Food & Drink Process & Packaging Issue 22 2019 | Page 36

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. 36 FDPP - www.fdpp.co.uk 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].