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Authors :
Christy, Nick
Source :
Beverage World. August 15, 1997, Vol. 116 Issue 1642, p104, 1 p.
Publication Year :
1997

Abstract

Heineken has boosted the capacity of its brewery bottling plant in Marseilles, France, by using Mead Packaging's new servo-driven multipack machines. Duodozen 1250 beverage packaging machines produce fully enclosed packs and Cluster-Pak 850 machines can pack four different kinds of bottles. The Mead multipack systems feature a computer-controlled servo motor design which enable them to considerably reduce the multipack changeover time compared to shaft-driven packaging machines.<br />When Mead Packaging introduced its Cluster-Pak 850 at the 1993 edition of Drinktec Interbrau, beverage operations expert John Peter Koss was, to say the least, duly impressed. After a deep [...]

Details

ISSN :
00982318
Volume :
116
Issue :
1642
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Beverage World
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
edsgcl.19718804