Dosing Filling Packing - grunwald
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Dosing Filling Packing - grunwald
HIGH LIGHT Dosing Filling Packing GRUNWALD’s customer magazine no 33 / December 2015 Editorial2 18 employees who celebrate their company jubilee 3 High-speed cup filler for GRUPO LALA in Mexico 4-5 Delivery of GRUNWALD “flagship“ to Arla in Denmark6 360° Solutions from USS Pactech Pty LTD 7 New development rotary-type bucket filler HITTPAC XL 8 - 9 GRUNWALD donates 5,200 Euros / Forecast 2016 10 - 11 Investment in the latest traveling-column milling machine 12 2 HIGHLIGHT - GRUNWALD‘s customer magazine no 33 / December 2015 18 employees who celebrate their company jubilee EDI TORI A L We are taking the December issue of our customer magazine HIGHLIGHT as an occasion to look back on the year and to take stock. In 2015 as well we are grateful to state: our customers fully trust in us and the continuing good order situation confirms once again: we can satisfy our customers’ needs! Thank you very much to our numerous customers for the trust and faithfulness to GRUNWALD. C OV ER Winter time. When the lakes are freezing and a chilling cold is taking hold of nature, everyone is happy to sit cosily near the fireplace. The very steadfast people use the short light of the day to walk on the many hiking trails here in the Allgäu in the warm sun. The cover picture shows the Alatsee located at 842 m height around six kilometres west of Füssen in the Eastern Allgäu. Photo: Manuel Hodrius, Stuttgart www.foto-hodrius.de Publisher’s imprint HIGHLIGHT is topical information for customers, potential customers and partners of GRUNWALD GMBH and is published three times a year. Editorial Department and Layout: Marlies Hodrius GRUNWALD GMBH Pettermandstr. 9 88239 Wangen im Allgäu/Germany Phone +49 7522 9705-0 Fax +49 7522 9705-999 [email protected] www.grunwald-wangen.de With our groundbreaking developments and new machine concepts we have again demonstrated our drive and knowledge this year. Our remuneration was a lot of support and numerous orders mainly from the dairy industry. We are glad to inform you about another very successful business year at the end of this year. To continue the positive trend of the last years we have achieved a very good annual turnover (28 mio Euros). This results in a solid and - one can even say historic - record amount of orders at hand amounting to 19 million Euros. This will use up our capacities far into the year 2016. This convincing result is above all owing to the commitment, the high motivation and the competence of our employees, many of whom can celebrate a company anniversary this year (see report on the right side). The coming year 2016 will allow us to look back with pride on a 60-year company history. On the history of a company which has stayed loyal to the location Wangen for decades. A company, which has developed from a trading company into the leading supplier of format flexible cup and bucket filling machines and has meanwhile delivered more than 2000 filling, dosing and packing machines worldwide. All in all a good basis to look positively into the future. We wish all our customers, employees, suppliers and partners merry and relaxing holidays and all the best for the coming year. We are looking forward to a common business year 2016. Yours Ralf Müller and the GRUNWALD team This year 18 long-standing male and female employees have celebrated their company jubilee for the first or even for a repeated time. We are glad about the high amount of employees celebrating their jubilee. These 18 people alone present 320 years of GRUNWALD experience. 320 years of job experience and knowledge of skilled workers from which the younger colleagues can also benefit thus securing the quality of our work in team work. 320 years which stand for the attractiveness of GRUNWALD as an employer. 320 year in which many long-standing strong relationships with our customers have developed. Such long-standing strong connections in a friendly, even familial atmosphere in combination with our competence and commitment are the ground-stone for our success. We are proud on our committed and qualified employees. On employees who use their best efforts to satisfy the customers, who for many years have contributed with their ideas, their competence and their passion to design the future of GRUNWALD. All in all a significant factor for success - for our customers and for GRUNWALD. 