For 50 years, Multivac Marking & Inspection, a solution provider rooted in East Westphalia, has been offering labelling and inspection systems primarily for the food industry. Founded in 1972 as MR Etikettiertechnik, the company has been part of the Multivac Group since 1993.
On 1 July 1972, MR Etikettiertechnik was founded in Enger in East Westphalia, a region with numerous large meat and sausage producers. The first development of the „start-up“ at the time was a cross web labeller. Its primary task: the efficient, automated and therefore high-performance labelling of a wide variety of meat and sausage products.
In the course of the following years, in addition to the tried and tested cross web labelling additionally the product group of conveyor belt labellers, which, with its high-performance models, has also contributed to an increase in efficiency, process reliability and labelling accuracy in a wide range of applications.
When the company founders wanted to retire from the business in 1993, the Multivac came into play. The long-standing, close relationships made the decision easier - MR Etikettiertechnik became part of the Multivac Group. However, the integration of the company was not really recognised by the public until 2010, when renamed Multivac Marking & Inspection in the course of the renaming of MR Etikettiertechnik was.
Today, the subsidiary is an agile solution provider for labelling, printing and inspection systems. The key data: Annual turnover of almost 50 million euros, 257 employees and a close-knit global service and sales network. As Managing Directors, Karsten Strothmann (Executive Vice President Sales) and Dr Hendrik Frank (Executive Vice President Technics) are setting the course for future, stable growth in the established target markets and also for the development of new customer potential worldwide.
Today serves Multivac Marking & Inspection In addition to the food industry, the life science and healthcare sectors as well as industrial and consumer goods. The majority of the labelling and inspection systems are used in Multivac's packaging lines. For example, all components are optimally integrated into the line and can be conveniently and safely operated via a central terminal.
In addition, the company develops and manufactures special labelling solutions that are independent of Multivac packaging machines. are. These include, for example, the labeller for sealing package inserts or mailings with a label as well as conveyor belt labellers behind filling and sealing machines for cups or jars.
Today, there is a strong trend towards Optical inspection and food safety.
„In many automated lines today, it is no longer even possible to have the label or the generated imprint checked by humans. Many things are automatically cartoned and palletised - and labelling must keep pace with this development.“
Karsten Strothmann, Executive Vice President Sales
One challenge that Multivac Marking & Inspection is currently facing is the major topic of digitalisation. Even if reservations about digitalised machines and processes still prevail in some sensitive sectors, the people in Enger are convinced: Digitalisation offers potential in many facets.
„Thanks to digitalisation, for example, we can provide our customers with much more transparency about their production facilities and their production results.“
Dr Hendrik Frank, Executive Vice President Technics
Cloud-supported analysis processes also enable the Access to important data partly in real time, on the basis of which much more informed decisions can be made. Last but not least, digitalisation allows weak points or problems in the process to be identified and quickly rectified - or even preventively avoided.
Source: Multivac
