automated. 

W www.allencoding.co.uk 


W www.fanuc.eu 

W www.linxglobal.com 

W www.markem-imaje.com 

W www.springvaleltd.co.uk



KHS and Schubert 

have collaborated 

on new solutions 

Gerhard Schubert and KHS 

have brought together 

their expertise in bottle 

packing and combined 

their technologies as 

part of a collaborative effort: the 

jointly developed block solution 

is designed to deliver maximum 

flexibility while standing out 

with its compact delivery. 

The company’s say this 

collaboration opens up a higher 

degree of customisation in 

packaging solutions for breweries 

and other beverage producers. 

In conventional production lines 

for packing beverage bottles in 

baskets or cluster packs, individual 

machines are connected via 

transport units. The new jointly 

developed block solution connects 

Schubert’s and KHS’s machines 

inline by bringing together the 

individual modules into a single 

compact, space-saving unit. 

Additional transport units are 

no longer required. This is made 

possible by the use of Schubert’s 

Transmodul. This patented 

transport robot takes over the 

transport of erected cartons in the 

KHS system and then transports 

the bottle-filled cartons to the 

corresponding module for gluing 

and closing. 

In addition to its long-standing 

experience in developing modular 

solutions, Schubert brings its 

many years of expertise in the 

packaging of beverages such as 

beer, yoghurt drinks, champagne, 

apple wine and fruit juice. 

The new combination of systems 

from Schubert and KHS achieves 

an inline output of up to 72,000 

bottles an hour. Depending on 

how many modules are combined, 

the system can process as many 

as 30,000 bottles per hour, even 

when disconnected from the actual 

product flow. 

“Bringing together a variety of 

different modules, our customers 

are provided with exactly the 

system that meets their specific 

requirements in terms of 

Customised 

advantages 

The system 

enables a wide 

variety of formats 

to be placed in 

cardboard boxes 

as well as classic 

plastics beverage 

cases used 

across Europe 

packaging design and performance 

capability,” explains Gerald 

Schubert, managing director 

of Gerhard Schubert GmbH. 

Flexibility is also reflected in 

the variety of possible packaging 

variants: the system can handle 

cases as well as baskets, clusters 

and other secondary carton 

packaging. 

“Even with production 

volumes of more than 100,000 

hectolitres, the benefits of our 

customised machine concept can 

be fully exploited,” says Matthias 

Niemeyer, chairman of the board 

of the KHS Group “And, if required, 

the customer can easily expand the 

line at a later date,” he continues. 

The collaboration opens 

up unlimited format options 

for brewers and other drinks 

A packaging block jointly 

developed by both companies 

will be used in the future by 

the Schützengarten Brewery 

in St. Gallen. The solution is a 

multifunctional combination of 

a KHS packer combined with a 

Schubert erecting and closing 

module which can pack cases 

as well as cardboard boxes. 

This Swiss brewery will be 

processing eleven different bottle 

formats on the compact line – 

seven of which are returnable and 

four disposable. The returnable 

bottles are packed in six different 

plastic cases. Schützengarten 

uses six different carton formats 

for the disposable bottles. 

Schubert and KHS believe the 

customer benefits from a highly 

flexible overall solution, which 

enables significant increases 

in packaging quality and 

also efficiency. 

T 01676 525825 

W www.schubert-uk.co.uk



To enable the rising 

demand for beer 

in aluminium 

cans to be met, 

Switzerland’s 

largest independent brewery 

Ramseier Suisse has installed 

a canning line from Krones next 

to its glass line in Hochdorf. 

Initially, the plant in 

Hochdorf had been operating 

with a single bottling line: 

rated at 33,000 bottles per 

hour for returnable and nonreturnable 

glass bottles and 

for PET containers in the 

0.33 litre, 0.5 litre and 1 litre 

sizes, most of it installed by 

Krones in 2000. 

SOARING CAN DEMAND 

Demand for canned beer in 

the retail sector has soared 

in recent years which is why 

Ramseier Suisse decided to 

progress its expansion thrust 

in the beer segment, and to 

further upgrade its value 

creation chain by installing 

a new canning line. 

“Competitors from abroad, 

particularly from Germany, 

constitute serious rivals when 

it comes to contract beer 

canning,” says Kurt Felder, 

plant manager in Hochdorf. 

Ramseier Suisse therefore 

decided to invest in a canning 

operation of its own. 

By doing so, the company 

wanted to upgrade its 

perceived competence as 

a beverage specialist and 

production partner. 

“It was Krones’ overall 

concept that we found so 

persuasive when reaching this 

decision,” explains Felder. 

“It wasn’t the cheapest 

quotation, that’s true, but 

if you look at the package as 

a whole, we thought it was 

definitely the most favourable.” 

An order for a turnkey order 

was placed with Krones for 

the wet end of the canning 

line. The company decided 

to alternate the use of the 

dry end of the existing glass 

bottling line for both the glass 

line and the new canning 

line as there was already an 

integrated end of line 

The volumetric VOC can filler installed has no front table and is erected with a free-standing glass enclosure 

Canning line 

meets needs 

Krones has installed a turnkey canning line at contract 

filler Ramseier Suisse to meet increased can demands 

packer for six-packs plus 

18- and 24-bottle shrinkpacks, 

either with and without trays. 

This was because there 

was not enough footprint 

for separate end of line 

packaging and palletising 

for the canning line. 

“At present we’re running 

two or three shifts on five 

days a week,” says Felder. 

“We could, of course, increase 

our filling capacities still further 

by running the line 24 hours a 

day, seven days a week.” 

A Pressant Universal 1A 

sweep-off depalletiser feeds 

the bulk cans, which are 

It wasn’t the cheapest quotation 

but we thought the overall package 

was the most favourable for us 

delivered in stacks of 15 layers, 

into the line on a raised level. 

After a short conveyor section, 

an inclined rinser passes the 

cans down to the volumetic 

VOC filler (pictured above). 

Its filling principle, 

featuring metering chambers, 

guarantees ultra-accurate fill 

quantities: before the product 

enters the can, it first flows 

into a metering chamber, 

where the inflowing liquid 

is monitored by a probe with 

a magnetic float. Once the 

specified quantity has been 

reached, the inlet valve closes.

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After the cans are filled, a Checkmat FM-X machine inspects them 

for the correct fill levels before they move off for the drying process 

While the can is entering 

the filler, the centring unit 

rises and descends again 

as soon as the can has been 

placed underneath the filling 

valve. After pressurisation 

and flushing, the valve opens. 

As soon as the magnetic float 

in the metering chamber has 

descended to the specified 

switching point, the filling 

function is complete. 

The volumetic VOC can 

filler has no front table, and is 

erected with a free-standing 

glass enclosure. The protected 

area also accommodates a 

Ferrum can seamer, in the 

new hygienic design. 

A Checkmat FM-X then 

C 

inspects the cans for the 

correct fill levels before a 

M 

first Linadry dries the filled 

Y 

and seamed cans in singlefile 

transport. After this, the CM 

containers are turned by 

MY 

180 degrees, and passed 

through a second Linadry. CY 

The cans can now be 

CMY 

reliably date-coded, and 

K 

passed to the packer for end 

of line packaging. 

Currently, the line handles 

0.5 litre cans only. It can, 

however, in future also 

provide an option for handling 

0.25 litre and 0.33 litre slim 

and also sleek-cans. 

T 01942 845000 

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The filled and seamed cans are moved in a single-file transport before 

being turned by 180 degrees and passed through a second Linadry



PFM’s pouch filler 

achieves the high 

speeds drinks need 

When Italian 

manufacturer PFM 

developed its servo 

driven D-Series 

horizontal pouch 

filling machine – the first of its type 

to employ servo motors – a principal 

aim was to provide a machine in 

which pack format change and 

other time-consuming manual tasks 

could be automated. 

However, the application 

of servo drive also brought with 

it further significant advantages 

over mechanically driven 

machines: for the drinks industry 

in particular higher speeds, more 

reliable sealing and a reduction 

in headspace within the pouch also 

became possible. 

“The servo drive of the D-Series 

allows the machine to be built in 

three principal modules – film 

unwind, pack forming station 

and filling section – all set and 

synchronised automatically, 

rather than by manual mechanical 

adjustment along the length of 

a single drive shaft,” explains 

PFM D-Series product specialist 

Sergi Martinez. 

“This gives extremely short 

format changeover times, high 

performance and easy cleaning 

and maintenance.” 

On format change, the cutting 

and side seal assembly that 

forms the pack not only adjusts 

automatically to the new size, but 

simultaneously registers with the 

pack transport conveyor, which 

accepts each newly formed pouch 

into grippers for carriage through 

filling, application of accessories 

and final sealing. 

Also, unlike conventional 

mechanical pouch machines, 

on which as many as 20 sets of 

grippers on a single chain may 

need to be adjusted manually 

to the new pouch width, the 

D-Series machines employ servo 

adjustment that automatically 

moves the grippers immediately 

Servos offer 

pouch gains 

The machines 

employ servo 

adjustment that 

automatically 

moves the 

grippers into 

position which 

saves time and 

labour costs 

into their new position, saving 

considerable time and labour costs. 

It is this servo controlled gripper 

system, with pitch infinitely 

and selectively under electronic 

control, that has led to additional 

advantages in handling liquids, 

preventing slopping as pouches are 

accelerated in intermittent motion 

from filling to sealing. 

Called the PFM Harmonic 

Movement System, it automatically 

brings the pouch edge grippers 

closer together during transport, 

squeezing the flat bags open to 

increase volume temporarily, 

so lowering the level of the liquid 

and eliminating slopping. 

As a result, points out Sergi 

Martinez, risk of product in the seal 

area is eliminated, maintaining 

Spouts with caps, straws 

and reclosable systems are 

handled at up to 140 a minute 

consistent pack integrity, while 

headspace in the pack and hence 

material cost can be reduced and 

running speeds lifted. 

