Significant savings sealed

A Scottish fruit grower that produces more than three million packs of strawberries annually has seen significant savings since installing a Proseal GT2 tray sealer.

D Geddes (Farms) believed the move to heat sealing from a conventional lid would lessen its environmental impact and improve product safety, by creating a film seal which is broken by the end consumer.

The Proseal GT2 is a fully automatic, large capacity, high speed in-line tray sealing system designed to cut labour costs. Capable of 90+ packs/min with a siximpression tool, the system includes Proseal's lightweight, high strength tooling.

D Geddes (Farms) has found it can pack 20% more units in 20% fewer man hours than on its lidding line.

The savings are such that the company believes payback on the Proseal GT2 came during 2011, in only its second season of fruit packing.