Simple, innovative, robust and reliable is how the SRP Case packer manufactured by T. Freemantle Automation has been described. The machine utilises the very best in 6 axis robot technology to give an efficient and repeatable product handling performance as a well as erecting the case from a flat blank offering maximum cost savings on materials.
This combination of reduced cost materials and simple reliable automation has proved to be attractive to many producers providing shelf ready solutions to the major multiples. Due to the clever design of the case blank, the common problems associated with inconsistent tear offs and poor on shelf appearance have been eliminated. The efficient case design offers savings on distribution, storage and as a flat prove more reliable through automation.
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Freemantle win contract with Glendale Foods
Semi cartoner beats the competition.
T. Freemantle Limited are pleased to announce their contract win with Glendale Foods Ltd manufacturers of the Yankee brand of microwavable snack foods and the Great British Pudding Company range of puddings. The required flexibility and ease of change over were key to the Glendale team and T. Freemantle was able to demonstrate this on their Semi automatic end load cartoner. The machine will be set using the pinlock quick size change system which has proven to reduce change over times and carton wastage. In most cases unskilled staff can change the machine size settings in just a few minutes for a wide range of carton sizes. It is planned that the new machines efficient operation will allow Glendale to combine two lines into one with increased speed and performance thus cutting costs and reducing labour.
T. Freemantle Launch Automation Division
Case Packing Specialist
T. Freemantle Ltd the UK’s market leading Cartoning and Sleeving machinery manufacturer have launched their new Automation Division to lead the growth of their end of line case packing equipment. The new range of case packing equipment is built around the same design principles as their leading cartoning machines and is simple, robust, flexible and innovative. The new range consists of semi automatic and fully automatic solutions which have already notched up some blue chip clients including SC Johnson and SCA. The newest machine is a case packer which erects the case, presents it for loading and closes the case all within one compact frame. This machine is available in both semi and fully automatic executions and both top loading and side loading case variations. The machine is also suitable for a wide range of shelf ready style packs and can be used with a variety of different materials.
Top Load Cartoner
T. Freemantle Ltd is the Fisherman’s Friend
Another major brand has trusted T. Freemantle Ltd to provide packaging machinery for their products. The machine is a top load carton erector producing small top load cartons for the Fisherman’s Friend multipack boxes. The cartons have a large cut out to allow for the contents to be seen through the side of the pack. The pack features the distinctive Fisherman’s Friend brown hatched branding which required a perfectly square and consistent pack presentation to maintain the continuity of this hatching around the pack. The machine operates within a footprint of less than two metres square and produces cartons at a rate of 40 per minute.
Premier Solution
Another famous brand for Freemantle
Premier Foods chose T. Freemantle Ltd to supply cartoning machinery to their Ashford site in order to meet the demands for their range of stuffing mixes. The famous Paxo brand is among the products running through the Freemantle machine and as ever the quality control with such an important brand is paramount. The Freemantle machine runs a comfortable 70 cartons per minute and runs cartons from small value packs through to the larger Paxo multi pack cartons.
Multiple machines to the UK’s finest.
Cartoner and Sleever
Two machines packing some of the smallest products ever handled by T. Freemantle Ltd have been installed with two of the UK’s finest quality manufacturers. The first a cartoner was recently supplied to the award winning Booja Booja company of Norfolk. Booja Booja produce the very finest organic chocolate truffles in a box only 57mm long and 27mm wide and needed a simple machine that was guaranteed to give a consistent perfectly presented pack.
The second a Wraparound sleever to pack the famous Gu branded premium quality chocolate mini puds was supplied to the Serious Dessert Co. This machine follows closely behind a Semi automatic cartoner recently supplied. The wraparound sleever wraps the 49mm diameter pots automatically within the distinctive Black Gu branded sleeve. Special care had to be taken to ensure perfect presentation of this black packaging to meet with the client exacting standards.
New Compact Cartoner from £ 25k
Credit Crunch Buster proves a popular choice.
Credit Crunch Buster proves a popular choice.
