
March’s machine of this month is an ALstep based long arm labelling solution for integration into a vertical form fill and seal (VFFS) bagging machine. Multiple systems were supplied to a food company producing salted snacks to apply consumer convenience ‘peel and reseal’ labels to the preformed bag. This flexible solution was retro-installed on a number of different VFFS machines at…

ALTech have recently installed a vial wraparound labelling system within a major European pharmaceutical company. The customer requested an off-line system to allow a single operator to easily un-load and re-load the vials to and from trays. The machine was also required to include all of the typical pharma features such as variable data printing, camera controls, recipe managing,…

ALTech have designed and installed a labelling solution for Wrap Film Systems, a market leader in cling film and aluminium foil products, including the well known household brand Bacofoil. Wrap Film Systems approached ALTech requiring a “nearing the end of roll” advisory label to be applied to their rolls of foil with a need to retrofit a labelling head…

February’s machine of this month is a labelling system designed for a leading European pharmaceutical company. The requirement of the machine is to apply a label on the opening sides of a box to provide a tamper evidence seal. To achieve this a label is applied on both opening sides and then bent around the edge to seal the…

Malcolm Allan, a premium Scottish meat producer, have recently purchased their second ALTech twin head ALbelt labelling machine for their meat tray products, following more than 12 months successful operation of their first machine. Malcolm Allan’s new ALbelt machine prints & applies a product label to the top of the tray pack, followed by a promotional label where required,…

January’s machine of the month is a flat sack feed & labelling system recently installed by ALTech into Trouw Nutrition (formerly Frank Wright), a leading supplier of nutritional products and services to the animal feed industry. Trouw Nutrition are labelling more than 7 million sacks per year and have come back to ALTech for a second ALfeed machine following…

ALTech have designed and built a filled sack labelling machine for Fosroc, a world leading manufacturer of specialist chemicals to the construction industry. The UK plant in which the machine was installed was an exceptionally dusty environment, and as such, full enclosure of the machine was necessary, including an underside pneumatic door opening system during the label application. The…

December’s machine of the month features 3 ALbelt systems built for Molecular Products, market leaders in chemical technology for the purification of air. Two of the solutions are standard configurations of the ALbelt C and ALbelt E, and the third is a special system designed to label the front of a shaped container. ALbelt machines were chosen due to…

ALTech have recently constructed a jar labelling system for Kesbeke, a Dutch producer of pickled vegetables. Kesbeke required a machine to apply a variety of labels onto glass jars, each of which has a specific function: decorative, tamper evident, promotional and/or informative. The solution was designed to insert into their existing production line, and is capable of labelling 90 products per…

November’s machine of the month is a desktop utilisation of an industrial print engine, providing hot-swap possibilities to support our end of line ALcode print and apply machines. The solution shown in the video below also includes an ALwind rewinder to automatically rewind the printed labels ready for future application. This solution is frequently placed in a production office…