10-year working anniversary: Peter Aalund Sales Manager GRUNWALD NORDIC Frank Hofmann production Peter Grathwohl electrical programming 15-year working anniversary: Bernhard Frey trainer for technical apprentices Christian Hasel business administration manager Renate Joos Human Resources and administration Jürgen Kehrer designer Hubert Merk designer Eugen Schloss electrical engineering programming Silvia Weber technical documentations 20-year working anniversary: Günther Hohenleitner programming Bernd Martin head of production Martin Huchel designer 25-year working anniversary: Ursula Alt accounting Roland Fießinger e lectrical switch-cabinetconstruction Andreas Gotsch programming; head of electrical department Herbert Holzer electrical switch-cabinetconstruction Volker Fräbel service technician We especially commemorate Klaus Bobinger (head of department final assembly) who died on 29 January 2015 completely unexpectedly. He belonged to those employees who took part in building up our company. We would have been glad to celebrate his 30-year anniversary in our company on 9 September 2015. . Photo shooting with our long-standing male and female employees in front of the GRUNWALD alpine pasture: (from left to right): Bernhard Frey, Andreas Gotsch, Herbert Holzer, Eugen Schloss, Hubert Merk, Peter Grathwohl, Roland Fießinger, Ursl Alt, Silvia Weber, Renate Joos, Martin Huchel, Christian Hasel, Bernd Martin, Jürgen Kehrer, Günther Hohenleitner, Frank Hofmann, Peter Aalund and right in the front Volker Fräbel 4 HIGHLIGHT - GRUNWALD‘s customer magazine no 33 / December 2015 GRUPO LALA: “We feed life” Delivery of high-speed cup filler to the market leader in Mexico HIS TORY DE TAILS ON THE MACHINE GRUNWALD-FOODLINER 6.000 Width of the machine: 1,380 mm 2- to 6-lane version Approximately 7,200 – 21,600 cups/h Dosing range: 20 – 1,700 m The history of Grupo LALA started in 1949 when a small group of dairy farmers in Comarca Lagunera in Torreón (today’s headquarter) starts the production of milk ultra (UHT) with the emergence of the UltraLala plant in Gómez Palacio. C ON TAC T If you are interested in this linear cup filling machine and in receiving further information or if you are looking for a solution for your filling application please do not hesitate to contact us. For further information please contact: Anton Alt Phone +49 (0) 7522 9705-210 [email protected] In 1987 the production of milk ultra (UHT) started with the emergence of the Ultra Lala plant in Gómez Palacio. In 1992 the yoghurt production in Torreón factory started and Durangos Pasteurisers were acquired. In the following years there was a considerable expansion and in 2003 a large number of companies in Mexico was acquired true to the motto: “Be a national brand reaching all corners of the country.” Expansion to Guatemala in 2008. GRUPO LALA expanded to the Central American market. With an investment of $ 100 million the group opened the Laguna Industrial complex for cheese and yoghurt with the highest technology worldwide in 2009. GRUPO LALA now is one of the main sources of supply around the country. In 2013 they went public at the Mexican stock exchange (BMV). The company philosophy of GRUPO LALA is “Be a national brand reaching all corners of the country”. Until today this has been the daily practice of the biggest dairy company in Mexico at more than 25 production sites. With further production sites and joint ventures in the United States as well as in Guatemala the company which is listed on the stock exchange developed into an important and very well-known producer of dairy products in North and Central America. In the city of Irapuato located to the north of Mexico City a further dairy production site was established in 2005. At this location they mainly produce yoghurt products and dairy derivatives. In 2013 part of the production reached the capacity limit. In order to meet the increasing demand they planned to invest in a highperformance cup filling machine. GRUNWALD received their enquiry for a high-speed cup filling machine via the local representative Tecnoco for filling various yoghurt products at a production speed of up to 20,000 cups/h. The technical requirements were as follows: • Hygienic design • 2 fillers in CIP design • Sealing of the cups with plastic sealing film from the reel • Minimum of foil waste • Best possible accessibility to the machine • Best possible operability The linear machine type GRUNWALD-FOODLINER 6.000/4x2 in double-step design and with specially designed cup storage met all the customer’s requirements in its entirety. Production with this FOODLINER machine was started at the beginning of 2015 and it produces with high reliability and availability at the entire satisfaction of the customer at the production speed required. We are glad about this successful beginning of our cooperation with GRUPO LALA and thank all our contact persons in Irapuato and Torréon for the cooperative and successful teamwork. We look forward to realising further interesting machine projects with them in the future. beit. For the acceptance test Yezid Arriaga (the second person from the left) had travelled from Mexico. Werner Simon to his left, Anton Alt and Roland Branovics on the right Sealing station for plastic sealing film from the reel and (photo below) filling station with 2 fillers in CIP design Cup storage especially designed for a cup alignment of 4x2 The big photo shows the high-speed cup filling machine GRUNWALD-FOODLINER 6.000/4x2 supplied, with a production speed of up to 20,000 cups/h 6 HIGHLIGHT - GRUNWALD‘s customer magazine no 33 / December 2015 ROTARY – the machine that encompasses everything! 