High-tech makeover for classic confectionery
The company was founded in 1893 in Aachen, Germany, by Franz Zentis and developed from a supplier for local stores and bakeries into a global acting company. Its product range includes high-quality marzipan confectionery for the seasonal trade as well as paste products for the processing industry.
Convincing performance at FachPack 2006
At the 2006 FachPack trade fair, in Nuremberg, Achim Minten, European Maintenance Manager of Zentis, and his associate Hubert Kaman, Production Manager at Zentis Aachen, took the opportunity to study Bosch’s innovative solutions in detail. As a consequence, the foundations were laid for a packaging project, which would form a new chapter in both companies’ cooperation. For the packaging of its popular marzipan potatoes, Zentis required a new packaging line to achieve up to 240 pillow-packs per minute, and case packing them into trays of 36 bags each. Aside from severe floor space restrictions, there were a number of further project-related challenges: integrating existing multihead weighers and checkweighers, adjusting the case packer for various layer patterns, integrating the new line into existing carton infeed and discharge operations and also adhering to strict deadlines in order to be able to commission the new installation on schedule.
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For more information please contact:
Uwe Pfander
Phone +49 711 811 57 478
uwe.pfander@de.bosch.com |
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