Marden Edwards has just completed the installation of a number of overwrapping systems being used to wrap an innovative product from Imperial Tobacco, West Quickies XL.
The overwrappers form part of the new production lines at the Imperial Tobacco Reemtsma plant where the new style of cigarette is being produced. Quickies are 180mm long tobacco rods that can be trimmed by the consumer to any length required, thereby using a smaller amount of amount tobacco if only a quick smoke is wanted.
A large international condom manufacturer has recently taken delivery of a new WR200s fully automatic high speed over wrapper for its factory in Thailand. Film overwrapping of condom packs is essential to promote the integrity of the product inside. It shows that there has been no tampering of the product since it left the factory [...]
Marden Edwards has just delivered another of it’s new range of trailing edge overwrappers to a French customer wrapping perfume cartons. The TM100 range of machines has been available for nine months and has been suitable for products with a height up to 100mm. The TM120 is a development of the original TM100 and now has the ability to overwrap products up to 120mm in height.
Red Diamond Inc., from Birmingham, Alabama, USA has just placed an order for their second Marden Edwards S4B100FF fully automatic overwrapping machine.
Intraocular lenses used in eye surgery are the latest in a line of surgical items now benefiting from the protection and convenience afforded by overwrapping, following the installation of a Marden Edwards Evo-Fold overwrapper by lens manufacturer Rayner.
The growth of the market for home use hair dye has over the last twenty years has seen a dramatic explosion in the range of products provided as well as the colours available. In fact, the total market for hair dye in Europe alone was worth € 2.6 billion in 2004 with 60% of women and 5% of men colouring their hair.
A major manufacturer of biscuits in Pakistan has recently taken delivery of three new Marden Edwards overwrapping machines. To ensure that its products are completely protected from the factory to the consumer and that the freshness of its products is guaranteed, the manufacturer overwraps their range of tea biscuits.
Marden Edwards has recently supplied one of its B100LH8 collating and overwrapping machines to a multi media supply company in California, USA. The application involved the collating and over wrapping of two plastic, DVD style, clamshell cases which contain digital media devices.
Marden Edwards has recently supplied a B100FF fully automatic over wrapping machine to a major confectionery company in Nigeria. The product that is being wrapped is a distribution pack of individual, twist wrapped pieces of bubblegum. Each carton contains ninety pieces of bubblegum which are sold individually from the shop. The use of an open top carton enables clear visibility of the product inside. The machine was set to wrap at forty cartons per minute.
A major American pharmaceutical company has installed a number of overwrapping lines supplied by UK machinery manufacturer Marden Edwards Ltd and several of the lines are equipped with specially designed turning units, enabling them to handle both standard rectangular and fith panel cartons without any major adjustments or slowing down of the lines. Altogether the customer uses 13 different sizes of carton for the creams and lotions it produces, all of which are wrapped in groups of six for distribution. While grouping rectangular cartons into a uniform collation ready for wrapping is a simple task for the Marden Edwards BX 125 collator/overwrappers already supplied, the fith panel cartons require extra handling.
Monday, August 20, 2007
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