2009 exhibitor publicity submissions

(listed alphabetically)

ADREX PLASTICS AND MACHINERY Paul Clark – 011 524 0095

Specialist suppliers of plastics processing equipment. Overseas principals will be at the show for the worldwide launch of Pelican/Bosch Rexroth Integrated Registration Control System in new Gravure printers.

BYTES DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS Sumaya Sathoo - 011 928 9177

Bytes Document Solutions will exhibit a wide range of the latest Xerox digital mono and colour presses and wide format printers at this year’s Print Expo 2009. In addition to the hardware technology - world leading software solutions from XMPie and Mphoto will also be on demonstration, featuring the XMPie Experience Theatre that was immensely popular with attendees of Drupa in Germany this year.

Bytes Document Solutions, previously known as Xerox South Africa, is a R1, 8-billion-a-year company that is the sole authorised Xerox distributor to 24 sub-Saharan countries; the largest South African paper merchant through NOR Paper; and Africa’s leading digital printing and mailing bureau through LaserCom. The business is also a division of Bytes Technology Group South Africa, owned by Altron, with Kagiso Trust Investments as its empowerment partner.

CARL ZEISS Hendrie Viktor – 011 886 9510

Precision dimensional quality control. From dimensional to mass quality control and micro imaging systems, Carl Zeiss is a one-stop quality control instrument provider.

GF PLASTIC MACHINERY SERVICES Dirk Hansen – 011 975 4035

GF Plastic Machinery Services (GFP) will exhibit the following equipment at Proplas:The HAITIAN complete range of Injection Moulding machines comprising the SA (Saturn), MA (Mars), VE (Venus) and PL (Pluto) models. An attention grabber on exhibit will be a garden armchair, extremely light and robust, produced by the Haitian SA800. Another interest generator will be the 150 ton fully electric ZHAFIR VENUS range of high speed packaging machines with I.M.L.

HAITIAN, an internationally renowned manufacturer, has it strategy reflected in its slogan, ADVANTAGE;

A=  Advanced technologyD=  Dependable machinery

V=  Value engineeredA=  Accessible supportN=  New visionT=  Team spiritA=  Around the globeG=  Growth drivenE=  Excellent price-performance ratioThese machines are at the cutting edge of injection moulding technology. Blow Moulding machinery on exhibit will include the FKI FONG KEE INTERNATIONAL CO LTD  5 ltr double station, single head with view stripe. Also on display will be the OMSO South Africa Silk Screen Printing machinery range comprising fully automatic, semi- automatic and two colour machines. Ancillary equipment on exhibit will include:

TRIA and Ming Lee granulation and automation equipment Moretto,  KWT Systems and M B Mould Temperature Controllers ARICO and MARSSE Hot Runner Controllers

 GO GO PACKAGING 021 555 0970

With headquarters in Johannesburg and a branch in Cape Town, Go Go Packaging specialises in the manufacture of Winbond air bubbles and LiteO self-adhesive tapes and has a large array of packaging machinery. The group is committed to quality, services and competitive prices to ensure that customer needs are satisfied.

The company’s stand at Propak 2009 will introduce visitors to the business, tell them more about the operations and discuss how the company can provide solutions to suit your particular packaging requirements. The Go Go Packaging product range includes:

Geyser BlanketsTired of high electricity cost? Why not get your self a geyser blanket made from insulating foil bubble. The blanket comes in a self-DIY Pack, contains all the items you would need to fit it yourself.

Bubble Envelopes Say goodbye to wet damaged and torn envelopes. Get the Winbond Bubble Envelopes. Designed and manufactured on quality bubble sheet material laminated with synthetic paper to offer superior protection for any type of mail, shipment and transportation. The envelopes are produced in various sizes, are waterproof and tear resistant, offer good opacity and high protection, are super light to save on postages have self-adhesives seal, and are recyclable and environment friendly.

HI -TECH INKS Hayley Palmer – 011 372 4651

Established in the late 80’s, Hi-Tech Inks is a specialist manufacturer and distributor of high quality liquid inks. It has identified a market opportunity for UV inks and has joined forces with Pulse Roll Label Products. Hi-Tech Inks is seeing more and more convertors considering a move to UV technology and would like to gain a foothold in this market. The company have also been working vigorously over the last few years on creating a waterbased product for Thermo-Plastic.

HUBEI NANXING POLYMER ADDITIVES David Heming - 86-717-6752602

Hubei Nanxing Polymer Additives is recruiting SA local technical consultants. The company is a Chinese manufacturer specializing in the research, development and manufacturing of PVC auxiliary, including organotin stabilizers, one-pack lead stabilizers, Ca/Zn compound stabilizers, CPE impact modifiers, MBS resin, ACR processing aids, external and internal lubricants, etc. The company’s key

product the SS-218 Methyl Tin Mercaptide is widely used as a heat stabilizer in PVC converting, especially for the transparent products.

In order to better understand its customers changing needs and help them to maximize their business benefit, the company will establish a new PVC additives R&D and application center in Johannesburg, South Africa in year 2010. Hubei Nanxing is currently seeking experts and engineers to be the company’s local technical consultants and talented applicants are welcome to contact the company.

ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITED Torsten Giese – UK - 0044 121 607 7712 / torsten.giese@ishidaeurope.com

VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS ON SHOW

The wide variety of packing solutions offered by Ishida Europe will be ideally demonstrated at Propak Africa. The company’s ability to devise complete packing lines will be showcased by its bespoke Integrated Snackfood Packing System, the Atlas iTPS, while individual models on display include the technically advanced and hugely versatile RS Series multihead weigher, the groundbreaking IX-GA X-ray system, and the latest addition to the company’s market leading tray sealer range, the semi-automatic QX 300.

The Atlas iTPS is Ishida’s dedicated packaging system for all types of savoury snack products. Comprising an R Series multihead weigher, Atlas high-speed bagmaker, and DACS-W-012 checkweigher, the line is capable of operating at up to 200 packs per minute.

The iTPS is just one example of Ishida’s ability to devise a complete packing line solution, with all key components from a single manufacturer and designed to work as one highly efficient unit. This single source approach offers the end-user more efficient installation, operation, service and support as well as providing the comfort zone of a single supplier taking responsibility for the system to achieve its agreed performance targets.