The new compact cartoner launched in January 09 by T. Freemantle Limited has already notched up some good sales from both small and medium volume food producers. The machine was developed in a direct response to the global economic downturn which saw the company’s domestic and overseas markets become increasingly tight on capital spend. Sales of 7 of these machines in the first 3 months have shown that the food industry remains in a buoyant yet cautious state. The machine is built to the very highest quality standards and incorporates all of the required features to operate efficiently and reliably within a production environment. Price for this machine stars at £ 25,000 and is equipped with Glue jet applicator, rotary feeder, Stainless steel build and a quick and easy size change.
Top Load Line for Algeria
Expansion into North Africa
T. Freemantle Ltd have recently completed the delivery of a Top Load Cartoning line to a client in Algeria. The system runs 3 sizes of cartons for a range of chicken and meat based products. The line runs at a nominal speed of 35 cartons per minute and incorporates the very latest Festo linear motion technology and Nordson Hot Melt glue systems. The machine is fully adaptable for a wide range of carton sizes all with a tearstrip easy open facility. The system developed specifically for the low to medium producer can be supplied as a whole line from £ 70,000. For further details contact our sales team.
T. Freemantle Ltd show Worldwide
India, Belgium, UK, Netherlands and Germany
2008 sees the further growth of T. Freemantle's worldwide activities. On show will be a wide range of machinery including cartoners, sleevers and erecting machinery. T. Freemantle Limited are the UK’s leading manufacturer of cartoning and sleeving machinery and have over recent years installed machinery with some of the world’s largest food groups.
Machinery will be on show at the following events. For details of stands and specific exhibits please contact our export sales team.
PPMA SHOW Birmingham NEC, UK (30th Sept – 2nd Oct 2008)
INTERCOOL Dusseldorf Messe, Germany (28th Sept – 1st Oct 2008)
Empack08 Brussels Expo, Belgium (24th Sept – 25th Sept 2008)
International FOODTEC New Delhi, India (6th Oct – 8th Oct 2008)
Macropack Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Netherlands (30th Sept – 3rd Oct 2008)
Norway's largest food company.
Tine install automatic sleever.
TINE BA is Norway's largest producer, distributor and exporter of dairyproducts. TINE BA is strongly positioned in the Norwegian consciousness.
TINE BA is the sales and marketing organisation for Norway's dairy cooperative and is responsible for product development, quality assurance, production and distribution planning, marketing and the export of TINE products. Selected items from their range of sleeved products are now being packed on a Fully Automatic preglued sleever supplied by T. Freemantle Limited. The machine runs at a speed of up to 120 packs per minute and has already proven to offer Tine double the capacity of the previous machine.
Norway's Dairy Cooperative is owned by 16312 dairy farmers. Each of them owns a share in the collective's five dairy companies to which they deliver 1.4 billion litres of cow's milk and about 19 million litres of goat's milk every year. The Dairy Cooperative is Norway's largest food industry with a total of 5540 employees and an annual turnover of 15,9 billion NOK for 2007.
The milk is processed into more than 200 product varieties that are found on shop shelves under the TINE trademark.
Cyprus pasta giant takes second cartoner
Second cartoner for Mitsides Serbian operation
MITSIDES established in Cyprus in 1932 dominates the Cyprus Market for flour and pasta products in Cyprus, holding impressive shares of around 50% in the local pasta and flour markets. With offices and production units in Nicosia, Dhali and Aradippou and regional offices and distribution centers in all main cities of Cyprus, Mitsides locally employs around 160 people.
Recently, the company has continued with an expansion of its operations abroad, through the acquisition of a stake in a Serbian company involved in the grains, flour and pasta industries. In order to meet their increasing demand they have purchased a second Cartoning machine from T. Freemantle Ltd to pack their pasta products into cartons.
Cartoning The Famous Potts Bakers Cakes
Rick Stein's food heroes install Freemantle Carton
Potts Bakers of Barnsley have recently installed one of T. Freemantle’s cartroners to help them meet the increasing demand for their range of premium organic cakes. Potts are master bakers established in 1891 and have a long history of producing the finest baked goods for local supply and retail through the major multiples. Chosen as one of Rick Stein's food heroes, they have been registered as an organic processor with the Soil Association since 1999 and maintain the very highest quality standards. They have chosen the Freemantle machine to help them maintain their high standards for their retail products. The accuracy and consistency of the pack presentation was paramount to Potts when selecting a machine. The Freemantle machine was able to show increased throughput, maintain quality and provide a reliable and flexible solution.
