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Food Packaging
News Release from: Schubert UK
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 April 2007
Schubert surge in demand from drinks
Schubert, the automated packaging system specialist, is reporting a huge surge in demand for its machines following a substantial series of new orders from drinks manufacturers
Some of the top names in the global brewing and beverage industry will shortly take delivery of a number of Schubert systems for a wide range of packaging applications, which include packing a variety of bottle sizes into different formats of multi-pack clusters, cartons and trays The boom in new business from the drinks sector has already prompted Schubert to start work on expanding its production facility
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 7 Feb 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Drinks manufacturers are choosing Schubert machines because they are extremely flexible and offer rapid changeover times between different packaging configurations".
"Schubert's expertise means it can easily integrate a variety of tasks, such as carton erecting, filling and closing, into the same compact machine," explained Alan Law, Schubert UK's managing director.
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"As well as being very versatile, Schubert systems can use many types of packaging consumables so that customers are free to purchase their own supplies".
"This potentially means further cost savings as there is no requirement for a lengthy tie-in with a specific packaging supplier, which is quite often the case with machine deals in this sector," he added".
""Schubert is confident that the drinks industry will be one of the key growth areas over the next 5 years".
"In the UK, there is significant interest in Schubert systems from well-known names in the beverage market and I anticipate expanding the sales team in the coming months with the appointment of an experienced specialist to handle the remarkable growth in the number of enquiries from this sector," said Alan.
Visitors to the Total Processing and Packaging Show at Birmingham's NEC (May 15-18) will be able to see the flexibility of a Schubert automated packaging system as it packs drinking yoghurt in a variety of formats at speeds of up to 300 bottles a minute on Stand 4440 in Hall 4.
The compact TLM machine will demonstrate how a series of 4-axis robots can rapidly pick and place bottles, grouping them together ready for loading into multi-pack cartons, also erected by 2-axis robots within the system.
Schubert UK, based in Meriden, near Coventry, provides a range of services including sales project management and consultancy, technical support and spares.
Recent UK contracts have been won from the dairy, confectionery, bakery, snack food, drinks, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.
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