360° Solutions from USS Pactech Pty LTD Delivery of GRUNWALD “flagship“ to Denmark New partnership between GRUNWALD and USS Pactech INF O Arla Foods is an international dairy company owned by 12.700 farmers from Denmark, Sweden, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands. Arla Foods is one of the strongest players in the international dairy arena, with a wide range of dairy products of highest quality. Well-known brands like Lurpak®, Castello® Kaergarden® and BUKO® belong to the Arla family. Arla Foods is also the world’s largest manufacturer of organic products. DE TAIL S ON THE MACHINE GRUNWALD-ROTARY 20.000 Dimensions: 2,300 x 2,300 mm 4- to 6-lane versions Approx.12,000 – 18,000 cups/h depending on product and packing material 2 x 3-lane up to 2 x 4-lane versions Approx. 15,000 – 20,000 cups/h depending on product and packing material Dosing range: 10 – 1,000 ml C ON TAC T If you are interested in this cup filling machine or if you are looking for a solution for your filling application please do not hesitate to contact us. For further information please contact: Peter Aalund Phone +45 46 364 622 [email protected] In spring 2014 we received an enquiry from Arla Holstebro in Denmark for a rotary-type machine for filling herb and whipped butter. The challenge was to offer the following machine equipment: • Extended storages for cups and snap-on lids with a storage time of up to 15 minutes • Particle suction for cups • Filling station with servo drives • Cover leaf station with fine adjustment for the precise placing of the paper on the corresponding product • CIP • Ergonomic accessibility • Lowest possible weight of change parts • High production speed of more than 10,000 cups/h • Rotary-type machine in compact design They chose the “flagship“ of our rotary-type machines, the high-performance GRUNWALDROTARY 20.000 which was then equipped with 9 servo motors in total. This 4-lane machine therefore meets a production speed of up to 10,800 cups/h. Due to the GRUNWALD quick-change system the format changeover can be carried out within a few minutes. The interesting feature of this equipment is that the cup setter to be exchanged is pulled on the connected format trolley and is then exchanged for a different cup setter. This very simple handling reduces the physical stress for the operators considerably. This machine was delivered in January 2015 after a production time of only 6 months and since that time it has been working reliably in 1-shift operation. CMYK Pantone: CMYK Pantone: USS Pactech Pty LTD has been supplying and servicing packaging equipment to the pharmaceutical, food, beverage, personal 0:26:84:0 and home care industry since 123c 2000. 100:70:0:0 2728pc Our company has its head office in Bryanston, Johannesburg with branch offices located in Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. We have a staff compliment of 35 people, comprising of over 20 people in the technical department (projects, service and spares) and we are active in Southern Africa up to certain parts of central Africa. Packaging solutions We represent a number of reputable European packaging equipment suppliers mainly from Germany, Holland and Italy for primary and secondary packaging equipment. We specialize in turn-key packaging solutions through our value added services division, which includes project management, technical support, service and spare parts. We also offer stand-alone machines or machines to be integrated in an existing line. Our expansion and growth has been based on partnerships established through a combination of high quality equipment, project implementation and after sales service. Partner with Grunwald We were therefore delighted when the opportunity presented itself in 2014 to partner with Grunwald in the field of rotary and linear cup fillers and bucket fillers. In the short time of our co-operation we managed to sell three rotary fillers for yoghurt and margarine against strong local and international competition with many prospects ahead. The co-operation with Grunwald has been nothing short of outstanding, in particular in comparison to the competition we were working with previously! Every order has been completed on time and the equipment installation and commissioning has been without any problem thus far. In our many years of dealing with packaging machinery suppliers, we rate Grunwald as one of the most professional, honest, organised and dedicated companies we have come across WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE PART OF THE GRUNWALD