Ishida Europe logo

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 multihead weighers 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 weigher, 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 weigher 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

Ishida Europe Ltd are very pleased to announce that they have acquired Qualitech Systems Handling Ltd, one of the UK's major suppliers of tray sealing solutions. Qualitech manufactures a range of products including tray denesters, filling systems and sealing equipment.

Complete Automation of Salad Packing  20/09/2002

Ishida launch complete automated weighing and packing 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 weigher 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 mutlihead weigher.

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 new weighing equipment 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.