Launch of Super Compact Tray Erector and Loader
Premier Foods invest in this new solution.
T. Freemantle Limited has successfully launched their most recent innovation which is set to position the company as total end of line specialist for tray packed products. The new modular system incorporates a new tray erecting machine coupled with a product collator and tray loader. The second of these units is due for installation within the Premier Foods Group running two shelf ready tray sizes with two different collations of cartons. The simple compact design incorporates different collation devices to load products including aerosols, bottles, cartons, bags and pouches.
The new simplified Tray erector is fitted with the latest Nordson glue application equipment and linear motion drives to ensure perfect adhesive application and clean running even with shallow small wall shelf ready trays. The unit due for installation with Premier Foods has a simple star wheel collation device to accept product from the line and stand up on end in collations of ten ready for loading into the pre erected tray. The pick and place device also utilises the best in linear motion technology to ensure an accurate, reliable and maintenance free operation. The whole system operates within a floor space of 2 square meters at a maximum rate of 125 products per minute.
For further details contact our sales team
India’s favourite install T. Freemantle Cartoners.
Third cartoner for Haldiram’s India.
India’s leading convenience food producer, Haldiram’s has completed the purchase of their third cartroner from T. Freemantle Limited. The machines have been installed within three of Haldiram’s factories in Haryana, Nagpur and New Delhi. All three machines run a variety of carton sizes and replace the hand erect tuck type boxes with glue end skillet type cartons.
These machines have proven to be both compact for shipping and simple and easy to install and maintain. Further details on the range of machinery offered will be available at the INTERNATIONAL FOODTEC INDIA 2008 Exhibition in New Delhi from October 6 - 8.
Sleeving solution for Heinz puddings.
T. Freemantle Ltd sleever wraps `Taste of Home’
T. Freemantle limited has recently completed the installation of one of their fully automatic wraparound sleevers to run the Heinz `Taste of Home’ single portion pudding pots. The machine incorporates an in line transfer system accepting pots in single file directly from the line. The pots are then automatically separated into pairs and loaded into the machine. The machine then wraps the flat sleeve around the pots and glues the sleeve together.
This machine is proving to be a popular choice with recent installations for this type of machine with 3 other producers of similar products both in the UK and Europe. The machine has been designed with special consideration given to the cleaning of the machine and infeed transfer system. As with all machines in the Freemantle range, the wraparound machines are easy to maintain, flexible and robust.
Fast delivery secures German Order
M+P Tiefkühlkost install Freemantle Cartoner
M+P Tiefkühlkost of Germany are the producer of the well known Prima Menu branded products. They have recently installed one of T. Freemantle’s Semi Automatic End Load Cartoner to launch a new range of ready to cook meals. The machine delivery was crucial to M+P due to an impending new product launch. Despite the required modifications to the machine size range, the new machine was delivered and installed in Germany within only four working weeks of the order being placed.
T. Freemantle Limited are the UK’s market leading supplier of sleeveing and cartoning machinery to the UK food industry. Their modern manufacturing site in Lincolnshire is able to produce machinery within tight schedules and to the highest quality under strict quality control proceedures.
Pinneys of Scotland choose T. Freemantle
The UKs largest salmon processor install Cartoner
The Pinneys of Scotland operation based in Annan is the largest processor of Scottish salmon in the UK. The Pinneys brand holds the Royal warrant to supply smoked salmon to Her Majesty the Queen as well as enjoying extensive export business.
In addition to its traditional smoked salmon and salmon fillets, they also supply a growing range of value added seafood based products cartoned on a new T. Freemantle end load cartoner recently installed. The machine is capable of running a wide range of products in cartons including pates and mousses, fresh salmon and seafood dishes.
The Netherlands leading producer install sleevers
Vezet take two auto preglued sleevers.
The leading fresh cut vegetable and salad producer in the Netherlands has installed two Freemantle fully automatic preglued sleevers. The machines run the range of ready to eat salad products produced for the Netherlands leading supermarket chain, Albert Heijn. The premium nature of the products relies on accurate sleeve placement and delicate handling of the finished products. The sleeve is narrow and positioned centrally around the clear oval bowl product to allow maximum visibility of the high quality and carefully assembled products. The machines have the capability to operate at a combined speed of 180 packs per minute and run a range of bowl shapes and sleeve designs.