TEAM! USS Pactech Pty Ltd HEAD OFFICE - Bryanston Johannesburg 342 Main Road, Bryanston - Johannesburg, 2021 South Africa P.O Box 2875 Cramerview 2060 South Africa Office: Fax: Email: Website: +27 (0)11 463 1000 +27 (0)11 463 1001 [email protected] www.usspactech.co.za Photos from top to bottom: From left to right : Glen Maaske (USS Pactech technician), Julian Arnold (GRUNWALD technician), Pravin Madthoo (Production manager) and Obead Hassam (Technical Director) both from Willowton Oil and Nicholas Cloete (USS Pactech technician) after installation of the GRUNWALD-ROTARY 12.000/2-lane for margarine Thumbs Up’ for the cup filling machine GRUNWALD-HITTPAC AKH-019SE/2-lane for stirred yoghurt. From left to right: Christo Kruger (Fairfield Dairy Maintenance Manager) and Lars Fröhlich (USS Pactech Managing Director) 8 HIGHLIGHT - GRUNWALD‘s customer magazine no 33 / December 2015 NEW T MEN P O L E V DE GRUNWALD is raising the bar High-performance bucket filler designed as format flexible rotary-type machine requiring almost no change parts In the past we already developed several new dosing technologies for the flexible filling of cups. With this year’s new development of a format flexible high-performance bucket filler we set a milestone in the field of bucket filling machines! This bucket filler was designed on the basis of a rotary-type machine and it is available as models HITTPAC XL and ROTARY XL. The decisive feature of these rotary-type machines is their format flexibility and in addition almost no change parts are required. A well-rounded thing With a small size of 1,700 x 1,700 mm this rotary-type bucket filling machine offers all the filling processes which had to be included in a linear bucket filling machine so far. In addition various round bucket sizes with sealing film from reel and snap-on lid closure can be handled with filling volumes of 1 kg up to 14 kg. All things considered A further great advantage of the round design of this bucket filler is the quick changeover of the machine. Due to the use of sophisticated technology and tools time-consuming modification work is no longer necessary. The special cup rings we have developed are universal and therefore suitable for packing materials of different dimensions. In combination with the “one touch” function for the bucket denesting which has been successfully used for several years the packing material changeover can be made almost without change parts or timeconsuming modification work. Decisive advantages The most important advantages of this newly developed rotary-type bucket filling machine are •• the increased production speed due to a considerably higher cycle speed compared to linear bucket filling machines •• low space requirements as well as •• the attractive price-performance ratio. The open design offers good accessibility. The optimum design of the packing material sterilisation systems and a filling station guaranteeing high filling accuracy are further important features. Successful start The fully-automatic bucket filling machine type GRUNWALD-HITTPAC XL shown on the big photo was presented for the first time with great success in autumn. The new rotary-type bucket filling machine GRUNWALD-ROTARY XL which can optionally be equipped with a packing material sterilisation system guarantees a maximum product shelf life. This rotary-type machine offers the advantage of a higher production speed and thus a better productivity. Above all the simple and quick changeover of this machine is advantageous as the idle time during changeover could be reduced by up to 70 % compared to the customer’s old existing linear machine. The changeover time can be reduced further when using the optionally available double cutting/sealing station. One thing is for sure: In line with the development of new machines GRUNWALD will continue to set the focus on their new hygienic concepts and the further advantage of a reduced changeover time. Experiences in practice showed that an increase in the production output of 20 % - 50 % is possible, depending on the product. GRUNWALD-HITTPAC XL Dimensions: max. 1,700 x 1,700 mm 8-station rotary table optionally with cutting/sealing station etc. GRUNWALD-ROTARY XL Dimensions: max. 2,300 x 2,300 mm 12-station rotary table optionally with packing material sterilisation double cutting/sealing station leak test control etc. 1-lane design approx. 500 – 1,300 buckets/h depending on product and packing material sizes Application of XL rotary-type machines: for all bucket sizes and volumes of approx. 1 kg up to approx. 