{"id":2229,"date":"2018-01-02T06:23:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.packaging-journal.de\/multipond-fruchtgummis-grammgenau-in-tuete\/"},"modified":"2018-06-20T16:24:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T14:24:52","slug":"multipond-fruit-gums-to-the-gram-in-a-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/multipond-fruchtgummis-grammgenau-in-tuete\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit gums & co: accurate to the gram in the bag"},"content":{"rendered":"

SWEET TEC GmbH is one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality sweet specialities in Europe. Today, around 15 tonnes of confectionery are produced and packaged every hour at the plant in Boizenburg. Only multihead weighers from MULTIPOND are used for weight-accurate filling into the packaging.<\/p>\n

In 2015, the plant in Boizenburg an der Elbe was further expanded and the company ventured into the fruit gum market. With this step SWEET TEC<\/strong> to the fifth largest confectionery supplier<\/strong> in Germany. \u201eThe market figures speak for themselves. The fruit gum market continues to be the fastest-growing sector in the confectionery industry. The new plant is the most modern confectionery plant in the world,\u201c explains Michael Kirk, Head of Technology in Boizenburg.<\/p>\n

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Project Manager Technology Ingo Burmester (left) and Head of Technology Michael Kirk (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When it comes to filling the fruit gums into the packaging with precise weights, Michael Kirk and Ingo Burmester, Technical Project Manager, rely exclusively on MULTIPOND, the manufacturer of customised multihead weighers: \u201eWe have years of experience with the company's systems. Our plant now has a total of 21 MULTIPOND scales<\/strong> installed. There are never any problems with the systems, they are definitely among the most reliable machines we know. When planning the new plant, the issue of multihead weighers was never in question for us. It was clear from the outset that we would rely exclusively on MULTIPOND.\u201c<\/p>

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Customised weighing systems<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Since its foundation over 70 years ago, MULTIPOND has been an owner-managed German company. Its success is based on the high quality and technical standard of its weighing systems. The company deliberately focusses on High vertical range of manufacture<\/strong> and the Production exclusively in Germany<\/strong>. The specialists have made this their company maxim. A team of more than 250 employees worldwide does everything in its power to always offer customers from the food and non-food sectors the optimum, customised solution, precisely tailored to their requirements.<\/p>\n

A total of eight weighing systems were installed at the new plant in Boizenburg for precise weighing of the fruit gum products: MP-1601-S5 storage scales, 22-head MP-22-1000-400-H scales and 28-head MP-28-400-400-C scales. The fruit gums are fed to the weighing systems via MULTIPOND vibrating chutes.<\/p>