15 Million Bags of Crisps Conveyed Per Week

Kolak Snack Foods is one of the leading UK crisp and snack producers employing more than 800 people and a turnover of circa £100 million operating from London NW10 in a 250 million square foot factory producing 15 million bags per week that also saw the acquisition of Berkshire foods Ltd; NC Snacks and Richmond Crisps plus being awarded the “Gold Award” for outstanding achievements in the business arena presented by Keith Vaz MP.

In early 2017 UPM Conveyors were selected by Mark Kenny Deputy Head of Operations to design a system for automating the conveying of finished goods from the production area to packaging / despatch which involved elevating boxes from ground level to 4m height through a tunnel over a service road and declining to the packing area for palletising which incorporated a powered roller S Bend and custom engineered belt conveyors suitable for food production to comply with Health & Safety regulations and the system has a PLC control to allow operators in both the production and packaging areas to interface with each other including emergency pull cords and emergency stops.

Mark Kenny praised UPM for their cooperation with the installation as it was necessary to carry out certain aspects of the system over weekends to avoid any disruption to production and as a result of this relationship UPM are being considered for future projects in Kolak as the company continues their incredible growth.

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