Business Weekly - Cambridge, UK

The contract is for a turnkey package consisting of two automated production lines for the manufacture of shelving for European supermarkets. It will be entirely UK designed and manufactured in Thetford but it is destined for a new factory in the eastern Czech Republic belonging to one of the customer’s subsidiaries.

Atkin Automation equipment used to provide the key functionality of the shelf line will include a 10,000 kg decoiler, a motorised straightener with photobeam loop control and a servo roll feed. Features incorporated into this sophisticated production line will ensure an output of 10 shelves per minute.