Adelphi Manufacturing & BD Foods
BD Foods create sauces, dressings, “Dean has dropped machine components
chutneys and more, in the beautiful to my house when we were in real need”,
coastal town of St Leonards-on-sea. he reminisces. “This is why it’s great that
From humble beginnings in a portakabin Adelphi are a local manufacturer”.
in early 2001, BD Foods has grown
exponentially and now occupies seven
units of Castleham Industrial Estate and
employs over 125 members of staff.
Adelphi Manufacturing are proud to
have been able to facilitate this journey;
in July 2001, BD Foods took delivery
of an Adelphi Cerberus filling machine.
Managing Director John Davis was keen
to stress the “trusted guidance” and
“good sense” of Adelphi Manufacturing’s
Sales Director Dean Willis, with whom he
has maintained a great relationship.
In 2011, when BD Foods’ production had
increased further, Adelphi Manufacturing
were pleased to supply the Response
benchtop (semi-automatic) filler to suit
their needs.
The Response is quick to assemble
and clean, meaning that changing
between products and containers is
easy, keeping production downtime
minimal. These time-saving factors are
particularly important to John – their
production facility contains an obsolete
fully automatic filling line from another
Before the Cerberus, John was manually supplier, which is no longer in use due to
filling bottles of dressing, and admits the length of its cleaning and changeover
struggling to meet the increasing orders. routines. “BD Foods have found it more
He describes sleeping on the floor of time-efficient to fill using Adelphi’s semi-
his premises, working until 2am and automatic Response benchtop filler, than
beginning again at 6am, to fulfil demands! using the fully automatic line”, says John.
To relieve this pressure, Dean was able to
negotiate an extra-quick delivery time for
the machine.
“The higher production downtime when
cleaning and changing the complete
line meant that we were losing out on
It was gestures like these, where Dean valuable filling time, which is not the case
went above and beyond, which made all with the Response”.
the difference to John.
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BD Foods now own eleven Response
benchtop fillers, which they have
mounted onto trolleys for mobility. “What
we love most about the Response”,
enthuses John, “is the flexibility it gives
to our work space. We can adapt the
layout of our machines and space as
production demands”. He also describes
the reliability of the Response as a key
factor when purchasing more; “every time
we’ve moved away from Adelphi’s filling
machines, we’ve had issues – and you
can quote me on that!”
Are you producing for the food industry
and looking to take your first steps into
automation? If so, don’t hesitate to
contact Adelphi Manufacturing on
+44 (0)1444 472300 or email
[email protected].