Food Packaging Inspection Case Studies

1. Nutritional Medicine Manufacturer Installs Two Line Checkweigher To Keep Up With Demand 6/10/2020

   Orthomol pharmazeutische Vertriebs GmbH develops and markets an extensive range of food supplements. Annually over 50 million pouches and 12 million drink bottles leave the premises. A new two-lane C35 AdvancedLine checkweigher excels in high weighing accuracy and throughput, and its versatile product handling features can be flexibly adapted to changing requirements in Orthomol's production lines.

2. Basciani Foods Achieves High Ranking For Total Quality Assurance And HACCP 10/18/2018

   In this case study, a mushroom farm looked for a proper solution to isolate metal fragments in its processing stage while the mushrooms are being sliced before packaging.

3. Automated Vision Inspection Equipment Ensures Uniform Meat Quality 5/26/2016

   A cold meat processor wanted to ensure its products were consistently high quality, while cutting costs. This case study explores how vision inspection equipment helped the company achieve its goals.

4. X-Ray System Proves Essential For Brand New Baked Goods Facility 4/5/2016

   Building a food manufacturing facility from scratch would be a daunting project even for someone with a strong background in this industry. So imagine how challenging it was for Ivan and Elaine Pezzoli whose only previous experience was as a restaurateur in Brazil.

5. Improving Dairy Powder Package Inspection 4/15/2015

   The cost of dairy-based powders is surging and the cost of waste weighs heavy on manufacturing ops. This case study explores technologies that reduce waste, improve QA, and defend brand equity.

6. Brewing Company Assures Fill Levels With Checkweigher System 9/1/2014

   At Matt Brewing Company, attention to detail and uncompromising commitment to quality are the signature trademarks of the company and their award-winning Saranac beers. Concerned with accuracy and reliability, the company wanted to assure every customer receives a full can of beer every time, so they searched for a gamma fill level inspection system and instead, became the first brewer in the world to use this new checkweigher technology for 100 percent inspection.

   By Kyle Thomas, Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed

7. Wixon Shortens Lead Time, Increases Production Speeds With Variable Data Coding Solutions 11/20/2012

   Wixon, Inc., with headquarters in St. Francis, Wis., bills itself as “a 100-year-old company with the innovative drive of a start-up.

8. Consolidating Case Printing Processes Reaps Tasty Results For The Original Philadelphia Cheesesteak Co 11/20/2012

   A Philly cheesesteak sandwich is a culinary indulgence to some and a dietary staple to others. Thin slices of beef, chicken or pork piled high on an Amoroso-style roll with lots of melted cheese is a palate-pleasing treat that originated in Philadelphia, but can now be found in sandwich shops all over the world.

9. On-Demand Coding Helps Kettle Foods Maximize Uptime, Focus Its Passion On Chips 11/20/2012

   Kettle Foods is passionate about making the best-tasting all-natural chips in the world. Since its beginning in 1982, the company has perfected the kettle-cooked style of potato chips, and today, Kettle Brand® potato chips are available in supermarkets and natural foods stores in all 50 states, as well as in Canada, Asia and Western Europe.

10. Gas Analyzer Boosts Efficiency At Leading Snack Manufacturer 9/17/2012

    KiMs is one of Scandinavia’s leading producers of crisps, nuts and snack foods. The company continually strives for improvements in efficiency, and to this end has adopted the Japanese-inspired approach of ‘lean production’, a manufacturing philosophy that considers the expenditure of resources on anything other than increasing value for the customer to be wasteful and therefore a target for elimination.