Also patented is the D-Series gas 

flush system. This moves with the 

pouch to provide longer dosing 

time, allowing lower gas velocity 

and turbulence within the pack 

and hence greater efficiency and 

economy in reducing residual 

oxygen. Indeed, residual oxygen 

levels of less than 0.6 per cent 

can be achieved with up to 

60 per cent less gas. 

The D-Series pouch machine 

range is able to handle a wide 

variety of packs and accessories, 

including spouts with caps, straws 

and reclosable systems, at speeds 

up to 140 a minute. Modular 

construction also allows the 

machines to be equipped with a 

fourth end of line station in which 

multipacks can be created and final 

packaging achieved with top load 

or wraparound case packers. 

T 0113 239 3401 

W www.pfmuk.com

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Brewery has 

updated its 

systems 

Astec Solutions was awarded 

a SCADA update project from 

regional brewer Carib that 

is headquartered in Trinidad 

and Tobago. 

The company was invited to 

tender for the SCADA upgrade 

at the Carib Brewhouse 

production area as the legacy 

SCADA manufacturing system 

was running on outdated 

hardware and software. 

Although operations were 

still continuing, the site was 

starting to see an increase 

in the potential risk of 

production interruptions. 

As well as upgrading the 

SCADA software to GE’s 

latest version of iFIX, 

Astec also recommended the 

use of standard Microsoft 

components. This was in 

contrast to the existing 

manufacturing system which 

used third party software to 

keep servers and databases 

in sync. By avoiding overcustomisation, 

the software 

has greater reliability and 

supportability – which can 

reduce operating costs. 

Astec was able to offer a 

highly resilient system, taking 

advantage of the latest server 

virtualisation and database 

mirroring techniques. 

t 01543 888134 

W www.astecsolutions.com 

Brewery is investing for its future 

The Y-tron Y mixing unit can be supplied as a side entry unit and is seen here in a 100,000 litre vessel 

To mix or to 

blend drinks 

Ytron-Quadro (UK) has supplied several systems that 

have delivered mixing and blending benefits to drinks 

The range of equipment 

manufactured 

by Ytron Process 

Technology in 

Germany has been 

supplied by Ytron-Quadro (UK) 

to many companies for 

drinks such as gin, vodka, 

various liqueurs, flavoured 

milks and even health drinks 

in recent times. 

The Ytron-Y directed jet 

mixing unit can be supplied 

as a vertically mounted top 

entry mixer or as a side entry 

unit to drinks companies. 

The advantage of the side 

entry unit is that there is 

virtually no limit to the height 

of the vessel into which the 

unit can be fitted. 

“The design of the Ytron-Y 

eliminates aeration caused 

through vortexing,” explains 

Dudley Bradley, executive 

chairman of Ytron-Quadro (UK). 

This, he says, is a common 

problem with conventional 

mixers that have a freely 

rotating shaft. 

top entry operation 

The way the Ytron-Y top entry 

unit overcomes this is because 

the rotating shaft is contained 

within a stator tube which also 

supports the stator cage. 

It is this stator cage which 

converts the radial movement 

of the impeller into axial 

movement, thereby ensuring 

a homogeneous ‘top to bottom’ 

mixing action. 

In spirits, eleven Ytron-Y 

units were supplied to G & J 

Greenhall in Warrington, nine 

of which were installed in 

4,000 gallon vessels for the 

accurate dilution of vodka 

while the other two units were 

installed in 13,000 gallon 

vessels for the homogeneous 

mixing of gin. The dilution 

and mixing process in these


two applications have been 

achieved reliably and in a 

fraction of the time taken 

by conventional mixers, 

says Bradley. 

Following the success of 

these units, the company 

purchased a further three, 

smaller units for the 

homogeneous mixing of gin 

and/or vodka, this time 

in 500 gallon vessels. 

In the Republic of Ireland, 

a Ytron-Y unit is used in a 

2,500 gallon vessel for the 

dissolving and mixing of sugar 

and honey into water during 

the production of Irish Mist 

liqueur, while a well-known 

supplier of a blackcurrant 

drink had a requirement for 

the homogeneous mixing 

of fruit concentrate. 

During the blackcurrant 

harvesting season the 

conversion of fruit into 

concentrate is a full-time 

operation, so it purchased two 

Ytron-Y side entry units for 

13,600 litre vessels. Recently, 

the company has supplied 

nine side entry units to a large 

dairy for the homogeneous 

suspending of the flavour 

solids prior to pasteurising 

and filling flavoured milks. 

EASY SWEETENER USE 

The Ytron-Y ByPass allows 

Aspartame, used in the 

production of sugar-free 

drinks, to be drawn into 

liquid phase without difficulty 

and also lump-free. A recent 

application with a 2.2 kW 

ByPass saw the incorporation 

and dissolving of 60kg 

of Aspartame into 70 litres 

of water in 15 minutes. 

Other units that Ytron 

supply are the Ytron-ZC and 

Ytron-XC. 

The Ytron- ZC is used where 

the powder forms a gel like 

structure when combined 

with water. It is used for the 

instantaneous dispersing 

of difficult powders such as 

Alginate, Guar gum and HPMC. 

A unit has been used for the 

in-line incorporation of sodium 

caseinate to produce a 3.6% 

concentration which is then 

mixed with cream and whisky A recent application was the drink where the vitamin 

Contiform to stabilise a AspetBloc, ‘cream liqueur’. Machinery addition Update of 400kg magazine, of a vitamin 149x225 mm, powder CC-en31-AZ011 was completely 10/15 

The Ytron-XC unit has a 

higher capacity due to its 

different rotor/stator design. 

powder into 10,000 litres of 

water in approximately 30 

minutes. This was for a health 

dissolved during this process. 

T 01494 792898 

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YPS has worked 

with bottlers to 

deliver efficiencies 

Because of the evertightening 

margins in 

the drinks sector, the 

upcoming sugar tax and 

general economic and 

political uncertainty, Yorkshire 

Packaging Systems (YPS) has 

been developing and refining 

its services to accommodate the 

pressures that come with wrapping 

for the drinks sector. 

With the low margins that 

characterise the industry, having 

quality back-up support is 

invaluable; the premium placed 

on post-installation support is 

something YPS has heard from 

a variety of customers across the 

drinks industry. “In addition, for 

many, sourcing spare parts for 

current machinery is becoming 

increasingly elusive and 

expensive,” says Glynn Johnson, 

managing director of YPS. 

“Our commitment to aftercare 

in the form of a service contract 

guarantees fixes, support and 

spare parts will not come at the 

price of an arm and a leg,” he says. 

Problems locating spare parts 

and paying excessively for support 

were true for Caledonian Bottlers, 

well-known for the alcopop drink 

WKD. The Cumnock-based bottlers 

benefitted from YPS’ SVAL 60 x 35 

inline sleeve sealer and TR 65/150 

double chamber shrink tunnel. 

As well as a maximum speed of 

26 packs a minute, Caledonian 

Bottlers took advantage of the 

Caledonian Bottlers use sleeve sealers 

Savings are 

wrapped up 

Bespoke 

solutions 

have been 

supplied to many 

dairies, tailored 

to work in wet 

environments 

customisation that YPS could offer. 

The new machinery was tailored 

and easily integrated into their 

existing production line, meaning 

the line was up and running within 

a day – essential considering the 

steep efficiency penalty incurred 

by any downtime, says Johnson. 

Johnson also believes that when 

the sugar tax potentially further 

tightens these margins, the value 

of flexibility and customisation 

when choosing wrapping 

machinery is hard to overstate. 

Through its work with a variety 

of dairies, YPS adapted some of 

its machinery to provide a much 

sought-after bespoke solution. 

Due to the niche demands created 

by the industry’s wet working 

environments, YPS’ stainless 

steel, low voltage shrink wrapping 

machines have proven successful. 

Jersey Dairy’s fully automatic 

inline sleeve wrapper was 

customised to full dairy 

specification while also designed 

with space-efficiency in mind. 

As well as championing the 

twin-lane infeed, YPS’ range’s 

ability to wrap either with or without 

a tray is also attractive to marginsqueezed 

bottles of any drinks. 

“We’re acutely aware of the 

stresses and strains of our 

customers, which is why we’re 

proud of the work we’ve done 

for a variety of clients involved in 

the drinks industry,” says Johnson. 

“By providing high quality 

technology, customisation and 

aftercare in the face of political 

and economic uncertainty, we look 

forward to keeping them on-board.” 

T 01924 441355 

W www.yps.co.uk

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The explosion in sales 

of craft brands and 

premium bottled ales 

has seen the whole 

beer category come 

back strong in the last year, 

according to the Grocer’s Top 

Product Survey. The growing 

taste for artisan ales has seen 

a surge in microbreweries, 

all of which need to buy kit 

to match their needs. Both 

their current requirements and 

also any changing production 

needs in the future. 

This market trend is why 

KHS presented its new module 

system for craft breweries 

last year, which it billed as 

efficient filling technology that 

grows with a company. 

With the KHS Innokeg AF 

filler and AC washing modules 

along with the Innopro 

BoxFlash flash pasteuriser 

now tailored to meet kegging 

specifications, the systems 

supplier is extending its keg 

racking portfolio to specifically 

meet the demands of smaller 

breweries. The modular system 

for keg filling and washing 

can be expanded as and when 

required, thus giving craft 

breweries an especially high 

degree of flexibility. 

FUTURE-PROOF OFFER 

With its new keg modules, 

KHS says it is offering the craft 

brewing scene a future-proof 

system. “When you grow, 

you can grow with KHS,” says 

Roger Daum, product manager 

at the KHS Keg Product Centre. 

The KHS Innokeg AF module 

enables up to 50 kegs per hour 

to be processed. However, if 

filling capacities need to be 

increased, breweries can easily 

boost their racking output 

using the modular system. 

“In this way, craft brewers 

obtain maximum flexibility 

because they can specifically 

plan and configure the size 

of their system depending on 

the performance and range 

of equipment they require,” 

continues Daum. “The modular 

approach also keeps the initial 

level of investment low.” 

