Food & Drink Process & Packaging Issue 28 2020 | Page 8

Ishida weigher gently supports confiserie Bosch’s growth An Ishida multihead weigher, specifically Wibele are small biscuits which designed to gently weigh delicate Confiserie Bosch produces as a premium and fragile products, has helped to product to meet the highest standards significantly boost efficiency and of quality. This means that each biscuit growth – delivering a 30-fold increase needs to look perfect in its packaging, in speed - at leading German biscuit and and so breakages must be minimised. confectionery manufacturer Confiserie The Wibele used to be packed by hand, Bosch. which was very labour-intensive and offered little flexibility. The company is Germany’s largest manufacturer of the Wibele, a traditional “We would encounter bottlenecks sweet biscuit from the region of especially during peak times, and Swabia. Since it changed hands in employee absences had disastrous 2010, Confiserie Bosch has experienced consequences,” recalls Wolfgang rapid growth which led to its move in Hellstern. He then conducted an unusual 2018 to a new headquarters on the experiment, spending one-night filling outskirts of the town of Uhingen “Sales bags himself. “When I saw the rather have doubled in recent years, and our sobering results the next morning, it production lines could no longer keep became clear to me that although we do up,” explains Managing Director and a lot of production by hand at Confiserie owner Wolfgang Hellstern. Bosch, we needed machines to help us out,” he explains. 8 FDPP - www.fdpp.co.uk