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Marco ’Seals’ New Alliance with Ishida

08/12/2008

Marco has announced an important strategic alliance with Ishida, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of packing line solutions. Under the alliance, Marco will supply Ishida’s range of innovative tray sealing solutions on an exclusive basis to the soft fruit packaging sector in the UK.

Marco has established itself as a leading supplier of Factory Floor Efficiency Systems within the soft fruit industry. A key part of this success has come from supplying complete packaging solutions, including hardware and software under the umbrella of its modular TRAC-IT MES (Manufacturing Execution System). This approach ensures customers achieve the highest levels of system efficiency, performance and reliability.

Ishida’s track record in tray sealer development has evolved from years of close co-operation with both food manufacturers and retailers. The result is a range of high-performance tray sealers with the capability of handling packs of almost any shape or material. Ishida QX traysealers deliver high-quality seals (including optional inside cut), are easy to operate and clean and offer significant reductions in film usage.

Marco’s engineering manager Alex Morrison sees the alliance as an important step in Marco’s continued growth in the packaging arena.: “By working with world leading manufacturers of critical packaging line equipment such as Ishida, Marco is bringing new levels of yield control, waste reduction, line security and packing efficiency to the soft fruit and ready meals sectors,” he comments.. “Tray sealing offers a much more efficient and environmentally friendly solution for soft fruit packaging compared with the current plastic lids. All this is good news for our customers, consumers and the environment.”

Ishdia Europe’s marketing director Paul Griffin says customers will derive immediate benefits from the alliance: “Food manufacturers and processors are increasingly looking for suppliers who can deliver a total solution to meet their packing line requirements. Our partnership with Marco will provide the soft fruit industry with fully integrated packing lines, utilising the best equipment, that delivers genuine added value in terms of maximising production throughput and efficiencies.”

Sealing the strategic alliance - Graham Clements (left) Managing Director, Ishida Europe, and Murray Hilborne, Managing Director, Marco.