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02 Apr 2024

Transforming confectionery and bakery packaging

By Staff Writer

Ensuring the safety and quality of small, lightweight confectionery and bakery packs on high-speed packing lines has long been a challenge for manufacturers. However, with the unveiling of Ishida’s latest X-ray inspection system, the IX-EN-2493-Compact, this hurdle has been elegantly overcome. The challenge of carrying out comprehensive foreign body and quality checks on small lightweight...

15 Feb 2023

Hotel chocolat receives help from ISHIDA

By Staff Writer

Quality and innovation As a brand synonymous with quality and innovation, Hotel Chocolat uses only the best ingredients – a factor that extends to the production equipment at its manufacturing base in Huntingdon. So, when the company invested in a dedicated plant for its Velvetiser drinking chocolate brand, two Ishida CCW-RV multihead weighers have become...

17 Oct 2022

New weigher range eases the load of market challenges

By Staff Writer

The launch of a brand-new range of multihead weighers will form the centrepiece of the Ishida Europe stand at this year’s Gulfood Manufacturing exhibition in Dubai. Full details will be released at the show, but Ishida says the new range, the company’s 11th generation multihead weigher, will deliver unsurpassed levels of speed and accuracy, particularly...

15 Aug 2022

New accredited trainer of the SETA programme

By Staff Writer

Ishida South Africa has become an accredited trainer of the Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) programme. SETA supports the skills development of South Africans, both young and old, who either need to learn new skills or improve their existing capabilities. The programme bridges the gap between the formal education and training system and the...

25 Apr 2022

Ishida’s gentle handling helps preserve potato perfection

By Staff Writer

The innovative design of the Gentle Slope multihead weigher from Ishida Europe has been instrumental in delivering a high-quality packing solution for a range of microwavable potatoes from leading Spanish potato processor, Patatas Meléndez. Based in the municipality of Medina del Campo in the province of Valladolid, Patatas Meléndez’s 24 105m2 facility is one of...

11 Mar 2022

Ishida attends Propak Africa 2022

By Staff Writer

After two years of uncertainty from the pandemic, Ishida was extremely excited to be back at the Propak Africa expo, which took place at the Expo Center Nasrec in Johannesburg. If there’s anything the last two years has taught them and the industry as a whole, it is that brands need to spend more time...

10 Mar 2022

Automation solutions take centre stage at Propak Africa

By Staff Writer

Solutions that enable companies, including start-up businesses, to automate their packing lines to achieve increased production throughput and efficiencies, and enhanced product quality and consistency, was showcased on the Ishida RSA stand at this year’s Propak Africa. The company demonstrated models from its multihead weigher, snacks packaging and quality control ranges, all of which combine...

21 Jan 2022

New Ishida X-ray offers enhanced sensitivity for difficult to detect items

By Staff Writer

Ishida Europe is launching its next generation IX-G2 dual energy X-ray inspection system, which offers significantly enhanced sensitivities for the detection of low-density and difficult to spot foreign bodies, including bone. The Ishida IX-G2-F incorporates a new line sensor that provides a high-quality X-ray image through an enhanced signal to noise ratio, which has increased...

02 Dec 2020

Ishida enhances FLEX-Grader for fresh poultry and meat

By Staff Writer

Ishida Europe has enhanced its market-leading FLEX-Grader for fresh poultry and meat with the introduction of a new high accuracy weighing platform which allows for more accurate grading and improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). The Slack Belt weigh bed incorporates a single belt mechanism which eliminates product transfer issues to and from the weigh bed....

26 Nov 2020

Ishida launches virtual showcase for food manufacturers

By Staff Writer

The launch of the Ishida Virtual World Experience will enable food manufacturers worldwide to view a comprehensive online product showcase of the company’s latest equipment and solutions that deliver smarter and faster approaches to food packaging. With major exhibitions postponed until early next year at the earliest, the Ishida Virtual World provides an easy overview...

11 Nov 2020

No mix up in weighing accuracy for chocolates

By Staff Writer

Intro: A 32-head multihead weigher from Ishida Europe is providing fast and accurate weighing of mixed bags of quality chocolates for Chocolates Valor, one of Spain’s leading chocolatiers. The Ishida CCW-RV-232B can handle two, three or four products simultaneously for discharge into the same bag, giving Chocolates Valor the flexibility to respond to changing customer...

26 Sep 2019

Ishida opens office in Kenya to service East African region

By Staff Writer

Ishida Europe is opening a dedicated office for East Africa to provide localised sales, service and spares support to food processors and packers throughout the region.