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24,000 carton packs per hour: SIG Combibloc launches the fastest aseptic filling machines in the world March 2008. In the story of filling technology for aseptic carton packs, the new CFA 724 high-speed filling machines from SIG Combibloc are setting new standards for speed and performance. With the same proven, unmatched volume flexibility as their predecessors, these new machines can fill 24,000 carton packs per hour, making the new aseptic high-speed filling machines the fastest in the world for small package sizes from 125 to 350 ml. China's Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy is piloting the CFA 724 for combiblocSmall. For a filling line speed, output and efficiency are the criteria on which food companies are increasingly focusing. Globally, improving plant performance to make production as efficient as possible and ensure long-term presence in the market is of paramount concern for filling companies. So for food manufacturers a machine capacity of 24,000 carton packs an hour means a reduction in operating costs, service costs and investment costs per 1.000 units installed capacity. With servo drives and six tracks instead of the previous four, the new high-speed filling machines from SIG Combibloc are more efficient than ever combining speed with an unmatched level of volume flexibility. The CFA 724 for combiblocSmall means it can fill a total of six different volumes: 150, 200, 250, 300, 330 and 350 ml. The high-speed filling machines can be adjusted to the required capacity in just a few simple steps and set to the new volume using a touch-screen monitor. This level of volume flexibility on a single machine at this high speed is a world first, enabling food manufacturers to position products to appeal to very specific target groups while at the same time keeping production unbeatably efficient. On course for success For Chinese customer Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Industry (Group) Co., Ltd, the planned introduction of the new high-speed CFA 724 for combiblocSmall is an important step in the company’s future growth. Bai Ying, General Manager of the company’s Liquid Dairy Products division and Vice-President of the Mengniu Group: "Mengniu was founded in 1999, so we are a very young company. And we are in the happy position of being able to profit from the widespread expansion of the dairy industry in China and continuing to prosper with this growth. One of our main objectives is to make Mengniu a leader among the top 20 dairy companies in the world within the next five years – and we want to be the market leader particularly when it comes to innovations. Creating the perfect conditions for production is the first step in opening up the market and using innovative products to win a competitive edge. In this respect, the CFA 724 gives a clear advantage in speed, flexibility and performance." In just nine years, Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Industry (Group) Co., Ltd has grown from a small regional provider in Inner Mongolia to one of China’s biggest dairy groups. Today Mengniu has more than 20 production facilities in 15 provinces in China with a portfolio of more than 100 products. 
Picture caption: The new aseptic high-speed filling machines CFA 724 from SIG Combibloc are the fastest in the world for small package sizes, capable of filling 24,000 combiblocSmall carton packs per hour, with the same unmatched volume flexibility as its predecessors. SIG Combibloc is setting new standards in speed and efficiency when it comes to filling technology for aseptic carton packs. Your contact: Lisa Wang - Marketing Communications Manager SIG Combibloc (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. - Shanghai Office 19F/, Universal Mansion, 172 Yu Yuan Road, Shanghai, 200040, PRC Phone: 021 62480885 Fax: 021 62499541 E-mail: lisa.wang@sig.biz SIG Combibloc is one of the world’s leading system suppliers of carton packaging and filling machines for beverages and food. In 2006 the company achieved a turnover of 1,210 million Euro with around 4,000 employees in 40 countries. SIG Combibloc is managed by SIG Holding AG in Switzerland, which is part of the New Zealand based Rank Group. |
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