The Ishida RS-Series weigher is one of the company’s mid-range models, which, thanks to the latest combination of calculation hardware and software, achieves weighing speeds, accuracies and consistencies that most top-range competitive weighers are unable to exceed. The RS technology is able to make more weight combinations available during each weigh cycle, meaning that the weigher will seldom, if ever, need to select a weight outside the specified range. This helps to guarantee –within small margins- the same weight of product in each bag.

Ishida’s highly sophisticated IX-GA X-ray inspection system is ideal for detecting foreign bodies – including aluminium, tin, glass, stones, hard rubber, plastic, bones and shells – in a variety of packed and unpacked fresh food products including meat, poultry, fish and ready meals, as well as dry and frozen foods. Ishida’s unique self-learning Genetic Algorithm (GA) technology offers maximum detection sensitivity and reliability. The machine can detect impurities down to 0.3mm in size and can also spot missing items or damaged products.

The new QX-300 tray sealer is an entry-level model for low-volumes and frequent changeovers or for start-up businesses in the convenience food sector. The reliable, hygienic and easy to operate machine is suitable for a wide range of products including ready meals, salads, fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry and fish, soups and sauces, snacks, confectionery, as well as toiletries and medical products. Top speed is 20 trays per minute. The Tray Sealer is compatible with all types of tray and top lid materials, including board, plastic and aluminium. It can handle a large number of different tray formats in depths up to 130mm and can be configured to specific product requirements, including sealing only, vacuum and vacuum/gas flushing.

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WEIGHING PARTNERSHIP DELIVERS MULTIPLE BENEFITS

The installation of Ishida multihead weighers at leading United Arab Emirates’ food processor Cascade Marine Foods, one of the manufacturing facility of Al Kabeer Group of Companies has enabled the

company to double production output and reduce giveaway and downtime, while at the same time achieving improved hygiene and product quality.

Cascade is a major supplier of IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) added value protein products, such as chicken nuggets, burgers, kebabs, meatballs, and prawns. The company has a strong reputation for innovation, with a regular flow of new product launches. Recently these have been targeted at the growing ready meals market, with latest introductions including BBQ chicken wings, Chicken Biryani and Thai Curry.

Pack target weights vary from 250g up to 1kg catering packs, with the majority of products packed into plastic pillow bags using VFFS machines.

The introduction of multihead weighing to the process has brought a number of major benefits. Thanks to the accuracy of the weighers, product giveaway has been reduced from around 10% using linear weighing technology to less than 2%. Coupled with the reliability of the Ishida weighers and fast changeover times, which have greatly reduced unwanted downtime, this has enabled Cascade to increase monthly production capacity from 400 tons to 800 tons. A further advantage of Ishida’s fully automated weighing systems is the reduction in manual handling, a vital factor in maintaining the quality of frozen products, particularly for items such as prawns which are covered with a glazing which could melt when exposed to the slightly lower ambient temperatures in the packing area.

Cascade has recently installed its third Ishida weigher, a CCW-RS-210/30-WP. The 10-head weigher benefits from the increased speed and accuracy of Ishida’s mid-range RS-Series. The continuous smooth flow of product through the machine is assured using a loadcell and software, which monitor the product supply to the top of the weigher and adjust the vibration amplitude and frequency of the dispersion table and vibratory feeders to ensure an efficient product supply to the weigh heads. Top speeds are between 40 and 60 packs per minute and these are dependent on pack target weight and the constant supply of product from the IQF freezers.

The weigher’s waterproof construction allows fast and easy cleaning of the machine. Embossed contact surfaces and double opening hoppers ensure that the product moves easily throughout the weigher without sticking to the hopper doors.

The installation of this latest weigher consolidates a working partnership between Cascade and Ishida that dates back to the Pakex exhibition in the UK in 1992. The first machine, installed shortly afterwards, has provided years of reliable continuous operation and Cascade says it has cost the company just a few hundred pounds in replaceable consumables during this time.

More recently, the opening of Ishida’s sales and service support office in Dubai has further strengthened the two companies’ relationship. “Ishida really has made a difference to our operation and contributed greatly to its success,” comments Cascade’s Chief Engineer M.A. Remigius. “Put simply they have helped us to double production output, while increasing hygiene and quality levels, with equipment that is fast and reliable and easy to operate.

“Equally important, their levels of service are exemplary and since the Ishida Middle East office is now only 30 minutes from us, if we ever do have a problem, we can rely on an engineer being with us almost before we put the phone down.”

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NEW MULTI-LANE CHECKWEIGHER SAVES COST AND SPACE

Ishida Europe has launched a new multi-lane checkweigher with up to six lanes, which can handle the same volume as several checkweighers, leading to significant savings in cost and space.

Ideal for stick and flow-wrap packs of confectionery, coffee, tea or milk powder, the new DACS-CW Series is a high-speed checkweigher with a very small footprint. It is easy to use featuring a single-colour touch screen Remote Control Unit (RCU) which controls all lanes. Each lane has its own Ishida load cell which ensures the world-renowned Ishida weighing accuracy and consistency.

Using Ishida’s unique Anti Floor Vibration (AFV) system, which cancels out the effect of external vibration, the new DACS-CW achieves stable and precise weighing, even in a factory environment where intensive vibration is an issue.

Other benefits include the checkweigher’s intelligent data management system, which features a status monitor showing production data from each lane whilst a built-in USB camera ensures reliable product set up. The new DACS-CW multi-lane checkweigher is made of stainless steel for high durability and easy cleaning and maintenance.

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ISHIDA AT HEART OF MCCAIN’S EXPANSION IN SOUTH AFRICA

McCain Foods has expanded one of its key plants in South Africa with the addition of three new packing lines, each based around an Ishida R-Series multihead weigher.

The world’s largest producer of French fries, McCain Foods is also the leading supplier of both frozen vegetables and frozen fries in South Africa, and operates a potato processing plant at Delmas, as well as two vegetable processing facilities – one at Spring and the other at George, in Western Cape. The company’s production is flexible and highly efficient, with Ishida multihead weighers playing an important role in this success.

