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Project Service & Produktion Ltd focuses on sustainable banding 2.0:
“Machine output could be increased to up to 30 cycles per minute” Sustainable banding of food products has been rapidly gaining ground for several years. Accordingly, the PROBAND V banding machine from the German machine builder Project Service & Produktion Ltd in Kranenburg is not just a household name in the fruit and vegetable sector. Its banding solution with eco-option has established itself on the market in just a few years. Thus, the company is a supplier for renowned fruit and vegetable companies in Germany and internationally, more and more of which rely on the 100% recyclable paper banding PROGREEN.
predecessor model to band tons of vegetables every year. “The PROBAND V helps us to cost-effectively enter a new product group,” says Managing Director Carsten Abenhardt, summarizing the profitability of the process.
For decades, Abenhardt has been known primarily as an internationally-oriented family business, specializing in the cultivation as well as preparation, washing and packaging of carrots. In 2021, the company, which has so far focused exclusively on n April this year, Project Service & Pro- language skills, have been developed fur- organic products, ventured into the new duktion presented the latest model at ther as well. A “core feature”, according to product group of courgettes. “However, Fruit Logistica in Berlin. “For us, it’s all Vois, is the modular design and flexibili- the 2000 tons of these vegetables need about offering farms a technological- ty in use: “A wide variety of PROGREEN to be professionally banded,” says Abenly advanced product, that is extremely paper bands as well as plastic bands can hardt. He adds: “The well-developed techpowerful, but at the same time flexible, be used. In addition, our PROBAND V2000 nology, good service and the PROGREEN modular and user-friendly,” André Vois of can be easily modified and maintained. option were the three main reasons why Project Service & Produktion emphasizes. The frame can be changed in just a few I not only chose Project Service & Pro“These keywords apply even more to our seconds - and without any tools at all. And duktion as my partner last year, but also latest model, the PROBAND V2000!” even after purchase, the PROBAND V can brought in additional models of the new be equipped with different frames, parts generation this season.” MODULAR DESIGN ENABLES EFFICIENT or even TTP printers for new or additional FRAME CHANGEOVER tasks.” The optimized process offers the compaVois alludes to the fact that the single ny many concrete advantages in daily use, machine’s cycle rate could be increased ‘COST-EFFICIENT ENTRY INTO NEW Abenhardt continues. “I particularly like to up to 30 bandings per minute - always PRODUCT GROUP’ the very simple threading of the band, the with ultrasonic welding. In addition, the Agricultural businesses such as Aben- intelligent modular design of the machine, fast threading and the pictogram-guided hardt & Co., based in Datteln (NRW), have the control system and the practical menu colour display, which makes operation been swayed by the concept. The compa- navigation via pictograms.” easy for any user regardless of specific ny uses both the PROBAND V 2000 and its
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