14 kg, with or without handle, for liquid products but also for pasty products C ON TAC T Photo at the top: Dosing station in optimum design to guarantee a high filling accuracy New development : 1-lane rotary-type bucket filling machine GRUNWALD-HITTPAC XL DE TAIL S ON THE MACHINE Photo at the bottom: Possibility of handling different round bucket sizes with snap-on lid closure for filling volumes from 1 kg up to 14kg If you are interested in this bucket filling machine and in receiving further information or if you are looking for a solution for your filling application please do not hesitate to contact us. For further information please contact: Stefan Sacher Phone +49 7522 9705-260 [email protected] 10 HIGHLIGHT - GRUNWALD‘s customer magazine no 33 / December 2015 F OREC A S T 2016 Four wells for Uganda In the year 2016 we will take part in the following events and fairs: GRUNWALD donates 5,200 Euros to “awamu” GRUNWA L D - NE W S It has become a tradition that GRUNWALD donates the amount of money for a beneficial purpose at the end of the year which would have been spent for Santa Claus gifts. This tradition is continued with this year’s donation in the amount of 5,200 Euros to the Wangen association of “awamu - Zusammen für Uganda e.V.” In the year 2008 we donated to “awamu” for the first time. Then the first GRUNWALD wells were built. Our continuous donations have meanwhile led to the construction of nine wells. With this year’s donation four more wells will be built. The wells will be named after merited longstanding GRUNWALD employees: Klaus-Bobinger-Brunnen Klaus Bobinger started in 1985 as a mechanical engineer and customer service engineer in the field of machine assembly. He took part in the whole development of the machines. As from 1990 he was the responsible head of department of final assembly. As from 2009 his huge special knowledge and his experience which he had acquired during the years was in great demand in the newly created development department. He was a contact person for our clients but also for the colleagues as far as filling, filling performance and features of the most different products were concerned. He was above all a consultant in case of problems and an asset in the field of research and development. Klaus Bobinger died on 29 January 2015 completely unexpectedly. Beat-R.-Beck-Brunnen When GRUNWALD took over the Swiss cup filling machine producer HITTAC in 1999, more than 900 HITTPAC filling machines were already on the market worldwide. Beat Beck, a long-standing employee and business manager of HITTPAC company significantly took part in the development of this brand. Many of these filling machines were designed and sold by him. Due to his incredible command of languages (6 different languages) Beat Beck himself was able to sell the machines to South America, Africa and up to Australia (i.e. worldwide). When the HITTPAC company was taken over by GRUNWALD, Beat Beck supported the company through this transfer and acted as a Swiss representative for the GRUNWALD cup filling machines for more than 10 years. At international fairs as well, Mr. Beck was always a precious support to our sales team due to his perfect language skills and his technical knowhow. Even today Mr. Beck works for GRUNWALD in the field of project protection. Due to his good knowledge he is able to take complete care of customers in view of consulting and sale as well as technical support (inclusive start-ups). The GRUNWALD staff and management as well as our customers very much appreciate Mr. Beat Beck because of his competence and personality. Wolfgang-Nienstedt-Brunnen Wolfgang Nienstedt was the head of the construction department from 1997 until his retirement in June 2007. During these 10 years he contributed to the success of GRUNWALD by famous and future-oriented developments - such as the GRUNWALD inline machines and the GRUNWALD dosing system type EASYCLEAN. He set standards in the field of inline filling machines. Norbert-Zeh-Brunnen He worked in different functions for GRUNWALD. Worldwide he worked as a service engineer, as a purchaser, as a customer service manager and as a consultant whenever difficult problems had to be solved. Be it used machines or the first rotary-type machines of the model ROTARY or the highly modern cup filling machines - he lived to see them all and he “made them run”. After more than 21 years he was given farewell and retired in the year 2009. If you are interested and want to support the work of this organisation please contact awamu-zusammen für Uganda e.V. Zeppelinstraße 38 88239 Wangen im Allgäu Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)7522 20444 [email protected] www.awamu-uganda.org for more information „awamu – Zusammen für Uganda e.V.