Products produced at Delmas include French Fries (ranging in length from 6 to 12cm), Potato Wedges (with or without skin) and Batter Fries (breaded and spiced fries). These are for the South African market, and are supplied to customers such as McDonalds, Mug ‘n Bean, Ocean Basket and the Spur Group.

The extension of the Delmas facility followed McCain’s ongoing research and development of local vegetable varieties, while the company had also upgraded its marketing and production activities. The retail market for McCain’s products has been expanding, but the foodservice sector has shown even greater growth, prompting a requirement for larger production facilities.

The three new lines are designed to work together to ensure maximum productivity and to meet any likely demand. The weighers are integrated into an infeed system that can make use of just one of them when demand is low, or all three when demand is high. In the latter case, fries from the cold store can be used to supplement the production stream, for a seamless surge in output.

Currently, each machine is operating well within its potential speed, limited by the downstream system (bagmaker, hand packing into cartons, checkweighing and metal detection), yet delivering 500g plastic bags of fries at 90 bags per minute (bpm), 750g at 85bpm, 1kg at 70bpm, 1.75kg at 55bpm and 2.5kg at 50bpm.

The new Ishida R-Series weighers offer significant reductions in product giveaway, owing to the unprecedented speed at which they can calculate and check weight combinations. This in turn reflects innovative hardware and software used in the weigher’s processing units. Increased calculation speed also adds to overall efficiency, as the weigher practically never finds it necessary to dump a weighment because it is over- or underweight. Operator intervention is kept to a minimum by an automatic feed control system and by the self-tuning vibratory system which automatically adjusts vibration amplitude to optimise product flow.

The R-Series weigher’s user interface makes it very simple to bring operators up to speed and enables them to get the best out of the multihead weighers. It has multi-language capabilities (selectable at the touch of a button), offers extensive on-screen help and advice, and works via a high-visibility, full-colour LCD touchscreen.

McCain Foods worldwide has a long and successful relationship with Ishida which was a key factor behind the company’s decision to choose the R-Series multihead weigher for the expansion programme. At its South Africa operation there were already four Ishida multihead weighers on site at Delmas, with five more at the Spring plant. The equipment’s reliability and outstanding performance

over many years, together with the avoidance of spare parts duplication, were considered particularly important in the decision-making process.

“McCain RSA is very happy with the Ishida machines in both factories,” says Technical Designer Renier De Kock, “and that’s why we stick with them!”

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PERFECTLY PRESENTED PRODUCTS WITH NEW ISHIDA STRIP PACK APPLICATOR

Ishida Europe has launched a new Flexible Strip Pack Applicator (F-SPA) which produces ready-to display strips of bagged products, providing an attractive hanging display for retailers.

Ideal for snacks and confectionery but also perfectly applicable for other food and even non-food products, the new Strip Pack Applicator is easy to operate and offers an innovative and convenient way for retailers to market their products and special promotions.

The Strip Pack Applicator has the flexibility to link up with any bagmaker for automatic production and thus to operate as an integrated component of an automatic packing line, or to be used as a stand alone unit with bags hand-fed by an operator. This allows the food bags to be quality controlled (using checkweighing, metal detection, seal testing or X-ray inspection) before they are assembled into strips, reducing the amount of waste through having to discard a whole strip of bags because one of the bags failed at the quality control stage. Mix and match strip packaging of different products is another option thanks to the flexibility of semi-automatic operation with hand feeding of bags.

Ishida’s new Flexible Strip Pack Applicator offers speeds of up to 80 bags a minute, takes bags weighing up to 100g and the number of bags on each strip is fully adjustable. Bags can also be reattached after removal using Ishida’s unique strip-pack tape.

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 HIGH ACCURACY AND GENTLE HANDLING ARE KEY FEATURES OF NEW CUT-GATE WEIGHER

The new Cut-gate Weigher from Ishida Europe provides highly accurate weighing of granular products and thanks to its gentle handling, which preserves particle size and structure, it preserves the customer product and significantly reduces dust emissions.

Compared with auger or volumetric cup fillers, the operation of the Cut-gate also dramatically reduces product damage and minimizes product giveaway.

Fourteen different models are available to meet specific requirements in terms of applications and performance.

The Cut-gate offers precise weighing of all types of granular products such as detergents, granules for hot and cold drinks, sugar and salt, freeze dried coffee, tea and couscous. The weigher is typically three times more accurate than conventional filling or dosing systems.

This is achieved thanks to Ishida’s accurate load cell and high-speed feedback control system. Also, the stepper-motor driven precise opening and closing profile of the Cut-gate mechanism achieves surprisingly accurate product feeding.

The new Cut-gate Weigher has a dustproof construction. To prevent dust dispersion, weighing components are enclosed in an easily detachable cover. A sealed enclosure for gas flushing is available.

Offering quick product changeovers, the Cut-gate Automatic Weigher is also easy to operate, clean and maintain.

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ISHIDA PROVIDES BEST EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE FOR CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTURER

Leading Dubai confectionery manufacturer Best Food Company has selected an Ishida R Series multihead weigher to pack a variety of bag sizes of its chocolate-coated nuts and wrapped chocolates. As well as the ultra-fast and accurate performance of the new weigher, Best Food says reliability of operation and continuing development advice from Ishida are also key factors that continue to give the company an important competitive edge.

The new weigher is a compact 14-head high-speed, high- accuracy machine with 0.8 litre hoppers, chosen to fit the limited space available in the line, which is being used primary to pack 100g Stabilo pouches. In addition, the weigher frequently fills packs of 15, 20, 50 and 200g.  Using double dumping, the speed of the R-Series is also such that it can also be used for packs of 1 to 10 kg. As a considerable proportion of Best Food’s output is now non-nut products, the ease and rapidity with which contact parts such as hoppers and feeders can be removed from the machine, thoroughly cleaned and replaced is another major benefit.

