Autoweigh brings a new dimension to Autopack Group
the result of us listening to a key customer and responding with a highly innovative solution.”
The machine was well received at PPMA and generated significant interest across a range of potential applications. The expertise behind it reflects Autopack’ s wider focus on precision engineering, project delivery and solutions developed around the customer’ s product and production environment.
Turnkey packaging line solutions
The PPMA Show 2026 saw the launch of Autoweigh, Autopack Group’ s new handling, weighing and inspection division, strengthening its support for food manufacturers and other processing industries. The business provides UK-made equipment that can operate as a standalone solution or be integrated with Autopack’ s flexible and rigid packaging machinery.
The smallest ever multihead weigher?
Taking centre stage at the show was the bespoke, low-level 12-head multihead weigher developed for ready meal applications. Potentially the smallest machine of its type available, it is suitable for accurately applying ingredients such as herbs, breadcrumbs and other toppings.
The system uses belts to feed product into six top boxes before transferring it into 12 weigh pans.
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It then identifies the quickest combination needed to achieve the required product weight and deposit it onto the meal. Its scalable, mobile and compact design incorporates a drive and control system that operates six belts individually, providing precision control while occupying minimal production space. Several elements of the design are patent pending.
Meeting customer needs
The new machine was created in response to a specific customer requirement, demonstrating how Autoweigh’ s engineering expertise can be applied to practical food production challenges.
“ This is a brilliant demonstration of British engineering at its best,” said Autopack Group Managing Director Wayne Kedward.“ We don’ t know of any smaller machine of this type on the market, and it’ s
Visitors to the PPMA Show also saw a demonstration ofa full turnkey rigid packaging line for liquid products, which featured an unscrambler for plastic bottles, as well as air rinsing, filling and capping equipment. For flexible packaging users, Autopack demonstrated its versatility in premade doypacks and pouches with the MH25 set up for sports nutrition powders. In addition, the MHSP-2 Spouted Pouch machine was configured for shampoo refills – a market and packaging format that’ s set to grow.
“ The PPMA Show 2026 highlighted just how exciting the future is for the Autopack Group,” added Wayne Kedward.“ We have proved again to the market that we are the leading independent supplier of packaging machinery, and that we have the technology to pack almost anything. We’ re also not stopping there – Autopack is set to grow in the coming year with more announcements on the way.”
For Autopack enquiries please contact:
Jonathon Stewart, UK Sales Director T: 01432 677000 E: jonathon. stewart @ auto-pack. co. uk
www. auto-pack. co. uk