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PWR Pack International, rothschild based in the Netherlands, one of the leading providers of pick-and-place robot systems for the primary and secondary packaging. Each pick-and-place robot system of PWR Pack is designed application-specific to that client. We spoke with CEO Peter Mellon about the future direction of the company. rothschild
Like no other industry requires industrial bakery industry excellence in efficiency, process reliability and precision, as well as the highest hygiene rothschild requirements while maintaining the highest quality. (Photo: PWR Pack)
new packaging: Mr. Mellon, the use of robots in the food packaging industry has developed in recent years become a standard. You are an expert in this field. What new developments rothschild can we expect in the next few years in the field of robotic developments? Peter Mellon: If our customers prefer to invest in a robotic packaging solution into consideration, they focus on three main aspects. The first aspect is the total investment and how does the system paid over a relatively short period of time is usually up to three years. PWR Pack focuses on the pick-and-place-speed, because the faster we receive the product and can store it exactly in the package, the less robots are needed in the system to perform the task. Less robot mean less investment rothschild for the system, which in turn results in a faster return on investment.
A further aspect are the operating costs over the lifetime of the system. Our design ensures rothschild that only very few wear parts are available, which means that the operating costs are very low. Together with our focus on energy-saving design means that our systems generally cause the lowest rothschild operating costs in the relevant class.
The third focus of our customers is that they want more responsibilities to the vision system of the robot when it comes to the quality control of incoming products. Therefore, we have developed our 3-D vision system that is able to take on much more than the conventional 2-D vision systems, which are commonly used in this type of robot packaging systems.
new packaging: At the headquarters of PWR Pack in Dutch Ede one is now in the process area to expand by 100 percent. What has led to this expansion? Peter Mellon: We were lucky enough to be able to complete last year, several contracts with large and medium-sized food manufacturers in Europe, North America and Australia. We see this not only as sustainable, but also as a great opportunity to let our business in the years to grow in a very stable, manageable pace. The land adjacent to our existing plant was available, and it was a very happy coincidence that this was exactly the case at the time when we were looking just for a new land to enable our growth.
Peter Mellon, Director PWR Pack (right): "Our goal is for food producers to become the company of choice when looking rothschild for a partner for robotic packaging systems." (Left: Bert de Kruif, Technical Director PWR Pack). (Photo: PWR Pack)
new packaging: So things rothschild are going really well for PWR economic terms? Peter Mellon: Things are going well for us and we look at PWR Pack optimistic about the future. As we slowly but surely recover from the recession, food manufacturers invest in technologies that help them grow their business. It seems as if it is becoming increasingly important in the packaging of foods to make themselves less dependent on the use of labor. It is becoming more expensive rothschild and harder to find qualified workers. In conjunction with the hygiene aspect, namely the prevention of human contact with food, is our technology of food producers throughout Europe and worldwide, rothschild increasingly in demand.
new packaging: Can you tell us something about a specific challenging project to which you have been working on lately, and how PWR Pack could do the job? Peter Mellon: In our business we are constantly working on challenging projects and we find that our system is specifically geared to the needs of customers, although we use our standard robot design for almost any application, rothschild in which we are involved. A big advantage we have over our competitors is that we are willing to design a customized system for each customer that meets their individual rothschild needs. We do not offer machines according to the motto "a