Best Food has become the leading manufacturer of branded nuts in the Middle East by making sure it understands consumer tastes and preferences, by being quick on its feet in terms of diversification, and by investing both in R&D and in branding. The most important factor in satisfying consumer preferences has been product quality, with Best Food buying the finest that the world has to offer. Coating nuts with quality chocolate further increases the cost per piece, making giveaway even more of an issue.  Equally important at these quality levels is to ensure that the consumer encounters a consistent fill in each pack.

While the Ishida multihead weigher exactly meets Best Food’s requirements in terms of speed and accuracy, the decisive factor for the company was the new proximity of Ishida which last year consolidated its presence in the Middle East market with purpose-built premises in Dubai, offering six field engineers and a dedicated projects department.

“Ishida makes communication easier as they are settled locally. This shows they want to follow up and provide proper customer care. Also, they offer a solution appropriate to my product with the engineering skills to adapt as our situation changes”, says Taha Fraihat, Assistant General Manager, Development, at Best Food.  “The service is so good that you do not even need to call them!” Ishida has been servicing the Middle East market for many years, with over 1000 multiheads and several hundred snackfood bagmakers accounting for just part of its installed base in the region. The opening of the new office in Dubai was designed to provide the kind of up-to-date expertise that Best Food has remarked on. "Ishida's continuing success and growth led to the move,” explains Craig Russell, General Manager, Ishida Middle East & Africa. “Our speed of response is aided by our location close to Dubai airport, and the additional space has allowed us to include a demonstration area.  Customers can now see the very latest equipment in operation, and even check how their own products will run on it.” 

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X-RAYS ENSURE CHICKEN FILLET QUALITY

The installation of two Ishida X-ray inspection systems at the Rose Poultry factory in Skovsgaard, Denmark, has fully automated the previously manual process of checking chicken fillets for bones and enabled up to 20 operators to be re-deployed elsewhere in the factory.

Rose Poultry is Denmark’s largest manufacturer of chicken products for both the home and overseas markets and has one of the most advanced poultry processing plants in the world. With an established reputation for quality, it was natural for the company to seek to further enhance the inspection process on its frozen chicken fillet lines.

Checking for small pieces of bones can be an arduous manual task with health and safety implications owing to the repetitive nature of the work. The new Ishida IX-GA-2475 X-ray machines are now able to carry out the same operation automatically, detecting the smallest pieces of bone, at speeds of up to 160 fillets per minute. As a result this has removed around 10 people from each of the two production lines.

The IX-GA X-ray system uses a unique self-learning Genetic Algorithm (GA) to ensure maximum detection sensitivity and reliability. The machine can generally detect impurities down to 0.3mm in size and can also spot missing items or damaged products. In addition, the place of contamination can be accurately pinpointed.

The IX-GA’s were selected in preference to two alternative ‘bone checker’ machines which, according to Rose Poultry factory manager Per Alan Jensen, were more difficult to operate and had to be calibrated each time by the manufacturer.

“The Ishida X-ray system is much easier to use and we can set it up ourselves,” he explains. “Another advantage of the machine is its compact size which means it can fit easily into a line in any part of the factory. We were also very pleased with the high levels of service we received from Ishida during the installation of the equipment, with engineers coming over from England to help us through the start up period.”

Once checked by the Ishida system, any rejected fillets are transferred to a separate conveyor and taken off for inspection and repacking. This means that we now only have to manually inspect around 10% of production whereas before we had to check 100%,” says Mr Jensen.

He adds that due to the versatility of the Ishida X-rays, which can also check for other contaminants such as metal, glass or plastic, the company is considering using them for other quality inspection requirements elsewhere in the factory.

The installation of the X-ray systems continues a long and successful partnership between Ishida Europe and Rose Poultry. The company is already the largest user of Ishida multiheads in Denmark, having installed its first weighers some 12 years ago.

As part of its continual drive to further improve efficiencies throughout the factory, Rose Poultry is now in the process of replacing its original weighers with the latest Ishida models. Two new CW-RS versions have just been purchased to handle frozen chicken legs.

Installed in conjunction with Ishida’s Danish agent for multihead weighers, TH Consult, the weighers have been adapted to take into account the lack of height in the factory and feature a specially-designed reject system that allows over weights to be re-circulated for re-weighing before they are transferred into the bagmaker, thereby avoiding wasted packaging materials.

“The large piece weights of many of our products has meant that a certain amount needs to be repacked, but thanks to our close working partnership with suppliers such as Ishida and TH Consult, we are having great success in reducing this,” explains Mr Jensen. “The new weighers are part of this ongoing process.”

The old Ishida weighers were removed and the new ones installed within 16 hours and with minimal production disruption.

“This is typical of the quality service from Ishida and TH Consult,” says Mr Jensen. “In addition to the effectiveness of the equipment, we always receive excellent support and fast response. It is for this reason that we only look to Ishida for our multihead needs.”

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KONICA MINOLTA SARitchi Kaufman - 0800 bizhub / ritchik@kmsa.com

Bidvest company, Konica Minolta South Africa will be focusing strongly on its production solutions at the upcoming Print Expo 2009, taking place from 20 to 23 October at the MTN Expo Centre, NASREC in Johannesburg.

The company will be using the show as a platform to launch its new bizhub 1200 PRO series, a high-end production printing system delivering previously unseen quality and modularity. The new series - which consists of the bizhub PRO 1200 and the bizhub PRO 1051 - features outstanding media flexibility and capacity paired with different accessory highlights that deliver value to the market. With Konica Minolta’s new production printing system, commercial printers, print for pay environments and large CRDs also benefit from new screening technologies and highest monthly duty cycles of up to three million pages.

“Konica Minolta South Africa will also be showcasing the bizhub C6501, aimed at helping commercial print businesses to handle short-run, on-demand jobs,” explains Leon Minnie, product specialist: production systems at Konica Minolta South Africa. “This machine excels in transactional environments that require high speeds for quick job turnaround, large paper and output capacities for automated long-run operation, the ability to run diverse substrates, thorough finishing capabilities, and above all, reliability and durability.”

Offering a large 7,500-sheet paper capacity and 8,000-sheet output capacity, the C6501 boosts print efficiency, while on-the-fly toner and paper replacement reduce downtime. With a colour and B/W output speed of 65 pages-per-minute and a warm-up time of less than seven minutes, it's always ready to work in high-pressure environments.

