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News Release from: Paramount Packaging Systems Limited | Subject: Fuji Alpha 3410B flow-wrapper
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 July 2004
Wrapper Rises To Occasion For Bread
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Speciality Italian bread manufacturer La Fornaia has doubled the size of its premises, following five years in which production volume has risen three-fold.
Speciality Italian bread manufacturer La Fornaia has doubled the size of its premises, following five years in which production volume has risen three-fold To handle the growing demand for its hand-crafted bread, which is supplied to major UK multiples as own brand products, the company has installed a second Fuji Alpha 3410B flow-wrapper, supplied by UK agent Paramount Packaging Systems
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 4 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Based at Park Royal in West London and employing some 250 staff, La Fornaia handles a wide product range from volume ciabatta and focaccia loaves to short-run flatbreads with a variety of toppings.
Therefore, speed of changeover was an important factor in the company's choice of packing machinery.
"We have over 70 different product lines and runs can vary in length from 15 minutes to four hours - 500 packs up to 10,000 - and so the quick, programmable changeover we achieve with the Fuji machines is a major plus point," explained David Harrison, production director.
The Fuji Alpha 3410B wrappers are equipped with gas flushing equipment and box motion jaws to provide extra dwell time for secure seals on the high barrier films and laminates used by La Fornaia.
An electronic memory allows changeover to be made by the operator in three to four minutes.
Once a new product is selected, the machine automatically adjusts itself to match its length, the sealing times and temperatures required and to bring the new printed film into register automatically.
Scale readings for manual adjustment of the side guides, forming box width and entry angle are shown on the touch screen controls.
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