Denmark's Big Cheese
Sovind Mejeri A/S launch premium product.
Danish organic cheese producer Sovind Mejeri, manufacturers of the famous KIRKS brand of dairy products have recently launched a premium sleeved product with the help of a T. Freemantle Ltd automatic preglued sleever. Running at the company's Sovind plant, the machine accepts a random supply of pots directly from the line at a steady 50 pots per minute. The machine then automatically selects the product and sleeves it within a standard preglued carton board sleeve. The simple machine requires no glue, no warm up times and changeover can be completed in just a few minutes. This machine is one of the first of 5 mid range automatic preglued machines installed in Europe. This machine is a lower cost unit and designed to complement the existing high speed sleeving equipment offered by the T. Freemantle Limited.
Kraft Foods Installation
Kraft Ukraine Install Freemantle Cartoner
The T. Freemantle service team have recently completed the installation of a fully automatic cartoner with Kraft Foods at their Ukraine plant. The machine runs a high quality metallic foil flow wrapped confectionery product at speeds up to 120 per minute. The high standards set by Kraft have been met and exceeded by T. Freemantle’s careful attention to detail throughout the project.
“We have been involved in the development of the carton design as well as the working tolerances to attain the maximum machinery performance”, explained T. Freemantle’s Richard Kitchen. “The carton is only 16mm deep and incorporates a flip top facility yet operates well within the strict and demanding performance criteria set by Kraft”.
The machine incorporates a simple inline automatic transfer system to accept a random product supply from the line. The simple and robust build coupled with the easy operator controls are very low maintenance were perfectly suited to Kraft Ukraine operating environment. Installation was completed quickly with very little interruption to the existing production schedules.
This contract is among many of T. Freemantle’s high profile installations around the world. The range of equipment supplied by the company is now a recognised as a global brand within the cartoning and sleeving machinery industry.
T. Freemantle Ltd score a Hat-trick
3 Sleevers for Coldwater Seafoods
T. Freemantle Limited are proud to report their continued support of UK based seafood processor Coldwater Seafood with the installation of a further three automatic sleeving lines at their Grimsby plant. The machinery will be running a wide range of products from ready meals to fish portions to prawn cocktail at speeds up to 100 per minute. The machines include both Preglued and Wraparound equipment to meet the range of applications.
Coldwater Seafood are completing the transition from a predominantly Frozen foods site to a chilled and frozen operation with packaging changes from full cartons to Sleeves to meet their major multiple customer requirements. T. Freemantle Limited were the obvious choice as they have retained the market leading position with the UK’s sleeving industry for many years due to their continuous development and innovation.
Mail Order from India to Sigapore
Worldwide sales for Two Flap Sealer
T. Freemantle's Two Flap Sealer is being sold around the world almost as a mail order item due to its simple Plug and Play installation.
The machine can be delivered fully assembled on a pallet to almost anywhere in the world in a ready to run situation. All the end user needs to do is supply a hand full of the cartons they wish to run on the machine and T. Freemantle's despatch engineers do the rest. The machine comes pre set and tested to the carton sizes. All the end user needs to do is read the quick start instructions supplied with the machine, plug in and start running. The Two Flap Sealer is in use all over the world and can be supplied from stock direct from the UK where it is manufactured to meet all British and European safety regulations.
New solution to packaging reduction.
Meeting Supermarket requirements.
T. Freemantle Ltd launch their patent pending sleeving concept to offer the required 25% saving to existing ready meal sleeve applications.
The new concept incorporates a new sleeve design running on one of the company's wraparound sleevers for almost any tray packed foodstuff. The sleeve is automatically formed around the pack and adhered to the sides or bottom of the tray reducing the overall material usage by at least 25% meeting supermarket packaging reduction targets. The sleeve is adhered to the tray with either peelable or standard packaging grade glue depending on the application. Successful trials have already been carried out in conjunction with one major producer.
T. Freemantle Ltd Reduce Packaging
Amazing 75% material reductions.
T. Freemantle Ltd have recently installed a fully automatic wraparound sleever for another of the Bakkavor group sites to run a narrow carton board sleeve on a chilled pizza. This is the sixth machine of this type running pizza products installaed within the UK. The band sleeve is an alternative to the traditional full carton and represents an amazing 75% reduction in packaging materials.