In addition to its hardware, Konica Minolta South Africa will be demonstrating a number of supporting software solutions. PrintShop Mail is a fast, efficient and easy to use professional software tool that allows the creation and printing of personalised promotional documents, quickly and easily. It optimises the process of merging variable database information with a design created with any design tool and integrated in PrintShop Mail. It also enables users to perform simple and complex variable data printing jobs for medium to high volume output quantities.

“Visitors to the show will also be able to experience PrintShop Web, an easy to use, powerful and open template-based web-to-print solution that allows the online modification, ordering and production of repetitive, promotional and personalised documents. This tool enables print providers and brand owners to effectively manage promotional print flows, streamline customer interaction while combining the benefits of variable information with on-demand printing,” states Minnie.

In addition, Konica Minolta South Africa will present its PlanetPress Suite for the easy creation and printing of transactional, promotional and transpromotional variable content documents as well as advanced automated distribution and workflow management capabilities, and EFI MicroPress, a solution to assist mid-to-high volume print on-demand environments maximise their current equipment investment by providing a fast, high-performance raster-based digital document production system that produces complex, short-run, colour and B/W documents.

Please visit Konica Minolta South Africa at the Print Expo – stand 7E13 (Hall 7) or visit www.konicaminoltasa.com for more information.

LEADING EDGE SOLUTIONS011 476 8817 sales@les.co.za

Sustainable productivity solutions now available to South African Manufacterers

Shoplogix, the developer of Plantnode, the real-time performance management solution that enables sustainable continuous improvement programs, is pleased to announce that Leading Edge Solutions, a leading provider of business consulting and implementation services has signed up to distribute Shoplogix solutions in South Africa.

“Shoplogix has achieved remarkable success in North America, growing by 50% over the last year in the midst of economic crisis,” says Martin Ambrose, President and CEO of Shoplogix. “A partnership with Leading Edge represents the next phase in our growth as we work with organisations that have demonstrated the capability to bring continuous improvement programs to the marketplace. We are thrilled that Leading Edge has joined the Shoplogix partner alliance and we are positive that they too will enjoy the same rapid growth that we have seen in North America.”

Selven Chetty, Managing Director of Leading Edge added, “We are seeing many companies in South Africa looking to uncover opportunities to improve productivity within their organisations. With Plantnode, we have the unique capability to deliver productivity improvements in days and weeks. This accelerated time-to-value will help South African manufacturers weather the stresses of these difficult economic times.”

“This is a significant step forward for Shoplogix,” says Ambrose. “Working with the leading solution provider in Africa’s most vibrant emerging market economy will create the foundation for Plantnode’s adoption throughout the continent. Expanding internationally with strategic partners like Leading Edge will continue to supercharge the phenomenal growth we have seen this past year at Shoplogix.”

Leading Edge Solutions is a software development and consulting company specializing in ERP implementations, business consulting, software development and document management.

Shoplogix is a leading provider of real-time performance management solutions that optimize manufacturing processes to reduce costs and increase profitability. Shoplogix solutions form the foundation for continuous improvement by providing manufacturers with tools to rapidly improve plant performance and the technology to sustain productivity.

MARITIME MARKETINGJeff Cawcutt -  +27 11 466-1717 / jeff@marimark.co.za

On Show: Erema 756-TE (100-140kg/hr throughput): see attached pic, see attached PDF, and extra info below:

Erema PC - The Classic Erema Recycling system is stronger, better and more powerful incorporating the Erema partial area backflush screen changer and hot die-face pelletizing system with increased cutter-compacter to extruder diameter ratio increases throughput. Robust, low energy consumption and high operational flexibility. Maritime Marketing will also be exhibiting the: ·         ENGEL 500 Duo·         BESTON, 90T, 160T, & 220T·         SMC 85 IBM·         Urola URBI4·         Gur-LS Sideweld Patch handle Bag Machine·         Weima WLK 65-45kW·         Rapid 400-60 KU·         Erema 756 – TE·         Piovan MDW Also see PDF attached for ENGEL 500 duo 

MULTIVAC SOUTHERN AFRICAAlex Ferguson - 016 341 5911

At Propak Africa 2009 trade show, that will take place from October 20-23 at the MTN Expo Centre, Nasrec, Johannesburg, Multivac, a leading supplier of thermoformers and complete packaging solutions, will exhibit a selection of its newest packaging machines including the unique FreshSAFE packaging system.

The safe packaging of fresh goods in perfectly hygienic conditions is essential in the food sector. The solutions required here demand a wide variety of expertise that range from flexible packaging machines to suitable packaging materials and special packaging systems. At Propak Africa 2009, Multivac will present concepts, which allow the quality and freshness of fruits, vegetables and salads to be maintained for the longest period possible. At the same time, Multivac will demonstrate a few packaging machines that offer the optimum implementation of these concepts.

With a rate of up to 60 packages per minute (maximum output with basic format 650 x 275mm) and a 6-impression die for standard trays, the T700 traysealer will also be demonstrated at Propak Africa 2009. And thanks to the use of state of the art drive technology and superior control technology, the machines motion sequences can be automatically adjusted to the product to be packed and the desired output. Just one single entry is all that is required to set the corresponding machine parameters, everything else is taken care of automatically be the machine.

Thanks to this machine intelligence the traversing movement, in particular, can be perfectly adapted to the tray and the product, and stored in the recipe so as to protect the products to be packaged while being transported in the trays. This makes the machines suitable even for very delicate contents such as liquids or very lightweight products. In addition, the precision handling systems allow even awkwardly shaped trays to be processed without difficulty.

Both of the packaging machines to be exhibited have been developed in accordance with the principles of rigorous sanitary design.

OMRON ELECTRONICSTerry-Lynn Botha – 011 579 2610 terry.botha@eu.omron.com

Omron Electronics is the South African subsidiary of the Omron Corporation, a global leader in the field of automation. Established in 1933, Omron has more than 35,000 employees in 38 countries working to provide products and services to customers in a variety of fields including industrial automation, electronic components industries, and healthcare. Omron Electronics provides a comprehensive sales and support service for Omron’s vast range of industrial automation solutions. These include industrial components, sensing and safety, automation system solutions, drives and project design, implementation and maintenance. The company’s training department provides accredited courses designed to boost workforce productivity.

