In an industry with focuses on precision, speed and efficiency, confectionery manufacturers must meet the challenge of maintaining product consistency, while optimising throughput and minimising waste. Ishida’s multihead weighers have become the benchmark for accuracy and performance, enabling brands across Europe to optimise production, reduce giveaway, and meet increasing consumer demand.
Speed and accuracy for confectionery manufacturers
With the European confectionery market expected to reach a value of $189 billion by 2025 (Statista, 2024), manufacturers are under rising pressure to scale production with no compromise of quality. Ishida’s multihead weighers satisfy this need, ensuring the highest levels of production line speed and accuracy. With the capacity for high volumes, these multi-head weighers ensure precise portioning and minimal waste.
Based on more than 50 years of combination weighing know-how, Ishida’s CCW-AS leads the way in the delivery of such benefits. Fully redesigned for greater accuracy and efficiency, this advanced multi-head weigher optimises product feeding and production output. Complete with newly developed radial feeders, the CCW-AS has increased capacity for large product volumes and sticky products. It enables the transfer of optimum product quantities with speed and accuracy.
Real-world Examples
There are numerous examples of confectionery manufacturers, both in the UK and across Europe, to have enhanced production speed and accuracy with Ishida’s multihead weighers. Ritter Sport, one of Germany’s leading confectionery brands, streamlined its packaging process with Ishida’s 24-head multi-head weigher. The results included a 20% reduction in product giveaway, ensuring cost savings and reduced ingredient waste. With packaging speed optimised, Ritter Sport has also been able to fulfil high seasonal demand surges.
In another example, the integration of Ishida’s 32-head multihead weigher enabled Valor, a premium Spanish chocolatier, to efficiently handle multiple product types in a single production line. This advanced system enabled the simultaneous weighing and packaging of six different product types. More consistent throughput was also ensured, with speeds of up to 80 packs per minute for 470-gram packs.
Besides the enhancement of speed and accuracy, the integration of Ishida’s multi-head weighers also makes for greater production line flexibility. With a choice of more than 500 unique models, confectionery manufacturers can overcome specific weighing challenges, from the stickiest meats to the most fragile biscuits. Reliability is also assured, with Ishida weighers still in operation after 30 years.
Confectionery Manufacturing Applications
With the capacity to mix-weigh up to eight products at a time, Ishida’s multihead weighers enable precise production control in line with regulations. Designed for the accurate and high-speed weighing of food and non-food products, these industrial systems overcome a range of application challenges. From the issue of different target weights to variations in product characteristics, Ishida has a multi-head weighing solution. With the option of configuration for multi-mix or multi-outlet operations, Ishida’s multihead weighers also minimise the need for factory production space.
Future-Proofing Confectionery Production
With confectionery demand growing at a compound annual growth rate of 4.3% (Euromonitor, 2024), investment in high-speed, high-accuracy weighing solutions is no longer an option - it’s a necessity. Manufacturers that integrate advanced automation and precision weighing technology will stay ahead in an increasingly competitive landscape.
Explore Ishida’s range of multihead weighers and get in touch to discover the optimal solution for production line efficiency and accuracy.
