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News Release from: Aetna UK | Subject: Dairy Crest
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 07 March 2002
Aetna is reassuring for Dairy Crest
When Dairy Crest needed to multipack 200ml plastic bottles of children's drinks it chose a Dimac Star 30F from Aetna.
Dairy Crest is a very well known British consumer brand and the company produces much more than just cartons of milk Fruit juice imported from all over the world (Israel, Brazil, Florida) is processed and packaged into cartons and plastic bottles at the Kidlington site
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 7 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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When Dairy Crest needed to multipack 200ml plastic bottles of children's drinks it chose a Dimac Star 30F from Aetna.
Andy Morgan, Dairy Crest's juice engineering manager at Kidlington says that there were several strong reasons for opting for this system.
"We need the extra flexibility offered by a modular system as the line has to be shorter than usual due to the layout of the factory", he explains.
"Also if our requirements change over time, we've the option of adding further components to the Dimac.
Other machines don't have that ongoing adaptability".
Other factors impressed Dairy Crest: the accessibility of the Dimac's whole frame, along with the servo motor control and the access to the cutting unit which make the packaging process smoother and the operators' lives easier.
Last, but by no means least, Morgan values the role played by Aetna's service engineers.
"The thought of having to bring in engineers from abroad is horrific", he says, "not only in terms of downtime but also cost - probably about GBP 3000 a time.
Having Aetna based at Bedford and knowing that their skilled engineers are only a phone call away is very reassuring".
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