Below is an interesting article on safety legislation that will affect local machine builders.  The legislation is due to come into effect on the 29th December 2009.

The New Machinery Directive – Directive 2006/42/EC

Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC becomes applicable on 29 December 2009, superseding the existing Machinery Directive 98/37/EC. While the two are broadly similar, there are also significant differences that will affect local machine builders wishing to export to the European Economic Area. The aim of the Directive, as before, is to lay down the essential health and safety requirements (EHSRs) relating to design and construction in order to improve the safety of machinery placed on the European market; the biggest changes and additions therefore appear in Annex I, Chapter 1, which deals with this exact topic.

Here are a few of the changes/additions in summary:a section on ergonomics (1.1.6) has been added stating that 'discomfort, fatigue and physical and psychological stress faced by the operator must be reduced to the minimum possible’. It suggests, for example, that enough space be provided for operator movements, and that monitoring that requires lengthy concentration should be avoided. The latter can often be achieved with vision system solutions, for example.

operating positions and seating are now detailed. An adjustable seat must be provided with any machinery where a seated operating position is an integral part of the machine.

section 1.2.2 relating to control devices now states that from ‘each’ control position the operator must be able to check the danger zones and ‘each’ position must be provided with all the required control

devices; the old Directive referred only to the ‘main’ control position. This has implications for machines with multiple control stations, pendant or wireless controls.

the section on guarding – 1.4 Required characteristics of guards and protective devices – has also undergone some major changes:

The general requirements section now states explicitly that “guards must, where possible, protect against the ejection or falling of materials or objects and against emissions generated by the machinery”.

The section on fixed guarding now states that “fixing systems must remain attached to the guards or machinery when the guards are removed” (essentially, this means the use of captive screws) and, as in the old Directive, “where possible, guards must be incapable of remaining in place without their fixings”.

The section on interlocking moveable guards has added the following statement: “Where it is possible for an operator to reach the danger zone before the risk due to the hazardous machinery functions has ceased, moveable guards must be associated with a guard locking device in addition to an interlocking device that: prevents the start of hazardous machinery functions until the guard is closed and locked; and keeps the guard closed and locked until the risk of injury from the hazardous machinery has ceased”.

Other supplementary EHSRs appear in Annex I, Chapters 2 to 6. Please contact Stephen Green at stephen.green@eu.omron.com for a full copy of the New Machinery Directive.

“Essential health and safety requirements and assessment of conformity”

The machine manufacturer must ensure that a risk assessment is carried out in order to determine the health and safety requirements applicable to a particular machine. The machinery must then be designed and constructed taking into account the results of the risk assessment. By the process of risk assessment and risk reduction referred to above, the manufacturer shall:determine the limits of the machinery, which include the intended use and any reasonably foreseeable misuse thereof;identify the hazards that can be generated by the machinery and the associated hazardous situations;estimate the risks, taking into account the severity of the possible injury or damage to health and the probability of its occurrence;evaluate the risks;eliminate the hazards or reduce the risks associated with these hazards by application of protective measures.These five steps form the basis of the Principles for Risk Assessment – Safety of Machinery – according to ISO14121.

PLASTICHEMHelmet Oellermann 011 974 9040

Indorama Polymers, the second largest PET producer in the world with 1.6 million tons capacity, has appointed local firm Plastichem as their official sales agents into the Southern African markets. Plastichem provide plastic and rubber raw materials solutions.

PROCESS & FACTORY PRODUCTSJurgen Schoemaker – 011 609 8188

P&F Products is the sole importer of the Pepperl+Fuchs range of products for Southern Africa. The company’s offices are located in Gauteng with distributors in all major centres throughout SA. In 1953 Pepperl+Fuchs developed the world’s first proximity sensor and has since become a name recognised internationally as a world leader in the manufacture of a diverse range of industrial and process automation equipment. Recently Visolux and Elcon Instruments have become part of the Pepperl+Fuchs group of companies. The acquisition of Elcon Instruments has made the company the biggest supplier of intrinsically safe interface equipment in the world. The range includes: proximity sensors, photoelectronic sensors, safety curtains, ultrasonic sensors, level control, identification systems, rotary encoders and converters.

PYROTEC PACKMARKLazelle Coetzee - 021 787 9611

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Taking Coding and Labelling Service Excellence to a Whole New Level

South African company, Pyrotec PackMark (formally Pyrotec Machinery), has been chosen by Markem-Imaje – trusted worldwide manufacturer of product identification and traceability solutions – to take support services of their coding and labelling equipment to a whole new level in South Africa. Pyrotec PackMark is not new to the industry. They have more than forty years experience in the sort of service and technical expertise needed to successfully distribute Markem-Imaje’s full range of coding and labelling equipment. Their reputation is built on solid relationships with multi-national, small and medium enterprises in the sort of production environments in which critical packaging machinery uptime is dependent on quick and efficient installations, superb services and a speedy response to breakdowns.

This they have achieved with a skilled technical team that has the backing of some of the best machines in the world, an extensive range of spare parts and an ultra-reliable supply of consumables.

Now they are working closely with Markem-Imaje’s Netherlands-based Technical Service Manager of Indirect Distribution EMEA, Arnaud Meijer, who was in South Africa to help further align Pyrotec staff and technicians with the highest European standards in customer support and care. Communications are being honed, the skills of specialist technicians sharpened, and a help desk established – one number, one email – that will give customers direct access, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, to the best communications, support and technical expertise Europe has to offer, only in local time and on South African soil.

Markem-Imaje has an impressive foundation on which to build one’s customer support structure. They offer a full line of reliable and innovative continuous inkjet (CIJ), thermal transfer, laser, hot melt inkjet and print and apply label systems, and with more than 95 years experience to call on, they deliver fully integrated solutions that make product quality and safety, regulatory and retailer compliance a reality. The result is reduced product recalls and improved manufacturing processes. They are able to rely on 33 subsidiaries worldwide to provide product and support satisfaction to more than 30,000 customers who are supported by five R&D centres, several equipment repair centres and manufacturing plants strategically located around the globe.