Both returnable and 

KHS has specially designed the Innopro BoxFlash for the combined use with the Innokeg CombiKeg filler 

Fill needs of 

craft brewers 

Machinery Update reports on how the needs of craft 

brewers are being met by companies large and small 

non-returnable kegs can be 

racked on the Innokeg AF 

module, while the filling 

system for returnable kegs 

can be combined with the 

washing module. Meanwhile, 

the racking module for 

one-way kegs can either 

be handled manually or, 

if required, processed 

automatically by robots. 

The company also fits its 

Innokeg AF module with its 

Direct Flow Control system. 

With this, breweries can rack 

their kegs directly without 

having to use an indirect 

return gas control setup. 

This reduces the amount 

of gas used on site by up to 

40%, says the company. 

Combined with the Innopro 

BoxFlash flash pasteuriser, 

also dimensioned to fit into 

Craft brewers obtain maximum 

flexibility because they can plan 

and configure their system’s size 

a single container, KHS now 

provides a full keg racking, 

plug-and-produce system 

which fits into the smallest 

possible space. 

KHS has specially designed 

the Innopro BoxFlash for 

combined use with the 

Innokeg CombiKeg filler – 

right down to the preparation 

of media such as CO2 or 

compressed air which is 

managed jointly for both 

system components on the 

flash pasteuriser module. 

This system can also be 

fitted with the optional 

OnBoard CIP module. 

Thanks to this combination, 

after a production run, both


the Innopro BoxFlash and 

Innokeg CombiKeg filler can 

be cleaned internally without 

the need for an additional 

external CIP system. 

According to Advanced 

Dynamics, with so many 

breweries in the UK, all 

vying to get their bottled 

beers noticed by consumers, 

speed to market coupled with 

distinctive, highly accurate 

labelling is vital for products 

to stand out from the crowd. 

Malcolm Little, md of the 

company points out that 

by adopting automatic 

labelling systems, these 

microbreweries will further 

boost their production. 

are carefully mixed to give 

each beer its unique recipe 

and distinctive taste. Equally 

important is the safe, secure 

and cost efficient delivery of 

the bottles to its end consumer 

target audience and the 

packaging devised by Antalis 

has achieved that while 

reducing the material used. 

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LABEL APPLICATORS 

“Choosing a label applicator 

like the PL-501 from Pack 

Leader allows a brewery to 

free up staff from manual 

operations,” he says. “A faulty, 

missing or wrinkled label 

might not affect the contents 

of a beer bottle, but could put 

off a consumer from trying it.” 

The PL-501-NL model can 

label both the body and the 

neck in one sweep, with an 

optional two body front 

and back label. 

Antalis Packaging describes 

itself as a one stop shop for 

packaging materials, systems, 

solutions and services and it 

has recently delivered reduced 

costs combined with maximum 

protection for the range of 

flavoured beers from Brewhive. 

The brewer’s USP lies in 

the sourcing, provenance and 

selection of ingredients that 

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• Wrap around case packs 

• High sided and special tray packs 

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Labelling, Coding & Marking 

Cylindrical products are 

labelled at higher speed 

Domino’s V230i TTO system 

Compressed air 

costs are now cut 

with TTO systems 

Domino Printing Sciences has 

designed its V120i and V230i 

thermal transfer overprinting 

(TTO) systems to operate without 

compressed air, instead using 

stepper motors to control the 

printhead pressure and movement 

that is so critical in delivering a 

consistent high quality print. 

“Compressed air is one of 

the most expensive services 

in a production plant and can 

have a substantial impact on 

the environment in terms of 

emissions output,” explains 

Peter Lister, product manager 

for TTO at Domino. “There are 

consequently clear benefits 

in not using compressed air 

technology in TTO systems as 

it eliminates the cost of running 

and maintaining a compressed air 

supply to the coding area. ” 

T 01954 782551 

W www.domino-uk.com 

The Herma wraparound 

labeller 242M is a new 

solution for unsteady 

products and allows labels to 

be applied at high speed, even 

to cartridges and similarly 

challenging cylindrical items. 

It has a horizontally rotating 

star wheel that achieves the 

necessary precision. 

Until now, applying 

wraparound labels to 

relatively tall cylindrical 

products that are prone 

to toppling over, such as 

cartridges, has been a 

problem, especially given the 

requirements of high speed 

and, in particular, precision. 

To overcome this challenge, 

Herma has developed a new 

type of system that is based 

on its proven type 040M unit. 

The new version, however, 

transports the products 

horizontally rather than 

moving them vertically. 

With the new solution, the 

cartridges are transferred 

from the filling machine to the 

infeed conveyor of the labeller 

longitudinally in a horizontal 

position. This belt carries the 

The 242M horizontal labeller can be operated inline or as a standalone unit 

tubes through a 90 degree 

bend to a horizontally rotating 

star wheel and its roller prisms 

carry the cartridges securely. 

The star wheel feeds them 

to the labelling station, where 

they are pressed against 

a rotating pressure roller 

and thus set in rotation. 

Dispensing is synchronised 

to match the rotational speed, 

and the label is applied by 

rolling. This process ensures 

that the labels are applied to 

the cartridges with precision, 

and that slippage is practically 

ruled out. 

This latest wraparound 

labeller from Herma can label 

as many as 50 cartridges 

a minute and either be 

integrated into a production 

line or operated offline. 

For marking the variable data 

on the labels, users have an 

enormous choice of suitable 

printers. 

T 01440 763366 

W www.hermalabellingmachines.co.uk 

Latest solution for coding porous boxes is launched as an 

intuitive and also a simple to use, cost effective system 

Markem-Imaje has launched 

the 4500 which is billed as 

a new solution for coding 

porous boxes. 

Cost-effective, simple and 

intuitive, the new 4500 coder 

allows manufacturers to 

identify their boxes with one 

or two lines of text and logos 

up to a height of 56mm. Based 

on drop-on-demand valve jet 

technology, the coder prints 

on porous cardboard and 

paper at a conveyor speed of 

up to 60 metres a minute and 

offers four print heights: 

The Markem-Imaje 4500 coder boasts the latest generation user interface 

13, 24, 29 or 56mm. 

In operation, the coder 

is capable of printing up 

to 39,000 boxes with just 

one litre of ink using a drop 

control system. Bottles can be 

replaced cleanly and securely 

in less than 30 seconds with 

no set-up required while the 

printhead has been designed 

to avoid the need for daily 

maintenance. 

Codes, in either black or 

red, can be read at a distance, 

thereby facilitating internal 

logistics operations. With two 

sensors to automatically detect 

the conveyor speed, printing 

quality remains constant 

between boxes. 

T 0161 864 8111 

W www.markem-imaje.co.uk

Components 


Desk-top 

printer offers 

versatility 

QuickLabel has launched the 

QL-800, its latest desktop label 

printer that prints any text, 

barcode, or colour graphic in 

small, cost-effective batches. 

It also provides the user with 

the flexibility of making easy edits 

which means, if a customer needs 

to change a colour, specification, 

or create a new product label, 

they can do it immediately 

without an external vendor. 

The QL-800 also prints both 

narrow and wide labels from 

54mm to 214mm wide which 

is a new characteristic for the 

company’s line of colour label 

printers and a further benefit for 

end users. This feature allows the 

customer to have a much wider 

range of print options, without 

risking the quality. 

high quality output 

In operation, the QL-800 prints 

labels in wide to narrow varieties, 

with high speed, high quality 

output up to 1600dpi. This high 

resolution largely makes the 

QL-800 a beneficial tool for 

customising product labels in 

affordable, small quantities, 


The QL-800 also utilises just 

in time printing, producing labels 

exactly when they are requested 

and removing the need for 

outside printing vendors. 

Printing labels consistently, 

with no blanks, the QL-800 

generates full rolls of useable 

labels. It even allows for private 

labelling, maintaining full 

production control and easily 

eliminating errors. 

Ultimately, says sales and 

operations manager Derek 

Stillingfleet, the QL-800 release 

has given end users options; 

the option to print in vastly 

varying widths and higher image 

resolution in combination with 

the in-house opportunity to save 

time and money. 

t 01628 668836 

W www.quicklabel.co.uk 

New code scanner offers 

benefits across the board 

Wenglor says 

its new 

series C5KC 

and C5PC 1D/2D 

stationary code 

scanners make 

time-consuming 

software installation 

and configuration 

superfluous – just 

unpack, plug in and 

you’re ready to scan. 

Auto-setup, autofocus 

and newly 

developed decoding 

algorithms automatically 

provide for outstanding 

reading performance against 

almost any background, 


Scan settings can be 

accessed via the intuitively 

laid out user interface of 

the wenglor WebLink for 

optimised reading of damaged 

and high-resolution codes. 

They boast the smallest 

available format for 1D/2D 

code scanners which makes 

them ideal for use in extremely 

compact machines and, 

thanks to a reading/speed 

of 60 scans per second, 

they’re well-suited for 

applications with high 

throughput rates too. 

integrated sensor 

Thanks to their integrated 

Ethernet port, the sensors 

are the perfect solution for 

customer requirements in 

the field of Industry 4.0. 

“From scanner setup and the 

browser-based application 

solution, right on up to 

data read-out via Industrial 

Ethernet, these sensors unite 

all of the distinguishing 

factors of a smart machine,” 

explains wenglor product 

with its previous 

hot foil coding. 

It purchased a 

Rotech RF1-F 

friction feeder, 

owing to the 

flexibility it 

promised. 

Rotech 

specified a 

Markoprint 

ijet thermal 

inkjet 

printer 

Product 

to integrate batches are 

with the 

handled quicker 

manager Stefan Winkler. 

The diverse range of 

applications covered by the 

1D/2D code scanners includes 

product identification and 

traceability, checking for 

completeness and quality 

inspection of 1D/2D barcodes 

and reading of all common 

1D/2D codes as well as 

scanning of 1D/2D barcodes 

on all surfaces such as PCBs, 

metal and pallets. Even laser 

printed and needle punched 

data-matrix codes are no 

problem for the new series. 

t 01536 313580 

W www.wenglor.com 

Feeder and coder combo brings benefits to 

a small batch supplement manufacturer 

Dietary supplement 

manufacturer CellLife UK 

has the flexibility to place 

codes anywhere on a pack 

and produce up to 4000 

cartons per day following its 

investment in an RF1-F coding 

system from Rotech. 

