High-output filling and sealing machines

Bosch Packaging Technology has been accelerating its expansion move as it anticipates rapid demand in the pharmaceuticals and food industries worldwide. In 2012, the company enhanced its international presence. 

 
Within the packaging industry, Bosch has assumed a pioneering role on the African continent. The region is becoming a market that merits a lot of attention that the company now has an assembly site in Midrand, South Africa. Bosch has seen substantial market potential in Africa, which is the reason it became the first major supplier of packaging machines to have an assembly location in South Africa.

Bosch also established a further distribution and service centre in Cairo, Egypt, as it aims to build up its African business in the coming years, especially south of the Sahara. With a population of over 80 million and growing, Egypt is experiencing tremendous growth in the food, confectionery, and pharmaceutical industries. Bosch’s office in Egypt provides local sales and service support to meet the increasing packaging demands of the food, confectionery, and pharmaceutical markets in Egypt and beyond, including large parts of Africa and the Middle East.  Since its doors first opened in July 2012, the office has gained ten associates. Additionally, the company has plans to double its staff by the end of 2013, continuing to generate employment opportunities in Cairo.

Bosch’s extensive competence as a single-source supplier of processing and automation technology, as well as primary and secondary packaging technology, has earned the company a solid reputation as a trusted partner that is able to meet the varied challenges of the Egyptian market. Due to imperfect food distribution channels in Egypt, all food products must be packaged and consumed quickly, before they become unfit for consumption. This is also the case elsewhere in Africa.

In addition, middle class consumers are increasingly shifting from small shops to large supermarkets, while the lower income population prefers to buy in smaller quantities. From single flow wrappers to full packaging systems, Bosch provides flexible solutions that allow manufacturers to meet the needs of all consumers. In addition, according to the Oxford Business Group, the Egyptian pharmaceutical market is expected to grow at a rate of 11 percent through 2015.

Bosch has set a 2013 sales target for its Cairo office in the mid double-digit million euro range for machines and services, for which key markets are the pharmaceutical and food industries. In particular, Bosch already has a strong reputation in the regional food industry. An example is its partnership with one of the largest tea manufacturers, which uses Bosch machines to package approximately 5,000 tonnes of tea annually on bag-in-box lines.

New breed of filling and sealing machines

Bosch’s vial  filling  and  closing machine MLF 5088 guarantees an output of 400 vials per minute with integrated 100 percent  in-process  control  (IPC). The recently developed member of the proven MLF series is able to fill and close injection bottles in a processing range of 2 to 100 millilitres. The machine is suited to process pharmaceuticals in aqueous and low-viscosity solutions.

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