Never a company to rest on its laurels, their vision is to become the undisputed worldwide leader for product identification solutions by being their customers’ most trusted business partner. Using the tools of knowledge and commitment they aim always to exceed the expectations of customers and shareholders by setting the standard for delivering the most reliable and innovative product identification solutions in every corner of the world.

So their choice of South African distributing partner speaks volumes about the sort of company they believe is best able to carry their vision to South African businesses.

Customer support will be structured on three levels. The first, a 24/7 help desk based in Cape Town and linked to Markem-Imaje-trained South African field engineers. Should a challenge arise which the help desk is unable to easily and speedily resolve, help desk Product Champions will immediately contact, through their help-desk, Indirect Distribution EMEA Technical Support (IDETS), based in France and the Netherlands, effectively giving customers direct access to the creators of some of the best machines Europe, the UK and USA has to offer. The third and final tier of backup support is Global Distribution Support (GDS), which is focused at the highest level of expertise available in the market, to ensure the most demanding challenges are met by teams in France, Sweden, the United Kingdom and USA.

Pyrotec Managing Director, Rowan Beattie, describes the Cape Town-based help desk as forming “the backbone of our technical support to customers.” He says, “South Africa’s Product Champions will supply the first tier of support defined by the skill level required and region of responsibility. The second and third tiers will provide a further backup to any problems customers might have. But this means just one call from the customer to a single telephone number and only one email. We do the rest.”

An additional service commitment to those who run Markem-Imaje machines, distributed through Pyrotec PackMark in South Africa, is sophisticated and fully-equipped workshops on a par with those in France and Holland.

Markem-Imaje provides another unique service to South African companies through Pyrotec – a product range of consumables based on sound research, and manufactured specifically to work optimally with their machinery. Since Markem-Imaje knows its machines best they have created consumables that provide maximum quality, and the best durability and long-life for Markem-Imaje machines.

Pyrotec PackMark already has a flammable product warehouse in Cape Town and is in the process of setting up a similar warehouse in Johannesburg to store a comprehensive range of these products created especially for the machines they distribute.

Markem and Imaje, who were once market competitors dedicated to commercial success and the best technical support, now combine their respective track records of excellence in dealing with distributors at the highest level, and they will pass this knowledge and experience on to their chosen distributing partner in South Africa.

As Rowan Beattie puts it, “With the merger came a huge advancement in how queries were handled. Both companies brought to the table respective standards that were already very difficult to match. Now, combined, they take excellence to a whole new level.”

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Win instant cash with Leopard’s Leap

The fourth Pyro Inspirations Award ceremony for 2009 was hosted at Pyrotec’s Head Office in Cape Town on the 21st of July 2009. The judges, all experts in their fields, evaluated six on-pack promotional and informational devices produced by Pyrotec during the months of May and June 2009.

From the six chosen finalists, Leopard’s Leaps’ Protag from Fountainhead Design, was announced as the winner of the July Pyro Inspirations Award.

Leopard’s leap is based in the charming town of Franschoek situated in the heart of South Africa’s winelands. The company together with their creative partner, Fountainhead Design, chose Pyrotec to assist in a great new promotion. 20,000 Protags were placed onto their Lookout Red range of wines to increase; visibility on shelf, awareness of the brand in specific outlets and to incentivise the consumer with the possibility of an immediate prize – Scratch and Win.

Up for grabs in this “SCRATCH & WIN” contest was an instant share of R15 000 cash. The consumer had to scratch to reveal their prize and call a number listed on the Protag to redeem their prize.

“The Protag created a lot of excitement on shelf as well as in-store”, says Ciska Visser, Production Manager at Fountainhead Design.

The judges for the Pyro Inspirations Awards felt that the simplistic design fits into the rest of the packaging and that it relates to the brand itself. The message was felt to be clear and that the “Scratch & Win” allows for interaction on the part of the consumer.

Pyrotec’s PackMedia Division provides a wide range of innovative solutions for on-pack promotions. The range includes Fix-a-Form leaflet labels, automatically applied neck-tags, reverse printed removable labels, Butterfly labels, Double-Decker perforated labels, and many more.

ROBATECH SADominique Schlenk - 011 708 6309 / dominiques@robatech.co.za

Robatech SA welcomes you to Propak Africa 2009!

“Stuck on sustainability and working to protect the environment isn’t a current trend at Robatech, it’s an established policy. More than three decades of international success has made Robatech synonymous with remarkably precise, long-lasting, reliable, hotmelt gluing technology, and the company brings that same innovative spirit to its “going green” efforts.

For example, research shows Robatech’s latest brainchild – the diamond head applicator gun – uses significantly less energy than competitive systems, which means it’s good for business, and great for the environment.

Robatech AG of CH-Muri came up with a world novelty at the Interpack: The new Diamond adhesive applicator head for which a patent is sought. This further-development of the well proven SX series is the world's first fully insulated applicator head for hotmelts. It provides the highest safety as well as energy savings of up to 60 percent. The applicator head's full insulation protects the machine operator from injuries on touching of the head. It also helps save energy because the glue temperature remains constant over long periods of time. Apart from this the insulation also ensures an even, optimum viscosity of the adhesive during processing.

You will find our Robatech SA team in Hall 6 / Booth 6D22. See you there!

SORVEH GLOBALChris Coyne (MapleJet) - (Canada) (905) 508 3280 / email: chris.coyne@maplejet.com

Sorveh Global to centralise sales & marketing activities worldwide for its subsidiary companies, Honaz FZCO and MapleJet Printing & Coding Co. Honaz FZCO and MapleJet Printing & Coding Co. will operate under the Sorveh Global brand identity in an attempt to bring more clarity to Sorveh Global worldwide activities.

Toronto-based Sorveh Global, parent company of Honaz FZCO and MapleJet Printing & Coding Co. are centralizing their sales and marketing activities worldwide by creating a new brand under the Sorveh Global banner. It is designed to bring more clarity to its worldwide activities and to create a strong, instantly recognizable brand.

