2002
Finnish bake-off supplier finds Ishida is key to accurate packing 31/12/2002
In moving from serving only its own bakeries to supplying other companies and consumers, Vaasan & Vaasan Oy needed to find a more accurate means of packing frozen bake-off products. After testing different approaches, the company chose flat plastic bags as the packaging, and Ishida multiheads as the means of filling them. This has provided it with the ability to deliver accurately-filled packs, while also enabling it, without major manpower implications, to add capacity quickly in a fast-growing market.
Ishida experience helps dry fruit packer overcome seasonality challenges 31/12/2002
An Ishida multihead weigher and specially-devised distribution system is enabling Plasto Food Services Limited of London, UK to meet differing customer pack requirements throughout the year.
Ishida helps Vaasan & Vaasan to keep bakery production flowing smoothly 31/12/2002
A major Finnish baked products company, working with Ishida, has automated its packing of freshly baked products. A storage conveyor system, together with the speed and reliability of an Ishida multihead, enables frequent product and film changes to take place, without disrupting production flow.
Packing snacks with a 60% reduction in labour costs 31/12/2002
The packing of filled and sealed bags into cases for transit is the single most manpower-intensive part of the entire process of snack manufacture. A leading UK snack food company has reduced labour costs across the whole process (manufacture plus packing) by 60%, by installing an Ishida Flexible Packing System (FPS) to automatically pack flexible bags into cases.
Roach Foods doubles throughput with first lardon multihead weigher in UK 31/12/2002
The UK's leading supplier of pre-packed bacon and cooked meat to supermarkets has replaced a volumetric packing system with an Ishida multihead and tray-filling distribution system. Speed has now increased to the top speed of the thermoforming system. Throughput has been doubled. Presentation has been improved and product-in-seal problems eliminated, while manpower costs have been considerably reduced.
Ishida Europe acquires Qualitech Systems Handling 23/09/2002
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Complete Automation of Salad Packing 20/09/2002
Ishida launch complete automated system for packing salads
Ishida weighs seafood in Finland 16/07/2002
The flexibility of a new Ishida installation is enabling a Finnish seafood supplier to compete in a frozen shrimp market where frequent pack changes are needed. Very low product giveaway has been an additional benefit. The company is also packing a wide variety of other seafood products, with containers ranging from flexible trays to glass jars.
Ishida speeds up soft fruit packing, while reducing manpower costs by over 40%. 01/05/2002
Strawberries and other soft fruit are so easily damaged that the human hand is still seen as the only sufficiently gentle method of placing them into packs.
World's smallest Multihead weighs valuable vegetable seeds at Nunhems Zaden 26/04/2002
Nunhems Zaden BV of the Netherlands has become the first company in Europe to use the new Ishida CCW-M-214W-S/005.
Wiesenhof, Ishida and an avalanche of chicken 28/03/2002
Wiesenhof is a Division of Allfein Feinkost GmbH. The Division accounts for over 50% of the turnover of PHW Gruppe, an international conglomerate with total sales of DM 1.5Bn (Euros 750m) and a major player in the European poultry industry.
Ishida helps make soup consistently tasty 15/03/2002
In the rolling countryside near Göttingen, Barteroder Feinkost GmbH makes gourmet soups which are sold by retailers all over Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria and France. Many of the recipes are of Indonesian origin, and date back over 25 years to when a much-travelled pair of brothers set up an Indonesian restaurant in Göttingen.
Innovations in Seafood Weighing and Handling 11/03/2002
At Seafood International 2002, Ishida Europe is showcasing its latest innovations in the weighing and packing of fresh fish. These include a new weigher for difficult-to-handle products, an advanced weigh price labeller and the groundbreaking FPS (Flexible Packaging System), which uses robotics to provide automated packing of trays into Euro-trays, cases and cartons.
Full Packing Automation for Hundreds of Products 07/03/2002
Supplementary information on Ishida's new end-of-line solutions to be shown at Interpack
Ishida helps a farmer become a contract packer 01/03/2002
Europe's biggest fruit-growing region is in the 'Alte Land', near Hamburg.
Packing frozen seafood: French market leader relies on Ishida 19/02/2002
The Conegan group, founded in 1979, is the leading independent French specialist in the finishing and packing of frozen foods.
Ishida's New End-Of-Line Solutions Now Enable Full Packing Automation for Hundreds of Applications 06/02/2002
At Interpack 2002, Stand 15B03, Ishida will demonstrate the automation of previously labour-intensive end-of-line packing routines, using its new Flexible Packing System (FPS). Visitors will see the FPS integrated with primary packing automation from Ishida and other suppliers. These fully-automated, integrated systems will pack products firstly into primary packaging and then into outer or transit packaging.
Ishida Speeds up Beetroot Packing and Saves Labour at DH Baum 07/01/2002
Based at Northleach, in the Cotswolds, DH Baum (Far Peak) Ltd is one of the UK's leading processors and packers of beetroot.
Major Advances in Weighing and Handling from Ishida 03/01/2002
Two major breakthroughs in the weighing and packing of fresh foods will be unveiled by Ishida Europe at Foodex/Meatex.
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