Ishida, NPS combined force drive African packaging automation with new snack system, sachet maker

SOUTH AFRICA – Ishida has showcased its expanded African packaging automation portfolio at Propak Cape, following its acquisition of National Packaging Systems, with the combined offering delivering faster throughput, higher efficiency and enhanced quality across the continent’s food and non-food manufacturing sectors.

The acquisition of NPS, a Kwa-Zulu Natal-based provider of filling and packaging solutions for over 40 years, has given African manufacturers access to world-class automation solutions. 

Ishida is also presenting two new products on the African continent: the Inspira snacks packing system and a stick pack/sachet maker. 

Key NPS Products on Display

The 34S Vertical Form, Fill & Seal (VFFS) bagmaker for powders, granulars and liquids offers efficiency and durability with customizable filling solutions for a variety of formats and materials. 

The multilane Vertical Sachet machine increases productivity by packaging multiple sachets simultaneously with servo-driven auger fillers for consistent weight control. 

The semi-automatic A1 Auger Filler for powder delivers reliable dosing for milk powder, soups, spices and cement, while the semi-automatic Basculating Volumetric Filler ensures accurate filling for liquids and solid foods.

Ishida Multihead Weighers and Snack Food Packing System

The 10-head CHW multihead weigher can handle free-flowing products such as snacks, confectionery and pasta at speeds of up to 70 packs per minute. 

The recently launched CCW-AS multihead weigher helps manufacturers achieve the highest weighing speeds while maintaining close to 100 percent accuracy and delivering a 20 percent reduction in energy consumption. 

The Ishida Inspira iTPS Integrated Total Packaging System provides the fastest and most accurate snack food packing system available in Africa, capable of speeds of 160 bags per minute for extruded snacks and 120 bags per minute for potato chips.

X-Ray Inspection for Enhanced Quality Control

The Ishida IX-EN-4093-S X-ray inspection system delivers high-performance foreign body detection and quality control, capable of spotting contaminants including aluminium, tin, glass, stone, hard rubber, dense plastic, Teflon, PVC, bones and shells at high inspection speeds. 

The system incorporates Genetic Algorithm technology that enables operators to optimise the machine for greater sensitivity to specific foreign bodies. 

Melika Seiderer, Ishida’s General Manager for Africa, stated that the breadth of the combined portfolio allows the company to help businesses of every size automate their packing lines to achieve better throughput, higher efficiencies, enhanced quality and reliability, and stronger support.

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