The company handles 

orders that are typically 

for 5000-7000 packs and to 

keep pace with this demand, 

CellLife UK needed the 

capability to code 4000 

packs per day, rather than 

the 1000 it was managing 

The C5KC and C5PC 1D/2D code scanners available from wenglor are a plug and play option 

RF1-F feeding system, 

as this gives 

consistently crisp, 

smudge-free print even 

on glossy surfaces, and 

is capable of coding all 

areas of the carton. 

Overall, the coder’s 

reliable, clean and hasslefree 

performance has made 

a massive difference to 

CellLife’s productivity, reports 

Tim Hutchinson, engineer 

at CellLife UK. 

t 01707 393700 

W www.rotechmachines.com


Components 

Predictive maintenance is 

set to minimise downtime 

Bosch Rexroth, has 

introduced a new 

system which it says 

is set to minimise downtime 

by bringing greater accuracy 

to predictive maintenance 

techniques across a broad 

spectrum of applications. 

ODiN Predictive Maintenance 

uses machine learning methods 

to generate knowledge on the 

state of health of equipment 

from recorded sensor data, 

to enable reliable predictions 

about likely time to failure 

– a key attribute given the 

widening adoption of Industry 

4.0 techniques. 

Instead of the value-based 

analysis associated with 

the majority of condition 

monitoring systems, ODiN 

employs a model-based 

approach – for the first time, 

advancing the process from 

pure state monitoring to 

truly predictive analysis and 

data-driven, anticipatory 

maintenance. 

This is achieved through an 

initial phase during which a 

machine learning algorithm 

determines a normal healthy 

The new system uses machine learning methods to generate knowledge 

state for each component based 

on information from a variety of 

sensor signals taking readings 

such as pressure, flow rate, 

vibration, temperature, and 

oil quality, depending on the 

equipment being monitored. 

Following the learning 

phase, ODiN defines a ‘health 

index’ for each component 

being monitored with its databased 

model. If an individual 

measured value temporarily 

deviates from the tolerance 

range, an error warning may 

not necessarily be generated, 

as wear and tear can seldom 

be detected from a single 

signal. However, if the health 

index deteriorates based on 

changes in data received from 

multiple sensors, then the 

system warns of a problem. 

“Even ODiN cannot fully 

eliminate the risk of plant 

downtime, but we can reduce 

the risk so significantly that 

the costs for the system are 

generally already recouped 

after the first prevented 

downtime,” says Tapio Torikka 

of Bosch Rexroth. 

T 0345 604 4106 

W www.boschrexroth.com 

Vertical conveyors are offered 

Materials handling 

components can be 

delivered quickly 

Qimarox says it is responding 

to customer demands for 

quick turnarounds with a 

sophisticated product design 

and manufacturing process that 

guarantees short lead times. 

The company supplies 

components for materials 

handling systems such as vertical 

transport systems, palletising 

modules, rotary ring stretch 

wrappers and stretch wrappers. 

It is the modular design of its 

components and the fact that its 

machines are largely made up 

of standard parts that helps to 

achieve this fast delivery. 

An additional advantage of 

a modular design is that the 

standard components can largely 

be produced from stock, allowing 

Qimarox to respond quickly to 

customer orders. 

T 00 31 341 436 700 

W www.qimarox.com 

New smart adjustment unit boosts manual 

device positioning by simply saving time 

Available in the UK from 

RARUK Automation, the 

IEF-Werner domiLINE 

range of standard manual 

adjusters is now equipped 

with a bus interface to 

complement its electronic 

position display. The buscapable 

positioning greatly 

simplifies adjustment and 

is especially time-saving on 

applications which involve 

several positional changes, 

reducing set-up times by 30%. 

As requirements for efficient 

and precise operations have 

Manual adjusters now come with bus interface 

become increasingly critical, 

IEF-Werner has introduced 

additional capability to its range 

that dramatically simplifies 

manual adjustments. Far more 

than simply a readout; the 

new bus interface provides 

verification that the target 

position has been achieved. 

The new electronic 

and bus capable position 

display can be attached 

to all linear and rotating 

adjustment units of the 

domiLINE family, and can 

even be easily retrofitted. 

A further advantage is the 

possibility to monitor adjusted 

positions which is especially 

helpful in quality assurance. 

T 01462 670044 

W www.rarodriguez.co.uk 

New compact data 

memory module 

Balluff is offering a compact, 

bidirectional data memory 

module for tight 

mounting spaces. 

The compact 

memory 

module 

with IP 67 

protection 

is just 34 x 16 x 8mm in size and 

can be used as a memory storage 

device on interchangeable units 

such as milling heads on gantry 

type machining centres. 

T 01606 812777 

W www.balluff.co.uk

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pAckAging more productive 

www.br-automation.com/Packaging 

The secret is simple. 

Automation so sophisticated, 

it‘s easier to use. 

B&R‘s modular application (mapp) 

technology enables packaging machines 

that are faster and easier to produce, 

commission, connect, operate, maintain 

and change over. 

B&R UK & Ireland HQ: 

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Components 

Central vacuum system offers 

cost reductions at German site 

One of the two central 

vacuum systems at 

British American 

Tobacco’s (BAT) Bayreuth, 

Germany site has been 

equipped with new Mink MV 

claw vacuum pumps from 

Busch which has resulted in 

considerable energy savings 

and significantly reduced 

maintenance at the plant. 

During three-shift operation 

with 1,400 employees in a 

highly automated production 

process, BAT manufactures 

200 million cigarettes each 

day in Bayreuth for well over 

30 different brands. 

This high degree of 

automation and high 

production speed requires 

reliable vacuum supply 

wherever a part has to be 

held or moved during the 

production process. 

This starts when an individual 

cigarette is held during its 

production, and continues 

through to external packing 

in boxes for delivery. 

Two central vacuum systems 

were installed to cope with 

the size of the facility. 

One of these systems is 

The central vacuum system with seven Busch Mink MV claw vacuum pumps 

operated with liquid ring 

vacuum pumps; the other 

was equipped with oillubricated 

rotary vane vacuum 

pumps. When both systems 

were checked for energy 

consumption and efficiency, 

Busch Vacuum Pumps and 

Systems recommended the 

new Mink MV claw vacuum 

pump as a replacement for 

the previous central system 

with oil-lubricated rotary vane 

vacuum pumps. 

The claw vacuum pumps 

achieve a pumping speed 

of up to 1200 cubic meters 

per hour. 

The first tests with this 

kind of vacuum pump were 

extremely successful for BAT, 

and now a total of seven Mink 

MV claw vacuum pumps are 

in operation. The pumping 

speed of the vacuum system 

is controlled so that individual 

vacuum pumps are shut off 

automatically when their 

output is not required. 

Two of the Mink MV claw 

vacuum pumps are driven 

by a variable speed drive. 

The actual pumping speed 

demanded is finely adjusted 

with both of these vacuum 

pumps, which ensures the 

required vacuum of 370 

millibar is permanently and 

constantly applied at all 

connected machines. 

A Mink MV with a 50-Hz 

standard motor with 18.5 

kilowatts generally achieves 

a 1000 cubic metres per hour 

pumping speed. A rotary 

vane vacuum pump with 

comparable output is driven 

by a 30 kilowatt motor. 

The current consumption 

of the Mink claw vacuum 

pumps is smaller by 11.5 

kilowatts and translates 

to cost savings of over 

EUR 9,000 per year and per 

pump under BAT operating 

conditions. 

For the entire central 

system, this translates to 

yearly electricity cost savings 

of approximately EUR 63,500. 

T 01952 677432 

W www.busch.co.uk 

Latest catalogue 

details components 

Elesa’s new 2017 printed 

catalogue no. 166 defines over 

40,000 components used in 

the manufacture of machines 

and equipment for production, 

warehousing, agriculture, general 

office equipment and industrial 

systems housings and enclosures. 

The catalogue is available free 

of charge and includes data and 

guidance notes on the materials 

used in the moulding of all of 

the Elesa products. 

T 01526 322670 

E marketing@elesa.co.uk 

Two new servo motor sizes means range 

covers a wider performance spectrum 

B&R is adding two new sizes 

to its 8LS series of servo motors 

to allow machine builders 

and systems integrators to 

adapt motors to their actual 

requirements more easily. 

Size A offers high torque 

with a flange size of 70mm 

with a compact design, while 

size 9 rounds off the upper end 

of the performance spectrum 

with up to 75kW of power. 

Compact size A motors are 

easily integrated where a high 

torque density is needed in a 

tight footprint allowing a high 

degree of efficiency as well 

as high continuous torque. 

With a maximum torque of up 

to 1,000 Nm, the size 9 motors 

The motors can be combined with any 

of B&R’s numerous gearbox options 

open up new applications with 

high demands on power and 

also dynamics. 

T 01733 371320 

W www.br-automation.com


Machine builders can profit from 

continual info after deployment 

O5D100JuniorUK.pdf 1 28/02/2017 10:59 

Rockwell Automation has 

introduced FactoryTalk 

Analytics for Machines 

cloud application – a new 

Microsoft Azure cloud-enabled 

capability that empowers 

equipment builders with 

information. As part of 

the company’s expanded 

Information Solutions strategy, 

the application provides access 

to performance analytics from 

deployed systems in order 

to gain valuable insight to 

support their customers. 

This cloud-based 

application, provided as 

software-as-a-service (SaaS), 

empowers equipment builders 

to best support their systems 

by seeing how they are used. 

GETTING CONNECTED 

For manufacturers going 

through a digital transformation, 

C 

this capability capitalises on 

connected technologies to M 

help drive higher availability 

Y 

and output while reducing 

CM 

maintenance costs. 

