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Wipotec Australia founded
This expansion is a forward-looking commitment by the group. “In order to be able to fully serve customers with our whole range of solutions, establishing our own subsidiary was the only logical step.” declares CSO Fred Köhler. It is particularly important for the leading manufacturer of product inspection solutions to now have an immediate presence in the Australian market. Colin Seddon was appointed Managing Director of the WIPOTEC Australia Pty Ltd, located in Melbourne. “I am happy and honored to represent Wipotec in Australia. There is a great demand in our market for the high-quality solutions Made in Germany, for which my team and I will be the link.”, says…
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Innovation Center with digital trade show presentations
Given that the interpack in Düsseldorf had to be postponed, the WIPOTEC Group provides an opportunity to obtain digital and virtual information about products and solutions, exhibits and trends of all WIPOTEC trade show innovations, on their website. The WIPOTEC Innovation Center has many of the company’s experts giving specialised presentations. The topics cover all business units and thus the entire product portfolio of the WIPOTEC Group at the central production site in Kaiserslautern. The short videos provide a broad overview of the current product range and allow a profound view into the future of dynamic inspection technology. Dynamic weighing technology Customised solutions and powerful data interfaces stand for easy…
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X-ray Detection of Foreign Materials: The end of two big myths?!
The X-ray inspection of food has become more and more popular worldwide. It is widely known, that the machines are able to find more than “just metal”. Typically, end users and suppliers speak about glass, ceramics and sometimes also dense plastic. Besides looking for foreign bodies, there are more quality checks available with an X-ray machine: For example in yoghurt cups or ketchup bottles, X-ray systems are able to check the fill level. In other food segments, pizzas are checked if they are perfectly round, pralines are counted in the tray and even cheese can be classified according to the ripeness. Myth 1: The higher the density, the higher the…
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Qualitätssicherung von Tiefkühl-Flammkuchen
Flamm Top ist Frankreichs größter Produzent von Tiefkühl-Flammkuchen. Der von Hand geflochtene Rand ist unverwechselbares Kennzeichen und gleichzeitig Erkennungsmerkmal der auch heute noch in handwerklicher Tradition hergestellten Produkte. Die Produktion in Saarburg, im französischen Département Moselle, umfasst darüber hinaus Quiche Lorraine, eine weitere Spezialität der französischen Küche. Bei der Qualitätssicherung seiner Fertigprodukte vertraut der Hersteller auf Kontrollwaagen und Röntgeninspektionssysteme von WIPOTEC-OCS, die standortübergreifend über eine webbasierte Quality Data Management Lösung untereinander vernetzt sind. Seit 1986 werden in Saarburg Flammkuchen hergestellt. Alles begann seinerzeit in der Küche seines Restaurants, wo bis zu 100 Flammkuchen am Tag produziert wurden, so der Direktor von Flamm Top, Frédéric Toussaint. 1988 baute man bereits die…
