Flexibility wraps up success (1st February 2011)

Aetna Group has supplied McKechnie Plastic Components (MPC) the latest Rotoplat 507 to wrap a wide range of product at its site at Stamford Bridge, North Yorkshire.

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Handling variety (1st December 2010)

McKechnie Plastic Components (MPC), part of the Melrose Group, has installed the Rotoplat 507 machine to wrap a range of plastic components made for a wide variety of industries. The machine, supplied by Robopac from Ae

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Cost saving & flexibility wrapped up (1st April 2010)

As the centrepiece of its exhibit on stand 5286 at Total Processing & Packaging 2010, Aetna Group UK will demonstrate the cost saving benefits and flexibility of its 507 Rotoplat semi automatic pallet stretch wrapping m

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Speed the feed and seed (1st January 2010)

Research by Copdock Mill, based in Ipswich, a supplier of high quality pet and animal feed to clients throughout the South East and Midlands, has proved that the installation of four Rotoplat 507 pallet wrappers, from A

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Eco-friendly pallets & wrappers (1st December 2009)

During the recent PPMA Show Aetna UK exhibited its new range of Ecoplat pallet stretch wrapping machines with 100% recyclable paper pallets from The Paper Pallet Company.

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Deliver the wow factor (1st August 2009)

Omega Group, a manufacturer of aluminium and uPVC windows, doors and conservatories, has improved the presentation and protection for its latest ranges of aluminium framed products and composite doors, thanks to a Rot

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Wrapper aids health & safety (1st April 2009)

As part of its commitment to employee health and safety and efficiency improvement, Carlsberg UK has taken delivery of a Robopac Rotoplat 507 semi-automatic power pre-stretch pallet wrapper from Aetna, adding to the

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Power to pre-stretch makes material savings (1st February 2009)

Soft drinks producer A G Barr is reported to have seen film use shrink by 10% following the delivery of two new Robopac Rotoplat 506 PFS power pre-stretch pallet wrappers from Aetna Group.

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The cream of packaging for Belgian dairy (1st August 2008)

The Friesland Group's most important dairy facility is in Lumen, Belgium. The main items produced there are whipped cream and milk drinks flavoured with chocolate and cream. With an area of 33,000m2 and a 10,000-palle

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It's a stretch wrap for pallets (1st August 2008)

AETNAGROUP UK is launching two new machines from ROBOPAC – the ROTOPLAT 507 turntable pallet stretch wrapper and the fully automatic ROTOPLAT 3000 pallet stretch wrapping system.

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Compact stretchwrapper (1st April 2008)

Staples USA opened its first store in Massachusetts in 1986. Twenty years later, thanks to its vision for recognising and meeting the office products needs of its customers, it employs more than 65 000 people worldwid

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Compact stretchwrapper (1st April 2008)

Staples USA opened its first store in Massachusetts in 1986. Twenty years later, thanks to its vision for recognising and meeting the office products needs of its customers, it employs more than 65 000 people worldwid

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Going from strength to strength (1st October 2007)

Under the Aetna UK banner, ROBOPAC offers a wide range of pallet stretch wrapping machinery to suit all operations, irrespective of the product being wrapped.

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Robotic palletising (1st August 2007)

Robotic Represented in the UK by Aetna, Euroimpianti's Skilled Robot 504 is being used by a Turkish producer of starch and its derivatives to palletise both 25kg and 50kg paper sacks.

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Aluminium wrapped (1st April 2007)

Aetna UK has won the contract to install a third Robopac Spiror 400HP spiral stretch wrapper for Metal Technology at its site in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Metal Technology specialises in the design and distribution of purpos

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Wraps a range of products (1st February 2007)

In 1996 Spa Aluminium purchased its first Robopac Spiror stretch wrapper from Aetna UK and it has been in continuous use ever since.

However, due to an increase in demand the Spiror was becoming a bottleneck and SPA needed m

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Making life more palatable (1st February 2007)

Aetna UK will be showcasing a selection of Robopac pallet stretchwrapping equipment on stand 20G30 – including the Rotoplat 506 which has proved incredibly popular across a wide scope of industries.

Features include power Pr

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Providing secure flexible wrapping (1st December 2006)

When Ringtons Teas reviewed its pallet wrapping operation it decided to replace its 15 year old turntable stretch wrapper in the goods-out section with a new model and purchase a mobile battery-operated stretch-wrapping machi

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What's new in shrink wrapping? (26th October 2006)

Shrink wrapping machine specialist Aetna UK outlines what it feels are its strengths plus a few tips on what to look for when purchasing a new machine.

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Reducing bottlenecks enables growth (1st October 2006)

Specialist paper manufacturer James Cropper' was suffering from bottlenecks due to traditional manual packaging and handling of diverse range of products.

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Alston's furnished with wrapper (1st August 2006)

A meeting at the PPMA show between Aetna UK and Alston's Furniture has led to the installation of four Robopac 506 PFS machines at the furniture manufacturer's Ipswich factory over a 12 month period.

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Consistent quality of pallet load wrap (1st June 2006)

When logistics, warehousing and transport company, Rhys Davies Freight Logistics, (RDFL) secured a number of new contracts at its Haydock depot, it was presented with several issues to overcome such as load stability and load aesthetics. Historically

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Wraps random cross sections (1st April 2006)

Aetna UK has been awarded a second contact to supply a Spiror 400HP to aluminium extruder Alcoa for its factory in Banbury.

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Stretch wrapper rapidly installed (1st August 2005)

Trade-only supplier of contract furniture to the leisure industry, BUK recently took delivery of a Rotoplat 106 pallet stretch wrapper from Aetna UK.

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Robopac wrapper upgrade (1st February 2005)

Aetna is now offering a comprehensive range of upgrades to its existing Robopac automatic pallet stretch wrapper customers.

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