With the introduction of MapleJet Printing & Coding Co. in Toronto, Canada two years ago, Sorveh Global has been marketing its range of high resolution piezo ink jet coding and marking printers worldwide. Honaz FZCO, Dubai, UAE have established a large, ever growing install base across Middle East, Asia and Oceana. MapleJet were introduced to mirror their success in the Americas, Europe and Africa. ‘There has been a degree of confusion about the activities of each company and the branding of the products. We have decided to brand all our products under the Sorveh Global name, and whilst Honaz and MapleJet will continue to operate in their same areas and will maintain their identities they will now operate under the Sorveh Global banner,’ said Homayoun Shahrestani, CEO of Sorveh Global.

Sorveh Global will be introducing the new brand at a number of trade shows in the remainder of 2009 and the beginning of 2010. Chris Coyne, sales & marketing manager for Sorveh Global added, ‘Our marketing activities have been a little fragmented over the last couple of years and the Sorveh Global

brand will create a strong identity that will become instantly recognizable worldwide. It will enforce our company philosophy of manufacturing high resolution printers that combine the best possible print quality with low cost of ownership and ease of use, underpinned by a team of distributors that offer top quality technical support and customer service.’

Sorveh Global will be exhibiting at several trade shows in the coming months, including Propak Indonesia, Propak Africa and Kazupak Kazaghstan in order to expand its ever-growing range of distributors. ‘We are focusing on countries that offer great potential for growth and our main aim is to find strong distributors in these new channels that offer end users the combination of a strong range of products combined with the highest level of technical support and customer service,’ added Mr. Coyne.

ProDigit, the flagship Sorveh Global product range includes ProDigit 18, designed for printing onto virtually any surface and ProDigit 53, specifically designed to replace printed labels onto carton boxes. ProDigit 106, a product that doubles the print height of the ProDigit 53, will be introduced later this year. ‘This is just the beginning of a research and development plan that will continue to expand the ProDigit product range whilst constantly improving the existing products in order to stay one step ahead of the competition,’ said Mr. Shahrestani.

Sorveh Global, formed in 2000 and located in Toronto, Canada designs and manufactures a range of high resolution ink jet printers for a variety of applications including coding & marking and wide format graphics. With an install base of over 5,000 printers it is among the largest manufacturers of coding and marking equipment utilizing this technology. Global sales activities are handled by its two subsidiary companies, Honaz FZCO, UAE and MapleJet Printing & Coding Co, based in Toronto, Canada.

SUPERIOR BLADE & GRINDINGMelanie Correira - 011 455 5079

Superior Blade & Grinding manufacture and supply industrial tooling and sharpening services to the following industries: paper, foil and corrugated, plastic and fiberglass, engineering and metal, food processing, wood processing and steel industry.

TADBIK PACK SADavid Beagge - 011 830 1438

Manufacturers of IML Labels, Sleeves and Laminates.

TULMAC MACHINE TOOLS011 827 6539

Talmac Machine Tools is proud to represent Yizumi in South Africa, Yizumi manufactures energy-saving plastic injection moulding machines from 60T – 2500T. The AZ series has precise controlling, fast response and reliable performance. It is extremely suitable for moulding of electronic components, telecommunication devices, home appliances, toys, car components, etc. “We are confident that Yizumi is the best quality plastic injection moulding machine currently on the market and is perfect for SA,” says Tulmac Machine Tools Francesco Tallaries.

TECHNIMAC Tel: +27 (0) 11 882 6630  - Ext. 16 / E-mail: info@technimac.co.za

GÜNTER GAPA 1100 Bottom Seal Bagmaker

Technimac will be exhibiting the Günter Gapa 1100 at the Propak Africa 2009 show in October 20-23 at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec, Johannesburg. With Robert Butschi heading up the Günter Gapa design team at Technimac, modifications and improvement have been made to enhance the quality and performance of the machine. The machine is now being produced in a modular design allowing more flexibility with attachments and accessories. Further enhancements include modifications to meet European and USA safety standards for export purposes.

As an option the machine can be furnished with Technimac or Günter driven unwind which will improve performance capability by at least 30% and enable the machine to operate with jumbo rolls. Another

feature of the new GG 1100, which can run films 1100mm wide, is that the machine frame is 100mm lower which allows easier stacking of bag bundles. The GG 1100 is designed to run thin to medium films (it can process films as thin as six microns), which gives it’s a unique position against its competitors.

Several of the newly design machines have now been built and delivered with the new developments, like the introduction of an extra pair of feeding rollers which respond immediately to the required speed needed by the selection of the machine cycle speed and bag length. This makes the machine more user friendly especially with narrow and printed materials. The new system also eliminates the jumping of the web at high cycles speed and ling bags.

Come and see the re-designed GÜNTER GAPA 1100 at Propak Africa, Hall 5, stand D28

USS PACTECH Lars Frohlich - lars@usspactech.co.za / +27 11 463 1000

USS Pactech, specialising in sales and service of packaging machinery for the food, beverage & pharmaceutical industries, will be exhibiting a wide range of equipment. In terms of liquid filling & packing, USS Pactech offer Sipa blow-moulding and injection moulding machines as well as turn-key bottling lines, Posimat bottle unscramblers, P.E. inline and rotary labelers, Graham sleeving equipment and Dimac shrinkwrappers and wrap-around casepackers. In partnership with Filtec Automation, we will also showcase locally manufactured filling equipment and in particular a rotary flowmeter filler. USS Pactech will exhibit a range of equipment for the food industry from PFM, Laudenberg, Cama, G.Mondini and OCS. This will include high-speed bagging machines and multihead weighers, flowrappers, cartoners, sachetfillers, traypackers and checkweighers. In addition, a dedicated IMA stand will focus on the pharmaceutical industry and showcase a range of machines within the following divisions: IMA Active (solid dose manufacturing), IMA Safe (solid packing), IMA Life (liquid packing) and IMA Edwards (freeze-drying). USS Pactech specialises in the supply of turnkey packing lines and project management as well as stand-alone equipment.

WEIGHTRON 011 852 4388/15/19

The sales and repair of all types of scales, barcode printers, price guns. Manufacturers and distributors of all types of self-adhesive labels and point of sales rolls.