“The sophistication of plants 

MY 

today has made specialisation 

and collaboration essential,” 

says Axel Rodriguez, SaaS/ 

Cloud products manager at 

Rockwell. “Allowing your 

equipment builders – who 

know their machines like 

the backs of their hands – 

to become collaborators in 

performance analytics can 

free up the best minds to focus 

on optimising entire lines, 

plants or applications.” 

OEMs can embed a 

FactoryTalk Cloud gateway 

device onto the machines they 

provide. Once commissioned, 

the machine starts collecting 

data and the data from 

selected controllers is sent 

to the FactoryTalk cloud 

application securely so the 

equipment builder then has 

access to real-time analytics. 

T 0870 242 5004 

W www.rockwellautomation.co.uk 

CY 

CMY 

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The new PMDLine O5D100 photocell from ifm electronic detects even dark objects at 

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Regulations 

Making man and 

cobot play nicely 

Stewart Paul Laidler Robinson 

principal Business engineer director and for functional machinery safety saftey expert at tüv at süd tüv product süd product service service 

The use of collaborative robots, or cobots, can be considered to be part of the fourth industrial revolution 

- Industry 4.0 - and guidance for their increasing use was published last year. Here’s a useful guide 

ISO 8373 defines an Industrial 

Robot as: “An automatically 

controlled, reprogrammable, 

multi-purpose manipulator 

programmable in three 

or more axes, which may 

be either fixed in place or 

mobile for use in industrial 

automation applications.” 

Collaborative Robots, or 

cobots, are designed to 

work alongside humans in 

a ‘collaborative workspace, 

an area where the robot and 

the human can perform tasks 

simultaneously’. This means 

that unlike more traditional 

machines, which are ‘caged’ 

by a guarding mechanism, 

collaborative robots often 

operate in the humanoccupied 

workspace without 

any safety fencing. 

However, not all 

collaborative robots are guardfree, 

depending on their 

function and related safety 

requirements. Besides the robot 

itself, the collaborative robot 

might include the ‘end effector’, 

that is the tool adapted on 

the robot arm with which the 

robot performs tasks, and the 

objects moved by it. 

The increased need for 

adequate protection of 

people from the safety risks 

associated with industrial 

robot systems led to the 

development of EN ISO 10218- 

1:2011, an international and 

European standard which 

covers the safety requirements 

for industrial robots. The 

standard is in two parts and 

replaced the 2006 version. 

In order to ensure that 

humans are not exposed to 

unacceptable risks when 

working collaboratively, the 

current standards describe 

four separate measures that 

can be used to provide risk 

reduction. These are safetyrated 

monitored stop, hand 

guiding, speed and separation 

monitoring, and power and 

force limiting by inherent 

design or control. It is required 

that at least one of these 

requirements needs to be 

fulfilled, in addition to having 

visual indication that the robot 

is in collaborative operation. 

While EN ISO 10218 contains 

some guidance on the use of 

collaborative robots, with the 

rapid pace of technological 

development, it was widely 

acknowledged that this 

guidance needed to be 

enhanced. Consequently, 

a Technical Specification (ISO/ 

TS 15066 Robots and robotic 

devices – safety requirements 

for industrial robots – 

collaborative operation) was 

published in 2016. 

This ISO/TS 15066 covers: 

• The design of the 

collaborative work space 

• The design of the 

collaborative operation 

• Methods of collaborative 

working 

• Changing between: 

- Collaborative/ 

non-collaborative 

- Different methods of 

collaboration 

• Operator controls for 

different applications. 

The methods of 

collaborative working ‘speed 

and separation monitoring’ 

and ‘power and force limiting’ 

are particularly elaborated 

on in ISO/TS 15066. This 

includes recommendations 

for ‘biomechanical limits’ 

of pain thresholds for specific 

parts of the human body. 

The rationale for creating 

biomechanical limits was 

established in conjunction 

with testing conducted by 

the University of Mainz 

in Germany. Testing was 

It is vital that a complete 

risk assessment is undertaken 

before a new cobot is deployed 

conducted using 100 healthy 

adult test subjects on 29 

specific body areas, and 

for each of the body areas, 

pressure and force limits for 

quasi-static and transient 

contact were established 

evaluating onset of pain 

thresholds. 

working groups 

There are also working groups 

of the standards organisations 

reviewing various aspects of 

human-machine interactions, 

which will also inform 

the development of future 

standards. But for now, 

EN ISO 10218 Parts 1 and 2, 

and the ISO/TS 15066 

specification defines the safety 

requirements for the sphere 

of collaborative robots, with 

the most relevant published 

guidance being contained 

in EN ISO 10218. 

In all four of the measures 

described above, the safety 

related control system that 

provides this functionality 

needs to meet either: 

• Safety Performance Level d 

(PLd), with Category 3 

architecture (the identified 

level to which the safety 

related parts of a control 

system resist faults and 

their subsequent behaviour 

if a fault occurs) outlined 

within the standard 

EN ISO 13849, or 

• Safety Integrity Level 2 

(SIL 2) with hardware fault 

tolerance (HFT) 1, as set out 

in EN [IEC] 62061. 

While the advent of 

the cobot offers exciting 

possibilities for industry, 

some end-effectors may create 

hazards, especially as contact 

between the collaborative 

robot and the operator 

can lead to the possibility 

of collision. It is therefore 

vital that a complete risk 

assessment is undertaken 

before a cobot is deployed, 

as you would with any 

machinery in the workplace 

This must cover the 

intended industrial workplace, 

with the basis for this risk 

assessment being EN ISO 

10218 Parts 1 and 2, alongside 

the Machinery Directive. 

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Who What Where 

Who’s done what and gone where... 

Advanced Dynamics 

One of the 

founders of 

Advanced 

Dynamics 

Mike Essler 

is retiring after spending 

nearly four decades in the 

packaging industry. 

A stalwart of numerous 

exhibitions, including the 

PPMA Show, Essler and 

Malcolm Little merged their 

respective companies to form 

Advanced Dynamics in 2005 

which the duo has 

subsequently run and 

expanded over the years. 

Yamato Dataweigh 

Jane Ingham 

has joined 

Yamato 

Dataweigh as 

customer service 

support manager and is tasked 

with using the company’s 

SAP system to better manage 

customer relationships and also 

improve overall customer care. 

Leanne Mann 

is the new 

commercial 

operations 

co-ordinator at 

Yamato, and has been brought 

in to assist the technical 

support and operations 

teams with customer quotes 

and delivery. She is also the 

customer contact for any 

delivery queries. 

Campden BRI 

Klaudyna 

Terlicka has 

joined the 

Campden BRI 

team as head 

of regulatory affairs to support 

the ongoing expansion of 

its labelling and regulatory 

services and consolidate its 

expansion in international 

regulatory affairs. She will 

lead the team of regulatory 

advisers who give support 

to the company’s clients. 

Matcon 

Richard 

Lockwood 

has been 

promoted from 

the sales team 

at Matcon to become the new 

pharmaceutical business line 

director, taking over from 

Shaun Baker who is leaving the 

company. He will be responsible 

for the continued growth of the 

pharma side of the business. 

Newman Labelling 

David Wills has 

joined Newman 

Labelling as 

European sales 

manager with 

responsibility for territories in 

Europe, the Middle East and 

Africa. He brings engineering, 

sales and distribution 

experience in his new role. 

RARUK 

Ross Lacy has joined RARUK 

Automation as a robot sales 

engineer and he is responsible 

for sales of the entire product 

range from Universal Robot 

throughout the UK. 

Lock Inspection 

James 

Chrismas has 

been appointed 

as international 

pharmaceutical 

business manager at Lock 

inspection and Loma 

Systems. In this key role, 

Chrismas will be responsible 

for developing the company’s 

range of metal detectors and 

x-ray inspection products 

within the pharmaceutical 

and nutraceutical industry. 

FPE Global 

Sylvain 

LeMézec has 

joined FPE 

Global as 

export sales 

manager to further target 

international growth at the 

company having previously 

been global sales director at 

Matcon. He has worked for 

bulk handling companies for 

more than 25 years, providing 

lean solutions for customers 

around the world. FPE’s ceo 

David Cooper believes he will 

strengthen the company’s 

overall capability. 

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group 

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group is now providing direct 

sales and technical support to customers in Ireland through the 

team pictured here from left to right: Declan O’Riordan is head 

of sales; Eithne O’Connor is financial controller; Ray Baldwin 

is technical sales manager, BioPure; Catherine Heffernan is 

inside sales and Denis Coll is sales manager, Bio Pharma. 

Diary 

Dates 

26 – 28, SEPTEMBER, 2017 

PPMA Show 2017 

NEC, Birmingham 

www.ppmashow.co.uk 

6 APRIL 

PPMA Seminar 

HR for Non-HR 

Managers 

Marriot Hotel, Northampton 

christine.jordan@ppma.co.uk 

www.ppma.co.uk 

25 – 26 APRIL 

Making 

Pharmaceuticals 

Ricoh Arena, Coventry 

www.makingpharmaceuticals.com 

27 APRIL 

UKIVA Machine 

Vision Conference 

Arena MK, Milton Keynes 

chris.valdes@ppma.co.uk 

www.machinevisionconference.com 

4 – 10 MAY 

interpack 2017 

Düsseldorf, Germany 

www.interpack.com 

14 – 17 JUNE 

Propak Asia 2017 

Bangkok, Thailand 

www.propakasia.com 

28 – 30 JUNE 

Interphex Japan 2017 

Tokyo Big Sight, Japan 

www.interphex.jp/en 

12 – 14 JULY 

Propak China 2017 

Shanghai, China 

www.propackchina.com 

25 – 27 SEPTEMBER 

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 

Las Vegas, USA 

www.packexpolasvegas.com


Buyers Guide: Ancillary Equipment 

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

AC INDUSTRIAL DRIVES 

PILZ Automation Technology 

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Northants, NN18 8TJ 

T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 

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

Interroll Ltd 

Orion Way, Kettering, 

Northants, NN15 6NL 

T: 01536 312770 

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

CYLINDER SENSORS / ENCODERS 

FILTERS – MAGNETIC 

Goudsmit Magnetics Group 

Peter Buckley 

T: +44 (0)7482 983183 

E: pbu@goudsmit.eu 

www.goudsmitmagnets.com 

LINEAR MOTORS 

Quin Systems Ltd 

Oaklands Park, 

Wokingham, RG41 2FD 

T: 0118 977 1077 

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ifm electronic Ltd 

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T: 020 8213-2222 

E: enquiry.gb@ifm.com 

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CABLES / POWER SUPPLIES 




T: 020 8213-2222 



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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 




