Conserve Italia is an Italian cooperative consortium based in San Lazzaro di Savena (BO) dedicated to canning and trading of fruits and vegetables. It is one of the largest canning groups in Europe with 8 plants in Italy, 3 in France and 1 in Spain. In total, around 600 thousand tons of raw materials are processed each year in the group’s plants, with a turnover of around 900 million euros.
The collaboration between Robopac and Conserve Italia is historic, with actions aimed mainly at the French plants and the Pomposa plant ─one of the largest food factories in Italy─ whose objective is the replacement of individual machines. In 2017 Robopac carried out a more complex project, which was the integration of a TC500 CW for glass bottles containing tomato puree into the existing line. This project has been the basis of the esteem and trust that led to the completion of the line with palletizer and wrapping island in 2019. This line specifically consists of an ARES 2ML palletizer and a wrapping island composed of two Helix 3 for full pallets and for half pallets.
Thanks to this project, Conserve Italia can proudly boast that its Pomposa plant is one of the most technologically developed, completely personalized and with great flexibility, characteristics that allow the company to face the most demanding challenges of today’s global market.
The TC500 CW machine, in fact, allows secondary packaging of various types: in tray + film, in high tray without film, or only in tray: this feature is also very important in terms of eco-sustainability, since high tray packaging makes it possible to completely eliminate the use of plastic, a plus that cannot be applied to all machines in this category.
With this system it is also possible to package single bottles or in multiple packages of various sizes thanks to a feeding method specifically designed to serve both configurations. Palletizing has also been customized to be suitable for both half pallets and full pallets, just as the bin can be sandwiched between pallet layers or sliding sheets. Finally, the customization of processing on full or half pallets also refers to the wrapping operation that offers the possibility of re-attaching with or without overlapping on the main pallet, both with standard film and with macroperforated film (used to avoid condensation due to the product coming out hot from pasteurization).
The packaging island complies with environmental protection standards: thanks to the tests carried out in the Robopac TechLab it was possible to study and apply the best packaging solution to guarantee greater stability and safety with the least use of film, with the consequent savings in costs and in the consumption of raw materials.
