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Greif boosts
Spanish plant
G
reif’s most recent investment is in an IBC
line at its San Roque facility in the Cadiz
region of Spain.
Greif’s existing plant has been producing large
steel drums for more than 30 years. The upgrade
now offers customers the world’s latest IBC
technologies.
Greif’s new investment includes a fully
automated line, ensuring timely and uninterrupted
delivery of IBCs. An additional investment has also
been made in a new state of the art and fully
automated warehouse where filled IBCs are
stored.
The upgraded facility is now equipped to
produce the full Greif GCUBE portfolio, currently
available across 12 sites around the globe. The San
Roque facility will be well placed to deliver
products to the olive oil industry, one of the most
important economies in the region.
Production of the GCUBE IBCs has started and is
expected to reach up to 150,000 units a year.
The Mayor of San Roque Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix
officially opened the newly refurbished facility.
Joaquim Duarte, Greif general manager Iberia,
said: “This is a significant step forward for Greif
and the local economy. It will allow us to serve
better our customers and local market demands in
southern Spain as well as the NortAfrican markets
of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.”
Greif entered the IBC market with the
acquisition of Fustiplast in 2010 and in the past
eight years has become the fastest growing and
highest investing company in IBC production.
Greif’s GCUBE IBC heralds the new generation of
IBCs and is said to be ideal for shipping bulk
quantities of hazardous and non-hazardous
products. Greif currently has nine IBC facilities
across EMEA and 13 globally.
www.greif.com
January/February 2019
Flexicon’s new discharger
A
new Bulk-Out bulk bag discharger from
Flexicon features stainless steel open-
channel construction for applications in
which contamination of the product or
equipment cannot be tolerated.
Unlike hollow steel frame members, the open-
channel frame is devoid of cavities or recesses
where bacteria, mould and other contaminants
can breed, allowing rapid, thorough wash down
with water, steam or cleaning solution, reducing
the risk of cross-contamination between
changeovers and providing unobstructed
inspection for verifying cleanliness.
To meet food, dairy, and pharmaceutical
requirements, construction includes continuous
welds, ground smooth and flush with adjoining
members.
As a ‘BFC’ model, the discharger is equipped
with a cantilevered I-beam with electric hoist and
trolley for loading and unloading of bulk bags
without the use of a forklift.
It is also supplied with Flow-Flexer bag activators
that raise and lower opposite bottom edges of
the bulk bag at timed intervals, promoting
continuous and complete discharge of free- and
non-free-flowing materials through the bag
spout.
The bag spout interface features a patented
Spout-Lock clamp ring that makes a high-integrity
connection between the product side of the bag
spout and the product side of the equipment,
and a Tele-Tube telescoping tube that maintains
downward tension on the spout as the bag
empties and elongates, promoting total
evacuation.
Together, the devices prevent the escape of dust
throughout the entire discharging process, from
untying of bag spouts to retying of partially empty
bags to collapsing and retying of empty bags.
The open-channel stainless steel construction of the Flexicon bulk bag
discharger eliminates internal voids where contamination can breed,
and allows rapid sanitising and inspection.
BFC series dischargers are available in over 30
configurations constructed and finished to
pharmaceutical, food, dairy or industrial
standards. Also available are BFF series
dischargers with a removable bag lifting frame for
loading and unloading of bulk bags using a
forklift, and BFH half frame models that rely on a
forklift to suspend the bag during discharge.
www.flexicon.co.uk