T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


RESOLVERS 




T: +44 1793 783 839 



RFID / DATA MATRIX 




T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


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 

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: 01606 812 777 

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




T: +44 1793 783 839 






T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


SERVO CONTROL SYSTEMS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 





T: 0118 977 1077 


SERVO DRIVES 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


SERVO MOTORS 




T: 01536 460766 F: 01536 460866 


TACHOS 




T: +44 1793 783 839 



TEMPERATURE SENSORS 




T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


ULTRASONIC SENSORS 




T: +44 1793 783 839 






T: 020 8213-2222 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


VACUUM GRIPPERS 

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 




T: 020 8213-2222 



VISION SENSORS 




T: +44 1793 783 839 






T: 020 8213-2222 






T: +44 1793 783 839 



Schmersal Ltd 







T: +44 1793 783 839 



SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 

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


Buyers Guide: Processing Equipment 


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 

Baker Perkins Ltd 

Manor Drive, 

Peterborough, PE4 7AP T: +44 1733 283000 

E: bpltd@bakerperkins.com 

www.bakerperkins.com 

Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 

E: info@morton-mixers.co.uk 

www.morton-mixers.co.uk 

Winkworth 

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

BAKING 

Reiser UK Ltd 

Maidstone Road, Kingston, 

Milton Keynes, MK10 0BD 

T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 

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

Steck Depositors Limited 

Copthorne, West Sussex, RH10 3LF 

T: +44 (0) 1293 873439 

E: sales@steckdepositors.com 

www.steckdepositors.com 

BISCUIT PROCESS EQUIPMENT 


Manor Drive, 




Winkworth 


BLENDING 

Winkworth 


FlexLink Systems Limited 

Milton Keynes, MK14 5BN 

T: 01908 327200 

E: info.uk@flexlink.com 

www.flexlink.com 

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 


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 

CLEANING MACHINES 

The Industrial Cleaning 

Equipment Company 

T: 01543 449259 E: info@ecoblastsupplies.co.uk 

www.ecoblastsupplies.co.uk 

COATING 

Winkworth 


BOWL CHOPPER 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


BREAKFAST CEREAL 

PROCESS EQUIPMENT 


Manor Drive, 




Winkworth 


BULK PRODUCT 

HANDLING SYSTEMS 

Coperion K-Tron GB 

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

T: 0161 209 4810 

E: ckb@coperionktron.com 

www@coperionktron.com 


T: 01694 722841 



piab 

Oaks Ind. Est., Festival Drive, 

Loughborough, LE11 5XN 

T: 01509 857010 F: 01509 857011 

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

AMP Rose 

Gainsborough, 

Lincolnshire, DN21 1QT 

T: +44 1427 611 969 

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

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 


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 


Grote International 

Wrexham, LL13 7YP 

www.grotecompany.com 

E: sales@intl.grotecompany.com 

T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 

COOKING KETTLES 

Winkworth 


COSMETIC & TOILETRY 

PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 

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 



T: 01908 327200 




Dorchester, Dorset, 

DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 

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

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


DEPOSITORS LIQUIDS/SOLIDS 





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 

SP Filling Systems Ltd 

Unit 28, Ddole Industrial Estate, 

Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 6DF 

T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 

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



T: +44 (0) 1293 873439 





T: 01579 383788 



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 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


EXTRUSION 

Silverson Machines Ltd 

Waterside, Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 1PQ 

T: 01494 786331 

E: sales@silverson.co.uk 

www.silverson.co.uk 

AMP Rose 

Gainsborough, 


T: +44 1427 611 969 


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 


Manor Drive, 



www.bakerperkins.com

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

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





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 

FOOD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 





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 

Winkworth 


FILLING MACHINES: LIQUID 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 


Schmersal Ltd 




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) 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 




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 



T: 01494 786331 



Winkworth 


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 

E: sales@jrboone.com 

www.jrboone.com 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Winkworth 


MIXING VESSELS 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 



dh industries 



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


Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 



Winkworth 


PASTA COOKERS 

Winkworth 


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 



Winkworth 


PILOT PLANT 

Winkworth 


PIZZA EQUIPMENT 





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 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




T: +44 (0) 1293 873439 



PUMPS 

Leatherhead Road, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2QL 

T: 01372 737300 E: sales.vacuum.ln@oerlikon.com 

www.oerlikon.com 



DT2 0LL 

T: 01935 483900 


SANDWICH PREPARATION 

EQUIPMENT 





T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 

SAUSAGE PRODUCTION 

EQUIPMENT 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


SLICING & DICING 



T: 01908 682740 







T: 01978 362243 F: 01978 362255 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


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, 






T: 01579 383788 





T: 01494 786331 






T: 01472 239786 


Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 


www.morton-mixers.co.uk



Processing Equipment 

Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


Winkworth 


SORTING EQUIPMENT 

Scorpion Vision Ltd 

Lymington, Hampshire SO41 0ED 

T: 01590 679333 

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 


Sewtec Automation Ltd 

3 Riverside Way, 

Ravensthorpe Industrial Estate, 

Dewsbury WF13 3LG 

T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 

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

SPICE & HERB STERILISATION 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Winkworth 


STERILISING TUNNELS 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


TABLET, CAPSULE AND 

CONFECTIONERY PRINTING 

MACHINES 

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 Ardglen Ind. Est., Ardglen Rd., 

Whitchurch, Hants RG28 7BB 

T: 01256 892194 

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

VACUUM PROCESS VESSELS 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Winkworth 


WASHING EQUIPMENT 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


WASHING/STERILISING EQUIPMENT 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


X-RAY INSPECTION 

Ishida Europe Ltd 

Kettles Wood Drive, 

Woodgate Business Park, Birmingham B32 3DB 

T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 

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




T: 01472 239786 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


Morton Mixers 

T: 0845 277 0939 



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 


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 

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 


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 


Audion Swissvac UK 

18 Victoria Way, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8AN 

T: 01753 546777 

E: info@audionelektro.co.uk 

www.audionelektro.co.uk 

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 

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

Ilapak Ltd 

Hayes, Middlesex 

UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 

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 

2 Pilgrim Way, Stanningley, 

Leeds LS28 6LU 

PFM Packaging T: Machinery 0113 239 3401 Ltd 

E: sales@pfmuk.com 

www.pfmuk.com 

BAG PALLETISERS 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 



T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 



KUKA Robotics UK Ltd 

Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 7LL 

T: 0121 505 9970 

E: sales@kuka-robotics.co.uk 

www.kuka-robotics.co.uk 

Phoenix Handling Solutions 

Burnley BB12 6HH 

T: 0845 265 7570 

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

Statec Binder GmbH 

Industriestrasse 32, 8200 Gleisdorf, 

Austria. T: +43 3112 38580-0 

E: office@statec-binder.com 

www.statec-binder.com 

BAG SEALERS 




T: 01952 677911 F: 01952 677945 


automated packaging systems 

Sandy’s Road, Malvern, WR14 1JJ 

T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 

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

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 



T: 01753 546777 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 




T: 0161 209 4810 





Austria. T: +43 3112 38580-0 





T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 

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

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


T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 



www.logopak.co.uk 

T: 01904 692333 

Cap Coder Ltd 

Monument Business Park, 

Chalgrove, Oxford, OX44 7RW 

T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 

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

Körber Medipak Systems UK 

Fairacres, Windsor SL4 4LE 

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

www.medipak-systems.com 

RM Sealers Ltd 

Valley Farm, Dagnall, Herts HP4 1QR 

T: 01442 843387 

E: enquiries@rmsealers.co.uk 

www.rmsealers.co.uk 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Mediseal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 

