Durability record

After almost 20 years in service, the last of six 1992 vintage Logopak print-apply case labelling machines is being replaced at convenience food manufacturer Symington's in Leeds, creating a new durability record for the German-built machinery.

"A service life of 12-15 years is quite common for Logopak print-apply machines, but the extended life obtained by Symington's is a record and also reflects the consistent maintenance from the company's in-house engineering team," says Logopak sales director Howard Jagger.

The old Logopak 806 case labellers - among the first integrated, purpose designed print-apply machines to be built - are now being phased out and replaced with Logopak's new state-of-theart 515 machines, able to provide the higher speeds required as well as full networking and selfdiagnostic facilities.