The food industry has encountered numerous difficulties over the last three to four years, with businesses having to deal with high energy and raw material costs as well as the expenses and shortages of competent labor. At the same time, customers and end users alike are increasingly considering sustainability while making purchases.
Thus, there has never been a greater need for automated solutions that can bring operational efficiency, maximize production yields, minimize waste, and guarantee product quality and food safety to safeguard and improve brand reputation.
The comprehensive range of equipment from packaging line specialist Ishida, which can help companies navigate the many challenges will be showcased on the Ishida Europe stand at Interpack 2023 in Düsseldorf this May.
“Ishida’s team of packaging industry experts have been working closely with many customers across the world to ensure that together we can overcome challenges and make our automation solutions the foundation of lasting competitive advantage,” said Steve Jones, marketing director of Ishida Europe. “Our international team will be at Interpack to discuss projects with visitors and provide solutions that are both flexible enough to overcome today’s challenges while ensuring businesses have a robust plan which considers the future.”
Ishida will celebrate its 130th anniversary at the event by showcasing no less than 40 models from its wide range of products, with a special emphasis on its four key specialties: weighing technology, quality control solutions, and “end to end” packing line solutions to satisfy the demands of the fresh food and snack food industries.
Each of the four areas of the stand will also feature a brand-new Ishida development – the new CCW-AS multihead weigher, IX-PD X-ray inspection system, QX500 tray sealer, and a first look at the company’s new complete snacks packing line solution.
The introduction of the Ishida CCW-AS, the company’s 11th generation of multihead weighers, also marks 50 years since Ishida invented the technology. The new weigher has been specifically designed to offer the best weighing performance to further increase Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), particularly for more challenging applications, while at the same time delivering significant energy reductions.
The Ishida IX-PD top of the range X-ray inspection system incorporates new sensor and image processing technology to achieve the highest level of detection sensitivity. It can identify both low-density and very small size foreign bodies, including bones in fish fillets and steel wires, with excellent accuracy while enabling manufacturers to maintain high productivity rates.
The QX500 breaks new ground in terms of both its performance and environmental benefits, having been developed following detailed feedback from Ishida’s global customers and partners. This has resulted in the design of a compact tray sealer that can fit easily into new and existing packing lines. It combines excellent seal quality and high throughput, with a 66% increase in cycle speed, a 44% reduction in weight, a 46% reduction in size and a 50% reduction in energy usage compared with previous tray sealer technology platforms.
Find out more at: https://www.ishida.com/ww/en/