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News Release from: Ulma Packaging | Subject: Poultry wrap
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 September 2006
Leak proof poultry wrap success
Ulma Packaging is celebrating success after winning significant new business in the poultry sector
Ulma Packaging is celebrating success after winning significant new business in the poultry sector - consolidating its position as one of the country's leading suppliers of packaging equipment for the whole fresh bird wrapping market Recent orders - including 10 machines installed at one major poultry company - have secured Ulma's position as the industry leader, where it now believes it has around 75 per cent of the market for wrapping whole fresh birds
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 20 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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This success comes on the back of a partnership project two years ago with one of the country's biggest producers of fresh chickens, where a new non water shrink packaging solution was developed on Ulma's Pacific SSF.
The inclusion of a stretch/shrink film unit, combined with a vacuum system in the new Pacific SSF, improves packing efficiency by reducing the air left in the pack prior to shrinking - resulting in a leak-proof pack and much improved seal integrity.
The system offers a greatly improved on-shelf appearance together with a reduced risk of contamination from leakage, keeping in line with the demands of supermarket buyers and consumers.
The result has been well received by poultry processors across the UK with sales at Ulma increasing strongly since the launch of the machine.
As well as excellent packaging results, the Pacific offers a modem link on the machine's electronics which enables remote fault finding from the Ulma factory helping to keep any downtime to an absolute minimum.
Ulma's UK director Derek Paterson said: "The Pacific SSF offers many outstanding features and allows producers to enhance the packaging of poultry.
Its performance and reputation is such that business has increased to the point that we believe about 75 percent of the whole fresh bird market is now wrapped using Ulma equipment.
He added: "We have won a significant number of new orders including 10 machines into one of the UK leading processors and a similar number at various sites across the country.".
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