Tere is Estonia’s largest and most well-known producer of milk products. The company has 420
employees and offers Estonians a large range of yoghurt, milk, cheese and much more.
In Tere’s production plant in Põlva, south-eastern Estonia, they pack different types of milk powder. During the spring of 2018, they were looking for a new bag filler to comply with the increasingly strict hygiene requirements in the market. At the Anuga Trade Fair in Cologne, they came into contact with Vebe Teknik, which was premiering its new bag filler line, the Autopac Easy Clean, with its special focus on hygiene.
”Finally, we chose Autopac because Vebe Teknik has such long experience of packing powders and because their machines maintain a very high quality,” explains Peeter Lepp, Technical Manager at Tere’s production plant in Põlva.
Because Tere handles large quantities of milk powder at high speed, one important priority was that the machine must maintain the greatest possible hygiene throughout.
Peeter Lepp says that the Autopac EC’s design, with separate spaces for bag handling and machinery respectively, makes the bag filling process both efficient and hygienic.
”Handling powders always gives rise to a certain quantity of airborne dust, but, with the Autopac EC, this is minimised to a limited area inside the machine,” Peeter Lepp says.
He also emphasises the smart functions such as deaeration and the addition of nitrogen during bag sealing, which gives the material a longer shelf-life.
Peeter Lepp looks forward to developing the machine together with Vebe Teknik.
“We already have some ideas on development of our Autopac 5.46 and look forward to future
collaboration with Vebe Teknik”.