www.mediseal.de 

BANDING 

Gordian Strapping Ltd 

Brunel Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XX 

T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 

E: sales@gordianstrapping.com 

www.gordianstrapping.com 




T: 01256 892194 


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 

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 

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 


BLISTER PACKERS 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 


Dividella AG 



T: 01753 754865 

www.dividella.com 





Mediseal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 


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 


BLOW MOULDING 

Serac UK 

Po Box 527, Ducklington, 

Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 9LL, UK 

T: 01235 537222 

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

CAN FILLING EQUIPMENT 

All-Fill International Ltd 

5 Gateshead Close, Sunderland Rd, 

Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 1RS 

T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 

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




T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 




T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 


CAPPERS 

Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 




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



Propack Automation Machinery Ltd 

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

T: 02476 470074 

E: office@propack.co.uk 

www.propack.co.uk 

Serac UK 



T: 01235 537222 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


CARTONING SYSTEMS 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 





T: 01225 784019 F: 01225 783400 



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 

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 

Norden (UK) Ltd 

2 Tanners Drive, Milton Keynes, MK14 5BN 

T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 

E: enquiries@norden.co.uk 

www.nordenmachinery.se 



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





T: 02476 470074 



105 Newdigate Road, Nottingham, NG16 1HN 

T: 0115 875 9846 

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




T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 







T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


CASE ERECTING/ 

FILLING SEALING 

Aetna UK Limited 

Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7TA 

T: 01234 825050 

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

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 

T: +31 (0)348 410 999 E: sales@blueprintautomation.nl 

www.bpa-flexolutions.com 

Cobalt Systems Ltd 

Cobalt House, Arden Square, 

Electra Way, Crewe, CW1 6HA 

T: 01270 539800 

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

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 


ETPACK SPRINTER UK LTD 

NEWBURY, BERKS, RG14 5SJ 

T: 01635 905090 

E: dianne@et-pack.com 

www.et-pack.com 

CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 


Industrial Labelling Systems Ltd 

D4 Brookside Business Park, Manchester M24 1GS 

T: 0161 655 4846 

E: sales@ilsystems.co.uk 

www.ilsystems.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 

Jacob White Packaging Ltd 

Riverside Way, Dartford, Kent DA1 5BY 

T: 01322 272531 

F: 01322 270692 

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




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


Sensor House, Phoenix Park, St Neots, 

Cambridgeshire PE19 8EP T: 01480 408 500 

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

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 

Kliklok International Ltd 

Western Drive, Bristol BS14 0AY 

T: 01275 836131 

E: sales@kliklok-int.com 

www.kliklok-int.com 

now part of the Bosch Group 

Endoline Machinery Ltd 

Biggleswade, SG18 8QB 

T: 01767 316422 

E: sales@endoline-automation.com 

www.endoline-automation.com



Packaging Machinery 



T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 



Jacob White Packaging Ltd 

Riverside Way, Dartford, Kent DA1 5BY 

T: 01322 272531 

F: 01322 270692 

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



T: 0845 265 7570 


The Food Machinery Company Ltd 

Rochester, Kent ME3 8RF 

T: 01634 272345 

E: contact@foodmc.com 

www.foodmc.co.uk 



T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 






T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 


CENTRIFUGAL BOWL FEEDERS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 







T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


CHECKWEIGHER METAL 

DETECTOR COMBI UNITS 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 


Cap Coder Ltd 

Coding Division, 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 




T: 02476 470074 






T: 0118 977 1077 




T: 01908 682740 



Domino UK Ltd 

Bar Hill, Cambridge 

CB23 8TU 

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

www.domino-uk.com 




T: 0118 977 1077 




T: 0845 265 7570 




T: 01634 272345 





T: 0161 655 4846 



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 





T: 01684 310000 



Linx Printing 

Technologies Ltd 

St. Ives, PE27 5JL 

T: 01480 302661 

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

Woodward Avenue, Yate, Bristol BS37 5AP 

T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 

E: machine.sales@smurfitkappa.co.uk 

www.machinesystems.co.uk 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


CASE LINING/ 

FILLING/CLOSING 



CASE PACKERS AUTOMATIC 

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 






CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 



T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 


Tekpak Automation Ltd (UK) 

T: +44 (0)113 3505694 

E: sales@tekpak.co.uk 

www.tekpak.co.uk 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


CASE TAPING/ 

STRAPPING/GLUING 



T: 01234 825050 




T: 01767 316422 


www.endoline-automation.com 



T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 



CHECKWEIGHERS 

Anritsu Infivis Ltd 

200 Capability Green, Luton LU1 3LU 

T: +44(0)1582 433227 

E: ais-europe@anritsu.com 

www.anritsu.com 



T: 01908 682740 





T: 01634 272345 






T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 




T: 01684 310000 



Yamato 

Leeds, LS12 6HH 

T: 0113 322 1546 

E: sales1@yamatoscale.co.uk 

www.yamatoscale.co.uk 

CODING & MARKING 




T: 01844 213177 


Open Date Equipment Ltd 

Mitcham, Surrey CR4 4DG 

T: 020 8655 4999 

E: sales@opendate.co.uk 

www.opendate.co.uk 


T: 01904 692333 

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

www.printsafe.co.uk 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


CODING MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 


COLLATING EQUIPMENT 

CME Ltd 


T: 01460 269500 







T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


CONFECTIONERY WRAPPING 

MACHINES 




T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 





T: 01296 610 140 F: 01296 610 175 



Allen Coding 

Unit 9 Gateway 1000, Whittle Way, 

Arlington Business Park, Stevenage, 

Herts, SG1 2FP 

T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 

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

AMP Rose 

Gainsborough, 


T: +44 1427 611 969 




T: 01767 316422 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 



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 

CME Ltd 


T: 01460 269500 


www.cme-ltd.com

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CONTRACT LABELLING 




T: 01844 213177 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 


CONVERGERS 

T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01256 892194 


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: 01472 239786 






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 




T: 01767 316422 




T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 





T: 01908 327200 





T: 01634 272345 



Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 


Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 





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




T: 0845 265 7570 





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 – MOTORISED DRUMS 

Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 


CONVEYORS – PALLET 

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 

Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 





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




T: 0845 265 7570 


CONVEYORS – POWERED ROLLER 



T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


Interroll Ltd 



T: 01536 312770 




T: 0845 265 7570 


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: 0115 875 9846 




T: 01684 310000 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


COUNTING/PACKAGING 

HARDWARE COMPONENTS 



T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 





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 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 




T: 0121 505 9970 





T: 0845 265 7570 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


ELEVATORS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 




T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 






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



Borgergade 17 


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





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 


Riley 




T: 01332 275850 F: 01332 275855 

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


Schmersal Ltd 







T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


END OF LINE BAGGING MACHINES 

FFS HORIZONTAL 

(FLOWWRAPPERS) 



T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 


AMP Rose 

Gainsborough, 


T: +44 1427 611 969 




T: 01753 546777 





T: 01634 272345 





T: 01753 546777 





T: 0161 209 4810 





T: 01634 272345 






T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Gainsborough Industrial Controls Ltd 

Alpha Works, Sandars Road, Heapham Road 

Industrial Estate, Gainsborough DN21 1RZ 

T: 01427 611885 

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

Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 






www.pfmuk.com 




T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 





Austria. T: +43 3112 38580-0 



FILLING: CAPSULE 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 


Evolution BPS 

T: 01721 724296 

E: sales@evolutionbps.co.uk 

www.evolutionbps.co.uk 

FILLING: COSMETIC EQUIPMENT 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 


Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 




T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 





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



FILLING: GRANULES 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 




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





Austria. T: +43 3112 38580-0 



FILLING: LIQUID 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 





T: 01274 731222 F: 01274 308953 



AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 

Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 


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 





www.pfmuk.com 

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 



Austria. T: +43 3112 38580-0 



FILLING: ASEPTIC 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Serac UK 



T: 01235 537222 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


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 


T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 



Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 




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 





Cap Coder Ltd 



T: 01865 891466 F: 01865 891292 


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 



AMP Rose 

Gainsborough, 


T: +44 1427 611 969 




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





Austria. T: +43 3112 38580-0 






T: 01472 239786 

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

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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: 0115 875 9846 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 




T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 


Serac UK 



T: 01235 537222 





T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 


HOT MELT APPLICATION 

EQUIPMENT 

W H Leary, Robatech 

Basildon, Essex, SS15 6SW 

T: 01268 490035 

E: post@whleary.co.uk 

www.whleary.co.uk 



T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



INDUCTION CAP SEALING 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


FILLING: MOLTEN 

FILLING: POWDER 




T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 




Austria. T: +43 3112 38580-0 



HEAT SEALERS 

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 

INK JET CODERS 




T: 01597 824918 F: 01597 822553 




T: 01634 272345 





T: 01753 546777 






T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 


FILLING: PASTE 

Adelphi Group 



T: 01444 472300 





T: 01767 691100 F: 01767 681406 




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: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 





Austria. T: +43 3112 38580-0 



FILLING: SOLIDS 

Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 


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

multifill multifil 

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 




T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 






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 






T: 01472 239786 


RM Sealers Ltd 

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: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 




T: 020 8655 4999 








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 



T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


INSPECTION SYSTEMS 



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



Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 




T: 020 8655 4999 



Acrovision 


T: 0845 337 0250 


www.acrovision.co.uk







T: 01844 213177 




T: 01908 682740 




T: 01904 692333 




T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 





T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 





T: 0161 655 4846 



T: 01255 553822 

E: sales@premierlabellers.co.uk 

www.premierlabellers.co.uk 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 




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 






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 



LABEL PRINTERS 




T: 01844 213177 


Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 


11 Whittle Parkway, Berkshire, SL1 6DQ 

T: 01628 668836 

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 


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: 02476 470074 






T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


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 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


LANE DIVIDER/COMBINER 



T: 01283 210333 F: 01283 210444 






T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 





T: 01472 239786 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


LASER CODERS 

LEAK TESTING 




T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 





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 


T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


METAL DETECTION 



T: +44(0)1582 433227 





T: 01908 682740 





T: 01634 272345 



Fortress Technology (Europe) Ltd 

Phantom House, Beaumont Road, 

Banbury, Oxon, OX16 1RH 

T: 01295 256266 F: 01295 255987 

E: info@fortresstechnology.co.uk 





T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 


Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 



Peter Buckley 

T: +44 (0)7482 983183 


www.goudsmitmagnets.com

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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: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 




T: 0845 265 7570 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 


Mettler-Toledo Safeline 

Montford Street, Salford, M50 2XD, UK 

T: 0161 848 8636 

E: safeline.info@mt.com 

www.mt.com/metaldetection 

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 






T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 




T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 






www.pfmuk.com 

Yamato 

Leeds, LS12 6HH 

T: 0113 322 1546 

E: sales1@yamatoscale.co.uk 

www.yamatoscale.co.uk 

MULTIPLE PACKAGING 

EQUIPMENT 

AMP Rose 

Gainsborough, 


T: +44 1427 611 969 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 


PALLETISING 

Alvey Group 

T: 01355 574859 

07921 773545 

E: rwoods@alvey.be 

www.alvey.be 

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 



T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 





Austria. T: +43 3112 38580-0 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


PICK & PLACE MACHINES 

ILPRA UK 


T: 01793 832020 






T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 






www.pfmuk.com 




T: 01472 239786 


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 




T: 01908 682740 



PALLET SHRINK WRAPPING 

MACHINERY 



T: 0845 265 7570 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 


PALLET STRAPPING 

MACHINERY 



T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 





T: 0845 265 7570 


PALLET STRETCH HOODING 

MACHINERY 



T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 





T: 0845 265 7570 


PALLET STRETCH WRAPPING 

MACHINERY 

Evolution BPS 

T: 01721 724296 




T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 




Peter Buckley 

T: +44 (0)7482 983183 






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




T: 0121 505 9970 






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: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 





