PROFILE Cama Group
The full package CAMA GROUP IS READY, WILLING, AND ABLE TO PROVIDE THE COFFEE INDUSTRY WITH FLEXIBLE SECONDARY PACKAGING SOLUTIONS TO MEET ITS EVERCHANGING NEEDS.
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n industry as diverse as coffee requires flexibility in every part of production, from roasting numerous profiles to providing different methods of serving coffee to the end consumer. After coffee has been packaged, whether that be in capsules, bags, or sachets, it needs to be boxed and cartoned. Italian company Cama Group has provided these secondary packaging solutions to the global coffee industry – and other food and beverage sectors – for more than 30 years. Alessandro Rocca, Sales Engineering Director at Cama Group, says the company prides itself on adapting to the needs of its clients. “We are always ready to face new requests and develop customised solutions for our customers,” Rocca says. “If they are looking for a new machine, our engineering department is linked to sales and able to provide such solutions. If an existing customer wants their machine to package in a new format, we can analyse the request and determine if the machine they already have on the floor is capable of doing it.” In a recent example, Rocca says a large Italian customer came to the Cama Group with a packaging format they didn’t think would be possible with their current equipment. Cama’s engineers looked into the request and configured the packaging unit to make it possible. “The customer thought their idea was impossible without switching from one technology to
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another, but we made it happen,” Rocca says. To accomplish this, Cama introduced several robotic modules into the already flexible machine. This included robotic closing, forming, and loading, which also increased its input and output. “The machine is so modular that we are able to equip it with different components to meet this need for flexibility,” Rocca says. “We spent a lot of time in engineering to develop these sections and the market is thanking us, because that’s the level of flexibility it really needs.” The client uses Cama’s IF318 robotised monoblock loading unit, a favourite – Rocca says – in the coffee industry. “This machine embraces all of the features that our customers normally look for in a packaging machine,” he says.
