A good shot for scale of Tony working on a VFFS bagging machine. That Forming Set will be producing bags with a flat width of 535mm. The machine, based on our LE500, will be used for Multipacks of ice containing 1Kg and 2Kg bags of ice cubes/crushed ice up to 16Kg. I’ll post more as…
We sat with the representatives of a respected contract packaging company last week who had discovered our website and were interested enough to visit our factory, see our production facilities and have a machine demo. During conversation they made an interesting remark. “What worries us about Line Equipment is why your machines are sold so…
Our latest commissioned LE360 has been designed and optimised for the bagging of a leafy salad product. Part of the customer’s specification required the protection against food-industry standard manual wash down processes. It has been built in Type 316 stainless steel for strength at elevated wash down temperatures and for better corrosion resistance, as it…
New Machine Shortlisted in PPMA Awards Line Equipment, past winners of the PPMA Certificate of Merit for Design and Manufacture in packaging machinery, are not resting on their laurels, even after 30 years in business. The new LE360 PDQ was shortlisted in the PPMA Awards ‘Innovative Packaging Machinery’ category for 2018. The LE360 PDQ is the latest machine…
We will be displaying both the PDQ – our multi-style bagging machine for traditional pillow, block bottom, gusset or quad style bags as well as Doy style stand-up pouches – plus our brand new standalone Zip Applicator – so new we haven’t even named it properly yet! Click on the image below to register
This month we are happy to blow our own trumpet as we celebrate our growth from garage to factory, the employment we provide to local people and the 400 plus machines sold across the world. All ‘UK Designed, UK Built, Working Worldwide’ from Nottingham! Here is a little piece of history – a photo of our…
Our latest build is ready to ship. The LE250 VFFS machine, complete with the in-house built Gantry will be used to bag a well known wallpaper paste at 72 bags per. minute.You can view the factory test run video here…
Talking of the nations favourite, as we were in our Rovemea post, one of the UK’s best known Snack brands has entrusted us with two Sandiacre Twin TG250’s for a complete refurb/upgrade. Sandiacre machines are one of the most popular older machines to benefit from a PLC/Electrics upgrade and Front Plate components refurb from us,…
An interesting article from Packaging News on the move away from industry-standard polythene, derived from finite fossil fuels, for ones made from a sugarcane biopolymer known as GreenPE. As well as being renewable, sugarcane captures and stores CO2 from the atmosphere as it grows, making it carbon-negative.Avoiding the use of fossil fuel plastic material in favour of GreenPE…
Just completed a major refurbishment of two Rovema machines for the nations’ favourite breakfast cereal company. We have cleaned up and utilised the original frame and film loading mechanism but replaced the front plate components such as Jaws and Transport plus completely upgraded the PLC and Electrics.
Happy New Year to everyone! The big news from us is we have developed a fast, easy to operate and tool free transition system that allows the LE360 bagging machine’s jaws to move from a traditional pillow, block bottom, gusset or quad style bagging machine to a Doy style packaging machine in under 40 seconds. The rotatable…
Good few days at The PPMA Total Show at the NEC. Plenty of interesting visitors. Good interest in our Zip Applicator which was demonstrating one the range of Zip Pak™ resealable (re-closable) zips that are available.