< Previous50 Food & Drink International www.fdiforum.net All the food industry news you might have missed Rest Best of the Stay in touch with Food & Drink International For more up to the minute information from the food and drink industry, visit Food & Drink International online at www.fdiforum.net. Keep up to date with Food & Drink International, and let us know what you think, by following us on Twitter at @fdiforum, at www.facebook.com/FoodandDrink International or by searching for fdiforum on LinkedIn. Apple producer picks Brillopak to automate packing facility A complete end-of-line automation project with Brillopak has seen Adrian Scripps, Tesco’s top apple supplier, triple productivity per head. The project saw Brillopak install two PAKStations, four UniPAKer robotic crate packing systems, four Crate DESTAKers, two bale arm closers, four vertical accumulation units and three robotic palletisers. Thanks to this investment, Adrian Scripps has tripled productivity from 2.5-5 packs to 15 packs per person per min. This has enabled the packing hall to align its capacity with increased production that has come about as a result of replanting orchards, introducing new varieties and adopting new farming methods. “Any equipment investments in our packing house have to stack up against investments in our orchards,” says James Simpson, Managing Director of Adrian Scripps. Adrian Scripps’ commitment to automation has earned this family business pioneering status in a sector that is heavily reliant on manual labour for picking, processing and packing. Russian Standard Vodka launches in Nigeria Roust Group has partnered with NEXT International Brands Limited, a distributor of premium wines and spirits, to launch Russian Standard Vodka in Nigeria. Jonathan Ashworth, Managing Director EMEA Region at Roust Group, comments, “Together with NEXT International Brands Limited, we are entering one of the major markets on the African continent and are targeting to become #1 player in imported vodka segment, reaching the volume of 50K 9-liter cases within 3 years perspective,” said Jonathan Ashworth, Managing Director EMEA Region at Roust Group. “In addition to Russian Standard Vodka, we are finalizing the launch of the first Italian sparkling wine Gancia and the legendary Polish brands — ?ubrówka Bison Grass iconic infusion with more than 500 years of history and the world’s #3 best-selling vodka ?ubrówka Biala.” Clark produces IC engine powered forklift truck series in Vietnam Clark has started mass production of counterbalanced forklifts at its new plant in Vietnam. The plant, located in Hai Duong, C?m Giàng District, will produce S-Series IC engine trucks and higher capacity trucks for the North American, European and Australian markets. “With this strategic step, Clark is ensuring for its dealers and end customers worldwide that they not only have access to a comprehensive range of materials handling vehicles with excellent product quality, but also guarantees that specific regional product requirements can be met and that high availability is guaranteed worldwide,” said Rolf Eiten, President & CEO Clark Europe. The production site covers an area of five hectares and still has room for future expansion. The plant has a production capacity of 10,000 units per year. In addition to production, there is also the purchasing of supplier parts on site as well as an R&D team that develops cost-efficient and market- specific materials handling vehicles together with the worldwide Clark development departments. Sealed Air invests unique vacuum packaging for cheese Sealed Air has developed a unique soft vacuum packaging system with continuous flow to help cheese processors optimise product quality and improve sustainability. The revolutionary CRYOVAC® brand SVS45 uses up to 50% less energy compared to systems delivering similar levels of outputs, whilst also improving packaging speeds and better preserving cheese structure, texture and taste. CRYOVAC® brand SVS45 combines a differential pressure vacuum with controlled pressure hot sealing. The technology uses just the right amount of energy to extract air from the pack, while the cheese remains exposed to atmospheric pressure and is packaged in a continuous motion to achieve high throughput. The innovative system uses around ten times less compressed air than traditional vacuum systems, reducing energy consumption. Sustainability is further enhanced through the use of Sealed Air’s range of different CRYOVAC® brand materials such as shrink bags, tubing and CRYOVAC® brand OptiDure™ bags. Aldo Galbusera, Marketing Manager EMEA Cheese & SPM at Sealed Air, said: “Thermoforming materials typically used for packaging standard Euroblock cheeses weigh 71 grams. CRYOVAC® brand SVS45 is designed for Sealed Air shrink bags, which weigh less than half of this - 32 grams. This enables cheese processors to significantly reduce material usage per pack and save hundreds of thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide.” CRYOVAC® brand SVS45 can be used to vacuum and seal hard and semi-hard cheeses, ranging in size from standard 500 gram formats to larger blocks weighing over 25 kilograms. 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