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: 0121 505 9970 





T: 0845 265 7570 




T: 01634 272345 





T: 01234 825050 




T: 0845 265 7570 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 


Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 




T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 




T: 0115 875 9846 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 

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



T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 





T: 01206 304182 



Karmelle Ltd 



T: 01484 533356 



T: 01904 692333 

RFID TRACK AND 

TRACE SOFTWARE 




T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


RINSERS AIR/& OR PRODUCT 



T: 0121 505 9970 





T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 



Tekpak Automation Ltd (UK) 

T: +44 (0)113 3505694 

E: sales@tekpak.co.uk 

www.tekpak.co.uk 

Sessions UK 

1 Redeness Street, York, YO31 7UU 

T: 01904 610613 

E: enquiry@sessionsuk.com 

www.sessionsuk.com 

AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 



T: 0845 265 7570 


POUCH FILL & SEAL MACHINES 

ILPRA UK 


T: 01793 832020 





T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 




T: 01634 272345 






T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 





T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 





T: 01296 310490 F: 01296 483440 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


PRINT & APPLY LABELLING 




T: 01844 213177 


Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 


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 

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: 01206 304182 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


READY MEALS PACKING LINES 



T: 01275 836131 







T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 


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

multifill multifil 

E: sales@multi-fill.com 

www.multi-fill.com 



T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 





T: 01472 239786 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 01282 440040 F: 01282 440041 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


READY MEALS SLEEVING 



T: 01275 836131 



RESEALABLE PACKAGING 


Holmach Ltd 



T: 01780 749097 F: 01780 749098 


ROBOTIC HANDLING SYSTEMS 

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 1DQ 

T: 01296 314300 www.aarobotics.co.uk 

E: trich@aylesbury-automation.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 








CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 




T: 01767 316422 



FANUC UK Ltd 


T: 02476 639669 




T: 01908 327200 




Peter Buckley 

T: +44 (0)7482 983183 



Kawasaki Robotics 

Warrington, WA5 7ZB 

T: 01925 713000 

E: info@kawasakirobotuk.com 

www.kawasakirobot.co.uk 




T: 0118 977 1077 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 




T: 01206 304182 



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: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 




T: 0121 505 9970 





T: 0845 265 7570 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 





T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 


ROBOTIC PALLETISERS 

ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 








T: 0161 655 4846 



Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 





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





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 

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

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Borgergade 17 


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


FANUC UK Ltd 


T: 02476 639669 



T: +44 (0) 844 372 2877 





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 



Ocme UK Ltd 



T: 01635 298171 F: 01635 297936 




T: 0845 265 7570 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 



T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 





Austria. T: +43 3112 38580-0 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 





T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 





T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


ROBOTS 

ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 



CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 





T: 01452 728753 F: 01452 725686 


FANUC UK Ltd 


T: 02476 639669 




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: 0845 265 7570 


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 


ROBOTS – ARTICULATED ARM 

ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 



FANUC UK Ltd 


T: 02476 639669 



Peter Buckley 

T: +44 (0)7482 983183 





T: 0121 505 9970 






T: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 


ROBOTS – CARTESIAN 

ROBOTS –COLLABORATIVE 

ABB Ltd 



T: 01908 350300 F: 01908 350301 



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: 01295 272755 F: 01295 267127 


SACHET MACHINES 



T: 01634 272345 






T: 01427 617677 

F: 01427 810443 



Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 






Mediseal GmbH 



T: 01753 754865 




T: 02476 470074 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


SAFETY GUARDING 




Schmersal Ltd 




SEAL TESTING 




T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


SERIALISATION 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


SHRINK HOODING 



T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 



SHRINK SLEEVING 




T: 01274 731222 F: 01274 308953 






T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


SHRINK TUNNELS 



T: 01753 546777 






T: 01903 249113 F: 01903 245616 




T: 0845 265 7570 





T: 01924 441355 F: 01924 440686 


SHRINK WRAPPING 



T: 01234 825050 




T: 01753 546777 



AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 

Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 


Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 1DQ 

T: 01296 314300 www.aarobotics.co.uk 

E: trich@aylesbury-automation.co.uk 



T: 0121 505 9970 






T: 01256 892194 


Marden Edwards Shrinkwrap 

2 Nimrod Way, East Dorest Trade Park, 

Wimborne, BH21 7SH 

T: 01202 861200 

E: info@meshrinkwrap.com 

www.meshrinkwrap.com





T: 01903 249113 F: 01903 245616 




T: 01579 383788 





T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 





T: 01634 272345 





T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 





T: 0845 265 7570 





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 


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: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 



CME Ltd 


T: 01460 269500 



SPIRAL CONVEYORS 



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: 0845 265 7570 





T: 01823 431838 F: 01823 430806 


STACKING 




T: 01256 892194 


STICK PACK MACHINES 





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: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 





T: 0845 265 7570 


STRETCH HOODING 



T: 0845 265 7570 


STRETCH WRAPPERS 



T: 01234 825050 




T: 01256 394 400 F: 01256 394 410 





T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 





T: 0845 265 7570 


Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


STRIP PACKERS 




T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


TAMPER EVIDENT SLEEVING 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


TEA BAGGING MACHINES 

Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


THERMAL PRINTERS 




T: 01844 213177 


Allen Coding 




T: 01438 347770 F: 01438 347771 





T: 01858 461014 F: 01858 436900 




T: 0161 655 4846 





T: 020 8655 4999 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


THERMOFORMING 

Anchor Plastics Machinery 

St Albans, AL3 7HR 

T: 01895 824301 

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 


TRACK & TRACE 




T: 01264 324222 F: 01264 324333 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


TRAY DENESTING SYSTEMS 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 







T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 


BEUMER Group UK Limited 

Bardon Hill, Leicestershire, LE67 1UE 

T: 01530 441297 

E: sales@beumergroup.com 

www.beumergroup.com 

T: 01444 239970 F: 01444 246609 





T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 

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

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T: 02476 470074 






T: 01472 239786 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 






T: 01924 494047 F: 01924 480949 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


TRAY ERECTING/PACKING 




T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 




T: 01275 836131 




T: 01454 328660 F: 01454 326871 






T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


TRAY SEALERS 

ILPRA UK 


T: 01793 832020 






T: 01462 895245 F: 01462 895683 






T: 01903 249113 F: 01903 245616 




T: 0845 265 7570 





T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 





T: 01472 239786 


Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 





T: 0845 302 3056 F: 0845 302 3057 


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 


UNSCRAMBLERS 





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





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 



Reiser UK Ltd 



T: 01908 585300 F: 01908 585400 


VACUUM PUMPS 

VACUUM TRANSFER SYSTEMS 



T: 0161 209 4810 



piab 



T: 01509 857010 F: 01509 857011 


VERIFICATION 




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: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 


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 

IMPERX, Inc. 

Florida, 33487, USA 

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

E: sales@imperx.com 

www.imperx.com 

Petersfield, Hampshire GU32 3QF 

T: 01730 233332 

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



T: 01590 679333 



T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 

E: info@stemmer-imaging.co.uk 

www.stemmer-imaging.co.uk 

VISION – END OF LINE INSPECTION 




T: 01785 812512 F: 01785 819512 


AVE UK LTD 


T: 01252 733200 


www.aveuk.net 






T: 01590 679333 



MPE UK LIMITED 

Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire SK23 7DQ 

T: +44 1663 732 700 

E: mark@mpe-uk.com 

www.mpe-uk.com 




T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 



piab 



T: 01509 857010 F: 01509 857011 


SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 

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




VISION – HIGH SPEED IMAGING 

IMPERX, Inc. 


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




Bytronic 

T: +44 (0)1564 793174 




T: 01730 233332 




T: 01684 310000 



T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


VISION – LINE SCAN TECHNOLOGY 

SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 



VISION SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR 


Bytronic 

T: +44 (0)1564 793174 







www.pfmuk.com 




T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


WRAP AROUND PACKERS 

CAMA 3 Ltd 




T: 01793 831111 F: 01793 831481 




T: 01590 679333 



Alrad Imaging 


T: 01635 30345 




T: 01730 233332 





T: 0121 713 6900 F: 0121 713 6935 


SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


VISION INSPECTION 

Acrovision 


T: 0845 337 0250 



Alrad Imaging 


T: 01635 30345 






T: 01296 314300 F: 01296 482424 





T: 01908 682740 









T: 01590 679333 



VISION SYSTEMS 

Acrovision 


T: 0845 337 0250 





T: 01908 682740 



IMPERX, Inc. 


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




T: 01730 233332 




T: 01590 679333 



Olmec-UK Ltd 

Barton-Upon-Humber 

DN18 5RL 

T: 01652 631960 

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



T: 0121 749 2566 F: 0121 749 6217 





T: 01590 679333 



T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


VOID FILL – AIR CUSHIONS 



T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 





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 



Ilapak Ltd 


UB3 3BN 

T: 020 8797 2000 


Marden Edwards Limited 

2 Nimrod Way, East Dorset Trade Park, 

Wimborne, BH21 7SH 

T: 01202 861200 

E: info@mardenedwards.com 

www.mardenedwards.com 





T: 01730 233332 


Olmec-UK Ltd 

Barton-Upon-Humber 

DN18 5RL 

T: 01652 631960 

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

SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 


T: 01252 780000 

F: 01252 780001 






T: 01875 611 111 F: 01875 613 310 


VISION SYSTEMS – 3D 



T: 01268 885885 F: 01268 885860 



WEIGHING MACHINES 



T: 01684 891 400 F: 01684 891 401 




T: 01908 682740 



Sollas UK Ltd 



T: 01256 896930 F: 01256 896665 





T: 01525 216201 F: 01525 216200 


X-RAY INSPECTION SYSTEMS 



T: +44(0)1582 433227 





T: 0121 749 2566 F: 0121 749 6217 



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: 0161 209 4810 





T: 01908 682740 





T: 01590 679333 




T: 01730 233332 




T: 01634 272345 






T: 0121 607 7700 F: 0121 607 7666 


SICK (UK) LTD 



T: 01727 831121 F: 01727 856767 




T: 01590 679333 





T: 01494 471580 F: 01494 533487 




T: 01684 310000 


www.sparc-systems.co.uk

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