Filling and packaging line for the food industry

The issue of sustainability is becoming more and more important. Recyclable aluminium capsules are very popular. Ahold Delhaize from the Netherlands has also observed this. Consequently, a plastic capsule production line currently under construction has been quickly adapted to meet the requirements for producing aluminum capsules, and this offers a lot of technical features. Ahold Delhaize is the Netherlands' largest food retailer and is one of the largest food groups in the world. The company describes itself as a "leader in the sustainable retail sector". Ahold Delhaize employs 380,000 people worldwide in nearly 7,000 local food, small-scale and specialty stores in the USA, Europe and Indonesia. A leader in technology The company is planning to meet the high demand for aluminum capsules that are Nespresso-compatible, by means of a filling and packaging line sourced from Optima. This had to include a filling machine and a cartoner. It had to be able to process different capsule formats and box sizes. "This line was to be combined with both an existing grinding plant and newly-developed degassing silos," says Marleen Winkelaar, Manager Innovation, R&D at Ahold Delhaize Coffee Company, about the challenges of this colossal project. For Ahold, this is their first capsule line from Optima. Optima soft pad systems are already in the factory. An OPTIMA CFL capsule filling machine carries out the filling and closing process, while an OPTIMA CBF cartoner handles the final packaging into boxes.