A new packaging line at JELLY BELL CANDY Co., Fairfield, CA, features two vertical form/fill/seal machines that together produce 240 bags of jelly beans/min. as well as three pick-and-place robots that place the bags into cartons.

A new $2-million packaging line that incorporates two vertical form/fill/seal machines and a robotic carton packer at the giant Jelly Belly Candy Co. plant in Fairfield, CA, has cut labor costs by 75 percent and reduced changeover times dramatically compared to other lines in the plant.  "This line, which requires only two people, does the work of three of our other lines, each of which has two or three workers," says director of global engineering Jim Schnieder.

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