Steel drums facing stiff competition
31 May, 2011Intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) have always had one clear advantage over steel drums - volume. An IBC on a pallet holds 1000 L, whereas in the same space, four steel drums only hold a total of 820 L. Now Schutz’s new KEB blow moulder and clean room facility are increasing the advantages offered by plastic-based IBCs.
Inventory reduction with in-bin blending
28 April, 2011A leading provider of specialty powders for the medical industry needed to respond to changing client requirements and wanted to implement lean manufacturing practices. Matcon was called on to bridge the gap between theory and practical powder processing.
Food Spectrum adds folding bins to its supply chain
21 December, 2010 byBrisbane-based food ingredients manufacturer Food Spectrum is one of the first CEVA Pallecon customers to introduce the new plastic folding CEVAbin to its supply chain. Spectrum has been a long-term customer and over time has been a regular user of CEVA Pallecon’s liquid IBCs for the movement of honey and other products.
Shear advantage as Steric blends in IBCs
21 December, 2010Steric Trading, an Australian-owned food, beverage and non-food manufacturing company, produces products like beverage powders, toppings in many flavours, maple flavoured syrups, packet soups, lemon and lime juices and a wide variety of wet sauces.
Big tanks
06 October, 2010 byThe Tasman Tank Co, which produces more than 200 large industrial and municipal tanks a year, says advances in specifying, design, protective coatings, manufacture and installation need to be understood to get the best results for particular industries and applications. The company says these changes are particularly important to the resources, energy and ‘green’ environmental processing industries.
Schütz DSL multi-layer IBCs
03 September, 2010 bySchütz DSL has installed a multi-layer blow moulding machine specifically designed to produce a co-extruded 3- and 6-layer HDPE (high density polyethylene) inner bottle, in its Victorian plant.
Fresco 1000 L customised IBCs
06 May, 2010 byFresco has designed and manufactured customised bins. At a capacity of 1000 L, the bins are used to store and move blended product around in the critical hygiene area of the factory between the mill, the blenders and the packing lines. The full stainless steel construction, completely polished internally, allows cleaning via wet washing/sterilisation, avoiding product contamination between batches.
Chep FB3 foldable plastic bin
04 May, 2010 byChep has released the FB3 plastic hire bin that is suited to producers and processors of softer fruits and vegetables. The bin is claimed to be longer-lasting, easy to erect, weighs 40 kg and protects product integrity.
Chep Intercon IBC
07 January, 2010 byChep has expanded its range of intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), adding a lighter, non-corrosive, 1000-litre, all-plastic container specifically designed for the food manufacturing sector. The Intercon is International Organization for Standardization (ISO) compatible, returnable, re-usable and recyclable and brings additional flexibility to Chep’s range of plastic bin solutions.
Storage system
03 July, 2009 byBAC Systems has a multitude of workplace storage systems, workbenches and tool trolleys that can be customised for each workplace to help establish more efficient and productive workplaces.
Moving olive oil
24 June, 2009 byThe company moves olive oil in various formats. To ensure maximum freshness and minimal product damage, one of the solutions deployed by BBL is the use of Chep’s cubic containers, Chepbox Bulk Liquids and the Unicon IBCs, to transport suitable volumes of the high-quality oil throughout the company’s supply chain.
Metal drums
01 June, 2008Actisafe has released a range of products aimed at solving problem metal drum storage.
Collapsible bins
01 June, 2008Available from Nayla is the KitBin, a method of reducing freight and storage costs. The unit is a bulk storage and transport ‘knock-down’ container with removable sides that pack inside a built KitBin for storage during transport when the bins are returned empty to the source.
Flexible tanks
13 February, 2008Pronal PVC-coated fabric Liquitanks are flexible storage tanks that can hold up to 500,000 L of stormwater, industrial water or drinking water.