“ supports several projects in Uganda, e.g. the construction of fresh-water wells. Each newly built well means for the population that 100 to 250 people are provided with fresh, clean drinking water. Thus, times where the village inhabitants had to draw poor water out of ponds in order to obtain water at all are over. The illness rate can be lowered by 50% by the availability of fresh, clean water. The quality of life and, above all, the health of the population has effectively improved thereby. IFFA 2016 International leading fair for the Meat Processing Industry and the most important innovation platform of the industry We exhibit in hall 11, stand C29 Frankfurt, Germany 7 to 12 May 2016 www.iffa.messefrankfurt.com Ms. Margareta Riese is the driving force in this aid organisation. From the beginning she has taken care that every donated euro was used for the construction of fresh-water wells. Up to now more than 150 wells could be built. Ms. Riese was awarded the “Cross of Merit on Band” of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2011. Photo on the left: The cheque handover ceremony in front of the traditional facade in the glass reception area of GRUNWALD; left to right: Norbert Zeh, Wolfgang Nienstedt, GRUNWALD managing director Armin Müller together with Margareta Riese and GRUNWALD managing director Ralf Müller as well as Beat R. Beck on the right-hand side of the picture Molkereikongress 2016 (dairy congress) The trade congress for the dairy industry, milk-processing companies and trade RAMADA Hotel München Messe 24/25 February 2016 www.dfvcg.de/mopro16 FachPack 2016 European Specialised Fair for packaging solutions Nuremberg, Germany 27 to 29 September 2016 www.fachpack.de The photos above are depicting two of the wells which were built in the village “Mirundu Mabanda” in the year 2012. Since then they have provided fresh, clean drinking water for hundreds of people FOODTECH 2016 Europe`s leading trade fair and the most important meeting place for the food industry Herning, Denmark 1 to 3 November 2016 www.foodtech.dk Dosing Filling Packing GRUNWA L D - NE W S Investment in the latest traveling-column milling machine The production of flexible, technically sophisticated and high-quality filling, dosing and packing machines is only possible if the necessary parts can be manufactured flexibly and reliably by means of a high-quality production and manufacturing technology. As GRUNWALD is able to produce all qualityrelevant parts to 70 % to 80 % on its own, the latest manufacturing technology must be available for the necessary precision work of our highly qualified expert staff. Those milling and turning parts which we do not produce ourselves, are produced by certified and reliable sub-suppliers in the region. GRUNWALD keeps up with the increasing requirements! Our manufacturing department fulfils the highest requirements and corresponds to the latest level of manufacturing technology for our machines are constantly adapted to new changing challenges. The machine parts and spare parts used for the GRUNWALD cup filling and GRUNWALD bucket filling machines are exclusively produced by the latest manufacturing technology and by machines which are on average not more than four to five years old. Investment in the future GRUNWALD has now invested in another traveling-column milling machine with an investment sum of more than 400,000 Euros an ultra-modern equipment of manufacturing technology. We thus boost and improve the competence in our manufacturing department and further expand its flexibility. Later, the machine will be transferred to our new manufacturing hall which comprises more than 1,000 square metres. We hope that we will be able to start with the new building shortly (more information about this in our next brochure). Technology of the future In October DMG-Mori/Deckel Maho - one of the largest producers of traveling-columns worldwide - delivered the traveling-column milling machine type DMF 180 of the latest generation. With its 5-axis-system it enables a highly productive and flexible manufacture. This is very important in the field of part manufacture. The manufacturing possibilities are impressing. For the experts of the matter a few data of this “chipping miracle” as follows: • integrated NC round table • pivoting milling head as a steered B-axis • 5-axis processing • X-traverse path up to 1,800 mm • 60 tool places • 40 bar interior cooling • 18,000 min/1 rmp Photos top-down: The 6-metre, 15-ton milling machine is unloaded by a crane - you have to know what you are doing! When operating ample knowledge of the manufacturing technology is required. Our employee Markus Rehm could convince himself of the large variety of options, the user friendliness and the optimal ergonomics of the DMF 180. He now knows his stuff!! This 2nd generation of traveling-column machines was developed under the prerequisite “more precise, more flexible and more economical”. The high precision is among others guaranteed by the stiff machine base made of cast mineral and the symmetrical traveling-column. It was given a larger traverse path in the Y-axis, higher chipping performance and the preciseness which has already been high was again increased. The picture shows the machine milling out a 1,720 mm flat part of a GRUNWALD FOODLINER. View into the GRUNWALD production hall