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AS THE connoisseurs of tea, Twinings needs the best packaging machine systems available, which is why earlier this year Jim Sharp, Twinings' works engineer at the Andover manufacturing facility, turned to the specialist machinery agency Partners in Packaging to supply its carton erecting and closing equipment.
The multi-million pound investment in compact cellular processing and packaging manufacture required cartoning equipment that met Twinings exacting requirements for flexibility of operation, footprint, ergonomics and cost.
And Partners in Packaging’s principle Vepatec, a German cartoning machinery manufacturer specialist, beat off stiff competition from Twinings existing supplier and a number of other well-known names to secure the an order that will be worth £1m..
Vepatec has already installed eight carton erectors and closers, with more to be installed by the end of this year. The machines are designed to automatically erect and close sift-proof webbed corner cartons at 70 cartons/minute and standard glue closure top load cartons, at speeds of up to 100 cartons/minute.
Twinings placed particular importance on the adaptability of the closing mechanism and the ability to remove the need for a film outer wrap on certain products, while also having the facility to produce standard tuck closures. Fast tooling changeover through the provision of bolt-on change parts and the ability of Vepatec’s equipment to meet the required speeds have now made them Twinings supplier of choice.
Just as important was the ability of Vepatec to provide machine systems with a footprint that fitted the cellular manufacturing processes employed by Twinings.
“Vepatec through Partners in Packaging came out top of the list for all our key manufacturing milestones and has been extremely flexible in meeting all the demands for machine adaptations placed on them. By developing systems that allow fast changeover between different closure methods line efficiencies have been greatly enhanced,” says Sharp.
Pre-acceptance trials at Vepatec’s manufacturing facilities in German meant that the all problems were sorted out prior to shipping resulting in zero defects on installation. Or as Sharp puts it, “The equipment arrives on site and we plug it in and away we go.”
Duncan Macintyre, Partners in Packaging’s joint managing director, said, “Our philosophy is a complete service from the inception of a project through machine build to after care service. By ensuring that our levels of service are second to none we are able to build lasting relationships with clients as illustrated by our partnership with Twinings.”
The seamless machinery manufacturing and installation process and the excellent service levels received from Vepatec and Partners in Packaging has resulted in true partnership with Twinings, states Sharp. And with further expansion planned at Twinings’ Andover manufacturing and packaging plant Vepatec is gearing up to supply further equipment.
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